Inglorious Basterds: The Quentin Tarantino war movie

[Cunt Smasher]

I hope it's good,haven't had a good war movie in awhile...http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/quentin-tarantino-unveils-inglorious-bastards/
UPDATE: I've just confirmed that Quentin Tarantino is talking to Brad Pitt to star...

EXCLUSIVE: Quentin Tarantino has just gone out with his long-anticipated script about World War II. But here's the weird thing sources are telling me: not only is Laurence Bender attached to produce Inglorious Bastards, but there's also "a possibility" that Harvey Weinstein will be producing as well but not financing it. This certainly adds fuel to those rumors that The Weinstein Co is having movie money woes. grondhouse1.jpgAfter all, one of the ways that The Weinstein Co attracted investors was by hyping its creative connection to the Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill 1 & 2 writer/director who has long made a lot of money for a lot of people. But now only Harv, and not his investors, could potentially profit from the connection? Unreal. And let's not forget that The Weinsten Co produced and financed Quentin's last pic Grindhouse/Death Proof that tanked at the box office because of Weinstein's own admission that he erred in releasing it in the U.S. market as half of a too-long 3-hour, 12-minute double-feature. (UPDATE: QT and Harvey Weinstein lunched very visibly at Ago on Melrose today. Just in case anyone thought there was a rift...)

This latest Tarantino epic, originally for Miramax and originally set for 2001, has been so long in the works that some people thought it might never see the light of day. Tarantino himself has described it as a Spaghetti Western meets World II film that's an homage to 1967's The Dirty Dozen and its derivatives with a story about a group of soldiers on their way to be executed who get the chance of a reprieve. I hear it's gone out to Universal, Warner Bros, Paramount (all yesterday) and Sony (today). As usual, there's a lot of secrecy surrounding this Quentin project sent out by William Morris. In a BBC documentary done around the time of Pulp Fiction's release, Tarantino said that he always wanted to do a "guys on a mission" film and thought Where Eagle's Dare was the best of the genre. Some believe that Quentin's latest script is inspired by the 1978 Italian movie Quel Maledetto Treno Blindato which he has gushed over in interviews and is a more extreme version of The Dirty Dozen. Tarantino's script comes out just as the Enzo G. Castellari inspiration is heading to DVD...

[LiddyRules]

Why not title it "Inglorious Bastards: Quentin Tarantino's War Movie?"

[Ant's_rapier]

Why not just run with rob Zombie's "Werewolf Women of the SS" from Grindhose?

[Mindslayer]

Hopefully we'll see this sometime within the next 5 yrs or so.

[Dre]

Ya, isn't the official title "Inglorious Bastards", and I saw that you said Brad Pitt is supposed to star, I also heard rumor or maybe confirmation, (can't remember) or Tom Sizemore, Tim Roth, and Michael Madsen. If so, I'm pretty sure, if it has a strong plot and script, along with good cinematography and direction on Tarantino's part, this film will be as badass as they comed, and a new classic. If it ever sees the light of day, that is.

[blackout-]

saw this on aintitcool earlier today, hope it gets done quick!

[Budyzir]

Wow, another non-remake movie, could this be a trend?

I'm really hopeful about this one.

[LiddyRules]

Wow, another non-remake movie, could this be a trend? Um...http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0076584/

[Budyzir]

Um...http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0076584/

But, is it going to be a remake, or is it an "influence" merged with other influences like where Eagles Dare? My cut, an influence like the Japanese Samurai movies had on Kill Bill.

One thing about Q.T. is that he doesn't "re-imagine", rather, like a chef, takes different ingredients to produce a new dish.

Look at me with the simile! :D

[BusyChild04]

I'm really excited about this. Even though I think WWII are a bit over done, I have faith in QT.

[boardsofcanada]

But, is it going to be a remake, or is it an "influence" merged with other influences like where Eagles Dare? My cut, an influence like the Japanese Samurai movies had on Kill Bill.

One thing about Q.T. is that he doesn't "re-imagine", rather, like a chef, takes different ingredients to produce a new dish.

Look at me with the simile! :D

Yes, its a tarentino movie....its basically a collage of other movies put together. he said when he came in the studio that it's based off of war movies like dirty dozen. Should be the movie of the decade.

[WhiteHonkyDevil]

One thing about Q.T. is that he doesn't "re-imagine", rather, like a chef, takes different ingredients to produce a new dish.

Yeah, but no matter how many different kinds you add, or what seasoning you use, a steaming shit stew is always going to taste like steaming shit.

[askewcore]

Yeah, but no matter how many different kinds you add, or what seasoning you use, a steaming shit stew is always going to taste like steaming shit.

Yes, you're the "I Hate Tarantino Guy" we all understand this.

[WhiteHonkyDevil]

Yes, you're the "I Hate Tarantino Guy" we all understand this.

Every board needs one, this was just my assignment.

[blackout-]

just saw this on aicn

You want to know a little bit about what happens?

Basically - it's a story about an all Jewish American unit sent behind the lines into Nazi Occupied France with the mission to kill as many Nazis and cause as much trouble as humanly possible.

sold!

[d0uche_n0zzle]

Tarantino should cast Sir Anthony as one of the first Nazi guards to get his head exploded.

[LiddyRules]

just saw this on aicn

You want to know a little bit about what happens?

Basically - it's a story about an all Jewish American unit sent behind the lines into Nazi Occupied France with the mission to kill as many Nazis and cause as much trouble as humanly possible.

sold! That sounds like the best pre-Annie Hall Woody Allen movie never made.

[thekidslepthere]

BastErds?

I don't get it.

Am I missing something? Are we all missing something? Or does Quentin just suck at spelling?

[Jim T.]

Brad Pitt. They should change it to Inglorious Shitdicks.

[MrMotherFucker]

somebody posted the script online at the imdb message boards

http://www.yousendit.com/download/TTdGZ281YUlRYTljR0E9PQ

[thekidslepthere]

I got it yesterday, but only read the first 40 on the computer because I didn't have time to print it out.

The scenes with the Basterds seems like classic QT, the ones they aren't in I'm not so sure about. And in the first 40 they are in less than half the pages. I just don't know if rednecks will want eight crazy American Jews on a rampage through Europe killing every Nazi in site.

The thing is like 170 pages and broken down into five chapters. If I write a review over the weekend I'll make it a spoiler thing.

[Jim T.]

somebody posted the script online at the imdb message boards

http://www.yousendit.com/download/TTdGZ281YUlRYTljR0E9PQ

"The link you have clicked is not available."

[blackout-]

I got it yesterday, but only read the first 40 on the computer because I didn't have time to print it out.

The scenes with the Basterds seems like classic QT, the ones they aren't in I'm not so sure about. And in the first 40 they are in less than half the pages. I just don't know if rednecks will want eight crazy American Jews on a rampage through Europe killing every Nazi in site.

The thing is like 170 pages and broken down into five chapters. If I write a review over the weekend I'll make it a spoiler thing.

can you post it on another site... rapidshare or mediafire etc. please?

[blackout-]

o nm found rs links:

http://www.dreadcentral.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7728

[thekidslepthere]

QT has no clue how to properly use, there, they're, or their. He also thinks "Boston" is spelled "Bostin".

Ten years to write this and he can't bother to spell check it?

I know I suck at grammar but come on. It's worse than reading a message board.

Is he that cocky or is he just plain stupid?

[Jim T.]

Seems to have been working out for him so far. As long as the actors know what it's supposed to say...

[thekidslepthere]

It makes me want to try and track down the original versions of his old scripts to see if they were always like that or if he just figures he could get away with it now.

But one could wonder, a spec script from one of the biggest writers/directors in Hollywood, Brad Pitt possibly attached as the lead, and there hasn't been an announcement that someone actually bought it? Makes you wonder. I know the Weinsteins are rumored to have money problems, but they couldn't bank roll this thing themselves? Did they have a bad feeling?

165 page script to be filmed in a recreated 1940's France could be more expensive than what it can ever make back. I know every fan boys dick is rock hard over this thing, but I wonder if they read it the way that a studio would? It's super dialogue heavy (for a war movie) and honestly not all that much happens, there's no tanks, there's no airplanes, there isn't even that many raid type missions by the Basterds. It does have great dialogue (just too much of it) cool flashbacks and the last 25 pages are fun, but really nothing that would have you sitting on the edge of your seat happens during 90% of it and it has an ending that contradicts the way that every living person with at least an eight grade education has learned WW2 ended.

This thing seems to have changed so much since the days when it was talked about as a movie that would star Sylvester Stalone, Arnold, and Bruce Willis.

[MilkmanDan]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the actors talk alot.

[silentbob8201]

BastErds?

I don't get it.

Am I missing something? Are we all missing something? Or does Quentin just suck at spelling?

From my memory of the Kill Bill script yes he indeed sucks at spelling.

[blackout-]

original kill bill script is awesome.... the girl who played the psycho chick in battle royale was suppose to play gogo's (chiaka kuriyami's) sister in the movie and track down the bride in LA for a machine gun-schoolgirl-outfit-bubblegum-chewing shootout through the streets.... would have been an awesome scene but they had to cut it cause of scheduling conflicts and time =(

they did talk about animating it o-ren style -- who knows maybe they still will add it whenever he gets around to doing the whole bloody cut DVD. or add to extras.... can only hope.

[blackout-]

But one could wonder, a spec script from one of the biggest writers/directors in Hollywood, Brad Pitt possibly attached as the lead, and there hasn't been an announcement that someone actually bought it? Makes you wonder. I know the Weinsteins are rumored to have money problems, but they couldn't bank roll this thing themselves? Did they have a bad feeling?


oh and aicn is reporting miramax has bought it

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37432

scriptgirl is kinda hot... got that keegan connor tracey thing goin for her.

[LiddyRules]

keegan connor tracey thing goin for her. I thought I was the only one who had a huge thing for KCT. I like how she wears glasses in most of her roles.

who knows maybe they still will add it whenever he gets around to doing the whole bloody cut DVD. or add to extras.... can only hope. When is that coming out? I want KB in my DVD collection but I'm going to buy the single DVDs with a better one coming eventually.

[thekidslepthere]

oh and aicn is reporting miramax has bought it

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37432

Kind of odd that it only went out to WB, Sony, Paramount, and Uni, then Mirimax bought it? Did they get four passes?

It makes sense to go out to all the big guys first and skip Disney since it's not their kind of movie, but Mirimax getting it, old Harvey is probably loosing his shit over this.

Oh and what script girl gives as the log line for this thing is completely wrong. It's not even close.

[thekidslepthere]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the actors talk alot.

I meant that there's really no action. In what I imagined to be a war movie along the lines of the Dirty Dozen there is no description of it.

In war/action scripts there's sometimes page after page of action being described, but in IB we have 10 pages of people playing card games in the basement of a French bar as probably the most description in the whole movie.

[mascan42]

When is that coming out? I want KB in my DVD collection but I'm going to buy the single DVDs with a better one coming eventually.
God only knows. QT has been talking about the long DVD cut of Kill Bill since he decided to split it in half. At the current rate, we'll probably see Inglorious Bastards first. Or the Vega Brothers. Or the Kill Bill anime prequel. Or one of the other dozen projects he keeps talking about and never doing.

[thekidslepthere]

One other thing about the script, it's easily 75% in French and German. I don't know how fun it will be reading that sharp dialogue on the screen for the majority of the film. It even says things in the script like "This scene will be, you guessed it, French subtitled with English" because it happens so fucking much.

I was just so pumped on this idea that we all heard about for so long, to finally read it, I'm just left thinking this thing is going to bomb at the box office. I've actually been hoping that the script floating around the internet, isn't the real script. I even got it from a hook-up at one of the studios so it has to be real, but I keep wondering, ok where's all the stuff that Harry Knowles mentioned for the past decade and is this really it?

I'm sure it will be directed great, look amazing, get terrific reviews, but in the end the general audience seeing it opening weekend will leave knowing that the last fifteen minutes were awesome but then tell all their friends to wait for the DVD.

If anyone didn't get it and wants to check out PM me I'll email over my copy, maybe I'm crazy, but the couple of cool scenes and hip named characters didn't out do the conversations about what's better French or German struedall.

[LiddyRules]

maybe I'm crazy, but the couple of cool scenes and hip named characters didn't out do the conversations about what's better French or German struedall. Is that real because I wanted to make a joke about how there's a 10 minute conversation about Jean Harlow v. Irene Dunne.

