Inglourious Basterds

Rating: 8.2/10

Genre: Drama

Overall value for money and time: 8.0/10

I'm not a fan of Quentin Tarantino's work, nor am I one who likes Nazi/Jews/War/Soldier movies... Saving Private Ryan didn't quite make it for me, neither did Full Metal Jacket (2 critically acclaimed movies), but... but... "alas", there's always exceptions.

In a Nazi dominated France, a group of american anti-Nazi soldiers tries to infiltrate the Third Reich to assassinate Hitler. This is of course just an overview of the storyline, there are other subplots which contributed to the outcome of the assassination.

What I liked about this film is that it's not typically choreographed - it brings back the cinematography of yester-years. At present, the majority of films are "faster paced", where they throttle scenes quickly to include as many timepoints as possible. This film, however, is "slower paced" and almost every scene lasted at least a good 5-20 minutes - same setting, same characters, same conversation.

Viewing previous Tarantino's work, it seems that he likes to include a good deal of random conversations in his movies, this film is no exception. However, for Inglourious Basterds, somehow the "randomness" of it could link in some sense, which help enhanced one's attention during the dialogue driven scenes. Witty dialogue, loveable characters - even the "villian" was way too cool to hate, but anti-climaxal ending.

If the villian came across as detestable in this movie, the ending might work for you. But in my case, it felt too ironic, and convenient... It did still end with a "deep impression" which I thought was also another unique factor of this film. I shan't spoil the plot for you any further, but would greatly recommend this movie to extreme movie goers out there because it could jolly well fall under your list of top 10 movies of the year 2009, as it did mine.