Quentin Tarantino makes a WWII film?! Inglourious Basterds Movie Reaction!!

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[@OpenMawProductions]

If you want a good laugh I suggest the parody short by college humor called "Grammar Nazis." It's great.

[@jenny_lee_87]

From Dusk Till Dawn is my favorite Tarantino movie 💜

[@Cedisdead]

How would a guy with a Spiderman mug like Tarantino? Unless he hates Disney and agree Avengers movies was bad like accordingly to every good reviewer

[@kenlangston3451]

Mike Myers used to watch World War II movies with his dad when he was a kid. He specifically asked Tarantino if he could play a British general at headquarters who gives the secret plan to the agent as a tribute to his late father.

[@yournamehere6002]

The scene is pointless exposition

[@adamskeans2515]

@@yournamehere6002 it introduces a major character and sets up the next scene

[@yournamehere6002]

@@adamskeans2515 You didn't need it

[@McNabProds]

@@yournamehere6002yes you did, otherwise operation kino would seem like a mess narrative wise

[@yournamehere6002]

@@McNabProds it could've been done faster and better, the scene is boring and Operation Kino is stupid. Taratino didn't have the ability to write a complex military operation. Do you think the Nazis would be stupid enough to put every single important person in one place so they could all possibly be wiped out? It's a little kid's idea, not clever at all.

[@kellifranklin4432]

Christoph Waltz was absolutely incredible in this movie. He steals every scene he's in. This is one of my favorite QT movies ever! I enjoyed your reaction and commentary for this movie.

[@tracyhale8336]

That's a Bingo! 😊

[@MrHartApart]

I always kind of thought that the last line, "I think this just might be my masterpiece." Was Quentin saying that about his own movie using a character to deliver the line.

[@mrkelso]

@@MrHartApart No doubt about it.

[@bethscott4330]

“Adieu” translates to “goodbye” … “au revoir” translates “goodbye, until we meet again.” In context it makes sense in the first scene he says “goodbye” prior to the soldiers shooting into the floorboards to kill and says “goodbye, until we meet again” to Shoshanna as she ran off.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Good to know.

[@samuelmoulds1016]

yeah, great movie writing genius.

[@Tr0nzoid]

I really like how they change languages in the beginning. It is for the English-speaking audience, but also done in the movie to prevent the people hiding under the floor from understanding the conversation.

[@jakesternberg188]

Hans Landa's pipe was a Calabash, which is a pipe commonly associated with Sherlock Holmes.

[@aadil1998]

This movie is made up of small details, that's why I love it so much. The Landa strudel scene in particular was so insidious, as a Jewish friend of mine once told me. During the war, pastries were made with animal lard, so the strudel would have been made with most likely pork fat. Neither that, nor the cream would technically count as kosher, it was either a test or a sort of "I know who you are, suffer" kind of moment, and truly terrifying to think about

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Disturbing to know.

[@jimtatro6550]

The Hugo Stiglitz introduction is one of the funniest things I have ever seen theatrically.😂

[@beesfoot]

That bit when Shoshanna finally breathes out after Landa leaves the restaurant is possibly my favourite five seconds in all cinema! She is representing how we the viewer all feel, but times 10. You totally felt it too! Great to watch.

[@williamburnham3659]

A superb performance by Melanie Laurent 😊😊😊

[@bethscott4330]

I loved how Brad Pitt’s character predicted what a bad idea it was to fight in a basement!

[@majimasmajimemes1156]

What I love most about this movie is that it's that everyone speaks their respective language in the appropriate context. It's annoying how often in Hollywood movies you have non-english speakers talk to each other in perfect english, only because the makers are afraid of having the audience read subtitles.

[@charlize1253]

The scene in the bar debating Michael Fassbender's unusual accent takes advantage of (and satirizes) the fact that he speaks German but grew up in Ireland, so he actually does speak fluent German with a weird accent

[@spddracer]

The language in this film is a character itself. It is engrossing, and fills the scene with itself.