[thekidslepthere]

Is that real because I wanted to make a joke about how there's a 10 minute conversation about Jean Harlow v. Irene Dunne.

Yes, when the Jew Hunter is having lunch with Shoshana the movie theater owner. It's tense and kind of cool because you know what's going on there between those two characters, but really it's going to be subtitled and the tension hinges on these two character being forced to sit together while waiting for a waiter to bring out a side of whip cream.

I didn't even mention that there's 30 minutes to be shot in black and white in some sort of 1930's French style.

[LiddyRules]

In your opinion, is this film a bit more high brow than his more recent works? Like something more for a film snob or is it just a poor, overwrought attempt at a "hip" movie?

[thekidslepthere]

It is way more high brow, but mostly because it's a period piece so all of the references are pre 1945. It doesn't have the fun 1970's references he's always used, but in a lot of it still kind of has that tone.

It does have it's fun elements, but is your average twenty something going to understand dialogue like this... "Since Goebbels has taken over film attendance has steadily risen over the past eight years in Germany. But Louis B. Mayer wouldn't be Goebbels proper opposite number. I believe Goebbels sees himself closer to David O. Selznick." And this I think is supposed to be the punchline.

My dad will love the film's historical references to old Hollywood and the Cole Porter lyrics sprinkled into the dialogue, but people my age will only dig what the Basterds do to the Nazi's they let escape.

[LiddyRules]

It does have it's fun elements, but is your average twenty something going to understand dialogue like this... "Since Goebbels has taken over film attendance has steadily risen over the past eight years in Germany. But Louis B. Mayer wouldn't be Goebbels proper opposite number. I believe Goebbels sees himself closer to David O. Selznick." And this I think is supposed to be the punchline.
"I know those names, but that joke makes no sense."

http://storm.cis.fordham.edu/~higgins/LisaSimpson3%5B1%5D.gif

[thekidslepthere]

I think that's how a lot of people will feel about the references.

On the page after that line appeared there's one about this guy being "the German Sgt. York" (which is mentioned a bunch of times) maybe the reason this script has become so readily available is some plan for college courses to use it for the next year so the film going audience will know what's going on when they see it.

[Nortonsmeatytit]

If this bombs he's fucked



just sayin

[WoodenPlank]

Jury is still out for me on IB. Script Girl is DEFINITELY fuckable, though. Damn.

[blackout-]

If this bombs he's fucked



just sayin

really? he made pulp fiction... so he could uwe boll his next 20 movies and 90% of us fanboys would go to every one.

[Nortonsmeatytit]

...90% of us fanboys would go to every one.

ok, but if 90% of the "fanboys" doesn't add up to positive ROI for the studios that bankrolled it, he'll be making movies of the week on cable within 10 yrs.

I like a couple of his films but his catalog as a whole is not in the stellar bankroll rolodex of Hollywood the past 10 yrs.

[LiddyRules]

Tarantino is a long, long, LONG way away from being movies of the week on cable. He might get a smaller budget but he's name enough to make real movies. If M. Night has been a joke pretty much since Signs and can still get movies made, Tarantino won't be going to cable unless it's his choice.

[thekidslepthere]

Hey maybe QT isn't as stupid as his spelling makes him out to be.

The rumor is that a handful of those "there, their, and they're" were changed depending on what studio it was being sent to so his agents would know who was the ones who let it get out.

[blackout-]

Hey maybe QT isn't as stupid as his spelling makes him out to be.

The rumor is that a handful of those "there, their, and they're" were changed depending on what studio it was being sent to so his agents would know who was the ones who let it get out.

sneaky basterds!

[Jim T.]

Kind of like how Van Halen demanded M&M's with all the brown ones taken out. They didn't care about the M&M's; they just wanted to make sure the venue had read the rider.

[Edible Napalm]

http://movies.ign.com/articles/890/890715p1.html

Quentin Tarantino is targeting Hollywood's A-list for forthcoming war opus Inglorious Bastards, holding talks with two of the industry's biggest stars for key roles in the film.

Adding credence to the rumours that Brad Pitt will be involved, Tarantino apparently met with the Se7en star in France on Tuesday to discuss the role of Aldo Raine - aka Aldo the Apache - the world-weary leader of the men on a mission.

And if Variety is to be believed, the writer-director is meeting with Leonardo DiCaprio on Thursday to discuss the key role of the Nazi villain of the piece - Hans Lada.

http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/890/890715/inglorious-bastards-20080716035018117.jpg
It's a tough life - Leo flanked by Penelope Cruz and Beyonce.

Indeed, it looks like being a busy week for Tarantino, with the director teaming up with producer Harvey Weinstein to pitch the script to five studios on Friday as they search for a co-financier.

So after years on the back-burner, it sounds like Inglorious Bastards is finally coming together, with shooting expected to commence in France and Germany at the tail-end of the year.

[thekidslepthere]

I can't see DiCaprio playing that part it just doesn't feel right.

I think he would be playing the German Sgt. York, Private Zoller. It's a young war hero who sniped a couple hundred Russians from a bell tower in some big battle. The German's have made a movie about him, that he stars in. I guess like we did with Audie Murphy back in the day.

The Hans role just seems like a much older character to me.

[sd187]

the original just got released on dvd. Pretty good. there's an interview with tarantino and the director of the original on there.
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Inglorious_Bastards/70098729?trkid=226870

[Aizazzle]

http://movies.ign.com/articles/897/897362p1.html

August 7, 2008 - Brad Pitt has been officially cast in writer-director Quentin Tarantino's forthcoming World War II film Inglorious Bastards. He will play the lead role of hillbilly soldier Aldo Raine, who leads a group of Jewish-American G.I.'s on a mission against the Nazis.

"You'll see something different with the two of them," producer Lawrence Bender told The Hollywood Reporter. "They're going to push each other and really help make something special."

Also joining the cast is The Office's B.J. Novak as PFC Utivich, described by THR "as a soldier of slight build who comes from New York."

Variety says filming begins on the Weinstein-Universal production Oct. 13 in Germany.

Very much expected move, but now it's official. Pitt is an Inglorious Bastard.

[MikeHimself]

i'm pretty excited for this movie. huge tarantino fan and i'm sure he will do a war movie justice.

[Budyzir]

OK, this just got interesting.

[LiddyRules]

Brad Pitt, Leo DiCaprio, Eli Roth and BJ Novak.

This is odd casting.

[WoodenPlank]

This is getting more and more interesting.
Is Tarantino going to give himself a cameo this time? Personally, his part in Pulp Fiction was one of my favorites...

[LiddyRules]

New casting rumors include

David Krumholtz (the Jew looking guy from Harold and Kumar and Numb3rs), Nastassja Kinski (from Cat People and Terminal Velocity) and Simon Pegg.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080808f.php

[silentbob8201]

New casting rumors include

David Krumholtz (the Jew looking guy from Harold and Kumar and Numb3rs), [/url]

Mr Universe? Good to see someone from Serenity getting work outside of shitty Tony and Ridley Scott's tv shows. We all first saw him in that shitty Santa Clause movie and he was on Freaks and Geeks as the older Brother of one of the Geeks.

[WhiskeyWhispers]

New casting rumors include

David Krumholtz (the Jew looking guy from Harold and Kumar and Numb3rs), Nastassja Kinski (from Cat People and Terminal Velocity) and Simon Pegg.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080808f.php

David Krumholtz sounds just like another older actor and has the same mannerisms, but I can't for the life of me think who it is. Anyone else notice this and can tell me who? It's bugs the shit out of me every time I see him.

Also, what a screwy cast.

[silentbob8201]

the original just got released on dvd. Pretty good. there's an interview with tarantino and the director of the original on there.
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Inglorious_Bastards/70098729?trkid=226870

PSSSSSST IT's Not a Remake of that. It's a WW2 movie ala the Dirty Dozen only with an all Jew Platoon.

[Antihero032]

I love the style of all Quintons work. I think his films are awesome. i do think his work is alittle pretentious though. Kill Bill = "THE 4TH FILM BY QUINTON TARINTINO" lol

[Antihero032]

I love the style of all Quintons work. I think his films are awesome. i do think his work is alittle pretentious though. Kill Bill = "THE 4TH FILM BY QUINTON TARINTINO" lol

[thekidslepthere]

New casting rumors include

David Krumholtz (the Jew looking guy from Harold and Kumar and Numb3rs), Nastassja Kinski (from Cat People and Terminal Velocity) and Simon Pegg.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080808f.php

Krumholtz has to figure out his availability because of everyone's favorite CBS show "Numbers" you know the one where they use math to solve crimes.

[sd187]

PSSSSSST IT's Not a Remake of that. It's a WW2 movie ala the Dirty Dozen only with an all Jew Platoon.

PSSSST. It isn't an exact remake, but some of it is based on the original.

[thekidslepthere]

PSSSSSST IT's Not a Remake of that. It's a WW2 movie ala the Dirty Dozen only with an all Jew Platoon.

Yeah if the members of the dirty dozen didn't appear until 20 minutes into the movie and then we're only in less than a third of the whole thing.

[silentbob8201]

Yeah if the members of the dirty dozen didn't appear until 20 minutes into the movie and then we're only in less than a third of the whole thing.

Dont ask me im only going by the Coke Head director's words i gave up reading scripts with Batman Begins.

[EarthCrisis]

New casting rumors include

David Krumholtz (the Jew looking guy from Harold and Kumar and Numb3rs), Nastassja Kinski (from Cat People and Terminal Velocity) and Simon Pegg.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080808f.php

the guy from Shaun of the Dead?

That could be really cool actually.

[askewcore]

the guy from Shaun of the Dead?

That could be really cool actually.

Yeah, and it fits with the really odd group of people put together so far.

Dont ask me im only going by the Coke Head director's words i gave up reading scripts with Batman Begins.

You shit on alot of directors and film makers. When is your masterpiece coming out?

[thekidslepthere]

You shit on alot of directors and film makers. When is your masterpiece coming out?

Since I made the first post about how "dirty dozen with jews" isn't a proper log line for it.

I'm not sure if this was meant for me.

I wasn't really bagging on it there, even though I kind of have earlier, I was just saying the dirty dozen comparison doesn't really fit in my mind after reading it.

I might bag on a lot of movies/tv shows but I also praise a lot of tv shows and movies, again not sure if that was meant for me.

As for "my masterpiece" who knows, but knock on wood, it looks like I'm putting two spec scripts out in the next two months. I got the history channel filming a documentary this past week about one of the projects I got the rights for, so I don't know if I'll wait for that to come out or try and get the script out before encase the doc turns out bad.

[silentbob8201]

You shit on alot of directors and film makers. When is your masterpiece coming out?

What are you fucking talking about? Who, Tarantino? Cause i dont hate him i just said i didnt read the fucking script i quit that shit cause i didnt want to spoil my movie experience like i did with Kill Bill and Batman Begins. About the only directors i actually shit on are the fucking Horror Remake hacks.

[LiddyRules]

You shit on alot of directors and film makers. When is your masterpiece coming out? I always hate this response. And a response like "why don't you get your own radio show."

[Antihero032]

I dont really think people need to make films to comment them. Im a filmmaker and i love when i get to hear what people think. I think if someones honest about their opinions and not pullin a "Flamin homo i can do better then this, muther ferrrrr, its stupid not even funny, scary, or homoerotic enough"





You shit on alot of directors and film makers. When is your masterpiece coming out?

Speaking of Masterpieces, I got a couple of Films that would qualify, ill post them if I can ever start my own topic lol

[25133WhooOoAH]

Tarantino/DiCaprio? wa wa wa! that is amazing

[Vyce]

Speaking of WW2 films, I'm ashamed to say that the upcoming Spike Lee film actually looks pretty good.

[silentbob8201]

Speaking of WW2 films, I'm ashamed to say that the upcoming Spike Lee film actually looks pretty good.

Yeah it does even though i wanted to hate it after the bullshit he said about Clint's movies.

[silentbob8201]

"Mike Myers Joins Tarantino's Bastards
Source: The Quentin Tarantino Archives, Variety August 15, 2008


The Quentin Tarantino Archives has learned that Mike Myers ("Austin Powers" films, The Love Guru) will play a small role in Tarantino's WWII drama Inglorious Bastards.

