Tarantino Special
Sep. 14th, 2009 03:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tiggymalvern
We went to see Inglourious Basterds at the weekend with the usual gang of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
king_chiron, darthhellokitty and mamishka. The verdict was unanimous - this film is a long, intricate, violent, twisted, funny, tense, dramatic and totally cracked piece of WWII AU fanfic.
The jury was undecided on whether Brad Pitt was Mary Sue.
Some critics have disliked the juxtaposition of the humour and the cruelty. Some critics have complained it's too long, and some scenes too 'talky'. I disagree with them. It's not without flaws, but this film wants to have everything, and it almost makes it. Seriously entertaining. Even when it makes your skin crawl.
king_chiron, darthhellokitty and mamishka. The verdict was unanimous - this film is a long, intricate, violent, twisted, funny, tense, dramatic and totally cracked piece of WWII AU fanfic. The jury was undecided on whether Brad Pitt was Mary Sue.
Some critics have disliked the juxtaposition of the humour and the cruelty. Some critics have complained it's too long, and some scenes too 'talky'. I disagree with them. It's not without flaws, but this film wants to have everything, and it almost makes it. Seriously entertaining. Even when it makes your skin crawl.
