Inglourious Basterds is the newest film from writer/director Quentin Tarantino and was eagerly awaited by myself and did not disappoint. A fictional tale of WW2 captures everything about QT's writing and directing style in a genre I didn't think he would ever tackle. He has such a unique style of writing and such a polished style of direction that this movie fits along nicely with his other films. An ambitious story that has layers and unique characters that draw you in. He is masterful with his ability to build suspense in a scene and to lead you down paths you never expected the story to go. I hadn't felt that much suspense in the cinema for a long time, I remember that feeling when I first saw Pulp Fiction. I was mesmerized by this film, just listening to the long scenes with superbly crafted dialog and enjoying every minute of it.
The story was completely different than what I expected. QT doesn't resurrect a fallen stars career but shows off new talent(to me) and blends the grindhouse genre with a great drama with subtle humor. His use of music once again is amazing, I only notice once where the music caused me pause; a David Bowie song really stuck out but grew into the scene after a few moments. My only complain MAY BE I wanted to see more of most of the characters since he created so many interesting characters and you want to see more of them but that would make this movie 8 hours long. While I watch that with some intermissions I think some people would complain about getting to much of a good thing.
This film is completely different from most movies today with the rapid story telling and non-stop action that becomes boring and an insult to the senses. Once again you can see a master at work.
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