Thursday, January 14, 2010

INGLORIOUS BASTERDS


INGLORIUS BASTERDS: WAR DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HELL

"Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France..." At least Tarrantino doesn't bite off more than he can chew. His movies are getting to be like McDonald's franchises; you pretty much get the same food no matter which McDonald's you go to, but it's usually also always pretty good. Our story, which is quite clever in concept and creatively quirked just right to add a blend of sick humor and righteous indignation, begins in the small farmhouse of a French man who is hiding a Jewish family. Unfortunately the man who comes to call on that day is Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) from the SS, better known as the "Jew Hunter".