Quick review of Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds is the latest tripe from Quentin Tarantino and it is typically "tarantino-esque", meaning it's loaded with heavy handed efforts to convince the viewer of just how smart and witty the director is. For example, he may introduce a character by plastering that character's name on the screen in big letters, no matter that the character does nothing at all in the film except for stab someone in the neck repeatedly.
Tarantino claims that this film is his attempt to make a "Dirty Dozen", but he fails miserably. Where Dirty Dozen was an escape film with a strong plot, Inglourious Basterds is a sadistic revenge fantasy in which graphic violence and quirky characters are a substitute for plot altogether. The Basterds are presented to us in a series of scenes devoid of context, with the only purpose of each scene being to show us the particular quirk of one or more characters. There's the guy who stabs people, the guy who beats people with baseball bats, and the guy who insists on scalping the enemy, among others.
Look, I could rip this crap apart all day, but it's not worth the waste of words. Avoid Inglourious Basterds, and Quentin Tarantino. I give it 0 stars.