Variety adds that Myers will play British Gen. Ed Fenech, a military mastermind who takes part in hatching a plot to wipe out Nazi leaders.

The comedian/actor is joining a cast that so far includes Brad Pitt, Nastassja Kinski, Simon Pegg, David Krumholtz, B.J. Novak and Eli Roth.

The film begins production on October 13 in Germany. Tarantino, who wrote the script, is aiming to complete the film and have it ready for next year's Cannes Film Festival.

In the film, a band of U.S. soldiers facing death by firing squad for their misdeeds are given a chance to redeem themselves by heading into the perilous no-man's lands of Nazi-occupied France on a suicide mission for the Allies." Well how about that.

[Edible Napalm]

Hurrah! Yet more Inglorious Bastards casting news! Diane Kruger, Christoph Waltz and Paul Rust are the latest set of thesps to sign up for Quentin Tarantino's WW2 epic, according to Variety.

Kruger, who you might remember as the comely Helen from Troy, plays a seductive German actress who enters in a plot to sabotage some devious Nazi plans.

German actor Waltz will play the bad guy Colonel Hans Landa, while 'Wheelchair Darren' from Semi-Pro Paul Rust is one of the titular Bastards.

http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/906/906861/inglorious-bastards-20080901034242282.jpg
The comely Diane Kruger.

Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Mike Myers and Michael Fassbinder are already onboard the film, which starts filming on location in Germany this October.
http://movies.ign.com/articles/906/906861p1.html

[moegolden]

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/44546/thumbs/s-BRAD-PITT-BASTERD-large.jpg

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20234508,00.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/20/first-look-brad-pitt-in-i_n_136318.html

[LiddyRules]

We've got teaser:

http://movies.yahoo.com/premieres/11990378

[sd187]

wow. good find.

[chumpy]

Fucking Nice :icon_mrgr

[distortion9]

We've got teaser:

http://movies.yahoo.com/premieres/11990378

Damn....I am REALLY looking forward to this.

[FattyPneumonia]

Sweet I love fucking up Nazis!

[LastDeadMouse]

Nice!

[Minhaj]

some pretty badass screencaps
http://i41.tinypic.com/54jrq.png
Samm Levine (Freaks and Geeks), Til Schweiger (Uwe Boll's Far Cry), Eli Roth (Director of Hostel 1 and 2, Cabin Fever)
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Eli Roth, Brad Pitt
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Samm Levine

[MrBogey]

Hopefully Eli Roth worked on his acting. He was hammy in Cabin Fever.

[jagsfans]

Saw this last night before Friday the 13th. Looks badass

[Newmania]

Should be good.

[DriftwoodX]

Trailer looks great, but what is up with Brad Pitts accent

[wrinkletard]

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[Polack]

Just saw the trailer and can't fucking wait.

[lockjaaaaww]

OK I am seeing this.

[EarthCrisis]

Holy shit this gonna be sweet!

So long Nazi Faggots!

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The writer of this article seems horrified by the movie. that's a good thing.

[JakeGalt]

Trailer looks great, but what is up with Brad Pitts accent

Some Jews are gonna kill some naezis, and collect 100 naezi scealps each. That's what's up. What are you, some kind of naezi sympathizer?

[Budyzir]

We've got teaser:

http://movies.yahoo.com/premieres/11990378

That looks so freaking COOL! I'm so into this movie now.

Nein! Nein! Nein! Nein! :D

[LiddyRules]

Some Jews are gonna kill some naezis, and collect 100 naezi scealps each. That's what's up. What are you, some kind of naezi sympathizer? Cotton Hill says nayzi.

[EarthCrisis]

Oh man I can't wait to see that fucking head get smashed.

this movie will be awesome.

No doubt about it.

[SunFlwr22]

I just saw the trailer (http://www.hollywood.com/news/Trailer_Alert_Quentin_Tarantinos_Inglourious_Baste rds/5395578) and I think this movie looks really good! I'm a big Tarantino and Pit fan :)

[LiddyRules]

AICN has posters for IB. They're not the actors' heads floating above the title but I think they're neat nonetheless. (Also, can some mod please change the title of this thread to Inglourious Basterds?)

http://www.aintitcool.com/images2009/iibp-lil.jpg
http://www.aintitcool.com/images2009/IBign.jpg
http://www.aintitcool.com/images2009/IBempire.jpg

[Dre]

Nice find on those posters Liddy, this film looks damn good. Looks like vintage Tarantino. Nice blood and gore, but with a well-written script and good acting behind the violence.

[WoodenPlank]

Aaaaand the soundtrack listing has been leaked.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41086
Note: its from a french press kit...

The Green Leaves of Summer
(d’après le film ALAMO)
De Dimitri Tiomkin,

The Verdict
(Dopo la condanna)
D’Ennio Morricone
Interprété par
Ennio Morricone

L’incontro con la figlia
D’Ennio Morricone

White Lightning
(Chanson principale du film LES BOOTLEGGERS)
De Charles Bernstein
Interprété par Charles Bernstein

Il mercenario (ripresa)
D’Ennio Morricone
Interprété par Ennio Morricone

Slaughter
De Billy Preston
Interprété par Billy Preston

Algeri: 1 novembre 1954
(LA BATAILLE D’ALGER)
D’Ennio Morricone,Gillo Pontecorvo
Interprété par Ennio Morricone,Gillo Pontecorvo

The Surrender
( La resa )
D’Ennio Morricone
Interprété par Ennio Morricone

One Silver Dollar
(Un Dollaro Bucato)
De Gianni Ferrio

Bath Attack
(d’après le film L’EMPRISE) (The Entity?)
De Charles Bernstein
Interprété par Charles Bernstein

Davon Geht Die
Welt Nicht Unter
De Bruno Balz,Michael Jary
Interprété par Zarah Leander

The Man With The Big Sombrero
De Phil Boutelje,Foster Carling
Interprété par Sam Shelton and the Michael Andrew Orchestra

Ich Wollt Ich
Waer Ein Huhn
De Hans-Fritz Beckmann, Peter Kreuder
Interprété par Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Paul Kemp

Cat People
(Putting Out The Fire)
De David Bowie, Giorgio Moroder

Mystic and Severe
D’Ennio Morricone
Interprété par Ennio Morricone

The Devil’s Rumble
(d’après le film DEVIL’S ANGELS)
De Mike Curb
Interprété par The Arrows

What I’d Say
Zulus
D’Elmer Bernstein

Un Amico
D’Ennio Morricone
Interprété parEnnio Morricone

Tiger Tank
De Lalo Schifrin

Eastern Condors
Rabbia e Tarantella
D’Ennio Morricone
Interprété par Ennio Morricone

[Stig]

[literal stig] He spelled "Bastards" wrong.

[WoodenPlank]

[literal stig] He spelled "Bastards" wrong.

[literal Plank] And Inglorious. [/literal Plank]

[lockjaaaaww]

I heard theres commercials for the movie now. I haven't seen any.

[nikoloslvy]

just downloaded the 78 version...god i wish this women would leave me alone an let me watch this....fuck.

[Mindslayer]

Stig, youre avatar is so fucked up, but topical enough to make me el oh el.

[Earth2murf]

its gonna suck

[jagsfans]

just downloaded the 78 version...god i wish this women would leave me alone an let me watch this....fuck.

There isn't a 78 version because this isn't a remake.

[Norm Stansfield]

Strangely, the critics not liking it makes me want to see it even more. I think it means this is more Reservoir Dogs than Jackie Brown.

[EarthCrisis]

Almost a month........FUCK YES!

I know it's "cool" to be a "fan of the era" or whatever, but fuck the Nazis, too bad this wasn't a real story.

GOOD GUYS WIN AGAIN!

[LiddyRules]

I really liked it but I don't think it's going to be what a lot of people expect. It's more artsy than the typical Tarantino but there's something old school about it that I loved. I'm going to hate the people who cry that there are subtitles throughout a lot of it.

And the Jew broad was stunning.

I was also happy because I saw a lot of new trailers (Avatar, Wolfman and Inception) that I haven't seen on the big screen before.

And can a mod change the title of this thread to Inglourious Basterds?

[DonTheTrucker]

I really liked it but I don't think it's going to be what a lot of people expect. It's more artsy than the typical Tarantino

More Kill Bill than Reservoir Dogs? From what I hear it's the same style, with almost every scene being a tribute to some other movie. Personally I love that shit. It's like a film class without having to go to a faggoty film school.

[LiddyRules]

More Kill Bill than Reservoir Dogs? From what I hear it's the same style, with almost every scene being a tribute to some other movie. Personally I love that shit. It's like a film class without having to go to a faggoty film school. It's more Kill Bill than Reservoir Dogs but probably more Jackie Brown than any of the others because it's more about the tone and the vibe. This is one of those films you enjoy spending time in, rather than just watching it.

[distortion9]

It's more Kill Bill than Reservoir Dogs but probably more Jackie Brown than any of the others because it's more about the tone and the vibe. This is one of those films you enjoy spending time in, rather than just watching it.

Nice, I'm really looking forward to this. And fwiw, I love subtitles...who wants English speaking Nazi's?! Exactly why I haven't seen "Valkyrie".

[Chimp Pembry]

I loved it. Unlike Transformers 2, I didn't leave the theatre at 3AM with anything but, "Holy shit that movie was awesome" in my mind.

[Stig]

Nice, I'm really looking forward to this. And fwiw, I love subtitles...who wants English speaking Nazi's?! Exactly why I haven't seen "Valkyrie".

English speaking Nazis with American and English accents, to boot! FAIL.

[askewcore]

Nice, I'm really looking forward to this. And fwiw, I love subtitles...who wants English speaking Nazi's?! Exactly why I haven't seen "Valkyrie".

I can almost understand it in a movie like Valkyrie, where everyone would be speaking German, so for the sake of an American movie, everyone speaking English didnt bother me. Inglorious has people speaking English, French and German, so they have to subtitle the French and German, or it would be fucking retarded. I also can't stand when people write a movie off because it has subtitles. I've tried to turn a bunch of people onto films like City of God, only to have them say, "I dont wanna read a fucking movie, dude." My friends are cretins.

[WhiskeyWhispers]

Loved it. Lot more dialog driven than I expected, but never boring. Christoph Waltz owns this movie. Every time he was on screen, you knew you were seeing something special. I'm not big on Brad Pitt, but he was also excellent in this and he also got the biggest laughs. Some of the more violent scenes left me wondering how the hell they got away with them (The Bear Jew fucked that one nigga up!).

It's still all sinking in, but after being significantly disappointed by Death Proof, he won me back over with this.

Movie geek in joke moment (for me): they named Eli Roth's character Antonio Margheriti after the exploitation director in the scene when they were impersonating Italians. There's probably more, but being a horror guy, that was the one that I caught.

[lockjaaaaww]

Nice, I'm really looking forward to this. And fwiw, I love subtitles...who wants English speaking Nazi's?! Exactly why I haven't seen "Valkyrie".

What about schindler's list? Those nazi speak english as well.

[LiddyRules]

Movie geek in joke moment (for me): they named Eli Roth's character Antonio Margheriti after the exploitation director in the scene when they were impersonating Italians. There's probably more, but being a horror guy, that was the one that I caught. The opening scene reminded me very much of Lee Van Cleef's introduction in GBU.

[WhiskeyWhispers]

The opening scene reminded me very much of Lee Van Cleef's introduction in GBU.

Now that you say that, very much so. I have to watch that scene now.
That's what is great about Tarantino, his enthusiasm for all genres and film in general rubs off on you.

[TonyBagels]

GOD DAMN PHENOMENAL. Walken's scenes in Pulp Fiction x 10 !!!!

[maxeypad]

I CANNOT wait to see this movie

and Downfall was all in subtitles....great flick too

[TonyBagels]

I can almost understand it in a movie like Valkyrie, where everyone would be speaking German, so for the sake of an American movie, everyone speaking English didnt bother me. Inglorious has people speaking English, French and German, so they have to subtitle the French and German, or it would be fucking retarded. I also can't stand when people write a movie off because it has subtitles. I've tried to turn a bunch of people onto films like City of God, only to have them say, "I dont wanna read a fucking movie, dude." My friends are cretins.

AND ITALIAN!!! classic scene

[fandango86]

Great movie. I have to remember what this feeling is like. I didn't know a thing about the plot of this movie other than Quentin Tarantino WWII move with Brad Pitt acting kind of silly. The ending caught me completely off guard, which was great.

