tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287535895548901963.post2462429045636029377..comments2023-08-08T11:08:05.830-04:00Comments on Sean's Random Thoughts: August 28, 2009Seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805391150810848826noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287535895548901963.post-45513983759511879212009-08-29T00:29:46.377-04:002009-08-29T00:29:46.377-04:00I agree with Caesar that it was jarring, and that ...I agree with Caesar that it was jarring, and that it was completely unexpected, but if you’re EVER going to mess with history…wouldn’t killing Hitler be a pretty good test pattern? It’s not like he took Jesus and made him a sexual deviant, or took JFK and made him a child molester. He took Hitleer...Hitler, man!...and blew the shit out of him. <br /><br />Based on the overall response of people to that aspect of the film—and nobody is talking about it yet, for fear of ruining it for those who haven’t seen it…but they will in a month or so—we’re going to look back on this film as the fork in the road for creative license with regards to rewriting history. If it’s applauded, we’ll see more…if it’s denounced, we’ll never see it again…but regardless, we’ll look back at QT killing Hitler as the lightning rod that got the discussion started.<br /><br />Brytni, I’m not a big proponent of excessive violence in movies. I didn’t used to have any issue with it, but I consider it more as a dad now. Not that I let Lucas watch Tarantino movies, but it’s a different mindset. <br /><br />Reservoir Dogs was graphic…Pulp Fiction’s violence was almost always comical…Kill Bill was cartoony and over-exaggerated…all of which were good for the individual movies. In Inglourious Basterds, I found myself a bit disgusted about the imagery of a locked theater and people being massacred while trying to escape. Not a great image…not a pleasant scene to watch. Except that I found myself smiling while watching it because it was a room full of NAZIS! What does that say about me? I don’t know, but I can’t lie and say that’s not what I was feeling. I don’t think I’m a vicious or vindictive person, but I would have had a REALLY hard time watching a scene like that if it wasn’t Nazis in the theater.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03805391150810848826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287535895548901963.post-79494451249287034042009-08-28T13:01:26.273-04:002009-08-28T13:01:26.273-04:00To respond to some of your points:
- Brad Pitt h...To respond to some of your points: <br /><br />- Brad Pitt has always been one of my favourite actors. It's not just the strange homoerotic feelings he produces in me; he's just a good actor. And not many people realize it, but he has a great sense of comedic timing.<br /><br />- I doubt if Waltz will win the Oscar. Not saying he shouldn't, but I can't see the Academy recognizing him. I just looked him up on IMDB though, and he's done a LOT of work and won some other awards before.<br /><br />- Tarantino has always been excellent with his choice of music in his movies. I liked the music as well, but didn't think it meshed quite as well as his soundtracks for Kill Bill or Pulp Fiction.<br /><br />Now for my main thought on the movie: ** SPOILER WARNING ** <br /><br />Holy shit they killed Hitler? And every Nazi officer ever?? But...but that's not right! I felt really weird about that. I'm used to seeing movies that are set in historical circumstances where they at least pay lip service to what happened, historically speaking. That is, the story is set in a historical context and they respect that context, even if they don't deal with it directly. But in Basterds, Tarantino just ignores history completely and writes his own ending to WWII. It was really jarring because that's the last thing I expected to happen, and it left me just...confused. Like, imagine James Cameron's Titanic. Imagine if he wrote it like the Titanic didn't sink at the end. It would be weird, right?<br /><br />What further confuses my feelings is that I know it's just a movie and NONE of it really happens. There were no Basterds, no Soshanna, none of it -- so on the one hand I feel that you can't make a movie where Hitler dies, because that defies common knowledge and everything I ever learned about WWII in numerous other books, movies, and high school courses, but on the other hand who the hell cares because none of it ACTUALLY happened anyway, so why not have some fun with it?<br /> It's a very jarring experience when you're certain that "Well, there's no way this story is ever going to go in THIS direction" and then it goes exactly in that direction, on a runaway locomotive filled with dynamite, shooting off a cliff. Know what I mean?<br /><br />But that's one of the things I like about Tarantino, you NEVER know how one of his movies is going to end. And I really liked Basterds, even if I got confused at the end, and even if there wasn't enough of the Basterds or enough Brad Pitt carrying on.<br /><br /><br />caesarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287535895548901963.post-61564715164247817312009-08-28T11:39:06.865-04:002009-08-28T11:39:06.865-04:00I just saw the movie last night and i dont know if...I just saw the movie last night and i dont know if i hate it or not. <br /><br />It was slightly gruesome for somebody who normally watches comedy or romantic movies - like uhhh me, But, i;m in love with Final Destination movies so i cant really use that as an excuse.<br /><br /> It was an enjoyable movie for the most part i would say. Just not my type of movie. Although,i did find myself laughing a lot in the movie, and i felt like it was just my group of friends that were laughing but some parts were just hilarious. <br /><br />Verdict? Probz wouldn't buy it.brytninoreply@blogger.com