I AGREE WITH ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING IN THIS POST. Especially the bit about Landa's ending. I mean, he was so giddy about getting everything that he wanted and the audience is just left kind of seething that this dude gets glory for what he's done, but at the same time, I am smiling, because DAMN is he amazing, but then when he is actually upholding honor, when he is actually following the rules and trusting that his adversary will have the same honor, HE GETS HIS JUST DESSERTS. His utter horror at Aldo killing the other German dude was just so well played. Here is this character that was so horrifyingly in control through the whole film, but then through his own cockiness he ends up being completely vulnerable. AND THEN HE GETS A SWASTIKA CARVED INTO HIS HEAD. And with that one act all of his plans are ruined. I almost feel sorry for him! Which is just weird, but after all that, all of his scheming and betraying his own country, his admiration and capture of Aldo and the Basterds, the way it seems like he is completely unstoppable, it all comes crumbling down. And it kind of hurts. But at the same time, it's utterly delicious. I DON'T KNOW. IT'S INSANE.
and finally there were the girls on my flist who LOVED IB and Christoph waltz's turn as Landa
SHOUTOUT, WOO!
I really did love this film. There was a lot of talking, but like you said, even the really long dialogue bits had SO much going on that you're always waiting for something bad to happen. Always. Especially in that first scene. A lot of the scenes were almost approached like a play rather than a film. Anyway, I loved it. I always enjoy Tarantino films, but I never love them. This one, however, definitely garnered love from me. And I was shocked that it seemed so tame in the violence department, especially when compared to Kill Bill. I think even Jackie Brown may have been more violent than this one. Maybe. Oh, one thing I loved about IB? Barely any sex scenes. Usually the graphic sex scenes make me cringe more than the violence (the scene from Kill Bill where all those people violate Uma's character while she's in a coma still haunts me).
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Date: 2010-03-10 04:30 am (UTC)and finally there were the girls on my flist who LOVED IB and Christoph waltz's turn as Landa
SHOUTOUT, WOO!
I really did love this film. There was a lot of talking, but like you said, even the really long dialogue bits had SO much going on that you're always waiting for something bad to happen. Always. Especially in that first scene. A lot of the scenes were almost approached like a play rather than a film. Anyway, I loved it. I always enjoy Tarantino films, but I never love them. This one, however, definitely garnered love from me. And I was shocked that it seemed so tame in the violence department, especially when compared to Kill Bill. I think even Jackie Brown may have been more violent than this one. Maybe. Oh, one thing I loved about IB? Barely any sex scenes. Usually the graphic sex scenes make me cringe more than the violence (the scene from Kill Bill where all those people violate Uma's character while she's in a coma still haunts me).