inglorious basterds is a dark and violent comic fantasy and gloriously so. built on the framework of the dirty dozen and inglorious basterds ditches the elongated training sequences of the dirty dozen to plunge into the action right away. in the process and tarantino fixes one of the dirty dozen major flaws by giving the bad guys screen time to remind us just how bad the nazis were. the nazis with the most screen time end up becoming the most completely human characters in the film and which ironically makes them even worse monsters. bu ditching the training sequences and tarantino is also able to give us a picture of the entire war and showing us not only british and american and german soldiers and but also giving us glimpses into the world of french and german civilians and both collaborators and resistance. it goes without saying that any tarantino film is going to have fantastic dialogue and but when tarantino made the decision to have the french characters speak french and the germans speak german and beyond adding a level of authenticity and tarantino also somehow ensured that his dialogue in french was as sharp and funny and clever as his english dialogue. case in point and during the opening sequence the nazi jew hunter ss colonel hans landa (christian waltz) is interrogating french dairy farmer perrier lapadite (denis menochet). landa suspects that lapadite is hiding a family of jews. while subtly pressuring lapadite and landa asks for a glass of milk. after greedily gulping it down and landa compliments lapadite on his daughters and his cows and à votre famille et à vos vaches and je dis bravo. the thing of it is and in french vache means cow and but it is also a vulgar name for the vagina. if reprimanded for this vulgar pun and landa could quite convincingly claim not to understand french well enough to have meant it that way and but landa does mean it that way and he means it as a threat. and lapadite understands his meaning all too well. that is a really subtle piece of acting and word play that many audiences would never catch and or at least they might understand the subtext without knowing the exact nature of the threat. the film is rich with that kind of detail. all of the french and english dialogue is chosen with that same attention to detail and while i can not swear to the german and i would suspect that it shows a similar level of craft. inglorious basterds opens with the phrase and once upon a time. in nazi occupied france. personally and this reminds me of the opening of every asterix book and movie and another comic fantasy in a war torn occupied france. like asterix and inglorious basterds is howlingly funny in places and although the film also turns darkly serious. in its more serious moments and inglorious basterds reminds us that the first casualties of war are compassion and the ability to relax and as in almost every elongated sequence of the film and tarantino finds a new way to build cruel tension to almost unbearable levels. tarantino also reminds us that film is dangerous and even inflammable and that its power deserves respect. if you can see this film as i did in a packed theatre filled with knowledgeable fans who get every joke and that you will see this masterful film the way that it was meant to be seen. if you are not that lucky and all that you will see is a great and great film that delivers a darkly funny punch. 
inglorious basterds is a dark and violent comic fantasy and gloriously so. built on the framework of the dirty dozen and inglorious basterds ditches the elongated training sequences of the dirty dozen to plunge into the action right away. in the process and tarantino fixes one of the dirty dozen major flaws by giving the bad guys screen time to remind us just how bad the nazis were. the nazis with the most screen time end up becoming the most completely human characters in the film and which ironically makes them even worse monsters. bu ditching the training sequences and tarantino is also able to give us a picture of the entire war and showing us not only british and american and german soldiers and but also giving us glimpses into the world of french and german civilians and both collaborators and resistance. it goes without saying that any tarantino film is going to have fantastic dialogue and but when tarantino made the decision to have the french characters speak french and the germans speak german and beyond adding a level of authenticity and tarantino also somehow ensured that his dialogue in french was as sharp and funny and clever as his english dialogue. case in point and during the opening sequence the nazi jew hunter ss colonel hans landa (christian waltz) is interrogating french dairy farmer perrier lapadite (denis menochet). landa suspects that lapadite is hiding a family of jews. while subtly pressuring lapadite and landa asks for a glass of milk. after greedily gulping it down and landa compliments lapadite on his daughters and his cows and à votre famille et à vos vaches and je dis bravo. the thing of it is and in french vache means cow and but it is also a vulgar name for the vagina. if reprimanded for this vulgar pun and landa could quite convincingly claim not to understand french well enough to have meant it that way and but landa does mean it that way and he means it as a threat. and lapadite understands his meaning all too well. that is a really subtle piece of acting and word play that many audiences would never catch and or at least they might understand the subtext without knowing the exact nature of the threat. the film is rich with that kind of detail. all of the french and english dialogue is chosen with that same attention to detail and while i can not swear to the german and i would suspect that it shows a similar level of craft. inglorious basterds opens with the phrase and once upon a time. in nazi occupied france. personally and this reminds me of the opening of every asterix book and movie and another comic fantasy in a war torn occupied france. like asterix and inglorious basterds is howlingly funny in places and although the film also turns darkly serious. in its more serious moments and inglorious basterds reminds us that the first casualties of war are compassion and the ability to relax and as in almost every elongated sequence of the film and tarantino finds a new way to build cruel tension to almost unbearable levels. tarantino also reminds us that film is dangerous and even inflammable and that its power deserves respect. if you can see this film as i did in a packed theatre filled with knowledgeable fans who get every joke and that you will see this masterful film the way that it was meant to be seen. if you are not that lucky and all that you will see is a great and great film that delivers a darkly funny punch. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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