Inglourious Basterds
This is the first time I’ve actually been waiting in anticipation for a Tarantino flick. I was too young when films such as Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Jackie Brown were released. As for Kill Bill, I don’t think I saw them until a few years after all the hype.
A large coke and a classic Tarantino title credit scene to start the film, things were looking good. This wasn’t classic Tarantino in the way that he cuts up the plot and throws it about randomly throughout the movie so you have no idea what timeframe you’re in. Sure there’s a little bit of it, but the film take you through chapters, which I thought was a really cool idea and was a good way to seperate some fairly intense scenes.
It starts off with quite a few accents slapping you in the face, but once you get over Brad Pitt’s ridiculous accent you get used to the fact that it’s no monotone film and that dialogue between languages gel together smoothly.
Whilst I watched the film, sure I laughed, but I was mainly caught up in the suspense, especially towards the latter half of the film. But now looking back on it, you could almost class the film as a comedy. I guess you could say it will have the same replay value as Pulp Fiction, it just grows on you humorously the more you view it.
To wrap it up, acting was great, I thought the film wasn’t too long and that it’s definitely worth seeing, even if you aren’t a typical tarantino fan. Another big win for me was the soundtrack, but that’s something you expect with a Tarantino film, he chooses great music.
One last thing, why is Diane Kruger getting so much media attention for being ‘that woman’ in the film? Yes she’s attractive, but Mélanie Laurent takes the cake in this film (pictured above). Much more interesting character too…
Public Enemies
I went and saw this film last night. Things were all going well – it was a rainy evening, I had a sufficient supply of snacks and I was in good company.
The thing about this film is that – well with a cast like Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard I think the hype for this film was a little over the top. Especially since every tram, street and cinema pushed the life-size cut out of DEPP in your face. THIS FILM HAS JOHNNY DEPP IN IT, YOU MUST WATCH.
The film was good, not bad, not great. It was entertainment – a popcorn flick. The dialogue was pretty lame in most parts – however for me this was the best bit of the movie. I couldn’t stop laughing everytime Christian Bale pulled out some huge piece of dialogue in his tangy American accent.
The action scenes where meh. All the bank robberies were the same, and there was quite a large scene in the middle of the film; which after 5 mins of crazy angles and guns firing everywhere I found myself thinking about what I was going to get done on the weekend and then realised I was watching a Johnny Depp film. One of my friends asked me ‘Was this movie filmed in digital with a handycam?’.
In general, I’m sick of action films having this kinda rapid camera changing stuff during action. You can’t see shit, have no idea whats going on and end up drinking half your large coke just to handle the nausea. I wonder what the difference of cuts was between say this film and No Country for Old men.
If you’ve got a bowl of popcorn, good company and wanna have a few laughs then go check it out, if you’ve got expectations that this film is going to be film of the year then don’t waste your money.
Have fun