Up until I saw this movie, I was of the opinion that Quentin Tarantino had lost his touch and was not going to make a movie worth sitting through again. I thought that Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, Natural Born Killers and my personal favorite True Romance were but distant memories never to seen again throughout Tarantino's career. After seeing this new instant classic Inglorious Basters, my opinion became over rated much like Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2. This new film is cinematic brilliance much like Pulp Fiction but with a touch of Platoon. The story revolves around the Basterds, a group of Jewish- American soldiers who are specifically given the task to strike fear into the Nazi's who are occupying France during the War. They are notorious for scalping and beating Nazi's to oblivion. The story's focal point is the upcoming German Film Festival to be held in Paris at a Jewish-American girl's cinema featuring the likes of Joseph Goebbles, Hermann Gorring and the Fuhrer himself. This film is classic Tarantino and has his trademarks such as long scenes of Dialogue between actors which has reference to the story line but is not imperative to its development but is oh so intriguing. This was evident in Pulp Fiction's "Royal with cheese" scene and Reservior Dogs' "Like a Virgin" scene. As usual, the casting is the make and break of a movie and Tarantino's cast of Samuel L Jackson (Jackie Brown), Brad Pitt (Se7en), Christopher Waltz (Best Actor -2009 Cannes Film Festival), Eli Roth (Cabin Fever), Til Schwieger (The Replacement Killers) make this movie worth watching. The performance by Waltz as the 'Jew Hunter' makes this movie what it is and is the driving force behind its success. I dont want to go into to much detail about this movie as I dont want to ruin the surprise but my advice to you is buy your ticket today as this is one of the best movies of 2009 if not one of the best movies in the last 9 years. Magic Rating: 9.4/10
