Posts Tagged ‘Quentin Tarantino’

Thursday, December 31st, 2009 at 10:36am

The Dirty Dozen Meets the Reservoir Dogs: A Review of Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds

Posted by Tom Skypek in Media
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What a film!  Inglourious Basterds has it all:  superb acting, a compelling storyline, great scenery, intriguing counterfactual history, outstanding music and just enough subtitles to convey a high degree of authenticity.  The film definitely has a nice Spaghetti Western feel to it.  A more apt description might be:  The Dirty Dozen meets the Reservoir Dogs meets The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The film was much different than the commercial trailer lets on.  This was probably due to marketing strategy and was part of an effort to market Brad Pitt, who masterfully portrayed Lt. Aldo Raine, the commanding officer of the Basterds.  The trailer…

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