Comments on: Inglourious Basterds

By: Hugo » Movie Monster

Hugo » Movie Monster — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:54:34 +0000

[...] even, since it manages to do this with the sort of generosity that a Quentin Tarantino would’ve hoarded for himself—and something that feels like a cold draft intruding on the Kahlua-and-hot cocoa toastiness that [...]

By: Sucker Punch » Movie Monster

Sucker Punch » Movie Monster — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:50:32 +0000

[...] and yet no less cartoony than the fantasies in which dragons collude with Hitler. Snyder, like Tarantino, contrives to use a feminist gloss to pump his exploitation flicks full of high-minded airs, but [...]

By: Vision » Movie Monster

Vision » Movie Monster — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:20:48 +0000

[...] an imposture on the historical record, à la Tarantino, I could’ve used a little blasphemy: not cloister porn—there must be nuns-gone-wild frolicking [...]

By: Ajami » Movie Monster

Ajami » Movie Monster — Fri, 07 May 2010 05:57:10 +0000

[...] a friend of mine griped, Ajami ticks by in Inglourious Basterds time. It’s divided into chapters, but even they are not chronological. The characters eventually [...]

By: War Movies

War Movies — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:25:27 +0000

My feeling were that the movie was simply entertaining. I found many of the caricatures to be absurdly funny and recognized Tarantino’s skill for building up suspenseful scenes (such as in the bar). I didn’t care much for Tarantino’s storyline or artistic intent. What compelled me the most was some of the first-rate acting (Waltz, Fassbender, and Diehl)

By: And the Winner for the Best Picture of 2009 is . . . » Movie Monster

And the Winner for the Best Picture of 2009 is . . . » Movie Monster — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:18:37 +0000

[...] Inglourious Basterds [...]

By: Shutter Island » Movie Monster

Shutter Island » Movie Monster — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:45:49 +0000

[...] inside Teddy’s bone marrow; he’s like a just-one-of-the-guys microcosm of Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds. If he’s the devil on Teddy’s shoulder, Williams’s wife is the angel—and she’s a banshee [...]

By: A Single Man » Movie Monster

A Single Man » Movie Monster — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:57:13 +0000

[...] But the direction of A Single Man isn’t flashy—or trashy—the way that it was for, say, Inglourious Basterds. When George makes his suicidal intentions clear to the audience by cleaning both his pistol and [...]

By: Where the Wild Things Are » Movie Monster

Where the Wild Things Are » Movie Monster — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:33:59 +0000

[...] “precedes [Jonze’s] artistic choices: Wouldn’t it be cool if . . . ?” It’s as if the Quentin Tarantino analysis got misplaced in the Jonze file. That query may apply to the director’s music videos, [...]

By: District 9 » Movie Monster

District 9 » Movie Monster — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:43:20 +0000

[...] or levity of any kind—not even a breather. Some action flicks, and arty exploitation movies like Inglourious Basterds, leer too long at the hick pornography of violence. District 9 is the opposite—its violence is [...]