The Inglorious Bastards (1978)

The Inglorious Bastards (1978) — Like they said on Entourage, “Quentin Tarantino only rips off the best.”  The plot: in 1944 in France a bunch of American soldiers are headed to court martial but their convoy is attacked by Germans.  Everyone is killed except for five prisoners.  The Americans will re-capture, court martial, and probably … Continue reading

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Inglourious Basterds (2009) — The last line of the movie [minor sort-of-but-not-really spoiler] is “I think this just might be my masterpiece.” While Brad Pitt is the one speaking the words, I think it’s probably Quentin Tarantino commenting on the movie that just concluded.  [thus endeth “spoiler”].  Tarantino had put a French New Wave spin … Continue reading