[@Lensmaster1]

I like the use of local languages in this movie. In general, I don't mind at All American movies being done in English. I want to be absorbed in the story, and reading subtitles takes me away from that.

[@sherylsmallwood-valdivia5375]

Shoshanna is one of my favorite film characters of all time. Smart, perservering, ruthless and beautitul. The total package.

[@magicbrownie1357]

Christophe Waltz is so brilliant in this film. What a performance.

[@BigGator5]

"I'm gonna give you a little somethin' you can't take off." Fun Fact: After this movie, Rod Taylor retired. Taylor watched multiple videos of Sir Winston Churchill to get the former Prime Minister right. Hands Off Fact: In the scene where Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) strangled Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger), the hands doing the strangling are those of writer and director Quentin Tarantino. Historical Fact: When Francesca (Julie Dreyfus) mentions former UFA actress Lilian Harvey, Joseph Goebbels (Sylvester Groth) throws a tantrum and screams never to mention that name in his presence. Lilian Harvey had to flee Nazi Germany in 1939 after helping Jewish choreographer Jens Keith escape to Switzerland. Truly Cosmopolitan Fact: Roughly only thirty percent of the film is spoken in English, the language which dominates the film is either French or German, with a little Italian. This is highly unusual for a Hollywood production. Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) speaks the most languages in the movie: Four (English, French, German, and Italian). Casting Notes Fact: Despite playing father and daughter in this movie, Denis Ménochet is only nine years older than Léa Seydoux. Quentin Tarantino was considering abandoning the film while the casting searched for someone to play Colonel Hans Landa, fearing he'd written a role that was unplayable. After Christoph Waltz auditioned, however, both Tarantino and producer Lawrence Bender agreed they had found the perfect actor for the role.

[@adam1third]

The TENSION this movie builds in so many of its scenes is exquisite

[@Luzarioth]

As a german, the simple fact that they cast People that actually speak german makes me happy :) This is one of the handfull of Hollywood movies, where I don't need english subtitles to realize that they try to speak german ^^*

[@charlize1253]

The scene in the bar debating Michael Fassbender's unusual accent also takes advantage of the fact that he speaks German but grew up in Ireland, so he actually does speak fluent German with a weird accent

[@EVERYDAYGames00]

Many English ww2 men spoke fluent German and the only way they was found out was due to their accent or so I'm told

[@Cifer77]

Hans Landa makes so many subtle moves. Like feeling the wrist of the daughters in the beginning, likely checking for a pulse. Insisting Shoshonna wait for the cream, which was made with Pig fat back in the day, and couldn't be eaten by Jews The way he puts out his cigarette on the strudel, like the chimney of her old house

[@charlize1253]

The scene in the bar debating Michael Fassbender's unusual accent takes advantage of (and satirizes) the fact that he speaks German but grew up in Ireland, so he actually does speak fluent German with a weird accent

[@BubbaCoop]

When Aldo says, "This just might be my masterpiece" I heard QT saying it about the film, and I tend to agree.

[@JonnyRUOK]

Wait a minute, was that Harvey Keitel on the phone with Hanz at the end making the deal? How did I not realize that until just now??

[@garychambers6848]

Landa smoked the oversized pipe in the first few scenes...Because he saw himself as a Sherlock Holmes....Hense the calabash pipe...

[@isabelsilva62023]

@garychambers6848 The Calabash pipe is typical of Germany and Austria, Hans Landa (an Austrian actor playing a German character)was not like Sherlock Holmes he was a hunter and with the right degree of patience that is needed to hunt...

[@DWrathborne]

I believe Tarantino deliberately spelled the title wrong partly to set his film apart from the Inglorious Bastards from 1978

[@wesbeuning1733]

"Four Rooms" is something I always recommend because it tends to get buried. "True Romance", "From Dusk til Dawn" always fun. He is a brilliant scriptwriter. Maybe even moreso than he is an iconic director.

