From one of my favorite critics, a pretty dismal review this morning.  This was going to be the movie that got us out of our house and into a theater to see it.  May still do so but I think Kenneth Turan hits the nail on the head when he says Quentin T is more appealing than his recent films.  I always love watching him riff but...

Oh well, see what you all think.  Who's going to see it this week?

Susan

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

"Also getting in the way is Tarantino's inevitable self-indulgence, his willingess to please himself by choosing movie moments over genuine emotion..."

No, shit Spinoza..

"Also getting in the way is Tarantino's inevitable self-indulgence, his willingess to please himself by choosing movie moments over genuine emotion..."

My guess is Tarantino suffers from Aspergers syndrome.

Let´s tip their power balance, tear down their crown,

Educate the masses, let´s burn the white Lodge Down!

F it.  I'm heading to the theater

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

Ben:  "We've laid in a gala reception for your fair-haired boys tonight.  All of Twin Peaks' best and brightest."

Jerry: "We're holding it in a phone booth?"

More like a homage to Southern people pronouncing and even spelling it that way (Brad Pitt's character, at least). Anyways, I enjoyed it a lot. It was a hit in my theater, which was very evident when everyone gave it a standing ovation at the end. The opening scene was a perfect tension-builder, and I'm both surprised and glad that they left all that violence in it. Can't wait to have it on DVD.

Spelling

To date, there has been little explanation of the title spelling. In English, the presumed correct spelling would be "Inglorious Bastards," without the extra u in Inglourious and with an a instead of an e in Basterds. When asked, Tarantino would not explain the u and said, "But the 'Basterds'? That's just the way you say it: Basterds."^[56] He commented on The Late Show with David Letterman that "Inglourious Basterds" is the "Tarantino way of spelling it."^[57] In the film itself, the words are briefly shown in their misspelled form on Aldo's rifle, implying he is barely-literate.

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

The spelling of the title has made my skin crawl every single time I've seen it in print. Ouch.

I've really wanted to see this because I had high hopes that perhaps Tarantino would finally prove that he isn't the flash-in-the-pan "c'mon, all the cool kids like him"-writer/director he has appeared to be since the turn of the century. It sounds like I might want to wait until it hits DVD (hellooooo Amazon Unboxed) or even HBO. Bummer.

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

Bleep you, & bleep the establishment, and bleep all of you who are trying to make me part of the unestablished establishment.