The Movie: The Inglourious Bastar
s* is sure the best so far and the most unique of the movie-making genius. A well written and scripted revenge fantasy, executed in the most entertaining way.
Be it the opening scene or the final plot, Tarantino has made sure that each scene is as gripping as the other. Most of the plots in the film are set in Nazi occupied France, where the fates of 2 absolutely unrelated groups happen to converge towards a common mission, the extermination of the top brass in the Third Reich.
Lt.
Aldo Reine:
Another brilliantly unusual role for Brad Pitt (after Benjamin Button) as Lt. Aldo Raine, the ring leader of the Bastars, unlike his other roles where he’s allowed to retain his boyish charm. Instead he replaces it with his heavy Southern accent and a ‘no prisoner, all scalp’ motto. Bastars, * so called by the Nazis, are a group of Mercenaries (American Jews) recruited by Aldo, whose primary job responsibility is to bring at least 100 Nazi scalps each, and the personal mission of Aldo is to keep this ‘business’ booming.
Colonel Hans Landa:
The antagonist Hans Landa *(played by Austrian movie and television veteran Christoph Waltz) is more than convincing as “The Jew Hunter” in this latest edition by Tarantino. He plays to perfection the role of a sincere, cold and ruthless and yet suave, chivalrous and multilingual Nazi Security Chief. His uncanny calm while interrogating his suspects, never fails to send a chill through your spine, each time. His performance is so strong that many a time he even makes Brad Pitt’s character and performance look very miniscule in his presence.
Other details:
The movie has everything that trademarks it as a Tarantino Film including his style of chapter-wise storytelling and the soundtrack of Ennio Morricone (borrowed from his previous films) especially during the gun battles, to give it the Tarantino flavour. The majority of the movie is in French or German which perfectly justifies the period and location of the scenes and full marks to Tarantino on taking care of that. The only negative about the movie is the fact that the director fails to justify the tampering of history in the pretext of fiction or fantasy. Perhaps it’s possible in Tarantino’s universe. Nevertheless The Inglourious Bastars is a thorough entertainer and a must watch whether you’re a Tarantino fan or not.