It's so easy to find out everything about a movie before you see it nowadays. I definitely think I enjoyed this and District 9 a lot more because I didn't know as much about them going in.

By the way, my brother is one of those 'I don't want to read a movie' douches. I tried to tell him the acting was so good in this one you barely had to read the subtitles to know what was going on, but he still hated it. Tool.

[LiddyRules]

The Basterds were good but the more I think about the movie, the more I think about Shoshanna and Landa.

[George Costanza]

More Kill Bill than Reservoir Dogs? From what I hear it's the same style, with almost every scene being a tribute to some other movie. Personally I love that shit. It's like a film class without having to go to a faggoty film school.

IS it more Kill bill1 or Kill Bill2
2 was way better

[cigarsandscotch]

Awesome flick, in spite of me not being a big fan of Brad Pitt. I have to admit that he was great in it. The only thing in it that bugged me was Mike Meyers. His scene took me out of the movie for a few minutes, but everything else was perfect.

[Dre]

Absolutely fantastic. Yet another Tarantino masterpiece.

The amount of subtitles caught me off guard, but I couldn't have cared less, because the dialogue was so well-written and the film was so captivating. The Basterds were awesome in every scene they were in, as was Hans Landa. Just a really awesome film backed up with lots of great homage and a brilliant script.

I thought the score was very good, as well.

Highly recommended. I already want to see it again.

[nataskaos]

It might be as good as any movie QT has ever made.
Brad Pitt was fucking GREAT.
Christoph Waltz should win the Academy Award for best supporting.
Funny as hell.
Super violent.
Amazing story telling.
The MOST suspense that I have ever felt in a QT movie.

Fucking A+.

[lockjaaaaww]

I'm gonna wind up being the last guy to see the movie person. I'll try next friday, can't do it this weekend.

[ProflyerXM]

I love QT spaghetti western throwback intro. It feels very old school.

The baseball bat scene was everything I hoped it would be from the trailer.

Great, GREAT movie. A+

Mike Myers took me out too, the whole theater was laughing at his role but it was kinda like wtf? Did he play Churchill too or just the major?

Diane Kruger is sooo fucking sexy.
Especially when she has so crazy Jew hunter's hands around her throat.

[FAngel]

I'm posting my thoughts in spoiler tags because it's lengthy, but for anyone who is still on the fence about this movie, or if you just want to read anyway, please, PLEASE read.

Anyone who considers themselves both friends of mine and a fan of movies, please read what I have to say right now. It's lengthy but worth it.

Immediately after I got out of work today at 4, I went over to the box office and bought a ticket for the 8:20 showing of Tarantino's first solo effort in 5 years (I know Death Proof was his half of Grindhouse and I loved it myself but it was still technically a part of a double feature). I haven't been this excited for a movie release in a long time - hell, save for The Hurt Locker, this is the first time I've been to a theater since Grindhouse tanked at the box office. Stupid Americans...

It turns out the idea of buying in advance was the right one, because a big "SOLD OUT" logo flashed in front of the showtime at the box office as I walked in. As I was heading toward the guy taking tickets, I noticed several other people there gathered around talking to two people in suits, who I guessed correctly were managers. I went to hand in my ticket, and was told that they were "experiencing audio problems" and the 8:20 showtime was cancelled.

Shit.

Seeing as I had nothing else going on, I was understanding that shit happens. I exchanged my ticket for a later showing at 10:05, and putzed around Barnes & Noble for a bit, where I eventually fell victim to a Buy 2, Get 1 Free deal which made me owner of another Hunter S. Thompson book. I dropped off my books in the car, hoping that I hadn't just blown my cigarette and beer money for the rest of the week.

I head in to the theater at about 9:35 and the trailers take over at 10:05.......and something's not right. I know trailers don't necessarily HAVE to reflect the audience who is seeing the film, but I found it odd that we were shown trailers for nothing but G and PG-rated films before a Quentin Tarantino film. Whatever.

The theater logos play, and the movie starts...or so I thought. We were then shown a 4 minute short film involving two kids having a staring contest lasting more than 24 hours. At this point, a couple people in the theater are looking back and forth, with obvious "WTF?" bubbles over their heads. I was puzzled, but arrived at the only logical conclusion - this was some sort of ironic joke that Tarantino pulled by having Robert Rodriguez (director of the Spy Kids films) play this against what would be a bloodfest. Well played, I thought.

Then the real film started.......and the mistake revealed itself. I had no idea what the fuck movie they had switched (I found out later it was called Shorts, whatever the fuck that was about), but the audience sure as hell let them know they had fucked up. Two minutes later, the big green "The following preview..." screen was in front of us again. We saw trailers for Rob Zombie's Halloween sequel and James Cameron's Avatar. Seems like they got it right this time.

At this point, we've been sitting watching commercials and trailers for nearly 40 minutes. Everyone is anxious to get the damn film started already. The logos play, the music starts up.......

.......and there's a FUCKING GIANT BLACK LINE ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN.

NOW we're pissed. I leap out of my seat, exit the theater and catch one of the managers in the suits as he's coming in. I almost grab his arm as I tell him "You better get in here, NOW. This audience is getting pissed." We miss the opening credits and the first minute of the film before they replace the retard behind the projector with someone competent. FINALLY, we can sit and enjoy the film.

So, let's recap...this theater fucked up 3 times:
1.) Audio problems, canceling the first show and possibly sending some people home altogether
2.) Wrong movie loaded into the projector, forcing a 20 minute delay
3.) A sleeve or some other sort of artifact in the way of the projector, obscuring the first 5 minutes of the movie

The reason I've told you this in such great detail is because, when the movie was over, I had literally COMPLETELY forgotten the ordeal even happened.

I'm younger than a lot of my friends on here, I know that, so my opinion doesn't always hold as much water as some others. That being said, I love movies for the sake of movies and have seen close to 800 at this point in my life.

Inglorious Basterds is the greatest movie I have ever seen in my life.

I have never, EVER been so completely FLOORED after a movie ended. For almost three hours I sat and was captivated, the way a movie is truly to supposed to make you feel. I've seen films that made me laugh, tear up, get the fuck scared out of me, etc. This is the first time I can remember when I was left, no exaggeration, BREATHLESS when the end credits rolled. Without any reason to do so, other than to show how much I had just enjoyed what I had seen, I started applauding - and then realized the entire fucking audience was doing the same thing. This isn't a film festival in New York, this is a megaplex in the suburbs of Saucon Valley. I've never experienced anything like that at the end of a movie before.

When I walked out of the theater, the ushers were handing out vouchers for a free readmission because of the problems that happened. Even though I gladly accepted it, the idea of getting a refund for the night didn't even cross my mind.

The point - if you're a Tarantino fan, or hell, even remotely a fan of movies, go see it. NOW. Stop what you're doing, stop reading this note, put off whatever else was supposed to happen this weekend and find a way to go to a theater and watch. I'm still so fucking enthralled, I may end up using the free pass to go see it again.

[cokelogic]

I really liked the movie, but I didn't think it was "Amazing" "Outstanding" or a "Masterpiece" like other people.

I'm not going to talk spoilers, but I am going to talk about the movie. But honestly, what are you doing in this thread if you haven't seen the movie.

The movie was sold wrong. Every trailer showed Brad Pitt and his 8 basterds... they're hardly in the movie. In fact, an entire other plot is happening that was never brought up in any promo or advert. This was not the QT style "Kelly's Heroes" I was told it would be. I really wanted a 2 hour movie about Aldo and his men hunting Nazis and that only took up 20 minutes of a 2 1/2 hour movie. WTF!?

The 2nd thing I was not prepared for is that 90% of the movie is subtitled. Which isn't a bad thing. I've watched many subtitled movies before, but I think that this destroys the 'cool' and 'stylized' characters QT creates with his "QT delivery". This feel much less like a cool QT movie, because I had to read the lines, instead of appreciate the dialog.

3rd, I felt the "cat and mouse game" scenario was repeated too many times. Was it 3 or 4 times that people were sitting around a table, where there was a secret/information withheld and the 'bad guy' may or may not know what's going on. The suspense worked the first time, but this device grew tired each additional time it was repeated.

4thly, let me just reiterate my 2nd point. Not enough Brad Pitt and his Basterds in the movie. For fuck sake, there's footage in the trailer that was not in the movie, meaning that there are deleted scenes of the Basterds doing their work. And that's what I wanted to see more of, give the title of the movie is Inglorious Basterds.

I think if you trimmed the long dialog scenes, where you had to read the dialog, and added more scenes of the Basterds in the movie you'd have an amazing movie. But it just didn't live up to what I wanted (what the movie was hyped and sold as)

It's not just "an okay" film. The good parts were Thantastic!! But the long scenes with subtitles dragged on and on. Losing the entire QT vibe.

That being said, I can't stop thinking about the movie and will most likely see it again this weekend.

[Sevenyars]

I really loved this movie. Brad Pitt was great. As far as the cat and mouse game. I think that was a swerve for the audience. We got to see the "jew" hunter play that out over and over , but when he gets to aldo the game gets strait forward.

But I will say the only thing I did not like about the movie, was the MAJOR historical inaccuracy. When watching a movie based on history the audience has to allow for some things. But in this case it went way out of text. I really think that is what is keeping this from being the greatest war movie ever.

[Dre]

But I will say the only thing I did not like about the movie, was the MAJOR historical inaccuracy. When watching a movie based on history the audience has to allow for some things. But in this case it went way out of text. I really think that is what is keeping this from being the greatest war movie ever.

To be fair to Quentin, he wasn't going out to make the world's greatest war movie or WWII movie. He was going to do his twist on WWII and the films that are related to it, (The Dirty Dozen, The Devil's Brigade, and a host of others), while mixing in elements of the Spaghetti Western genre and the revenge genre. The inaccuracies are because he was making a Tarantino war film, not something to rival Saving Private Ryan. The inaccuracies didn't bother me because I wasn't taking the film seriously in terms of that.

[Dre]

I'm posting my thoughts in spoiler tags because it's lengthy, but for anyone who is still on the fence about this movie, or if you just want to read anyway, please, PLEASE read.

Anyone who considers themselves both friends of mine and a fan of movies, please read what I have to say right now. It's lengthy but worth it.

Immediately after I got out of work today at 4, I went over to the box office and bought a ticket for the 8:20 showing of Tarantino's first solo effort in 5 years (I know Death Proof was his half of Grindhouse and I loved it myself but it was still technically a part of a double feature). I haven't been this excited for a movie release in a long time - hell, save for The Hurt Locker, this is the first time I've been to a theater since Grindhouse tanked at the box office. Stupid Americans...

It turns out the idea of buying in advance was the right one, because a big "SOLD OUT" logo flashed in front of the showtime at the box office as I walked in. As I was heading toward the guy taking tickets, I noticed several other people there gathered around talking to two people in suits, who I guessed correctly were managers. I went to hand in my ticket, and was told that they were "experiencing audio problems" and the 8:20 showtime was cancelled.

Shit.

Seeing as I had nothing else going on, I was understanding that shit happens. I exchanged my ticket for a later showing at 10:05, and putzed around Barnes & Noble for a bit, where I eventually fell victim to a Buy 2, Get 1 Free deal which made me owner of another Hunter S. Thompson book. I dropped off my books in the car, hoping that I hadn't just blown my cigarette and beer money for the rest of the week.

I head in to the theater at about 9:35 and the trailers take over at 10:05.......and something's not right. I know trailers don't necessarily HAVE to reflect the audience who is seeing the film, but I found it odd that we were shown trailers for nothing but G and PG-rated films before a Quentin Tarantino film. Whatever.

The theater logos play, and the movie starts...or so I thought. We were then shown a 4 minute short film involving two kids having a staring contest lasting more than 24 hours. At this point, a couple people in the theater are looking back and forth, with obvious "WTF?" bubbles over their heads. I was puzzled, but arrived at the only logical conclusion - this was some sort of ironic joke that Tarantino pulled by having Robert Rodriguez (director of the Spy Kids films) play this against what would be a bloodfest. Well played, I thought.

Then the real film started.......and the mistake revealed itself. I had no idea what the fuck movie they had switched (I found out later it was called Shorts, whatever the fuck that was about), but the audience sure as hell let them know they had fucked up. Two minutes later, the big green "The following preview..." screen was in front of us again. We saw trailers for Rob Zombie's Halloween sequel and James Cameron's Avatar. Seems like they got it right this time.

