Inglorious Basterds

Opens tonight at midnight. Here's the first review I've seen. Definitely at the top of our list (right, HC?)

http://www.thestar.com/movies/moviereview/article/683050

Top-billed Brad Pitt is merely amusing as Tennessee moonshiner Lt. Aldo "The Apache" Raine, who leads scalp-hunting Jewish-American soldiers against Hitler in the Nazi-occupied France of World War II. But he's almost a Sgt. Rock parody and he's MIA for vast stretches. (Martin Wuttke's sputtering Hitler, meanwhile, is close to a Mel Brooks homage.)

The film's real star is Germany's Christoph Waltz, a multilingual wizard who inhabits the role of Col. Hans Landa, the smirking Gestapo officer known as "The Jew Hunter" for his uncanny sleuthing. Already feted with an acting award at Cannes, Waltz is going to ride this movie all the way to an Oscar nomination.

 

Here's Ebert's take. (He gives it four stars by the way):

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090819/REVIEWS/908199995

 

I've heard it's amazing... I don't think I'm going to find the time to see it this weekend, but it won't be long after that...

 

I can't remember the last time I was this pumped for a movie.

 

A close friend of mine says it's every bit as good as Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction....

 

Jackie Brown?

 

Hasn't been a great summer for movies so I can't wait.

We'll probably hold off until the crowds die down or I'll play hooky one afternoon so I can see it with HC.

BTW, Mizzou, TIFF begins September 10. Sounds like it's going to be one of the best festivals in a while.

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/tiff/article/683111

You should really make the trek north one of these years. I'll even buy you a beer.

 

A really good movie that could have been tremendous if Tarantino had cast the lead part properly...

One of my favorite books of all-time.

 

Great book, I agree. But the movie kind of rambled all over the place. It was more about Tarantino's love for Pam Grier than telling an interesting story ...

 

To quote Vincent Vega, "That's a bold statement"

 

Can someone help me convince Dr. J to see this movie? He wants to see G.I. Joe or Halloween II. Please my friends, I beg you.

 

I'm sorry, but anyone who would rather see GI Joe than this should be shot... ;D

Rob Zombie has done a pretty good job with the Halloween franchise, so I can't really blame him for wanting to see it...