Maybe I should entitle this post Quentin Tarantino. I want to write more about him than the movie. When you try to describe what Inglourious Basterds is like to someone, you can really only say Its a Quentin Tarantino. That sums it up. His style is so unusual and interesting, but it is original and totaly his. Its not just weird, its an actual style, almost a genre that he has entirely created. I have watched two Quentin Tarantino movies this weekend. Basterds and Kill Bill and I intend on watching 2-3 more. I have just now realized how awesome of a director he really is. His use of Ennio Morricone's music is by far my favorite technique. Without the music Kill Bill would have been a goofy laughable movie. But with the score it has, it is a masterpiece. The music sets the tone, creates the vision and completely makes the movie. Inglourious Basterds also uses music in an unconventional and intriguing way. Who would have thought a david Bowie song could ever be successfully used in an epic WWII movie? But Quentin Tarantino not only pulls it off, he makes it great.
Cinematography in Basterds is some of the best I have ever seen. It is used not only to make a beautiful picture, but to pull the audience in and really add to the story telling. Wide angle lens in a Basement shootout? Yep, Tarantino pulls it off perfectly. I really like the vignette form of story telling that Tarantino uses. It complements the story here extremely well. The only part of the movie that I dont understand and dont really like is the ridiculous blaxploitation font used at times throughout the movie. It just doesn't fit, but that is Tarantino, I guess. The acting ensemble is a powerhouse. Diane Kruger is amazing as is Melanie Laurent. Cristoph Waltz is perfect in his role. The plot twists and developments in this movie are perfect and perfect Tarantino. This movie has one of my favorite last lines of all: I do believe that just may be my masterpiece. Inglourious Basterds certainly is Quentin Tarantino's masterpiece, for now.
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