At this point, we've been sitting watching commercials and trailers for nearly 40 minutes. Everyone is anxious to get the damn film started already. The logos play, the music starts up.......

.......and there's a FUCKING GIANT BLACK LINE ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN.

NOW we're pissed. I leap out of my seat, exit the theater and catch one of the managers in the suits as he's coming in. I almost grab his arm as I tell him "You better get in here, NOW. This audience is getting pissed." We miss the opening credits and the first minute of the film before they replace the retard behind the projector with someone competent. FINALLY, we can sit and enjoy the film.

So, let's recap...this theater fucked up 3 times:
1.) Audio problems, canceling the first show and possibly sending some people home altogether
2.) Wrong movie loaded into the projector, forcing a 20 minute delay
3.) A sleeve or some other sort of artifact in the way of the projector, obscuring the first 5 minutes of the movie

The reason I've told you this in such great detail is because, when the movie was over, I had literally COMPLETELY forgotten the ordeal even happened.

I'm younger than a lot of my friends on here, I know that, so my opinion doesn't always hold as much water as some others. That being said, I love movies for the sake of movies and have seen close to 800 at this point in my life.

Inglorious Basterds is the greatest movie I have ever seen in my life.

I have never, EVER been so completely FLOORED after a movie ended. For almost three hours I sat and was captivated, the way a movie is truly to supposed to make you feel. I've seen films that made me laugh, tear up, get the fuck scared out of me, etc. This is the first time I can remember when I was left, no exaggeration, BREATHLESS when the end credits rolled. Without any reason to do so, other than to show how much I had just enjoyed what I had seen, I started applauding - and then realized the entire fucking audience was doing the same thing. This isn't a film festival in New York, this is a megaplex in the suburbs of Saucon Valley. I've never experienced anything like that at the end of a movie before.

When I walked out of the theater, the ushers were handing out vouchers for a free readmission because of the problems that happened. Even though I gladly accepted it, the idea of getting a refund for the night didn't even cross my mind.

The point - if you're a Tarantino fan, or hell, even remotely a fan of movies, go see it. NOW. Stop what you're doing, stop reading this note, put off whatever else was supposed to happen this weekend and find a way to go to a theater and watch. I'm still so fucking enthralled, I may end up using the free pass to go see it again.

Well said, sir. And that theater is filled with incompetent buffons, but I can see how you forgot. The film was brilliant. I agree with all of your comments on it. Glad you enjoyed it as well.

[crippledalbino]

Landa was it for me. And as someone who has spent a fair amount of time in France, he not only pulled off French language very well, he was amazing as a French guy. I'm with cokelogic, I walked out of there liking it but being like "Really? They just killed all the bad guys?" There was a swerve for me because I kept waiting for that part to come up to see where these guys failed because we know none of this happened, or at least a part that said "But history had to say it THIS way, because..."

However, like cokelogic just so eloquently said, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it and it requires another viewing. He makes a good point with the dialogue issues not in terms of it taking away from the movie but in taking away from being able to enjoy truly Tarantino dialogue, but I think upon a second viewing, knowing what I'm getting into, we can start getting into nuance watching, and that's what makes his films so awesome.

Heh. Eli Roth's Boston accent was a little over the top, though.

[Dre]

I meant to ask. Anyone else think Landa's opening monologue about the Nazis, the Jews, and the metaphor of the animals he used, (i.e. the Jew is a rat), was brilliantly written by Tarantino? Not to say there weren't a million other extremely written scenes but that one was fantastic in my opinion.

[nataskaos]

I really loved this movie. Brad Pitt was great. As far as the cat and mouse game. I think that was a swerve for the audience. We got to see the "jew" hunter play that out over and over , but when he gets to aldo the game gets strait forward.

But I will say the only thing I did not like about the movie, was the MAJOR historical inaccuracy. When watching a movie based on history the audience has to allow for some things. But in this case it went way out of text. I really think that is what is keeping this from being the greatest war movie ever.

Dude:
He killed Hitler. I think that you're supposed to get that this happens in an alternate universe.
And for that, I LOVED it.

[ProflyerXM]

I understand what everyone is saying about the "cat and mouse" dialog interspersed throughout the movie but I think Quentin really did his best to recreate the "70's style" spaghetti western. The opening credits stuck to that vein and the long tension building dialog followed by moments of intense action really do recall the older style of movies.

The trailer was a bit misleading, even the name for that matter. Not enough Basterds, I agree. Fantastics dialog though. Also, the minor historical "inaccuracies" were definitely a bit off putting but I had fun imagining that was actually how everything ended. It was overly long as some critics have said, but still very well done.

BTW, what shit did that move "Armored" look like? I was comparing the trailer for that (I'm sure) piece of shit vs. the trailer for Basterds and there is no comparison.

Heh. Eli Roth's Boston accent was a little over the top, though.

After he got done bashing that German's head in, and he was dancing around didn't he sound a little bit like the woman screaming about Mariano Rivera O&A love to play?

[AND......YUCK]

I really liked the movie, but I didn't think it was "Amazing" "Outstanding" or a "Masterpiece" like other people.

I'm not going to talk spoilers, but I am going to talk about the movie. But honestly, what are you doing in this thread if you haven't seen the movie.

The movie was sold wrong. Every trailer showed Brad Pitt and his 8 basterds... they're hardly in the movie. In fact, an entire other plot is happening that was never brought up in any promo or advert. This was not the QT style "Kelly's Heroes" I was told it would be. I really wanted a 2 hour movie about Aldo and his men hunting Nazis and that only took up 20 minutes of a 2 1/2 hour movie. WTF!?

The 2nd thing I was not prepared for is that 90% of the movie is subtitled. Which isn't a bad thing. I've watched many subtitled movies before, but I think that this destroys the 'cool' and 'stylized' characters QT creates with his "QT delivery". This feel much less like a cool QT movie, because I had to read the lines, instead of appreciate the dialog.

3rd, I felt the "cat and mouse game" scenario was repeated too many times. Was it 3 or 4 times that people were sitting around a table, where there was a secret/information withheld and the 'bad guy' may or may not know what's going on. The suspense worked the first time, but this device grew tired each additional time it was repeated.

4thly, let me just reiterate my 2nd point. Not enough Brad Pitt and his Basterds in the movie. For fuck sake, there's footage in the trailer that was not in the movie, meaning that there are deleted scenes of the Basterds doing their work. And that's what I wanted to see more of, give the title of the movie is Inglorious Basterds.

I think if you trimmed the long dialog scenes, where you had to read the dialog, and added more scenes of the Basterds in the movie you'd have an amazing movie. But it just didn't live up to what I wanted (what the movie was hyped and sold as)

It's not just "an okay" film. The good parts were Thantastic!! But the long scenes with subtitles dragged on and on. Losing the entire QT vibe.

That being said, I can't stop thinking about the movie and will most likely see it again this weekend.

Pretty much X2 for me. I liked it, but I didn't love it. I don't mind dialogue especially in a Tartantino movie because the writing is always outstanding, but the dragged out german scenes with subtitles lost me for a bit but the violence was good and the scene payoffs were worth it. Good movie worth seeing but not even close to the best movie of all-time or even the year like some are saying.

[Mindslayer]

I cant see it this weekend, either, but Illl definitely see it sometime during the week, along with District 9.

[FAngel]

After he got done bashing that German's head in, and he was dancing around didn't he sound a little bit like the woman screaming about Mariano Rivera O&A love to play?

I will admit, yeah, "HE WENT YAAHD!" definitely made me think of Susan Waldman, but I think that was the point with how exaggerated the accent was.

[pink soccer]

I'm posting my thoughts in spoiler tags because it's lengthy, but for anyone who is still on the fence about this movie, or if you just want to read anyway, please, PLEASE read.

Anyone who considers themselves both friends of mine and a fan of movies, please read what I have to say right now. It's lengthy but worth it.

Immediately after I got out of work today at 4, I went over to the box office and bought a ticket for the 8:20 showing of Tarantino's first solo effort in 5 years (I know Death Proof was his half of Grindhouse and I loved it myself but it was still technically a part of a double feature). I haven't been this excited for a movie release in a long time - hell, save for The Hurt Locker, this is the first time I've been to a theater since Grindhouse tanked at the box office. Stupid Americans...

It turns out the idea of buying in advance was the right one, because a big "SOLD OUT" logo flashed in front of the showtime at the box office as I walked in. As I was heading toward the guy taking tickets, I noticed several other people there gathered around talking to two people in suits, who I guessed correctly were managers. I went to hand in my ticket, and was told that they were "experiencing audio problems" and the 8:20 showtime was cancelled.

Shit.

Seeing as I had nothing else going on, I was understanding that shit happens. I exchanged my ticket for a later showing at 10:05, and putzed around Barnes & Noble for a bit, where I eventually fell victim to a Buy 2, Get 1 Free deal which made me owner of another Hunter S. Thompson book. I dropped off my books in the car, hoping that I hadn't just blown my cigarette and beer money for the rest of the week.

I head in to the theater at about 9:35 and the trailers take over at 10:05.......and something's not right. I know trailers don't necessarily HAVE to reflect the audience who is seeing the film, but I found it odd that we were shown trailers for nothing but G and PG-rated films before a Quentin Tarantino film. Whatever.

The theater logos play, and the movie starts...or so I thought. We were then shown a 4 minute short film involving two kids having a staring contest lasting more than 24 hours. At this point, a couple people in the theater are looking back and forth, with obvious "WTF?" bubbles over their heads. I was puzzled, but arrived at the only logical conclusion - this was some sort of ironic joke that Tarantino pulled by having Robert Rodriguez (director of the Spy Kids films) play this against what would be a bloodfest. Well played, I thought.

Then the real film started.......and the mistake revealed itself. I had no idea what the fuck movie they had switched (I found out later it was called Shorts, whatever the fuck that was about), but the audience sure as hell let them know they had fucked up. Two minutes later, the big green "The following preview..." screen was in front of us again. We saw trailers for Rob Zombie's Halloween sequel and James Cameron's Avatar. Seems like they got it right this time.

At this point, we've been sitting watching commercials and trailers for nearly 40 minutes. Everyone is anxious to get the damn film started already. The logos play, the music starts up.......

.......and there's a FUCKING GIANT BLACK LINE ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN.

NOW we're pissed. I leap out of my seat, exit the theater and catch one of the managers in the suits as he's coming in. I almost grab his arm as I tell him "You better get in here, NOW. This audience is getting pissed." We miss the opening credits and the first minute of the film before they replace the retard behind the projector with someone competent. FINALLY, we can sit and enjoy the film.

So, let's recap...this theater fucked up 3 times:
1.) Audio problems, canceling the first show and possibly sending some people home altogether
2.) Wrong movie loaded into the projector, forcing a 20 minute delay
3.) A sleeve or some other sort of artifact in the way of the projector, obscuring the first 5 minutes of the movie

The reason I've told you this in such great detail is because, when the movie was over, I had literally COMPLETELY forgotten the ordeal even happened.

I'm younger than a lot of my friends on here, I know that, so my opinion doesn't always hold as much water as some others. That being said, I love movies for the sake of movies and have seen close to 800 at this point in my life.

Inglorious Basterds is the greatest movie I have ever seen in my life.

I have never, EVER been so completely FLOORED after a movie ended. For almost three hours I sat and was captivated, the way a movie is truly to supposed to make you feel. I've seen films that made me laugh, tear up, get the fuck scared out of me, etc. This is the first time I can remember when I was left, no exaggeration, BREATHLESS when the end credits rolled. Without any reason to do so, other than to show how much I had just enjoyed what I had seen, I started applauding - and then realized the entire fucking audience was doing the same thing. This isn't a film festival in New York, this is a megaplex in the suburbs of Saucon Valley. I've never experienced anything like that at the end of a movie before.

When I walked out of the theater, the ushers were handing out vouchers for a free readmission because of the problems that happened. Even though I gladly accepted it, the idea of getting a refund for the night didn't even cross my mind.

