Movies in Your Spare Time: Inglorious Bastards Edition
It has been six years since I went to the theater and watched Inglorious Bastards. Walking into the theater I was pretty mellow because I knew my dad and I were going to go out to have a nice dinner after. The seats were comfy and I got my "must have" blue slushy before the movie. As for my expectations on the movie, I was expecting a true historical fiction about a failed attempt on Hitler. Of course I realized at the end that it was a work of fiction. I would probably score the movie as an A+ since action, suspense and gore are what I like to see when watching movies which is why this movie threw me onto the Tarantino fan wagon.
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In this scene the camera angle doesn't change too drastically, however, as the man came out to beat the stubborn soldier the camera angle began to zoom in slowly toward the stoic soldiers face as well as zooming in on one solider crying. As the "Bear Jew" walked out and the German was about to meet his faith I noticed the camera angle had been shot from a low angle to make the American solider look intimidating as well as give us a perspective on the German solider. That being said, to escalade the tension the background music got louder and louder making me feel like I was watching one of my favorite cartoons of Tom and Jerry with the build up of deep background music.
Another film made by Tarantino that seemed to be no different from Inglorious Bastards was Django Unchained. Tarantino seemed to still have been stuck on the topic of racial revenge when planning Django Unchained. Aside from Brad Pit's funny accent whenever he would say "We're killing Nazzzis" I would have to accredit Christopher Waltz and all the talent he had brought to both movies. His charming persona of outsmarting dumb pro-slavery rednecks blends just the right amount of comical relief into his role. To me Tarantino and Waltz are a perfect mix for the twisted, violent and humorous movies they produce together.
Another film made by Tarantino that seemed to be no different from Inglorious Bastards was Django Unchained. Tarantino seemed to still have been stuck on the topic of racial revenge when planning Django Unchained. Aside from Brad Pit's funny accent whenever he would say "We're killing Nazzzis" I would have to accredit Christopher Waltz and all the talent he had brought to both movies. His charming persona of outsmarting dumb pro-slavery rednecks blends just the right amount of comical relief into his role. To me Tarantino and Waltz are a perfect mix for the twisted, violent and humorous movies they produce together.
Good job on this one, Austin. I haven't seen this movie for a while but once you described the the scene with the "bear jew" I remember that I need to see that movie again. I would have to agree with you as well that this movie has many great action scenes. I would also say that the gore that they do have in the movie is not over excessive but enough to get the audience cringing at times. I also like how you talk about the director to sum things up. Also, "Django Unchained" is a perfect parallelism to this movie.
ReplyDeleteNice points about Django and this film. However, it feels like 1) you haven't seen the film in a while (you mention its been years), so why not revisit it? 2) Maybe because you haven't seen it in a while, the review seems to be missing a lot. For a film you rate an A+, there's got to be so much more to say!
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