Customer Reviews
What film was the trailer about? - By: Richard Boyce, 20 Aug 2010 
What violence there is, is brief & brutal.
The dialogue is what makes this film compelling.
Only when it is over will you realise that you have experienced (subtitled) scenesin French, English, German & (a little) Italian. These are not intrusive; they add to the central theme: people hiding.
The central plot is about an assassination attempt on Hitlerin a cinema, but how & why & who is the real story.
The tension crackles through every scene; two & a half hours & not a wasted frame.
IB - Idiocy - By: PSR Cairns, 20 Aug 2010 
The film is not worth the purchase at all & I think this review picks up on everything. Tarantino really has lost the plot, but I even felt this way with Kill Bill. Tarantino used to keep me guessing, now the action is pre-emptied & 'staged' rather than acted. Violencein his films is normally a bit thumbs up from me, but now his violence seems OTT - Hitler's face 'coming apart' as bullets are loaded into him is pointlessly crude. Why was Pitt cast? Because he's a sure-fire way of getting bums on seatsin the cinema. ROI & all that. Landa was increadible though & one of the best acting performances I have ever seen. Apart from him, there is nothing else redeeming about this film.
The ending caps off a pointless couple of hours.
The film that never ends . . . . . . - By: Mr. Jp Scott-howes, 19 Aug 2010 Or at least that's how it feels when stuckin the mire of yet another protracted, dull, dialogue-heavy scene which does very little to advance the plot of this fatally flawed movie which sees Tarantino makes the exact same mistakes that he did with dire, B-Movie horror homage Deathproof; namely that of far, far too much dull, witless, boring chatter possessing none of the insghtful, subtle irreverant briliance of his earlier work, coupled with very, very little pay-off.
Brad Pitt & his Basterd, (who are critically under used & to whom both stars are awarded) are the only redeeming feature of this dreadful, terrible movie that I was assured by friends would redeem my faithin the ailing, increasingly irrelevant Tarantino.
Is Tarantino getting older? - By: velissaria, 17 Aug 2010 
Advantages: Good action, modern cinematography, great accents, very good acting
Disadvantages: Bad music, not very interesting dialogues, few surprises
There have been already quite a few reviews on this movie, so I will try to focus on my opinion.
The movie is quite decent & enjoyable, but the Trantino fan will be left kind of "numb" & slightly disappointed. The recipe for a tale of revenge does not work here as well as in, say, Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill.
The title is actually an homage to older anti-Nazi films, & refers esp. to the film "Inglorious Bastards" by Enzo Castellari (1978), with the original title "Quel maledetto treno blindato". But here is where similarities end & Tarantino certainly did not wish to just make a remake of the original.
The plot is dividedin chapters, something we've seen beforein Kill Bill. Tarantino stays faithful to his modern & unconventional directing methods, the cinematography & photography are pretty good, with interesting angles & camera shots. There is blood, but not the carnage witnessedin Kill Bill Vol.1. However, we don't see here something he hasn't done before. He repeats his old tricks but does not take the techniques forward, he's holding back somehow & is more conservative than I expected.
The dialogues are not as witty & sarcastic asin Pulp Fiction; they can get boring & pedantic. There isn't much swearing either, something that I always thought as one of Tarantino's trademarks. What I did like was the acting of the main characters & the incredible fact that some of them spoke German, French & English with very good accents. The language of the film, by the way, is not entirely English, but there are large partsin French & German as well.
Regarding the soundtrack, that was quite disappointing & I noticed at least two songs that he has usedin Kill Bill as well. There is not such a great connection between the music & the action scenes as before.
The main flaw for me is the lack of one strong central character that would be the common elementin all chapters. Despite what you think watching the trailer, Brad Pitt does not really stand out that much & does not have that much air time. The plot is rather equally divided between many characters, but this way it loses focus & the chance to develop a couple of really great characters such as the "bride"in Kill Bill or Travolta & Jacksonin Pulp Fiction.
Has Tarantino lost his touch? Is he getting older & more conservative? I certainly hope not.
* The DVD extras had a featurette (6 mins) which is quite a surprise: the movie refers a lot to a fictitious film supposedly directed by Goebbels, named "The Nation's Pride". Of course, such a movie does not exist, but the featurette is this very "movie", i.e. Tarantino actually took the time & put together a small film - supposedly by Goebbels - & shows itin the extras just for the fun of it. It's a weird idea, very Tarantino-like.
Thie is NOT the steelbook version - despite Amazon advertising it as such - By: Kheldon, 17 Aug 2010 
This is not a review of the film - just of the version on sale. The extra cover is cardboard (despite showingin the list of Blu Ray Steelbook editions) & the cards are NOT worth the extra money - the limited edition version is still available because it is not worth having. Had it not been opened before I got to look at it I would have returned this immense let down. Buy the standard Blu Ray edition of the film for £10 less! The so called 'extras' are available online anyway.