The point - if you're a Tarantino fan, or hell, even remotely a fan of movies, go see it. NOW. Stop what you're doing, stop reading this note, put off whatever else was supposed to happen this weekend and find a way to go to a theater and watch. I'm still so fucking enthralled, I may end up using the free pass to go see it again.

our theater was having problems as well.
I thought maybe it was part of the film because the projecter went out during "pride of a nation" so i thought maybe QT was playing a game by making the projecters go out during opening night or something. but when it kept going out 4 times in all the manager came in and gave everyone rainchecks.
but we saw the whole movie and I enjoyed the hell out of it. I dont mind reading subtitles if its good dialoge.

[mascan42]

No need to wait until next March. Give Christoph Waltz the Oscar now.

[25133WhooOoAH]

I'm so broke I still haven't seen District 9! So This will have to wait...Tarantino always makes the best movies.

[NeonTaster]

Just bought tickets for tonight. Can't wait.

[maxeypad]

just went and saw it......LOVE it, and the subtitles...glad they used actual european languages as opposed to everything being in English
and the chick at the very beginning at the farmhouse that yells "Papa!"
I know her! thats Robert Rodriquez's sister, Tina

"Is that the way you say it, "That's a bingo?"
"You just say 'Bingo'."

[George Costanza]

just went and saw it......LOVE it, and the subtitles...glad they used actual european languages as opposed to everything being in English
and the chick at the very beginning at the farmhouse that yells "Papa!"
I know her! thats Robert Rodriquez's sister, Tina

"Is that the way you say it, "That's a bingo?"
"You just say 'Bingo'."

Good Review, can't wait to see it.

[Trippy]

I really liked the movie, but I didn't think it was "Amazing" "Outstanding" or a "Masterpiece" like other people.

I'm not going to talk spoilers, but I am going to talk about the movie. But honestly, what are you doing in this thread if you haven't seen the movie.

The movie was sold wrong. Every trailer showed Brad Pitt and his 8 basterds... they're hardly in the movie. In fact, an entire other plot is happening that was never brought up in any promo or advert. This was not the QT style "Kelly's Heroes" I was told it would be. I really wanted a 2 hour movie about Aldo and his men hunting Nazis and that only took up 20 minutes of a 2 1/2 hour movie. WTF!?

The 2nd thing I was not prepared for is that 90% of the movie is subtitled. Which isn't a bad thing. I've watched many subtitled movies before, but I think that this destroys the 'cool' and 'stylized' characters QT creates with his "QT delivery". This feel much less like a cool QT movie, because I had to read the lines, instead of appreciate the dialog.

3rd, I felt the "cat and mouse game" scenario was repeated too many times. Was it 3 or 4 times that people were sitting around a table, where there was a secret/information withheld and the 'bad guy' may or may not know what's going on. The suspense worked the first time, but this device grew tired each additional time it was repeated.

4thly, let me just reiterate my 2nd point. Not enough Brad Pitt and his Basterds in the movie. For fuck sake, there's footage in the trailer that was not in the movie, meaning that there are deleted scenes of the Basterds doing their work. And that's what I wanted to see more of, give the title of the movie is Inglorious Basterds.

I think if you trimmed the long dialog scenes, where you had to read the dialog, and added more scenes of the Basterds in the movie you'd have an amazing movie. But it just didn't live up to what I wanted (what the movie was hyped and sold as)

It's not just "an okay" film. The good parts were Thantastic!! But the long scenes with subtitles dragged on and on. Losing the entire QT vibe.

That being said, I can't stop thinking about the movie and will most likely see it again this weekend.

Well said sir, well said. I really liked this movie but not QTs best. The subtitles did take away from the dialogue and took away the QT feel at times. But moments like Lugos into were totally QT style. And the scenes with the Bastards were great and too few. Everything the "Jew Hunter" said was fucking great. His demands were great and I loved how this movie ended.

To sum up, two words:
Bear Jew

[NeonTaster]

This movie was fucking great.

First off, as some of you mentioned before (especially Cokelogic) this movie was billed and advertised wrong. It wasn't an action movie at all. It's actually a bit hard to describe. But I thought it was built well, acted extremely well, and the characters were great (especially Landa, who could be one of the best bad guys ever).
Overall, I enjoyed it a lot. Never seen anything quite like it, to be honest.

[WhiskeyWhispers]

I would just like to point something out to everyone saying the subtitles detracted from the movie: most of the tension and drama from numerous scenes came from the fact that the characters were speaking in languages that other characters did not understand.

Numerous examples:
the beginning when the family hiding didn't understand the English Landa and the Frenchmen were speaking, the scene where the Jewish chick is taken to meet Goebbels and she doesn't understand half of the conversation, the card game scene where the British guy's German accent fucked everything up, at the theater when the Basterds were trying to pull off being Italian only to find Landa is fluent in Italian...need I go on?

So to sum up, that is a shit point to bring up if you are trying to find fault with the movie. Not only does it not detract, it adds to the effectiveness of the movie. It simply wouldn't and couldn't have been the same without all the different languages.

As far as being misrepresented in trailers, absolutely, that happens all the time. Never judge a movie by the trailer.

[NotSoFast]

just went and saw it......LOVE it, and the subtitles...glad they used actual european languages as opposed to everything being in English...


Since when is England not in Europe???:action-sm

[Trippy]

I would just like to point something out to everyone saying the subtitles detracted from the movie: most of the tension and drama from numerous scenes came from the fact that the characters were speaking in languages that other characters did not understand.

Numerous examples:
the beginning when the family hiding didn't understand the English Landa and the Frenchmen were speaking, the scene where the Jewish chick is taken to meet Goebbels and she doesn't understand half of the conversation, the card game scene where the British guy's German accent fucked everything up, at the theater when the Basterds were trying to pull off being Italian only to find Landa is fluent in Italian...need I go on?

So to sum up, that is a shit point to bring up if you are trying to find fault with the movie. Not only does it not detract, it adds to the effectiveness of the movie. It simply wouldn't and couldn't have been the same without all the different languages.

As far as being misrepresented in trailers, absolutely, that happens all the time. Never judge a movie by the trailer.

I ynderstand your point but then why were major turning points in the movie in English? The end of the farm scene, when the actress got busted, the end of the tavern scene and the movie owners movie was even in English.

It also seems odd that so many people spoke perfect english. I dont think some french farmer would speak english. But the subtitles did establish that the "Jew Hunter" was an educated, intellegent person and that made the character who he was. That couldnt be done wiithout the subtitles.

[WhiskeyWhispers]

I ynderstand your point but then why were major turning points in the movie in English? The end of the farm scene, when the actress got busted, the end of the tavern scene and the movie owners movie was even in English.



The farm scene part that was in English was so because I think the German knew they were hiding the whole time, but he wanted them to think they were safe, so he asked the French guy to speak in English so the Jews wouldn't understand when he finally got him to confess he was hiding them.

The tavern scene ended in English because that is the only language Brad Pitt's character spoke. Everyone else was pretty much dead, there was no need for anyone to pretend they were German.

I'm not sure about the movie owner's movie, but I'm pretty sure her character spoke English and French, but not German, so she spoke English to get her message through.

Edit* my head is actually spinning trying to remember if she did indeed speak English in that scene, I can't remember for certain.

At any rate, the languages and subtitles didn't bother me at all.

[Trippy]

The farm scene part that was in English was so because I think the German knew they were hiding the whole time, but he wanted them to think they were safe, so he asked the French guy to speak in English so the Jews wouldn't understand when he finally got him to confess he was hiding them.

The tavern scene ended in English because that is the only language Brad Pitt's character spoke. Everyone else was pretty much dead, there was no need for anyone to pretend they were German.

I'm not sure about the movie owner's movie, but I'm pretty sure her character spoke English and French, but not German, so she spoke English to get her message through.

Edit* my head is actually spinning trying to remember if she did indeed speak English in that scene, I can't remember for certain.

At any rate, the languages and subtitles didn't bother me at all.

I ment the part in the tavern when the Nazi "figured things out" (dont want to give anyhting away).

Her speech was def in English. And I dont think she spoke english at all before that moment.

[Minhaj]

i dunno if i can post a link for stormfront here but those folks do not like the movie at all. those people need a hug.

[DJ Evel Ed]

Watching a shitty copy right now. I wonder if it's worth going to the theatre? I like what I see so far. I did expect an action packed flick but that's from the trailer.

Last night I watched a version in Russian language. Even Brad Pitt was in Russian! WTF! Talk about a clusterfuck of subtitles! They finally posted an English version today.

[lockjaaaaww]

Just got back and like everone said its fuckin awesome. Loved it.

[Stormrider666]

I really liked the movie, but I didn't think it was "Amazing" "Outstanding" or a "Masterpiece" like other people.

I'm not going to talk spoilers, but I am going to talk about the movie. But honestly, what are you doing in this thread if you haven't seen the movie.

The movie was sold wrong. Every trailer showed Brad Pitt and his 8 basterds... they're hardly in the movie. In fact, an entire other plot is happening that was never brought up in any promo or advert. This was not the QT style "Kelly's Heroes" I was told it would be. I really wanted a 2 hour movie about Aldo and his men hunting Nazis and that only took up 20 minutes of a 2 1/2 hour movie. WTF!?

The 2nd thing I was not prepared for is that 90% of the movie is subtitled. Which isn't a bad thing. I've watched many subtitled movies before, but I think that this destroys the 'cool' and 'stylized' characters QT creates with his "QT delivery". This feel much less like a cool QT movie, because I had to read the lines, instead of appreciate the dialog.

3rd, I felt the "cat and mouse game" scenario was repeated too many times. Was it 3 or 4 times that people were sitting around a table, where there was a secret/information withheld and the 'bad guy' may or may not know what's going on. The suspense worked the first time, but this device grew tired each additional time it was repeated.

4thly, let me just reiterate my 2nd point. Not enough Brad Pitt and his Basterds in the movie. For fuck sake, there's footage in the trailer that was not in the movie, meaning that there are deleted scenes of the Basterds doing their work. And that's what I wanted to see more of, give the title of the movie is Inglorious Basterds.

I think if you trimmed the long dialog scenes, where you had to read the dialog, and added more scenes of the Basterds in the movie you'd have an amazing movie. But it just didn't live up to what I wanted (what the movie was hyped and sold as)

It's not just "an okay" film. The good parts were Thantastic!! But the long scenes with subtitles dragged on and on. Losing the entire QT vibe.

That being said, I can't stop thinking about the movie and will most likely see it again this weekend.

I just got back from seeing the film. I agree with you about there not being enough scenes featuring the basterds. From the trailers, you thought this was going to be similar to all the great WW2 movies, with that Tartartino vibe to it. The scenes with the basterds made you wanting more. Especially from The Bear Jew and Hugo. That part of movie was a huge letdown.

I didn't have any problems with the subtitles. I think they helped build up the suspense in certain scenes.

Brad Pitt did an excellent job. But once again, he should have been in more scenes.

The Jew Hunter was another great characther in this film. The moment he walked onto the screen, you knew you were going to love and hate him. You also couldn't wait until he got what was coming to him.

The revenge plot was okay. Although I thought the film that Shoshana and her boyfriend made was going to be something else.

Overall it was a pretty good film. It was definitely better than Deathproof and Kill Bill Vol.2. But I still think that Quentin Tartartino is overrated.

[mascan42]

Considering the film's excellent cast, let's reflect on what the film might have been with Tarantino's original casting ideas:

Leonardo DiCaprio as Hans Landa . . .
Adam Sandler as the Bear Jew . . .

*douche chills*

[Stormrider666]

Considering the film's excellent cast, let's reflect on what the film might have been with Tarantino's original casting ideas:

Leonardo DiCaprio as Hans Landa . . .
Adam Sandler as the Bear Jew . . .

*douche chills*

That has to be Tarantino fucking with people. There is no way in hell he could have been serious about that.

[WhiskeyWhispers]

Although I thought the film that Shoshana and her boyfriend made was going to be something else.

That's funny, I thought the same exact thing you were thinking. I guess our mind's are just in the gutter.

[Stormrider666]

That's funny, I thought the same exact thing you were thinking. I guess our mind's are just in the gutter.

That and all the Nazi lines about Negros, I thought that it was a logical thought to make.

[LiddyRules]

Watching a shitty copy right now. I wonder if it's worth going to the theatre? Yes. It is.

[Warfarer]

The theater I was in this afternoon was completely silent except for me laughing about the German Major's negro joke in the bar scene. I was laughing my ass off and everyone was looking at me.

