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Inglorious Basterds. Where do you rank it in Tarentinos catalogue? Also, which is your favorite section of the film?
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Of his movies I've seen, I rank Inglorious Basterds 3rd from last. Just above the Kill Bill films which I hate.
Probably my third favorite of his movies, but the bar scene specifically I think is one of the best single scenes in any of his.
It's one of his best in my opinion. And my favorite section is the "bear jew" forest scene towards the beginning.
It's my favourite film of his – I was just talking about that with some of my mates yesterday actually.
The tension in a lot of those scenes is off the charts and the actors all play wonderfully.
I also love how the movie switches between French, English, and German, and like another poster mentioned the non-English lines actually sound good. You can tell a lot of work and respect went into putting this together.
I watched it the first time with my mother who's fluent in all three languages (I'm only fluent in two) and it was a great experience. When Fassbender went Drei Gläser she instantly turned towards me and told me he fucked up lol
The tension in a lot of those scenes is off the charts and the actors all play wonderfully.
I also love how the movie switches between French, English, and German, and like another poster mentioned the non-English lines actually sound good. You can tell a lot of work and respect went into putting this together.
I watched it the first time with my mother who's fluent in all three languages (I'm only fluent in two) and it was a great experience. When Fassbender went Drei Gläser she instantly turned towards me and told me he fucked up lol
I haven't seen Hateful Eight, but I'd say IB is his third best film. Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill are tied for first place, IB is third. I feel like those three films are really peak Tarantino. There's a bit of a drop off after that. Jackie Brown and Django are good but not amazing, and I didn't like Death Proof and Reservoir Dogs.
Basterds is his best work for me. It manages to balance all of the elements of Tarantino so well - gratuitous violence, humour, great dialogue, and tension.
That first scene in the barn is so tense, you could feel the whole cinema holding their breath.
That first scene in the barn is so tense, you could feel the whole cinema holding their breath.
Saw it the first time and almost fell asleep. Didn't click with me, I didn't get it. Saw it a second time, and a third, and a fourth, and I now recognize it's very possibly his best. I imagine in the future it will be regarded in even higher esteem and considered a true classic, AFI top-100 film.
I think it sorta peaked around the intro to be honest. Darkest part of the movie and was more in line what I was expecting. Then it turned into Kill Bill/Grindhouse meets WW2 and I became a little disappointed.
The Mexican standoff (or bar scene) and other scenes with Landa were good, don't get me wrong, but I'll never shake the feeling Tarantino's schtick is a little played out now. Again, not saying it's bad. Just...it's predictable.
Having said that I think I preferred Django and Hateful Eight.
They're all good movies though, I consider myself a Tarantino fan, I pretty much like everything him and Rob Rodriguez do.
The Mexican standoff (or bar scene) and other scenes with Landa were good, don't get me wrong, but I'll never shake the feeling Tarantino's schtick is a little played out now. Again, not saying it's bad. Just...it's predictable.
Having said that I think I preferred Django and Hateful Eight.
They're all good movies though, I consider myself a Tarantino fan, I pretty much like everything him and Rob Rodriguez do.
Rewatched it with the fiance. Still good. You don't really notice the jankiness and variety of styles until later viewings which is nice.
I always think there's something wrong with me when I read about IB. I just ...didn't love it. I think it's the dumbass speaking Italian thing that sours me on the second half. I didn't find it funny at all, and it just makes the theater stuff silly.
Also, couldn't really care less for Shoshanna.
First half has some amazing stuff in it.
I always put this in my lower third of Tarantino rankings, with Jackie Brown (another one I don't get the love for) and Death Proof (so awful I shut it off after a few minutes, so maybe I need to get back to it).
Maybe it's because of my age - I was old enough to catch Pulp Fiction in the theater when it first came out, and it was mind blowing.
Also, couldn't really care less for Shoshanna.
First half has some amazing stuff in it.
I always put this in my lower third of Tarantino rankings, with Jackie Brown (another one I don't get the love for) and Death Proof (so awful I shut it off after a few minutes, so maybe I need to get back to it).
Maybe it's because of my age - I was old enough to catch Pulp Fiction in the theater when it first came out, and it was mind blowing.
