Inglourious Basterds? Surely you jest. No that isn’t a misspelling.
According to the Weinstein Company and Rotten Tomatoes Tarantino’s film which has been in production for the last couple of months has released a synopsis of the illiterately named film:
“Inglourious Basterds begins in German-occupied France, where Shoshanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema.
Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as “The Basterds,” Raine’s squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own…”
The much anticipated and much talked about Tarantino WWII offering could be his greatest triumph or the most epic shark jumping since the recent X-Files debacle. Did you see that one? I didn’t think so.
How about that casting?
- Brad Pitt? O.K. Huge box office appeal, but in a Tarantino film? Perhaps instead of reviving the careers of hasbeens like John Travolta perhaps Quentin is now in the business of making them. Hey everything has to evolve, that is unless you’re a neo-con.
- Mike Meyers? I have two words for you – Love Guru.
- Eli Roth? A director who makes disappointing horror films and should neither be in front nor behind the camera.
- Cloris Leachman? WTF? Funny as the granny in Bad Santa but come on.
- The rest are just the usual rabble of no-names and Hollywood hopefuls.
This smells worse and worse.
Quentin Tarantino: a) has lost his marbles b) is pulling a fast one on Hollywood, truly is an evil genius and laughs all the way to the bank c) really needs to learn to spell or d) all of the above.
Maybe I’m just not cool enough to get it.
This is one of those times I pray that I’m way off base. We’re pulling for you Quentin. Prove me wrong.
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