Overall I would put this one on par with the Kill Bill movies, I was also really disappointed in the lack of action in the movie, and I could have used much more brutality. The movie was what it was though.

[Fustercluck]

i laughed a few times, but found it boring for the most part, just my two cents which are worth less than that.

[NeonTaster]

The theater I was in this afternoon was completely silent except for me laughing about the German Major's negro joke in the bar scene. I was laughing my ass off and everyone was looking at me.

Really? In the theater I was in, that joke got a MASSIVE laugh, and people were laughing a clapping throughout the entire movie.

[distortion9]

What about schindler's list? Those nazi speak english as well.

I guess you have a point...didn't they have heavy German accents though? At least that's how I remember it, plus...we're talking Schindler's List here...they could have spoke ebonics and it still would have been awesome.

[Barely Legal]

Overall I would put this one on par with the Kill Bill movies, I was also really disappointed in the lack of action in the movie, and I could have used much more brutality. The movie was what it was though.

This movie reminded me of Kill Bill in too many ways. Shoshanna's revenge storyline reminded me of The Bride, the chapter headings reminded me of Kill Bill, some of the music is recycled from Kill Bill, and Shoshanna even fucking looks like a young Uma Thurman. There's even a tracking top down crane shot that follows Shoshanna from room to room that Tarantino used in Kill Bill.

Don't get me wrong, I really liked Inglourious Basterds. But I will say that the soundtrack felt "wrong" in this film's setting and that's saying something considering that Tarantino is usually spot on with his music selection.

[lockjaaaaww]

I guess you have a point...didn't they have heavy German accents though? At least that's how I remember it, plus...we're talking Schindler's List here...they could have spoke ebonics and it still would have been awesome.

Yea ya gotta give to schindlers list even though its mostly english the black and white along with the brutal realistic violence gave it a very real feal to it.


I didn't expect Inglorious basterds to have so much german (well I guess mostly french but whatever). The last movie I saw that had that much german in it was das boot.

[askewcore]

This movie reminded me of Kill Bill in too many ways. Shoshanna's revenge storyline reminded me of The Bride, the chapter headings reminded me of Kill Bill, some of the music is recycled from Kill Bill, and Shoshanna even fucking looks like a young Uma Thurman. There's even a tracking top down crane shot that follows Shoshanna from room to room that Tarantino used in Kill Bill.

I dont think it's fair to say the Bride and Shoshanna's revenge sequences are similar, other than the fact that they're both women seeking revenge. The Bride had nothing on her mind other than settling her unfinished business. Shoshanna would have been perfectly happy living in France, operating her theater and loving Marcel. Her revenge plot only comes to mind when she learns all the Nazis's that will be in her theater (it might not even occur to her until she sees Landa at the restaurant "Au Revoir Shoshanna"). The music was definitely Kill Bill-esque, but it didn't bother me, I thought it was more like he was dropping little references to his other films. And yeah, Shoshanna looked like Uma, but Quentin obviously has a thing for Uma (or the look she has) so, I can't blame him.

[Stormrider666]

A day later and giving the movie some more thought, I have come up with a few questions:

Why was B.J. Novak in this film. His part was so small you could have had some unknown actor playing it.

Given the fact that he was in 3 scenes, was a backstory for Hugo necessary?

Was the narration necessary?

I'm still really bugged about the lack of scenes featuring the Basterds. I will be pissed if the DVD has deleted scenes featuring them. I still think it was entertaining film though and that's all you can really ask for when you see a movie.

[askewcore]

I think they gave Hugo a backstory, because for the bar scene, he needed to establish two of the Basterds spoke German. The one dude was a Austrian-American immigrant and Hugo was an ex-Nazi, which kind of needs a bit more explaining, plus that scene shows more of the Basterds kicking ass.

The only narration part I remember was about the 35mm nitrate film prints. I know there was another, just cant recall when, but anyway, I read the script last year and in the script there was an extra 15-20 minutes or so of Shoshanna meeting up with Madame Mimieux, the operator of the cinema, who's not her real aunt (I thought it was kinda silly how they made it sound like she just went and lived with her Aunt and the Nazi's never came after her) and she yells at Shoshanna for smoking by the prints and explains how they're flammable and and will burn down the theater and shit. That's why when she's convincing Marcel to burn it down, she says "If we can keep it from burning down, why can't we burn it down?" I'm sure in the final cut, that shit was too long and the narration deemed a better why to tell us nitrate film is really, really flammable.

There was also a scene in the script where the Bear Jew goes to a sports shop back home, picks out his bat and the neighborhood Jews write their names on it. You can see the names if you look when he puts the back against the guy's head before he mashes his skull.

[TonyBagels]

Looks like Hans Landa as the Jew Hunter will be hunting for Oscar, ah geh geh geh geh geh


Seriously, I really fuckin' enjoyed this movie. Yes I was let down by the small portion of the film that the Basterds were actually in, but wonder if there can be a sequel with just exploits of the Basterds gallivanting through the European countryside.

[distortion9]

Just got home from seeing it. As with all Tarantino flicks, I liked it....a lot.

But

The Sam Jackson narration took me right the fuck out of the movie....seriously, it wasn't necessary and I thought it sucked. It sounded too fucking current.

Also didn't like the giant 70's style freeze frame/character name logo on the screen....(Hugo Stiglitz?)

And the (Bowie?) song fucking sucked cock....didn't fit and also took me right the fuck out of the movie.....I hated it. Seriously, why the fuck?

[Psychopath]

What happened to Hirschberg? he disappears without any explanation.

[lockjaaaaww]

I've only seen 1 movie 2x in the theaters and that was the dark knight because I had a friend who hasen't seen it at the time and there wasn't anything else to do. I think I'll give this another watch because I really enjoyed it.

My favorite line is "I was brought to america from an exotic land, against my will, on a boat, for the profit of others..Am I a negro?" "Since I'm not a negro I must be King Kong."

The Jew Hunter is the best charicter in the movie.

[askewcore]

What happened to Hirschberg? he disappears without any explanation.

Didnt he blow up with Donny?

[burky79]

I've only seen 1 movie 2x in the theaters and that was the dark knight because I had a friend who hasen't seen it at the time and there wasn't anything else to do. I think I'll give this another watch because I really enjoyed it.

My favorite line is "I was brought to america from an exotic land, against my will, on a boat, for the profit of others..Am I a negro?" "Since I'm not a negro I must be King Kong."

The Jew Hunter is the best charicter in the movie.

I will be seeing this again, myself. The last movie I was inspired to see more than once in a theatre was The Dark Knight... before that The Matrix. So I am very slow to see a movie multiple times in theatre, but sometimes you can't even explain it... a movie is just great for no reason.

It was my friend, my cousin and his cousin, his girlfriend and my fiance. FIRST line we all quoted when walking out was the "King Kong" line. Amazing timing of that line made it pop, as not only a funny joke in the movie - but well acted gave it the delivery it needed.

I actually loved the character of Shosanna Dreyfus played by Mélanie Laurent. My second favorite character was The Jew Hunter, followed by Pitt's version of Lt. Aldo Raine.

[Stormrider666]

What happened to Hirschberg? he disappears without any explanation.

Hell you could ask what happened to the 2 other remaining members of the Basterds.

[George Costanza]

Saw it today and it flew by. Great dialogue, music and action. The German Liutenant was the best part of the movie.

[Psychopath]

Didnt he blow up with Donny?
No, it was PFC Omar Ulmer

[UnderTheRadar]

Finally downloaded this, loved it.

[Taylor Swift]

What happened to Hirschberg? he disappears without any explanation.

When Aldo is thrown in the back of the wagon, Utivich is already caught. It is safe to assume the rest of the Basterds were killed in battle since he was the only one prisoner.

[mikeybot]

My biggest problem with the movie was Mike Myers completely taking me out of the scene he was in.

[Chimp Pembry]

Really? You were believing the film up to that point?

[Pumpsie Green]

I was too distracted by Lt. Hicox in that scene to be distracted by Myers jackassery.

[Chimp Pembry]

Yeah, seriously, the other guy was being a monumental jackass.

[askewcore]

Hicox was the only character in the movie I just didnt like. I dont even really know why, he just annoyed me. His exchange with Hugo was good though. "I dont look calm to you?"

[Chimp Pembry]

I don't think you were supposed to like him.

[askewcore]

Yeah, you're probably right. Especially since he's the reason everything jumps off in the basement. Lousy Brit.

[Chimp Pembry]

He played the smarmy douche really well.

[askewcore]

Yeah, he did. You could say the same for pretty much everyone in the movie though. Except Mike Myers (as previously mentioned) his scene came off cheesy, because he seemed like he was doing General Austin Powers. I thought Diane Kruger was very good as Von Hammersmark too.

[mikeybot]

Really? You were believing the film up to that point?

Believing, no, enjoying yes.
Hicox was definitely a douche, but served his purpose for the story.
The Sam Jackson narration didn't bother me and I liked the Kitel cameo as the general. Well, if you can call a voice over a phone a cameo.

[Matt4105]

Don't know if this was already discussed but did anyone else catch that near the end when the French Jew girl cut in the film showing speaking English to the German crowd before the fire?

[NeonTaster]

Don't know if this was already discussed but did anyone else catch that near the end when the French Jew girl cut in the film showing speaking English to the German crowd before the fire?

I did notice that, but chalked it up to Tarantino wackiness. Many of the subtitles were in the original language as well (every time someone said "Oui" - "Yes" in French - it appeard as Oui in the subtitles etc.).

[LetUsRap]

Don't know if this was already discussed but did anyone else catch that near the end when the French Jew girl cut in the film showing speaking English to the German crowd before the fire?

Did she speak any German? I don't remember anymore.

If she didn't, then it makes perfect sense.

I've been in Europe a handful of times and I've noticed that almost every time two Europeans don't speak the same language (like a French tourist in a Spanish store) they'll just speak English to each other. Kinda trippy for an American.

[kloraferm]

Saw it last night. Liked it but didn't love it. Thought it was a bit too long and they went a bit too much with the subtitled scenes.

[LiddyRules]

The Jew Broad said to the black guy that she wanted it filmed in English. I figured it was to cause them fear, so they wouldn't know what's going on, and a callback to how her family was sold out when Landa and Frenchie were talking a language her family didn't know before they were massacred.

Eli Roth's accent didn't bother me either because I took it as a nod to all those war films when some guy seemed to have an over-the-top regional accent.

[BeerBelly]

I must have missed it , why did they misspell bastards?

[Chimp Pembry]

OH MY GAWD THA BEAR JEW IS IN HITLAH'S BAWKS!

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

[kloraferm]

I must have missed it , why did they misspell bastards?
Because it was the same title (correct spelling) of a movie by an Italian filmmaker in 1978

[LiddyRules]

they went a bit too much with the subtitled scenes. Isn't that like saying "hey this movie had too many English parts"? It's not like it was a gimmick like slo-mo or 3D.

[kloraferm]

Isn't that like saying "hey this movie had too many English parts"? It's not like it was a gimmick like slo-mo or 3D.
Yeah, I get it, and maybe I'd have to give it a 2nd viewing, but with both, for me anyway, as soon as I got used to one language after a while it changed. It wasn't a big deal for me, it just seemed a tad distracting

[UnOriginal]

Just saw it last night and loved it. Eli Roth was hilarious along with Brad Pitt's character.

[Papagolash]

Saw it tonight, left pretty disappointed. That movie had a ton of potential to be really great, but fell very flat on my expectations. Hell 90% of the action in the movie is in the trailer, and that sucks. If they had a good balance of action and amazing dialog, like Kill Bill 1, it would have been a great movie.

spoiler shit

Only 1 scene of the basterds being fucked up to Nazis? That's it? Seriously? You go from 1941 to 44, and skip 3 years of them fucking up Nazis and don't show shit? The fuck? The movie has AMAZING dialogue, but lacked so much in action. The theatre scene was great though.

This movie made me want to watch Jaws when I got home, just so I knew I watched a great flick tonight.

The jew hunter was by far the best fucking character in the movie.

[lockjaaaaww]

Saw it tonight, left pretty disappointed. That movie had a ton of potential to be really great, but fell very flat on my expectations. Hell 90% of the action in the movie is in the trailer, and that sucks. If they had a good balance of action and amazing dialog, like Kill Bill 1, it would have been a great movie.