One of Tarantino's best movies. Not quite on the level of Pulp Fiction but way better than most of his other stuff.
It's near the bottom for me. There are several parts I like, the really over the top Tarantino moments, but I found myself bored with it. It took a few tries to watch it all the way through.
Edit: oh, missed the other part of the question. I like the bar scene best, partly because everything about it was a tremendously stupid and preposterous idea.
Edit: oh, missed the other part of the question. I like the bar scene best, partly because everything about it was a tremendously stupid and preposterous idea.
It's the best film he's made since Jackie Brown. The bar scene is undoubtedly the best. Nobody does the slow build to an explosion of violence like Tarantino.
His best work. Neither of the two movies released after come close. It actually had a climax which Django and Hateful 8 forgot how to do.
Favorite sequence is probably the opening. The tension and escalation is insane.
Also like his entrances for Stiglitz and The Bear Jew.
Favorite sequence is probably the opening. The tension and escalation is insane.
Also like his entrances for Stiglitz and The Bear Jew.
He did a lot of wanging of his own style and his past works in these 2 movies.
pretty far down tbh
I don't even find it bad or mediocre or anything, it's just that most of his other works are so much better
it doesn't help that acting in this is so inconsistent. you have great performances, but then you also have Diane Kruger and this other guy with his stupid Hitler caricature, which just isn't well played
I don't even find it bad or mediocre or anything, it's just that most of his other works are so much better
it doesn't help that acting in this is so inconsistent. you have great performances, but then you also have Diane Kruger and this other guy with his stupid Hitler caricature, which just isn't well played
My rank:
#1 Inglorious Basterds.
#2 Django
#3 Hateful Eight
#4 Reservoir Dogs
#5 Jackie Brown
#6 Pulp Fiction
#1 Inglorious Basterds.
#2 Django
#3 Hateful Eight
#4 Reservoir Dogs
#5 Jackie Brown
#6 Pulp Fiction
He was busy with Alita at that moment,he was supposed to be in Hateful Eight iirc,pretty sure that Tim Roth's character was meant for him in the first place.
I thought it was ok, definitely towards the lower end of his movies. Why did they send Hugo Stiglitz on that undercover mission when everyone knows who he is? The movie even specifically says earlier that everyone knows Hugo Stiglitz. I guess the basterds are just idiots. And Eli Roth takes me out of the movie, but at least Tarantino wised up and didn't include the part where he shoots a couple of caged dogs at the vet to get the vet to talk.
His best thus far. As for the favorite scene, it's hard to choose. For individual sequence, the beginning of chapter 5 with Cat People is a fantastic moodsetter for entirety of chapter 5.
Objectively chapter 1 is probably the best written one, but for me chapter 4 wins. The setting is ludicrous (especially the banality of majority of dialogues in the scene) the tension towards the end as Fassbender inadvertendly reveals himself is insane and the shootout is a fantastic release of said tension. So I guess that's my favorite one, despite barely featuring the best character in the film (Waltz's performance was truly inspired and divine).
Objectively chapter 1 is probably the best written one, but for me chapter 4 wins. The setting is ludicrous (especially the banality of majority of dialogues in the scene) the tension towards the end as Fassbender inadvertendly reveals himself is insane and the shootout is a fantastic release of said tension. So I guess that's my favorite one, despite barely featuring the best character in the film (Waltz's performance was truly inspired and divine).
One of my least favorites, actually. I put it near the bottom with the Kill Bill movies - they're all good, they just don't really click with me. I think they're going for something I don't quite gel with. (I've never seen Death Proof so that's not on my list.)
I think it's still pretty clearly his 90s stuff at the top (Jackie Brown > Reservoir Dogs > Pulp Fiction), but I think I'm a bit unusual where I'd put his 10s stuff (Django > Hateful Eight) over his 00s stuff (Basterds > Kill Bill). I like modern Tarantino so I've got high hopes for Hollywood.
I think it's still pretty clearly his 90s stuff at the top (Jackie Brown > Reservoir Dogs > Pulp Fiction), but I think I'm a bit unusual where I'd put his 10s stuff (Django > Hateful Eight) over his 00s stuff (Basterds > Kill Bill). I like modern Tarantino so I've got high hopes for Hollywood.
