REVIEW

THE "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS"

We saw this movie last night, and anyone who owns a television knows that the ad campaign had been romping up for the last two weeks, and was especially heavy this week as it opened in Theatres on Friday. Both Robin and I had read enough to more-or-less prepare us for who had more or less screen time, and how 3 stories ended up being all tied together at the end. We chose to see it at one of the newer cinemas in town called " " which, much like the Alamo Draft house, offers a variety of food that is brought to your table (yes, I said "table") in the theatre. They have a weird way of getting ticket buyers to their seats by placing the number 1 on the first fifty or so tickets, followed by the number 2, and finally if it's really packed, number 3. It's almost an Airport-like experience as a woman's voice comes over the intercom and announces "Ticket Group 1 for Basterds can now form a line in column B". About 15 minutes later she makes the same announcement for Ticket Group 2.

I guess this is supposed to be a more orderly approach, however our Group No.3 was never called and really it should be first come, first served in getting seating. We were stuck up front leaving us to tilt our heads and neck backwards for almost the entire movie.

THE MAIN CAST

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The story (if by chance you been underground for the last month or so) is about a group of G.I.'s dropped behind the German lines. Their mission is simple: Kill NAZI's in brutal fashion to stir up fear and rumors amongst their enemies. The movie is divided into chapters (which many Tarantino fans will feel familiar with), some which feature the "Basterds" while others bring the audience up to speed on the other stories which will converge at the end of the movie which clocks in at 153 minutes. It seems much shorter than that, so don't worry about being bored.

Brad Pitt does a good George Bush vocal imitation, Eli Roth is thankfully scene and not heard much, and Christoph Waltz plays Col. Hans Landa, and is the string that ties the stories together. Our tickets were free so it wouldn't be a great loss if we didn't like the movie, however both Robin and I did, and personally I would have liked to see less of the other stories and more of the "Basterds", but that's my personal preference. If you go to see it, try and pick Mike Myers out of the cast, and expect a good time.

OUR SCORE:

TWO TUBES "UP"