[@EvelyntMild]

Four Rooms is incredible and Lee Evans is a legend!

[@pfury67]

I shut my brain off about anything historical early on and enjoyed how this is one of the best pieces of cinema ever made.

[@rhinno1969]

Fun Fact: the very first man scalped was Quentin 🤣

[@Atomic0range]

I think Landa knew who Shoshana was. He seems like an actual psychopath who assumes he’s superior to everyone else. He was having the time of his life toying with her. I think he just really enjoys having the upper hand, and assumed she was like all his other victims, terrified and powerless. He didn’t expect her to be a threat.

[@JohnDoe-bz4yl]

He reminded me of a cat playing with a mouse he had caught

[@stefanstock953]

He needs Shoshana und her cinema for his plan at the end...

[@SSD_Penumbra]

@@stefanstock953 He doesn't. He changed the plan then and there, because he was fully ready to have her killed. He defected because he knew the war was over when Hitler and the high command were blown to bits.

[@MaikKellerhals]

Ah yes, this might just be his masterpiece.

[@MaikKellerhals]

What i like most are the accents. Germans are played by germans, French are played by french. And anything in between is portrayed perfectly.

[@kenlangston3451]

The purpose of ordering the strudel with cream was for Landa to trap Shosanna as Jewish people are not supposed mix dairy with bread. Also most likely it was made with lard so if she refused to eat the strudel, it would out her as a Jew.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Great details, thanks!

[@dougbank107]

They aren’t supposed to mix milk and meat, not milk and bread!

[@CharlesVanNoland]

Lanza's pipe looks like a toy meant for blowing bubbles out of.

[@darthakaya]

1.) If I recall, Hitler's explosive portrayal is based on how by the war's end, he was very prone to IRL outbursts like that, most infamously when the Soviets were shelling Berlin itself. 2.) It's heavily implied Landa recognized Shoshana at the restaurant, but didn't care much since he wanted out of the war. French cream used pork lard, and Shoshana was Jewish. She also looked like she wasn't used to eating it

[@JoyoSnooze]

The small details of Landa's behaviour are so well written in. Things like probing the "honesty"/reaction of Shoshanna by feeding her non-Kosher food, and the way he holds the wrist of the French girl in the opening scene when requesting milk instead of wine; testing her pulse to see if she was nervous. Such a great movie, pretty timeless to be honest.

[@LordVolkov]

Til Schwieger showing up as Hugo Stiglitz put a huge smile on my face in the theater. The bar scene where it crossfades into him being whipped as the officer explains the game is easily the funniest moment in the movie to me. His face during the exchange just cracks me up. Been a fan of Til's ever since I saw him in SLC Punk with Matthew Lillard as a kid (really great movie, I highly suggest seeking it out). He's pretty underrated in America but I enjoy whenever he pops up in stuff.

[@iKvetch558]

I first saw him in The Replacement Killers and Driven, but his parts were small so I did not take note. The first thing I saw him in when he really made me appreciate his work was Joe and Max, when he played Max Schmeling the boxer.💯

[@jamesvonborcke]

I second the _SLC Punk!_ recommendation; _SFW_ with Stephen Dorff and Reese Silverspoon is worth a watch, too.

[@LordVolkov]

@@jamesvonborcke I try to recommend it whenever I can. Incredibly powerful and underrated film, with a great cast of young talent like Jason Seigal and Devon Sawa.

[@mchllwoods]

Did you know that the officer who assigned the team to infiltrate the event was Mike Myers?

[@christopherschreiber5805]

Love Tarantino's whole aesthetic. Watching one of his movies, it really feels like I've been taking bong hits all day.

[@hollysimmons4203]

Great reaction! I studied religion in school and in Judaism there’s scripture stating “Do not seethe a kid in it's mother's milk” Essentially this means don’t eat meat with dairy. Strudel usually contains lard, so by having Shosanna consume it with cream or milk, it would break Jewish food laws. A very clever and subtle addition to the writing and story. Thanks for such insightful and truthful reactions😊

[@samuelmoulds1016]

yeah, and because she had eaten the forbidden food, she was considered 'unclean' until morning.

