Inglorious Basterds; An exercise in Alternate History!

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About three weeks ago, I saw Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds and attempted to do a video blog entry; it did not work out. I will attempt my video blog entries at a later date.

I was surprised that Inglorious Basterds was rated 14A (in Canada) because I assumed it would be pretty brutal and gory. It was not too gory, which is not necessarily a minus, just a surprised.

The cast was great; Brad Pitt was hilarious as Aldo Raines; his comedic performance fit in really well within Tarantino's film. Eli Roth as Donny Donowitz/"The Bear Jew" did very well; i was surprised because I had never seen him act before and only know him as the director of the movie that emotionally scarred my wife, Hostel. Christoph Waltz as the German Col. Hans Landa was excellent; a great movie villain.

I did find that some scenes seemed to drag a bit (i.e. the basement bar scene). I found that some scenes need a bit more comic banter to help deal with the longer scenes. I would have like a couple more action sequences, however the action scenes in the film were all very good.

This film is a signature Tarantino film; dialogue, swagger of characters, excellent casting and the uniqueness of the story being told. Definitely a top Tarantino film even though I only consider Jackie Brown as his only disappointing film.

I continue to look forward to seeing high caliber Hollywood actors in Tarantino's films in the future.

I hope all that have not gone to see Inglorious Basterds will do so in the near future because it was a very entertaining and interesting film.

Fanboy DAVE.