Another Quentin Tarantino movie I definitely had to watch. The stars were from all over the globe. A movie involving Nazi-occupied France. Violence. Killing. What more could you really ask for.
I think the more Tarantino makes movies, the more he's able to shift his genre from the violent to the most prolific and sophisticated. It's like an art, making movies, and Tarantino has all the right ingredients when making a brilliant movie.
Without giving too much away - yes, this time no spoilers my friends, you all have to watch it yourselves - I would say that the movie started off rather slowly, but then again it is Tarantino's new way, to have a decent conversation, building up the characters, the suspense, then making you feel at ease with the entire conversation. But by that time it's too late, you are already in the trap, you lie, you cheat, you pretend to wriggle out of it, but you're already ensnared by it and then you're caught in it utterly with no escape. This is when he creates an opening in the trap, in which he gives you a choice of cooperating to live or defying to the bitter end and get your entire family murdered, it's your choice.
The verbal banter is amazingly candid and humorous at the same time. Most of the entire movie is in either French, German, a little Italian and English. I think only about 15 minutes of the movie is in English, the rest are in their native tongue, it is France after all, so you have to be content with reading subtitles. However, the nuances, the punctuation, the curses, all fitted into the movie perfectly. I was laughing at all throughout!
Christoph Waltz who played Colonel Hans Landa gave the best performance I've ever seen. He switched from French to English to German with such ease, it was difficult to catch up. His character was filled with such sincerity that the menace behind it was hidden so well.I think the more Tarantino makes movies, the more he's able to shift his genre from the violent to the most prolific and sophisticated. It's like an art, making movies, and Tarantino has all the right ingredients when making a brilliant movie.
Without giving too much away - yes, this time no spoilers my friends, you all have to watch it yourselves - I would say that the movie started off rather slowly, but then again it is Tarantino's new way, to have a decent conversation, building up the characters, the suspense, then making you feel at ease with the entire conversation. But by that time it's too late, you are already in the trap, you lie, you cheat, you pretend to wriggle out of it, but you're already ensnared by it and then you're caught in it utterly with no escape. This is when he creates an opening in the trap, in which he gives you a choice of cooperating to live or defying to the bitter end and get your entire family murdered, it's your choice.
The verbal banter is amazingly candid and humorous at the same time. Most of the entire movie is in either French, German, a little Italian and English. I think only about 15 minutes of the movie is in English, the rest are in their native tongue, it is France after all, so you have to be content with reading subtitles. However, the nuances, the punctuation, the curses, all fitted into the movie perfectly. I was laughing at all throughout!
Diane Kruger looks excellent in period movies and fitted in perfectly with her role. She looks better with Brad Pitt standing next to her than she did in National Treasure with Nicolas Cage!
I don't want to spoil any more than I should, but the rest of the cast were just stellar.
However, the movie did move at a pace slower than I expected, and I suspect that several more scenes did not make the final cut, because there was quite a lot of unexplained stuff. It will probably be featured in the DVD director's uncut edit or something, which will be available in the next half of the year.
Highly, highly recommended!
4 out of 5 stars!
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