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Title: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: ridley1 on December 23, 2009, 07:04:38 AM
I really enjoyed it. It's not historically accurate; but who cares?

Cristoph waltz as Hans Landa is brilliantly psychotic, the Gestapo officer in the tavern is chilling, even brad pitt does a good job as the tennessee redneck.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Saxman on December 23, 2009, 07:34:43 AM
It was boring as fricken' hell. They billed it in the trailers as a modern Dirty Dozen, but about 2/3 of the movie was about the Jewish girl that got maybe all of one second of time in the trailers, and looked too much like Diane Kruger to be able to tell in that time that this was actually a different person. And most of THAT part of the movie was about watching her get hit on by the German sniper.

There was the potential for two really good movies in there. The problem is he tried to put both of them together.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Plazus on December 23, 2009, 09:21:52 AM
Seen the movie in theatres. Apart from a few good scenes, the movie was too drawn out and boring. Too much sitting at a table and talking.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Saxman on December 23, 2009, 09:31:57 AM
Seen the movie in theatres. Apart from a few good scenes, the movie was too drawn out and boring. Too much sitting at a table and talking.

The barroom scene was VERY well done. Yeah, lot of sitting and talking, but they did manage to keep up the intensity.

The problem was the rest of the movie around it. It was too long for either of the stories to stand by themselves, but not long enough to fully develop them both. You ultimately didn't really care too much about ANYONE in the bar scene. The Brit was pretty much introduced just to be killed off almost immediately, and there was barely any development about the two German members of the Basterds prior to that scene.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Treize69 on December 23, 2009, 09:35:43 AM
Got it for the GF for x-mas, but have no desire to see it myself. Might be a long night. :-(
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Fencer51 on December 23, 2009, 12:34:43 PM
Boy was I disappointed.  I feel like I read a book rather than watched a movie.  I don't mind subtitles but the coloring of them and the fact they were on a 34 inch WS TV in lieu of a theater screen really distracted from the movie.

Hardly any action, most of it was people sitting and talking to each other at tables.  Anyone know what happened to the OTHER guys of the team?  Wish they had focused on them more, as the advertisements showed.

Don't buy this DVD.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: trax1 on December 23, 2009, 12:50:54 PM
Yeah I have to agree, big disappointment from Tarantino, it was way to slow and boring, I only made it through half of it before I turned it off.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: OSU on December 23, 2009, 12:59:16 PM
Good God. That's all I can say. If I was Brad Pitt, why not shoot Colonel Landa? So he gets a swastika carved into his head, so what? he still gets all the credit for ending the war and he gets to live out the rest of his life on Nantucket Island. They spent almost no time whatsoever with the Basterds and most of their time with that annoying German soldier.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Chalenge on December 23, 2009, 01:06:20 PM
I loved it.  :cheers:
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Golfer on December 23, 2009, 02:18:11 PM
The film was excellent and Waltz gave every inch an Oscar winning performance.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: nirvana on December 23, 2009, 07:37:52 PM
Typical Tarantino film, the bar scene reminded me of Reservoir Dogs.  I enjoyed it but also thought it was too long and drawn out.  Probably only a one time watch for me, not enough of the Basterd's doing what they do best.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: texasmom on December 23, 2009, 09:46:49 PM
I usually don't watch Tarantino shows. They are usually violent, vulgar & obnoxious. 
TxDad got this one. I played AH instead of watching it.  *blah*
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: OSU on December 23, 2009, 10:23:14 PM
I usually don't watch Tarantino shows. They are usually violent, vulgar & obnoxious. 
TxDad got this one. I played AH instead of watching it.  *blah*
Good for you. Your time was well spent. I wasted 2 hours of my life with that movie.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: trax1 on December 24, 2009, 01:50:52 AM
Good for you. Your time was well spent. I wasted 2 hours of my life with that movie.
Agreed. :aok
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Plawranc on December 24, 2009, 10:07:16 AM
I spent most of the film rolling about crying with laughter. Brad Pitt's Italian scene PRICELESS.  :D  :rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Fishu on December 24, 2009, 10:38:48 AM
It wasn't all that bad. Of course it was surprisingly tame for Tarantino.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: sandwich on December 24, 2009, 10:45:53 AM
The barroom scene was VERY well done. Yeah, lot of sitting and talking, but they did manage to keep up the intensity.

