Inglourious Basterds DVD: Review By slysnide

A team of Jewish American soldiers disguised as locals go Helter Skelter on Nazi brigades throughout France while a Jewish Refugee seeks revenge against the brutal SS Colonel who slaughtered her family when she was young. It all culminates with the funniest scene of intense violence in cinema history.

For the rest, reference my 170th review.

On Disc 1 there was Eli Roth's completed Nazi propaganda film "Nation's Pride" which is hilarious given that it's more or less a spoof without having to spoof the real Nazi propaganda films. And with Enzo Castellari as the American Colonel in the flick, it was even funnier.

There is also a slew of deleted and alternate scenes. Though luckily none were cut lightly. Meaning they wouldn't really have enhanced or hurt the film, but just would've made it longer with extended, unnecessary exposition.

On Disc 2 there was a near half hour interview with both Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt about the characters and method behind the madness...so to speak.

Also, a brief clipshow of Quentin's Camera Angel...and all the "Hi Sally's" you'll need for a lifetime.

The funniest however was the brief making of Nation's Pride in which Eli Roth acts as if he was the real Nazi director. Perfect considering his actual role in the film.

As a special Best Buy bonus, it came with a third disc which featured an hour long interview with Tarantino on stage about the film which provided the most insight. By far the best feature informatively. Though that was a bonus, and not part of the regular package, or it'd be on the extremely short second disc of the set.

Given the lack of wide shots with major drama and action until the very brief climax, then the transition from the silver screen to the TV screen is flawless, and isn't hindered in any way.

The sound and music was great, though since there were no major panoramic shots with dramatic pieces of big music and effects, it translates very well without state of the art sound systems. Also, the music marries the film.

A cardboard slipcase with the Bear Jew's bloody baseball bat snagging a Nazi helmet. A perfect shot if you ask me, but the slipcase is unnecessary.

It's of course undoubteble that numerous people will criticize this film as being Jewish porn, whereas I think anyone who's anti-Nazi would enjoy this film just as much, for while six million Jews died, five million others whom were homosexual, p.o.w.s, gypsies, Poles, and mentally/physically disabled were slaughtered too. And that always made me wonder till this day whether or not they'd slay one of their own if they suddenly became wheelchair bound, or something or other like that. It would certianly add an inexlplicable paradox to their already inexplicable stupidity.

But overall, this was one of the most unique films of the year, which makes this among the top spots for must have of the year, whether you're a fan of Tarantino's style or not.