Film: Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Melanie Laurent, Diane Kruger and Michael Fassbender
Running time: 02 hours, 33 minutes
Rating: 8/10
Snow had put a dampener on my plans for the weekend, Luce was stuck in Southampton, so there was no Harry Potter Studio Tour and Sunday night's planned Gosfest, including a trip to see Gangster Squad, had been put on hold. There was only one thing that could make this day a little more pleasurable, wrapping up in my Sofa Duvet with a chocolate orange and Michael Fassbender's beautiful face...
(Jesus, he's a handsome son of a gun)
We had a flat vote, and it was decided that we would watch Inglourious (it was between that and my second favourite Michael).
I'm no Tarantino expert, I've seen some films I've enjoyed and some I really haven't. IB is one of the ones I really, really like, even if it does completely rewrite history. Granted, I was rubbish at History at school, I don't remember much, but I'm pretty sure I'd remember if Brad Pitt and a french woman hell bent on revenge blew up Hitler in a cinema thus ending WW2.
Christoph Waltz is a revelation in this film. He somehow manages to make a horrendous character a little bit likeable, I think it's this little wiggle...
Yes, there is violence, I wouldn't expect anything less from QT, but it doesn't ever seem gratuitous. Yes, there is bad language, again it seems to fit well with the film. Yes, there is Eli Roth, but not everything can be perfect.
I managed to get a little too comfortable under that sofa duvet and sleep through all of Fassbender's on screen time. I'm blaming the duvet. I've banished it back under the bed.
All in all, apart from the nap in the middle, I again enjoyed this film. I've seen it a few times now and enjoy it a little more every time. I'm even warming toward Brad Pitt.
Challenge day: 117
Challenge time: 07 days, 02 hours, 21 minutes
Challenge film total: 87
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