[@claremanion6523]

Great reaction! This film is such an interesting blend of genres (which I suspect Tarantino is a fan of): period war film, spaghetti western, and grindhouse... With a considerable nod to The Dirty Dozen (which if you haven't seen, I recommend because of how often it's referenced). But above all, I agree, this film showcases Tarantino's genius for creating a powder keg out of dialogue 👍 You'll see more of this as you keep watching his stuff, especially Django Unchained (in my opinion). Also, I totally forgot Daniel Brühl was in this film - but that reminds me to recommend "Goodbye, Lenin!" - a quirky comedy of sorts set in East Germany during the last days of the Soviet Union. Anyway... Cheers!

[@CasualNerdReactions]

More so than his previous films I had no idea what to expect with this one and I was actually a bit hesitant going in, but I enjoyed it a lot! I think Django unchained is the next Tarantino film, so it'll be on a poll in a few weeks. So far every time I've put a Tarantino film on a poll it has won.

[@ImJamieX]

28:05 of course haha he had to get her feet on screen somehow

[@RocketRoketto]

Ngl that strudel was looking scrumptious.

[@artbagley1406]

Do recall what the first title card read (after the cast names): "Once upon a time in Nazi Germany...".

[@alexanders2757]

The major part of this movie that’s historical is that there was a WW2 in real life.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

That checks out.

[@truthbomb2089]

A bit of trivia, Adam Sandler was originally who Tarantino wanted to play The Bear but Sandler chose to do "Funny People" instead. It would have been interesting to see how Sandler would have done in a Tarantino film.

[@RocketRoketto]

This movie was so good! I think everyone did a great job. The academy did however need to reevaluate Nazi portrayals in film and give Ralph Fiennes the Oscar he deserved for Schindler's List.

[@johnmaynardable]

I love this movie and its weirdness. When I got the dvd I brought it to my mother to show her. My older sister was there too, and she got so annoyed by the historical innaccuracies. My 80 year old mother was fine with it.

[@cliffchristie5865]

It takes a writer of Tarantino's ability to take a historical drama and make the entirely fictional events not only compelling but also actually make them seem credible. The music from the opening is the instrumental version of a song titled "The Green Leaves Of Summer", originally from the 1960 film "The Alamo". As a student of cinema, Tarantino cleverly uses the German soldier starring in his own war story as a "mirror" of the real life account of American war hero Audie Murphy who played himself in the 1955 WWII film "To Hell And Back". Landa is a great idea for a character - the disarming villain who does, in fact, know more than just about anyone else and can afford to be cagey, springing the trap at the most strategically advantageous moment.

[@MrHartApart]

Using the slamming piano theme from the movie 'The Entity', for when Landa shows up is pure Tarantino. That song IS stress tension and terror. "I think this just might be my masterpiece." Yes, Quentin, it is. It's also obvious you used Aldo to say what you were thinking about your own film brother!

[@RocketRoketto]

Speaking of Nazi's I highly recommend The English Patient. I knowwww you'll love it!❤

[@josephcox1738]

Strudel is made with animal fat. Kosher diet requires dairy and animal not mix. So he made her break kosher law.

[@BubbaCoop]

I believe part of the spelling was to differentiate from "The Inglorious Bastards" (1978). As I recall Ryan broke up with Kelly on The Office and claimed he was going to Thailand while BJ was on this film.

[@greenporker]

Enjoy your reactions so much. Looking forward to "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood"...my favorite film of all time.

[@robbyascher9090]

Look up Operation Greenup. It’s the real basis for Inglorious Basterds. The movie is wildly exaggerated, but elements of it are true!

[@TTM9691]

That was a fantastic reaction! So great to see you Chris!!! I love how he uses all these different languages and a totally international cast.....but all of the language changes are all justified in the plot. Except for one! Why does she suddenly start speaking English in her inserted footage? Her audience is German! But it's great moviemaking that it's the only time we hear her speak English. (She must have learned it within the last four years; fair enough!).

