Once again, point of reference on Q T. Here is how I'd rank his films...
- Natural Born Killers
- Resevoir Dogs
- Pulp Fiction
- Kill Bill
- True Romance - I haven't seen this in awhile, maybe it would be higher, but hard to say.
- From Dusk to Dawn (Joe continues to make fun of me for liking this movie, but I did. Same for Desperado. I just liked them. Can't explain why.).
Not so much
- Jackie Brown
- Didn't care to see Grindhouse
My thoughts on Inglorious Basterds:
- I did not love Brad Pitt in this movie. For a team of rogue Jewish American soldiers sent over to assassinate Nazi's, why the Southern Hick team leader? Didn't work for me. I love BP usually, but take him or leave him this time.
- The ending was kick ass awesome. You never see an "alternative ending" to a WWII movie and this one was the bomb. GO, my people!
- The heroine, Shoshanna, was awesome and the reason the ending was so cool - she had a wizard behind the curtain moment that was goose-bumpy. Clearly she was the best actor in the film.
- Eli Roth represented Bostons accent well (so said Joe). I think he might be from Boston, but all I could think about while watching him was that he wrote Hostel (which was one of the grossest - but still good - movies I've ever seen) and that he looks so much like Zachary Quinto it's creepy (Sylar from Heroes and Spock in the new Star Trek movie).
- Happy to see BJ Novak (Ryan the intern) from the Office get a nice bit part. He did well. Dry and effective.
- Didn't see the trademark QT cameo - did I miss it?
- As has been written about primarily in relation to this movie, Christoph Waltz, who plays the main Nazi, was so uncomfortably evil and unsettling. You'd think that was a given in Nazi movies, but he did stand out. A shining star along with the Shoshanna character.
That's it for now. Next up on the queue is Brotherhood Season 3, Observe and Report, and Julie and Julia.
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