Oct/090
Movie Backlog: INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
Inglorious Basterds
I can’t believe I forgot to blog about this. It only took posting about Zombieland to drudge this up from my memory… Unforgivable, simply because this film for me is thus far, hands down, movie of the year.
Wow. First of all it should be noted that I’m a major Quentin Tarantino fan, and he can basically do no wrong… That aside, I’m no apologist, and I was fully ready to have lot’s of negative things to say about this film….
I went with Gabe, as usual… Going to movies is one of our pastimes, and he loved it so much that this was his second viewing in less than a week. Whoa.
I have to say it definitely lined up with my high expectations of any QT flick, namely that it would be a visual feast, and have some hilarious over the top comedic moments. There was a certain grittiness about the film that I really enjoyed, and as usual there was a far-fetched element to the plot that had me smiling, despite being a World War II history buff.
The other major plus side is that we have a new nickname for Clifford: “The Bear Jew.”
See this movie. It rules.
Fellini Scale: 8.0 out of 8.5