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[CountDeMoney]

Saw Inglorious Basterds.

Great fun. Was a bit disappointed at the lack of gore. I was expecting a bigger bloodbath than we ended up getting.

Oh...and did anybody notice the historical inaccuracies? 

That's was the most hilarious part of the whole film.  I mean, he emptied an entire clip in his head.  Funny as balls.

[CountDeMoney]

- the shootout in the celler bar. I loved the fact that it was over in a couple of seconds. It gave a great feeling of realism.

That entire scene was so good on so many levels...the ramp up of the tension...the look on Stigglitz's face the entire time, just wanting to murder that SS Major, wearing that fucking card on his head the whole time...the whole "Am I The Negro Experience In America No Then I'm King Kong" bit...the flurry of bullets with Stigglitz stabbing that fucker in the back of the head...

Best Tarantino scene since Butch had a fucking samurai sword.

[Sophie Scholl]

Stiglitz.   Movie definitely needed more Stiglitz.

[Josephus]

Saw Inglorious Basterds. I thought it was great. Some of the scenes were truly outstanding.

Warning, spoilers ahead:





The best:

- the shootout in the celler bar. I loved the fact that it was over in a couple of seconds. It gave a great feeling of realism.

I loved that whole cellar bar scene. There was such a feeling of tension during that whole scene.  And then, like you said, the climax was so quick.

[Admiral Yi]

Rogue Trader, movie about Nicholas Leeson and the destruction of Barings.  Some interesting location shooting in Singapore.

[Malthus]

- the shootout in the celler bar. I loved the fact that it was over in a couple of seconds. It gave a great feeling of realism.

That entire scene was so good on so many levels...the ramp up of the tension...the look on Stigglitz's face the entire time, just wanting to murder that SS Major, wearing that fucking card on his head the whole time...the whole "Am I The Negro Experience In America No Then I'm King Kong" bit...the flurry of bullets with Stigglitz stabbing that fucker in the back of the head...

Best Tarantino scene since Butch had a fucking samurai sword.

Yup.

I'm rating this movie as one of Tarantino's best - and I was expecting a disapointment. Some of the reviews were all 'its okay but not really Tarantino at the top of his game'. I disagree.

[Barrister]

Yup.

I'm rating this movie as one of Tarantino's best - and I was expecting a disapointment. Some of the reviews were all 'its okay but not really Tarantino at the top of his game'. I disagree.

Yes, this is Tarantino at the top of his game.  It's a strange game to be on top of, filled with movie homage/rip-offs, and high levels of violence, but this is as good as it gets.

[Malthus]

Yup.

I'm rating this movie as one of Tarantino's best - and I was expecting a disapointment. Some of the reviews were all 'its okay but not really Tarantino at the top of his game'. I disagree.

Yes, this is Tarantino at the top of his game.  It's a strange game to be on top of, filled with movie homage/rip-offs, and high levels of violence, but this is as good as it gets.

My interpretation was that one of the points of the movie was to get the audience to consider exactly why they enjoy the violence. After all, the central part of the movie was the Nazis enjoying a movie filled with nothing *but* violence - and when the screen explodes in fire, the camera centres the screen so it appears to be the screen you are watching.

[The Brain]

Rogue Trader, movie about Nicholas Leeson and the destruction of Barings.  Some interesting location shooting in Singapore.

Is that the one with Ewan McGregor?

[Admiral Yi]

Is that the one with Ewan McGregor?

Yo.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

We've had Rogue Trader "stolen" (rented & never returned) from our store twice.

[CountDeMoney]

My interpretation was that one of the points of the movie was to get the audience to consider exactly why they enjoy the violence. After all, the central part of the movie was the Nazis enjoying a movie filled with nothing *but* violence - and when the screen explodes in fire, the camera centres the screen so it appears to be the screen you are watching.

I don't know why, but I started laughing my ass off when, taking cover from fire, the Hero was carving a swastika into the floor to pass the time.  For some reason, that was fucking hilarious.

[Syt]

Saw Inglourious Basterd finally yesterday. I felt thoroughly entertained. The movie managed its stretch between spaghetti western, Dirty Dozen, and 1940s "bunch of guys go kill Hitler" movies.

Major downpoint: Diane Krüger whose lines sounded like she read them from a teleprompter at a high school play.

Christoph Waltz: simply brilliant. Menacing, with a fake air of kindness and sophistication, and making you generally feel uneasy in his presence.

I noticed that the movie seperated between Wehrmacht (just celebrating in the pub, doing regular soldiery things) and the SS who were all psychos in one way or another.

Was Frederick Zoller (who wore SD shoulder pads all the time, btw) based on Audy Murphy in some way (war hero who plays himself in pro[his side] movie?

[Habbaku]

Was Frederick Zoller (who wore SD shoulder pads all the time, btw) based on Audy Murphy in some way (war hero who plays himself in pro[his side] movie?

Seems like it to me, though I don't know if that's certainly what Tarantino was going for.  Zoller, in the film, certainly seemed less than enthused about his wartime activities.  From what I recall, Murphy was much the same way, undergoing numerous periods of depression and PTSD from the war.

[Alatriste]

Howl's Moving Castle. Watchable indeed, but not as good as Spirited Away or Porco Rosso. Miyazaki can do better...

First half of Casablanca in blu-ray. Details later, when I have finished watching it. For the moment I will just say, it's quite shocking. Last time I watched it, the TV was still black&white only!