Hello everyone
I was able to catch the brad pitt,christopher waltz,melanie laurent starrer world war saga "Inglorious Basterds". Directed by quentin tarateno,the movie's story revolves around the second world war period. Staged in France, the story narrates how Hitler's men commited atrocities on Jews. Looking at the complexity of the story(and my poor understanding of French and German), i'll keep my review short and keeping in view people who dont understand these two languages.
The Plot :
The story is set in Nazi occupied France. The movie unfolds in three chapters. In chapter one,the Nazi's look out for Jews in the land and kill the one by one. One such Jew family is brutually murdered by Colonel Hans Landa leaving behind their daughter Shoshanne to manages to escape. Landa was especially appointed by Hitler to clear up the remaining Jews in France.
In chapter two, the Amercans send in their Liutenent Aldo and his team to counter the Nazi atrocities. This team, popularly known as the Basterds by the Germans, gain support of those who've been bigtime fugitives for the Germans, and use their assistance to counter them. Eventually, even Hitler starts feeling the heat of the Basterds.
In chapter three, one of the war heroes, Fredrick Zoller is bitten by the love bug when he comes across a cinema owner Emmanuelle Mimieux who happens to be Shoshanne(who changed her identity). Zoller even has a top German director making a movie on his accomplishment,and plans to show it to the top notch Nazi's as his masterpiece. In order to impress Shoshanne,Fredrick changes the venue of the premiere of the movie and helds it at Shoshanne's cinema. Shoshanne decides to burn the cinema down, and kill every Nazi in it. Meanwhile,the Basterds also team up with a German superstar,and bomb the movie premiere.
At the premiere,though the basterds manage to get inside the cinema with the actress,they get caught by Landa, only to free themselves by trading with him. At the same time,Shoshanne also executes her plan to burn up the place, but gets killed by Zoller in the action. The bomb planted by the basterds also explodes. The whole place is destroyed. Hitler is killed in the incident. The basterds kill Landa's associates, and mark Landa with a scar they make on every German they leave alive.
Final Verdict:
The story seems to be set in way ages back, which might give people problems to understand. Spanish and German usage also makes it difficult for people to understand, though those who know both these languages fluently will love it. The story is edited and executed wonderfully. In these ages of fun movies, a serious movie might not appeal everyone, not cannot be screened for kids as it has lots of violence.
Considering every factor, i give it 2.5 out of 5 for its good execution and editing, and the various issues involved for viewers.
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