[@charlize1253]

The scene in the bar debating Michael Fassbender's unusual accent takes advantage of (and satirizes) the fact that he speaks German but grew up in Ireland, so he actually does speak fluent German with a weird accent

[@davedalton1273]

The music at the very beginning is "The Green Leaves of Summer", From The Alamo, 1960, directed by and starring John Wayne (Davy Crockett) Yet another example of Tarantinoian irony. Not subtle, but effective, as always.

[@allier1867]

I had the same reservations as you did before watching but needless to say I had a fun time watching this movie and your reaction too :D

[@matthewcosby5371]

I don’t know if anybody has mentioned this but fun fact the bear Jew was written for Adam Sandler but funny people was being filmed at the same time so Eli Roth played him instead.

[@dennydowling2169]

His Pipe iS A calabash Meerschaum, which is what Sherlock Holmes smoked in a series of British films from the 1930s and 1940s.

[@stevenbatke2475]

In my top 5 favourite movies. Tarantino’s best.

[@KaterChris]

I've had job interviews just like that opening chapter...

[@FrenchieQc]

This movie couldn't have been made without Christoph Waltz. QT had this script on a shelf for SO long, and he was despairing of ever finding a great actor who could speak German, English, French and Spanish.

[@orlandoventor1754]

Eyetalian,s'il vous plait...

[@brandonmartin08]

The point of Landa’s milk and cream thing is a test to see if they will consume something that isn’t Kosher.

[@ramizafzal1933]

Hugo stiglitz my favorite character I dunno why

[@CreiwryJay]

I love how you're saying "frack" now XD

[@steve8510]

From punk rocker to Sheldon Cooper's Meemaw.

[@totallytomanimation]

It's all a Fairy Tale as in... "Once Upon A Time... in Nazi-Occupied France". The only truth was that there was WWII and a bunch of Nazis. This really is Tarrantino's "The Dirty Dozen" war film. If you have not seen "The Dirty Dozen" then now would be a good time to put it on your film radar. It would make a good reaction vid and help you connect some dots.

[@Rees2005]

Great reaction and I love that "frack" has worked its way into your vernacular!😄

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I didn’t even notice I said it 🤣

[@BigstockGamingINC]

He most definitely was getting the 3 spy’s drunk so they would slip up!

[@erica_rae91]

Herman was shot and scalped because Landa & Herman were gay lovers, Aldo didn't want Landa to have a happily ever after. He used the phrase "for the rest of your pecker-sucking life", it's the only line that reveals that Landa and Herman were a couple. So Aldo shot Herman to give Landa eternal pain, and you can see how much it affects Landa because it's the one moment in the film where Landa actually shows a real, genuine human emotion: shock, sadness, betrayal, grief seeing that Herman is gone. He didn't give that reaction to anyone else. That's why Herman was with him in the escape in the first place, he didn't need an escort, he wanted his boyfriend to come with him to America to live happily ever after. Christoph Waltz played this role to absolute perfection. When Tarantino was casting, he said if he couldn't find the perfect Landa, he wouldn't make the movie. Christoph was the last actor to audition, and after he read for the part, Tarantino turned to the casting director and said "we have our movie."

[@dumann9142]

Have you seen Stalingrad 1993

[@rg3388]

One of my favorite examples of a tautological joke: "You're FIGHTIN' in a BASEMENT!"

[@kevinmassey1164]

I think you will enjoy this, looking forward to watching this reaction

[@WhiteWolfDarkpaw]

This movie ALMOST didn't get made. Tarantino wanted a Landa that could fluently speak German, French, Italian, and English, but nobody he'd considered for the part could. Until Christoph Waltz. Edit: Also, I absolutely love how the cafe scene where Zolar was approached by a "fan", that we had no translation for what was being said. Because we're Shoshana. We don't understand German here.

