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Comment by Ericka Gray on August 22, 2010 at 10:57am
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I hope I put this in the right place.
I just watched Inglorious Basterds last night. I absolutely fell in love with the film. The plot is totally convoluted but after all it is a Quentin Tatentino film so that is to be expected. It was funny,had a great sound track, and of course there was gore (scalping!) Although, I have to say for a Tarentino film it was kept to a minimum,
The film takes place during World War Two where there is a group put together to kill Nazi's. The crew is led by Lieutenant Aldo Raine played by Brad Pitt who orders his men to each collect 100 hundred scalps or "die trying". Pitt is absolutely hilarious in this role. Most of the laughs in the film come from him and his folksy hillbilly draw. I have to say I was most impressed by Christopher Waltz who played Nazi Hans Landa as the "Jew Hunter". In the beginning of the film he interrogates someone hiding a jewish family then slaughters the family leaving one to live. So there are actually two plots running simultaneously done in "Chapter" form yet again a Tarentino trait.
Fast forward and you see the one who got away Shoshanna is running movie theater where a Nazi "war hero" takes a shine to her and wants to premiere his movie about his" heroism "(a kill fest) which will be seen by Hitler, Joseph Goebbels,and two others that escape my memory at the time. Shoshanna sees this as the way she is going to exact her revenge and the Basterds see this as the way to end the war. I will not give away the ending. It was a thoroughly enjoyable movie.
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Comment by wiffledust on August 22, 2010 at 12:26am
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it might be a little obscure, elle. it's not new at all. it might even be from the 80's. or possibly 90's. james garner looks alot younger in it. i found it on netflix. so i know they have it. but you probably need a big video store for them to have it. in any case, i learned alot from it and want to know more.
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Comment by Elle MacNeil on August 22, 2010 at 12:09am
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You are so right about the impact he's had!! I have to try to see this movie.
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oh that's funny, elle!!! i find this man very remarkable. he had tons of opportunities for the limelight and turned them all down. i wonder if he was called by a much higher source to do the work he did. it's hard to think of too many people who have had as much of an effect on so many others, isn't it?
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I have to tell you a story. For 5 years we cruised around the same time each year. We found it amazing that this guy, Bill W. and his friends were on the same ship at the same time every year!! We only knew this because we'd see a room cordoned off with a sign saying "Private party for friends of Bill W.". Can you imagine our "duh" moment, when the light bulb finally went on?!?!?
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last night i saw a katharine hepburn / spencer tracey movie that i somehow missed. how is that possible? i thought i'd seen them all. this was called "without love". and it was slow, and not the best of their movies by a long shot. but it had alot to offer. the two get married for practical reasons, not for love. spencer has an adorable little cairn terrier named dizzy. it could have been great with a little tweaking. great premise. not a great movie. but a fun find!
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i love beautiful cinematography! my opinion is that a movie should either be minimal with cinematography and a great screenplay and acting serving as a filmed play OR have gorgeous cinematography that acts like another actor in the movie. did you ever see "anna and the king" with jodie foster? oh the cinematography is amazing...it is another player in an also great story!
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Comment by Steen Krause on August 19, 2010 at 10:24am
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It was an even better book. But the cinematography was beautiful.
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the previews for that look fun, steen. i like it when people cross dimensions and such....
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I saw Charlie St. Cloud. My next man will be a sailor. <3
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