Inglourious Basterds

I managed to catch the Irish advanced screening yesterday. It's a fictitious war film about the fall of the Nazis in the hands of the Basterds. I can safely say it's one movie that will stick by me for years to come. Firstly, the variety of cultures and languages in just one movie might be overbearing in any other movie but I felt it worked well in this one. The cast itself was filled with actors and actresses from various countries aside from "Hollywood." They were a mash of American, British, French, German, Irish, and certainly more. It was refreshing to see such a varied cast working so well together and interesting to watch the intermittent change of languages.

It's an unusual blend of gore, violence and humor that actually worked. The jokes were easily understood among the audience - hearing almost unanimous laughter at varied points throughout the film. To a certain extent, it probably took the impact of the gore away; focusing on the comedy of a Basterd religiously scalping the dead Nazi soldiers instead of the graphics. The film definitely tested one's ability to feel varied emotions at once. At one point, it felt pretty peculiar, feeling a slight sense of panic for broken cover of the Basterds at the scene of the Gala Premiere, while laughing at the mad Hans Landa, and the comical Basterds in failed disguise as Italians.

There were several notable parts in the film, which I'm sure everyone would notice throughout the film. The several twists in the plot keep the audiences glued to their seats, eager to know more right till the end. And the ending certainly proved to be everything worth waiting for.