[@mehbom6332]

React to these movies: Almost human 1974 Alone 2020 A prophet 2009 Big bad wolves 2013 Borgman 2013 Brick 2005 Death on the Nile 1978 Don't look now 1973 Elle 2016 Evil under the sun 1982 Excision 2012 Eyes without a face 1960 Hotel Rwanda 2004 Killer Joe 2011 Multiple maniacs 1970 One false move 1992 Out of sight 1998 Prince of the city 1981 Stander 2003 The American friend 1977 The black belly of the tarantula 1971 Thoroughbreds 2018

[@Cifer77]

I love what the outcome of this movie implies for the Tarantino Cinematic Universe. Imagine a world in which WWII wasn't won on the battlefields, Hitler never suicided. What if it was won by the extremely violent US Special Forces group, and French Resistance Fighters, assassinating him? How would that influence Americans as a culture? It's a common theory that it would make them more comfortable with violence, which makes Tarantino's violent style fit perfectly.

[@charlize1253]

I wonder if Tarantino was making a subtle point about Hollywood war movies by changing how World War 2 ended -- even movies that are supposedly based in real events aren't all that accurate, so I wonder if he just rewrote the entire war to satirize that point

[@Rick-Rarick]

Tarentino is great at historical fiction. This death of Hitler is way better than the real story. I highly recommend Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It is another amazing piece of "what if" history.

[@harumistborn]

Tarantino doesn't miss.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Facts.

[@sarahlynnie2000]

Tarintino has a great way of changing history! Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is another great exhibit him of changing history!

[@Cifer77]

People really need to stop expecting any reality from war movies. It's a movie, like every other movie, it's influenced by reality but is not reality. lol Just because the plot takes place in historical times, doesn't make the movie any more likely to be "real"

[@charlize1253]

I wonder if Tarantino was making a subtle point about Hollywood war movies by changing how World War 2 ended -- even movies that are supposedly based in real events aren't all that accurate, so I wonder if he just rewrote the entire war to satirize that point

[@charlize1253]

I wonder if Tarantino was making a subtle point about Hollywood war movies by changing how World War 2 ended -- even movies that are supposedly based in real events aren't all that accurate, so I wonder if he just rewrote the entire war to satirize that point. After all, much of satire is just taking things to their logical extreme.

[@samuelmoulds1016]

yeah, the scalping of the German soldier you refused to watch was actually Tarantino HIMSELF (he likes to put himself in his movies and you will see Tarantino again as he strangles the German movie star)!

[@dumann9142]

Imagine that was a Stalingrad soldier

[@samuelmoulds1016]

@@dumann9142 Huh!? please excuse me, I don't understand your comment.

[@dumann9142]

@@samuelmoulds1016 have you seen Stalingrad 1993? It's shows the humanity of German soldiers on the eastern front something Tarantino fucking disrespected.

[@samuelmoulds1016]

@@dumann9142 thanks, nope. I missed that one. maybe you could help me! please, tell me, how many Nazi soldiers were taken prisoner by Russia during WW2!!?! and how many survived after their prison sentences were completed in 1956!!?!

[@samuelmoulds1016]

@@dumann9142 thanks, nope. I missed that one. maybe you could help me. how many Nazi soldiers were taken prisoner by Russia during WW2!!?! how many survived after their prison sentences were completed in 1956!!?!

[@CrocodilePile]

The “Bear Jew” was meant to be played by Adam Sandler but scheduling conflicts prevented it.

[@TheArchangel-yd5sj]

Gorlamiiiiiii😂😂😂arriverdecco😅had me rofl

[@SammyxSweetheart.02]

9:35 11:20 16:20

[@Jcubed67]

Love your reactions!!! If I may, please react to Valkyrie. It is a true WWII story, starring Tom Cruise who plays Col. Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom could be the Col.’s twin…and it’s his ONLY good piece of acting…IMVHO, of course!). It tells of a plot to kill Hitler. von Stauffenberg’s history is very interesting.

