Comments on: Nothing Inglorious About Pro-American ‘Basterds’

By: reasonsjester

reasonsjester — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:42:18 +0000

But were they really "bad guys"? Or was there just a few nefarious, but slightly cool Soviet characters interwoven into the plot?

By: Normandy

Normandy — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:50:34 +0000

This movie was way too long, boaring, and tried to be trendy with stupid music, graphics, and killing hitler? WTF? Way over violent, and gruesome, more crap from Tarantino… I Have not liked any of his movies thus far, and I think I will avoid any in the future, he is totally not my type of movie maker! worst movie he has made!

YUCK! 1/10!

By: John

John — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:47:07 +0000

I liked this one.
"Who am I? I am Susan Ivanova. Commander. Daughter of Andrei and Sophie Ivanov. I am the right hand of vengeance, and the boot that is going to kick your sorry ass all the way back to Earth, sweetheart! I am Death Incarnate, and the last living thing that you are ever going to see. God sent me."

By: Liza

Liza — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:54:16 +0000

I've read all of the comments & out of all of them I'm in agreement with you.

By: mike

mike — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:38:46 +0000

Apparently, none of the film crew gets credited in the end credits of Inglorious Basterd. Actually, nobody gets credited except for the main actors. I just viewed this movie tonight. Was there a reason for this? Did I see a different print than others? Was there a union war and the union lost? I would think the writers guild and other unions would take offense to this.

By: CrisD

CrisD — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:35:38 +0000

Very trashy movie.
Not much thought went into this PC comic book with a few moments of violence meant to appeal to basest instincts (Kill Bill was more violent but perhaps its OK for women to be portrayed in a more grisly light than men now.)
Nauseatingly Politically Correct.
This is the kind of garbage they spread around.
Infuriating.

By: CgntvDssdnt

CgntvDssdnt — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:54:14 +0000

that's funny, most Hollywood movies I see seem pretty Pro-American.

I guess you guys just see the glass slightly empty, and start foaming at the mounth.

whereas I see the glass mostly full. (And don't mind a diversity of opinion when it comes to the empty

By: tublecane

tublecane — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:40:46 +0000

"And I am thinking that most likely this guy was not a Nazi"

What with the exorbitant demand for conscription at that point in history, you may be right, statistically speaking. I don't know. But judging by the defiance in his eyes and his willingness to die, we were intended to believe he was a true-blue Nazi. Doesn't mean we aren't nonetheless sickened by the subsequent bludgeoning.

Tarantino likes to balance the horror of violence and the thrill of cruelty with humor, and it's the main reason he falls short of being a Serious Artists. The most infamous example is the ear-slicing scene in "Resevoir Dogs". The scene you mention, I believe, is yet another example.

By: tublecane

tublecane — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:32:21 +0000

"And I am laughing, because of Brad Pitt's dialogue."

Yes, and I think that's entirely intentional. Brad Pitt was a cartoon. None of the Basterds were fully characterized. It was as if he knew we'd all seen "The Dirty Dozen," and we all know what those sort of guys are like, so why don't we have fun with them? Throw 'em in whenever we need a break. Whenever we need some mindless action.

By: tublecane

tublecane — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:31:27 +0000

"And I am thinking that most likely this guy was not a Nazi"

He wasn't necessarily hard-core. By that point in the war, Germany didn't discriminate much as regards the draft. I'm thinking that as a matter of policy the Basterds didn't discriminate too subtlely. You wear the uniform, you either die or get a forehead tatoo.

Judging by the defiance in his eyes and his willingness to die, I believe the audience was intended to think of him as a true-blue Nazi. You figure he probably wasn't. Either way, bludgeoning him with a baseball bat was uncomfortable. That's one of my big problems with the movie. Revenge fantasy is fine, but at some point it turns into the "torture porn" we usually find in trashy horror films.

I think Tarantino knows how this comes off: a mix of horror and vicarious thrill. And he intentionally counterbalances the disgust and thrill with humor, just like he did in the infamous ear-slicing scene in "Resevoir Dogs".