Inglorious Bastards Indeed

I sit here watching Kill Bill Vol. 1 to keep me in a Quentin Tarantino type of head space to write my Inglorious Bastards review because well I had to bring back the DVD to the rental store. I figured it was the next best thing. I guess the next thing will be a Kill Bill Vol. 1 write up, but I digress. So here we go....

As soon as the film began I was hooked. It took no convincing, I knew I was going to like this movie. I didn't think Tarantino could do it. He made a WWII film the bled Tarantino. Now, I know some people have qualms about how the film deters from actual historical events but one needs to look past that. In the end it wasn't about how the war actually ended. It was a story. One man's creation. Stories are just that, stories. Many stories have some root in fact but they often deter from that fact depending on who is telling the story. All ethics aside this film was brilliant.

I admired how Tarantino managed to keep me in the story despite its often over the top campiness . This campiness was integral to Tarantino's version of the story. Without out it the film would fall flat and seizes to be a Tarantino film. Suspense plays a major part in this film and I would have to say it is probably the first time supsense is at forefront in a Tarantino film. With the combination of music, setting, and even positioning of the characters Tarantino manages to keep suspense going in an almost Hitchock manner.

Brad Pitt's performance was spectacular. He fit perfectly into his roll. Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine had me laughing, especially when he tried to be an Italian. Even with Pitt's great performance I would have to say the Christoph Waltz stole the show. He was amusing and scary all at the same time. He deserved his Golden Globe.

Tarantino manages to combine genres is this film much more successfully, I think, than in his other films. Inglorious Bastards is the type of film Tarantino has been trying to make for years now and hasn't been able to. It took the right cast, time, and story to get it right.

People who know me know that I think Tarantino is a genius filmmaker when it comes to his early films and a brilliant screenwriter in some of his later films. He is also a pretentious and annoying but I can see past that as he his knowledge of film history is amazing. What I am trying to say here is that there is more of his creative genius in this film than of his actual self and this is why this movie is so good.

In the beginning...

....there was a girl who had high hopes and dreams. She went off to film school. She learned about film theory and history. She was fascinated and very happy. After film school she thought the world was her oyster so she procrastinated for a few years before she decided to do something with her life. She decided to head face first into the abyss that is the film industry. She worked on a few films as either a crew member or an extra. As a crew member she went up the ranks because she was worked hard and she was easy to get a long with.

Then, what she thought was an opportunity of a life time, came along and she pounced on it. She was working for a well known documentary filmmaker. It was great. She was working on projects she loved and felt like finally it was happening. But in the industry things aren't always stable and we were living in a time of recession so the company had to close. It was a blow. It was like her whole world was crashing down on her. It felt like she was starting all over again after all that hard work.

Well, after a few weeks of moping she dusted herself off and started over. While starting over she discovered a new passion. Every since she was a little girl she loved to bake. She would bake in her Easy Bake Oven all the time. Ever since she could remember she would make cookies every year for Christmas all by herself. She loved to bake. It only took some odd twenty years to figure that out. She loved it as much as she did movies. She was finding her stride again. The only problem was that she had to go to school again to learn this new trade because as she had come to discover decorating a cake isn't easy. She loves to do it but a little instruction would help.

Money has always been an issue as she was not born rich so going back to school without a steady job seemed almost impossible. She knew she had to do something to move forward so she decided to take one course at a time when she could afford it. With a little help from her partner, friends, and family she was able to do that. At first it was hard because some people didn't understand her choice but what they didn't understand was that nothing was changing. Films were still her dream but who said you couldn't have two dreams?

Well here we are, that girl is a women and nothing much has changed but she is happy with her choices as they have helped her live a happy fulfilling life. She has a long bumpy road ahead of her filled with frosting and digital cinema, flour and Fellini, but she is prepared. She is scared but she is willing to pull through. She is not sure how it will all pan out. She still has no job but is looking. She is looking for something creative but those jobs seem hard to come by. She wants to prove herself. I am sure it will come in time.


To be continued....


So the above is a little story of my life thus far.It may not be epic or important on the greater scheme of things but it is a good life. This blog is not necessarily to tell the story of my life because as you can see I wrote most of it already. This blog is for me to flesh out my thoughts and views on my two passions, film and baked goods. In a perfect world I could totally combine the two into my ultimate mega career, and who knows maybe I can, but for now I must work on them simultaneously.

This blog will contain my thoughts on movies I have seen in the past, movies I have yet to see, movies I have seen recently, a baking project I am endeavoring, a film festival I am work for, etc....

So that is that. I move on with a positive mind because I have started my new path. Here's to the future.