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Inglorious Basterds vs Inglorious Bastards: Reviews of QT's Film
Inglorious Basterds is Quentin Tarantino's latest movie: a World War II flick about a bunch of Jewish soldiers with one mission: kill as many Nazis as they can. Inglorious Bastards (Quel Maledetto Treno Blindato) is a 1978 Enzo Castellari World War II flick about a bunch of misfits and criminals on a suicide mission behind enemy lines; the title literally translates to "That Damned Armored Train", but was called "Inglorious Bastards" for its US release. Besides the broad-stroke similarities, the two are not really the same: Inglorious Basterds is not a remake of Inglorious Bastards. Reviews of Basterds are generally pretty favorable: it's a love-it-or-hate-it thing, with more lovers so far than haters.
Inglorious Basterds is apparently like a full-on Jewsploitation spaghetti Western, with ridiculously hard-boiled male leads on a do-or-die mission:
Meanwhile, the Basterds, members of an all-Jewish U.S. army unit known for its merciless treatment of prisoners—"Bring me 100 Nazi scalps!" barks their commander, Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt)—are recruited by British intelligence in a plot to assassinate the Nazi high command, aided by a famous German actress (Diane Kruger) who's secretly working for the Allies.
Inglorious Bastards is more akin to The Dirty Dozen, with our heroes on a near-impossible mission to steal V2 warheads for the French.
The plot, what there is of it, sees Bo Svenson and Fred “The Hammer” Williams lead a gang of American military ne’er-do-wells on a suicide mission behind Nazi lines; the incongruous bathing of naked, machine- gun-toting mädchen is also thrust upon us.
Okay, so they're actually pretty similar, but I still want to see Inglorious Basterds. It appeals to my baser instincts. Whatareyagonnado?
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at 14:26 on August 20th, 2009
I saw the 1978 one, Was not to impressed by it. However it did have some good scenes.
at 18:14 on August 20th, 2009
The Guardian (UK) reviewer slated it ...
at 02:38 on August 21st, 2009
I am so sick of the predictable… There were millions of other people killed by the Nazis besides Jews..russians, poles, czechs and partisans, gays and poles were treated just as badly a jews…but the only way you can make a nazi film in hollywood is you better make the jews look good. Of course the ones metting out justice are jews… else this movie would not be allowed to be made let alone with Brad Pitt. Tarantino is paying homage to hollywood jews who would otherwise crush him if there was any mentuon of Nazis without some enormous Jewish counter balance. When I heard the plot was underground people killing Nazis…I said, there we go, they have to be Jewish, else this movie would still be just a script. Nazis are killing thug bastards and the world is better without them, but it was not only Jews who suffered under their reign. I have most of my Polish ancestors DEAD because of Nazi's and becauswe of their ideology and the fact that Nazis wanted their homes for the "new Germans", and not one was Jewish. Millions of non-jewish Poles died and were sent to concentration and work camps in WWII at the hands of Nazis..when was the last time you saw a non-Jewish Polish/Nazi movie?..even a supposedly funny one. Its the same old shit over and over….WWII is about nothing else but Jewish persecution.... anything else would be anti-semetic.I am not looking to take anything away from what happened to the Jews in WWI... I am looking for some recognition of the ten fold millions of others who lost their lives as well.... nada.
at 02:39 on September 3rd, 2009
I agreed. And nobody never talks about the german who were anti-nazi, who were executed, killed, who suffered hunger, torture and death because they stood up against the nazi. the grandfather of a friend was german, mayor of a town, killed because he refused to collaborated. German is not equal nazi. Jews have been persecuted and it's horrible, but they were not alone to suffer and die...
at 02:47 on August 21st, 2009
I am so sick of the predictable… There were millions of other people killed by the Nazis besides Jews..russians, poles, czechs and partisans, gays and poles were treated just as badly a jews…but the only way you can make a nazi film in hollywood is you better make the jews look good. Of course the ones metting out justice are jews… else this movie would not be allowed to be made let alone with Brad Pitt. Tarantino is paying homage to hollywood jews who would otherwise crush him if there was any mentuon of Nazis without some enormous Jewish counter balance. When I heard the plot was underground people killing Nazis…I said, there we go, they have to be Jewish, else this movie would still be just a script. Nazis are killing thug bastards and the world is better without them, but it was not only Jews who suffered under their reign. I have most of my Polish ancestors DEAD because of Nazi's and becauswe of their ideology and the fact that Nazis wanted their homes for the "new Germans", and not one was Jewish. Millions of non-jewish Poles died and were sent to concentration and work camps in WWII at the hands of Nazis..when was the last time you saw a non-Jewish Polish/Nazi movie?..even a supposedly funny one. Its the same old shit over and over….WWII is about nothing else but Jewish persecution.... anything else would be anti-semetic.I am not looking to take anything away from what happened to the Jews in WWI... I am looking for some recognition of the ten fold millions of others who lost their lives as well.... nada.
at 07:59 on August 22nd, 2009
I love Nazis, Bush was one, all repupicans are nazis.....