I always seem to enter a Tarantino film with anticipation, i always feel, that i won't like it. I rarely do or haven't ever disliked any of his films. There is always something to really enjoy. Be it the story, dialogue, actors or the perfect plagiarism of films from the vaults of a VHS hoarder. He brings to mainstream cinema and mixes together so many genres and influences, it is one of main joys of watching his films.
It has a spaghetti western 'feel', and you see it should (or could of if made 30 odd years ago) of starred Lee Marvin instead of Brad Pitt (who does very well in his role as Lt. Aldo Raine), you see, Aldo Raine is straight out of the DIrty Dozen. It also (to me) has an air of Pier Paolo Pasolini in style, with Sam Peckinpah and his balletic, slow-motion action sequences.
While you have the masculine brutally of 'the bastards', towards any nazi they ambush, which are depicted with darkly, comic delight by the director; to kind of juxtapose this, you have the cold, threatening and lethal Col. Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz, best part in the film), whose subtle interrogation of the farmer, is one of the most chilling scenes i've seen in a war film this side of Come and See or Schindler's List.
All very cleverly written and enjoyable to watch, but not a very good history lesson on the 2nd world war. |