The problem was the rest of the movie around it. It was too long for either of the stories to stand by themselves, but not long enough to fully develop them both. You ultimately didn't really care too much about ANYONE in the bar scene. The Brit was pretty much introduced just to be killed off almost immediately, and there was barely any development about the two German members of the Basterds prior to that scene.
I liked Hugo Stiglitz.

The movie was alright but would have been way better if there was more killing nazis. Everybody expected the movie to be about killing nazis.

It was funny though. Especially in the movie theatre when they try to speak italian and at the end.

Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: jd on December 24, 2009, 10:55:43 AM
Nobody tells you that half (or more)of the movie is in subtitles, and the subtitles are the same color as the background, so WTF. :mad: Oh well, go for the Nazi killin'. :cheers: NOT Terantino's best.


MajChaos
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: branch37 on December 24, 2009, 11:27:18 AM
not worth the buy but a good one time watcher IMO.......I really liked the Italian scene also  :rofl :rofl
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Jebus on December 24, 2009, 11:46:55 AM
The film was excellent and Waltz gave every inch an Oscar winning performance.

I agree totally.  I though his interrogation of people was spot on.  I mean I was at the end of each one of his interrogations ready to tell him what he wanted to know.  He does deserve to be nominated for an Oscar, even winning it!!!
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Anaxogoras on December 25, 2009, 10:42:44 PM
Just watched it, I feel like  :headscratch:

Characters were not credible, and every one was 2-dimensional.  The film is just another Tarantino fantasy where bloodthirstiness takes the place of real human interaction.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: ridley1 on December 26, 2009, 05:21:45 AM
Wow.
Opinions are all over the map here. Never said I was Siskel or ebert.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Masherbrum on December 26, 2009, 07:56:03 AM
I've heard too many "it sucked" over "see it".   I have no qualms of putting it up there with Valkyrie.  I'm tired of Brad Pitt actually.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: ink on December 26, 2009, 01:32:56 PM
I've heard too many "it sucked" over "see it".   I have no qualms of putting it up there with Valkyrie.  I'm tired of Brad Pitt actually.



Dood dont listen to any of these Nay Sayers, watched it last night, Is it chock full of action?  NO are there subtitles? YES

is it one of the best Movies that I have seen in a long time YES

any move that makes you sit up in your seat and go " whoa... holy hell..." is a good movie, and this did that to me a few times!!!

I think you will like it, It is not a bad movie in anyway shape or form!!! 

INK



and to you guys that did not like it....every movie cant be FULL of killing :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

this movie is above most of Tarantino's.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Masherbrum on December 26, 2009, 06:14:01 PM
Well I might check it out then.   
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Treize69 on December 29, 2009, 10:50:59 AM
Girlfriend is making me watch it.

Worst. Movie. Ever.

If I'd paid to see it in theaters, I'd have formed an Unruly Mob by now.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Jebus on December 29, 2009, 02:00:44 PM
For those who said there isn't enough blood in the movie.

Here is the movie with in the movie "National Pride".  This is the full 6 minutes of the movie.

This was directed by Eli Roth, he also played the Bear Jew in the movie.

 He was also know the director for the movie "Hostel".  Quentin Tarantino let him direct this part of the movie and was really pleased with the way the movie turned out.  Said it really looked like a Nazi propaganda film by Goebbel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldrhzw-ZKbA&feature=player_embedded
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: curry1 on December 29, 2009, 02:55:42 PM
I spent most of the film rolling about crying with laughter. Brad Pitt's Italian scene PRICELESS.  :D  :rofl :rofl :rofl
Definitely my favorite part of the movie "bonschorno, um correcto uh i mean si."    :rofl
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Saxman on December 29, 2009, 05:03:45 PM
For those who said there isn't enough blood in the movie.

Here is the movie with in the movie "National Pride".  This is the full 6 minutes of the movie.

This was directed by Eli Roth, he also played the Bear Jew in the movie.