[@bonya4585]

Tarantino wrote “True Romance’, but did not direct it. Fabulous movie

[@Kita_B_Man]

You should react to the shin Japanese hero universe that consists of shin Godzilla, evangalion 2.0 + 1.0, shin ultraman and shin masked rider

[@chocolate-teapot]

Quentin having fun. If you have a name like "Quentin" you have to develop a sense of humour.

[@TD-mg6cd]

That's what SHE said.

[@CharlesVanNoland]

At least Q-Tip's other films have the titles spelled correctly?

[@EvelyntMild]

Correct me if I'm wrong here (I was raised Baptist), but isn't Hans ordering cream and milk for Shosanna something to do with testing to see if she's Jewish?

[@WillFlyTheLightingGuy]

The part that’s true: WWII happened. The part that’s fiction: Everything else.

[@Patti-sg1fv]

I don't like Pitt but I watched the movie because of Waltz only.

[@PatrickPrejusa]

HE DID NOT RECOGNIZE HER, HOW COULD HE, HE'S NEVER GOTTEN A GOOD LOOK AT HER, SHE WAS SO FAT AWAY RUNNING. ORDERING THE MILK WAS SOLELY FOR A TEASE FOR THE AUDIENCE.

[@nickc127]

I would love to show this movie to a bunch of college students in 2024 and see who they side with.

[@yurtthesilentgod1225]

Soy face thumbnail. 😅😅Good reaction though!

[@CharlesVanNoland]

#FarceOrFantasy

[@tigqc]

In terms of cinema when it comes to historical drama, historical fiction, there is I believe a responsibility not to take it too far. Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds would be an example of this. In my opinion it's very dangerous to present something like WWII as an historical fantasy ("Once Upon a Time in Nazi-Occupied France..." the opening line goes) It makes something like the Holocaust harder to grasp as an historical reality. General Eisenhower made sure that every square inch of the concentration camps his forces liberated was photographed and every living witness interviewed about what happened there because he knew there would be people who were not going to believe what had happened. And to this day there are still Holocaust deniers out there, in spite of all the evidence, all the survivors, all of the books and documentaries, all the many museums and monuments around the world. A film like Inglorious Basterds provides fuel for those deniers to point and go, "See? It never really happened. It was all made up. It's just a silly fantasy."

[@salamunga5645]

We lost WW2

[@LukeLovesRose]

This is some seriously BS propaganda. Watch Europa The Last Battle. Its a lot healthier

[@yournamehere6002]

Tarantino has no narrative discipline. He gets sidetracked by characters other than the "basterds". Tarantino fanboys cut him so much slack, even though he can't tell a story. He shines in individual scenes, but please---blowing up the theater is the big "guys on a mission" plan? Stupid.

[@paulelroy6650]

if you watch his films and say he can’t tell a story that’s just dumb. he’s episodic in his story telling just because it’s not a generic film doesn’t make it bad

[@yournamehere6002]

@@paulelroy6650 My assertions are borne out by the films themselves. But you're part of the cult of personality that sees him as aspirational---a film geek made good. That sells his movies as much as the movies themselves, which, while sometimes good...are merely a patchwork of film references that have no cohesive narrative nor character development. He can't write real people, he only plays on existing archetypes. You may not agree with my assessment, but it's truth. At his best, he's a filmmaker driven primarily by homage. That's why DePalma and Bogdanavich mean so much to him---they're both homaging films within their own, DePalma with Hitchcock, Bogdanovich with Howard Hawks, John Ford, screwball comedies etc. But they're distinctive in their own right. And I'll give Tarantino that--he is distinctive. But he's more of a savant than a genius, and I guess that's all you need to be revered.

[@MrGadfly772]

This is a bad movie, like most Tarantino movies.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I have a feeling you’ll like the next couple of films I’m reacting to more.

[@Yeraveragemoron]

14:24 also, isn’t the crème part for the Jewish folk non kosher? Wasn’t it a test?