Well I think kill bill 1 had too much violence and not enough story. Kill Bill 2 would have been a better example, very well made with dialog and story, great action sequences and it all feals evenly balanced. I like both of them but like 2 alot better than 1, plus it has michael madsen in it which is cool because that guy rules.

[mascan42]

Most of the negativity I've heard seems to come from the stupid way the film was marketed. People went in expecting a big action movie and that's not what this is. In reality, it's exactly what Tarantino described it as in his earliest discussions of the film: a spaghetti western set during WWII.

[Bobobie]

Most of the negativity I've heard seems to come from the stupid way the film was marketed. People went in expecting a big action movie and that's not what this is. In reality, it's exactly what Tarantino described it as in his earliest discussions of the film: a spaghetti western set during WWII.

That makes more sense than any other description. The alternate universe ending is something I've never seen in a spagettie Western, however.

Some of the stuff that bugged me about the movie was the David Bowie music. The rockingest thing I want to hear in a WW2 film is Benny Goodman. Also, the Mexican Stand-off is starting to get old. Ok, QT, we fucking get it. You love the Mexican Stand-off. The scene leading up to it was too fucking long too.

[Large Marge]

People saying Mike Myers took them out of the film.... I kind of agree, however there were other parts that had the same feeling.

1) The text on screen that said who the people were 'took me out'. I felt it was very unnecessary, especially in the theater when it pointed out the important Germans. We got the idea that important Germans were in attendance.

I felt that if the text was removed, Tarantino would have been able to separate himself a little bit with his early work. With the text in, it doesn't blend well with a 1940's feel.

2) Also unnecessary was reintroducing Shoshana working on the theater's marquee. We know its Shoshana, who the fuck else would it be? and if we didn't know then, the next scene would have filled everyone in. Having the scene flash back when she sees Landa was a little awkward as well. Once Landa enters the breakfast room, the music pulsating was enough to let everyone know what is going on, no need to see her running through the field again. QT was playing to the lowest common denominator, and took me out of it.

And BJ Novak at the end... he needed to be introduced at some point before being put in the climax of the movie.

Mike Myers was the least distracting thing to me, I saw his name in the credits before the movie started and wondered how he would play it off, I think he did a good job there.

I wanted more Bastards, Just one more scene of them in the woods getting shit done, maybe show them attacking the orchard up the road or something.

Those were the small criticisms, other than that great stuff, very entertaining. And every thing about the opening scene was amazing.

[mascan42]

2) Also unnecessary was reintroducing Shoshana working on the theater's marquee. We know its Shoshana, who the fuck else would it be?
Considering that in the beginning she was a mud-covered brunette that we only saw for a few seconds, and now she's a cleaned-up blonde that we get a good look at, a lot of people might have missed that it was the same person.

[lockjaaaaww]

People saying Mike Myers took them out of the film.... I kind of agree, however there were other parts that had the same feeling.


Mike Myers was in the movie for 1 scene and it took me a little while to recognize him, and even so it really didn't hurt or help the film.

[lockjaaaaww]

I loved the olden time universal logo at the begining, the small voice overs by samuel l jackson, and harvey keitel, and the end credits looked like the begining credits from pulp fiction.

[Large Marge]

Considering that in the beginning she was a mud-covered brunette that we only saw for a few seconds, and now she's a cleaned-up blonde that we get a good look at, a lot of people might have missed that it was the same person.

Of course everyone wouldn't know instantly, but the next scenes would have cleared it up without needing the text pop up. Did we need to be spoon fed?

I didn't really mind Myers being in the movie, I thought it was done well. far shot, then the close up. And he didn't do any typical Myers mannerisms.

[Large Marge]

Don't know if this was already discussed but did anyone else catch that near the end when the French Jew girl cut in the film showing speaking English to the German crowd before the fire?

That was explained. When she and her boyfriend were filming that part in the stairwell, she mentioned that it needed to be in English for the Americans. I remembered thinking that her intention might be to make a propaganda film against the Nazis designed for Americans.

[Stormrider666]

Most of the negativity I've heard seems to come from the stupid way the film was marketed. People went in expecting a big action movie and that's not what this is. In reality, it's exactly what Tarantino described it as in his earliest discussions of the film: a spaghetti western set during WWII.

I will be honest, if the film I saw had been the one that was marketed, I wouldn't have seen it in the theatre. I might not have even watched when it came on cable.

I didn't have a problem with Mike Myers being in the movie. He kind of fit the role of the British officer in WW 2 movies.

[Papagolash]

Oh I laughed hard when Shoshanna was shot in the projection booth.

[Sevenyars]

all of this other stuff, but nobody is bothered he changed history?

[Stormrider666]

all of this other stuff, but nobody is bothered he changed history?

Not really. It was a work of fiction, so it really was no big deal.

[Chimp Pembry]

But the subtitles and pointing out of the high command apparently was. Remember when Uma Thurman made a square in Pulp Fiction? Ruined the movie. Wavey hand.

[LiddyRules]

all of this other stuff, but nobody is bothered he changed history? When you change history at the level he did, you just accept it.

[Large Marge]

But the subtitles and pointing out of the high command apparently was. Remember when Uma Thurman made a square in Pulp Fiction? Ruined the movie. Wavey hand.

I didn't say it ruined the movie, I just thought he could have done with out it. I never said I need full realism, I just thought when the screen froze, or popped up a name it was unnecessary. Don't you think seeing white text move across the screen is distracting? I know he did it in pulp fiction, but that was a different movie all together.

What purpose did the text have in the movie theater? To say there were high ranking Germans there? we knew that already.

No one else thinks that Tarantino would benefit if he moved on from all the campy stuff he has already done in the past?

[Chimp Pembry]

I said wavey hand, you can't hold me accountable for my words!

[mascan42]

I'm surprised to see so much criticism of the use of subtitles in a film where language barriers are a major theme.

Landa switching to English so the Jews hiding under the floorboards won't realize he knows where they are.

The British lieutenant whose odd German accent gives him away.

The tension in the cafe when Shoshanna doesn't know what the Germans are yelling at each other about.

The Basterds going undercover as Italians, figuring that the Germans won't notice their awful accents, only to find that Landa is fluent in just about every European language in existence.

[Chimp Pembry]

Landa doesn't speak in english so the Jews won't understand, that's just an incidental consequence of him doing that. He switches to english because it made Tarantino chuckle when he was writing the script.

[DonTheTrucker]

No one else thinks that Tarantino would benefit if he moved on from all the campy stuff he has already done in the past?

That's like saying Kubrick would have done better without wide shots, or Scorsese could do better without those long one take scenes. It's his style as a director.

I'm surprised to see so much criticism of the use of subtitles in a film where language barriers are a major theme.


Anyone who didn't like the subtitles is a lazy movie watcher. They're an important part of the movie.

[JMCC]

I watched the movie and I thought it was great. The bat scene was every bit as as good as I thougth it would be from watching the trailers. Sure they could have used more of the basterds, but to tell you the truth, I didn't even realize they weren't the focus of the movie until the end. But that's a minor complaint as even without them the movie was fun to watch. The Jew hunter was great and his analogy of rats/squirrels was perfect.

As for the subtitles, I didn't mind them at all. What I didn't like was that there was a scene were the 2 Germans were talking to each other and they didn't translate it. I hate when movies do that.

As it needs to be said, go watch this movie, you won't regret it.

[newfie_lover]

Went to see it last night, my only complaint was all the reading you had to do to watch it. I did love Harvey Kietel's voice featured it in. Takes me right back to "Bad Luitenant"

[Vyce]

I watched the movie and I thought it was great. The bat scene was every bit as as good as I thougth it would be from watching the trailers. Sure they could have used more of the basterds, but to tell you the truth, I didn't even realize they weren't the focus of the movie until the end. But that's a minor complaint as even without them the movie was fun to watch. The Jew hunter was great and his analogy of rats/squirrels was perfect.

As for the subtitles, I didn't mind them at all. What I didn't like was that there was a scene were the 2 Germans were talking to each other and they didn't translate it. I hate when movies do that.

As it needs to be said, go watch this movie, you won't regret it.

I......loved this movie.

Seriously, I know it's been a relatively weak year for film, but it might be my favorite movie of the year, and I think it's easily the best Tarantino film since Pulp Fiction.

Christopher Waltz, IMO, deserves an Oscar nomination. He made Landa one of the most memorable movie villains I've seen in years. Just a fucking monster.

[fandango86]

Another friend of mine just said he won't ever watch it because it has subtitles, and he 'doesn't go to the movies to read'. This was my response:

IBTN7D2uTSA

"My fuhrer"?

Seriously?

I just can't understand why people feel this way, but apparantly it must be somewhat common? The only thing I can say is that the friends of mine who complained about it did not go to college, so maybe it's an education/intelligence thing?

[askewcore]

Another friend of mine just said he won't ever watch it because it has subtitles, and he 'doesn't go to the movies to read'.

I just can't understand why people feel this way, but apparantly it must be somewhat common? The only thing I can say is that the friends of mine who complained about it did not go to college, so maybe it's an education/intelligence thing?

I have asshole friends like this too. Actually used the exact same line of "I dont go to the movies to read." I been trying to get friends of mine to watch City of God for years, and they won't because it's all subtitled. I didnt go to college, but they did, so it can't be an education thing. I think it's more that some people appreciate films and some just dont care what dreck they watch. This same guy loved Transformers 2 and GI Joe (I haven't seen GI Joe yet, but I assume it was on par with TF2) so take it for what it's worth.

[WhiskeyWhispers]

I just can't understand why people feel this way, but apparantly it must be somewhat common? The only thing I can say is that the friends of mine who complained about it did not go to college, so maybe it's an education/intelligence thing?

When I was young, I hated subtitles. Now they don't bother me at all, I watch tons of foreign movies. If they are dubbed I won't even watch them most of the time because dubbing ruins good movies and drastically takes away from performances. Also, as the case was with Valkyrie, it detracts from realism. It was ridiculous to have the actors speak with their natural American and English accents, yet you are supposed to believe they are German soldiers.

Even though I never went to college, I think it may indeed be an intelligence thing. I'm the only person I know that reads books, and most people I know roll their eyes at the thought of watching a subtitled movie. It's also pure laziness. Kind of sad really.

[askewcore]

Also, as the case was with Valkyrie, it detracts from realism. It was ridiculous to have the actors speak with their natural American and English accents, yet you are supposed to believe they are German soldiers.

I dont have much a problem if they're supposed to be speaking one language the entire movie (like German in Valkyrie, or Troy, Gladiator etc.) and they speak English for the sake of an American film, but they should at least have accents. Tom Cruise is just bad.

"Laziness" was the perfect reasoning behind it.

[BIV]

I have an issue with subtitles depending on the flick. For example, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon it was distracting because you had to read instead of watching the action. On a film like Downfall I prefer it.

I find it more amazing how few people read.

[WhiskeyWhispers]

I have an issue with subtitles depending on the flick. For example, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon it was distracting because you had to read instead of watching the action. On a film like Downfall I prefer it.


Certain languages, like Spanish, are a pain to read because they talk so goddam fast that the subtitles fly by and you can barely keep up with them. That is distracting, but it still beats dubbing any day.

[newfie_lover]

Went to see it last night, my only complaint was all the reading you had to do to watch it. I did love Harvey Kietel's voice featured it in. Takes me right back to "Bad Luitenant"

It's not that I hate movies with subtitles, I just wasn't expecting it. There were no subtitles in the trailers.

Anyone else get taken out of the movie by Austin Powers?

[Chimp Pembry]

There are never subtitles in trailers.

[mascan42]

There are never subtitles in trailers.
Even if it's a foreign film, they only show images & narration, no dialogue, in the hope that nobody will realize it's a foreign film.

[Chino Kapone]

I wanted to see the flick, so my buddy and I went. Anyway, the thing I love about what QT does is you never know who is going to die. If he wants to kill off the main character, he will. It kept me on the edge of my seat. I didn't know if he was going to do a histroy piece or was rewriting histroy or what.

Awesome flick. I felt that it was as "Tarentino" as it gets. That he was making sure that all of his little nuances that he always has. I kept expecting to see a suitcase with a soul in it at some point. I loved this flick. Fantastic from begining to end...

[DonTheTrucker]

The only thing I can say is that the friends of mine who complained about it did not go to college, so maybe it's an education/intelligence thing?

No, because I didn't go to college and I don't mind subtitles a bit.