 He was also know the director for the movie "Hostel".  Quentin Tarantino let him direct this part of the movie and was really pleased with the way the movie turned out.  Said it really looked like a Nazi propaganda film by Goebbel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldrhzw-ZKbA&feature=player_embedded

Too bad he probably wouldn't have gotten off more than a few shots in the REAL battle. The first thing that came to mind when he told his story, and later when they showed the movie:

Call up the armor and fire for effect.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: RightF00T on December 29, 2009, 07:32:57 PM
Am I getting this right...people are surprised that a Tarantino movie had akward long scenes of just talking?  Isn't that *all* of his movies? LOL
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: FYB on December 29, 2009, 07:41:38 PM
Worst movie I've seen in a while...
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: ink on December 29, 2009, 08:14:57 PM
wow I cant believe how many negative comments on the movie, I don't know I thought it was better then good, maybe just cuz im a Brad Pitt fan, the only movie he did I did not like was "meet Joe black" now that was a boring movie.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Larry on December 29, 2009, 08:29:57 PM
That movie isn't even worth getting if you have netflix. Now if it had been 180 minutes of the bastards killing nazis instead of sitting around talking about killing nazis then maybe yes.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: uptown on December 29, 2009, 08:32:00 PM
15 minutes is all I could stand of it.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Masherbrum on December 29, 2009, 09:38:18 PM
Not rental, even better, my buddy bought it and brought it over tonight.   I eliminated the "Historical aspect".   As much as I hate Pitt, the accent and most of the scenes were pretty funny.   

But, I'm glad I got to watch it for free.   Otherwise, I'd want my money back.   
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: ink on December 29, 2009, 10:28:00 PM
 :P
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: saantana on December 29, 2009, 11:28:18 PM
Bar scene was good although some prior character development would have been nice.

Not enough to make it a good movie.

6/10
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: -tronski- on December 30, 2009, 12:18:16 AM
Waltz was the standout, and so was the gorgeous Melanie Laurent and it was great in parts but the obvious departure from historical fact was too much of a distraction for me...nothing more than killing an afternoon

 Tronsky
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: DYNAMITE on December 30, 2009, 06:43:55 AM
I loved it... Waltz was terrifying... he played that role with such gusto it was a site to see.

The movie was slow in parts... and if they had gone the more dirty dozen rout it may have been more satisfying, but all in all I really enjoyed it.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Saxman on December 30, 2009, 09:24:24 AM
Bar scene was good although some prior character development would have been nice.

Not enough to make it a good movie.

6/10

QFT. The Brit showed up just to get killed, which more or less was the same case about the two German members of the Basterds, only ONE of which we actually learned anything about, and nothing too significant at that.

And Col. Landa striking the deal at the end of the movie made NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. There was nothing leading up to that point that suggested he had any interest at all in allowing them to complete their mission. Was there a scene cut somewhere?
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Saurdaukar on December 30, 2009, 10:08:22 AM
Haven't seen it yet. 

Wanted to solely based upon the way Pitt pronounces "Natzee's" in the trailer.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Sonicblu on January 01, 2010, 09:01:47 PM
Dont waste your time worst movie ive seen in years.

What a (*&^( Greek tragedy )

 :furious :furious :furious :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: John Curnutte on January 02, 2010, 11:53:51 AM
 I was tricked by the trailers which suggested a complete diffrent movie than what was presented . the Bastards themselves were a second story line and a back burner add on . It was not a great theatrical movie but it is Tarantino and he just does some weird stuff anyways . Horrible movie but entertaining in a way .
                 Nutte :D
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Ack-Ack on January 02, 2010, 03:06:07 PM
I thought it was good, a nice homage to the original movie and the dialogue rather snappy. 


ack-ack
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Tango on January 02, 2010, 08:42:57 PM
I pretty much stay away from any movie that has Tarantino's name on it.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: kilo2 on January 03, 2010, 12:31:25 AM
Good movie. I liked the dialogue a lot. Not as violent as I thought but I think its better for it. Bar scene was the best.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: Flipperk on January 03, 2010, 05:57:53 AM
I loved the movie, very indepth into its characters and their interactions of the plot.


Alot of people don't like this movie because of what it was hyped up to be, guys...its Tarantino...you know exactly what its going to be like.


I agree on a few parts, the bar could have been cut in half easily, and it was a bit long...but besides that it was a good entertaining movie.
Title: Re: DVD worth renting: Inglorious basterds
Post by: ink on January 03, 2010, 03:37:05 PM
I loved the movie, very indepth into its characters and their interactions of the plot.


Alot of people don't like this movie because of what it was hyped up to be, guys...its Tarantino...you know exactly what its going to be like.


I agree on a few parts, the bar could have been cut in half easily, and it was a bit long...but besides that it was a good entertaining movie.

 :aok  thought I was one of the only ones that enjoyed it.