Review in Nutshell...#13 (where is everybody ?! edition)
Inglourious Basterds
American propaganda war film about Nazi propaganda war film? Goddamn Quentin, you basterd ! Now I'm such a hypocrite, since I friggin hate when filmmaker desperate to indulge him/herself on silver screen (like Michael Bay got laid with his own hand in TF 2). But now I feel like a pervert to enjoy watching Quentin does an exact same thing, because no one does it better than him.
Just like John Wayne's infamous scene in "The Green Berets", where the sun setting in the East, Inglourious Basterds also has soon-to-be infamous ending, which I'll call “Die! Nazi Die!” from now on.
Oh, could someone send naked golden dude to Christoph Waltz already? He's a real leading basterd of this show, who can be menacing and hilarious in just snapping fingers. And without him, this film wouldn’t make us its little bitches like this.
One more thing, you don't really have to interpret every conversation to enjoy this film. You can pretend like they’re “Table Babbling” in Death Proof, "Royale with Cheese" in Pulp Fiction or “Superman’s Weakness” in Kill Bill Vol.2 (but if you love doing such a thing, then be my guest, it would make this film even better).
One last thing (is it ever end?), a lot of people complain about the last act, which destroy the credibility of one antagonist. Well, as you may know, Quentin’s movie always a homage film, movie within movie per se. This is propaganda war film homage to propaganda war film. So a lot of thing must be exaggerated, in order to persuade intended audience. And, of course, Landa need to ham it up in the end, like he's a German actor who stars in some 1940s US War film. He could be both devil & crown in the story, but eventually, he must lose everything to Americans and the awesomeness of US army.
BloodyMonday Rating:
Observe and Report
Are you ready to see 21st century’s Taxi Driver? Damn right, I am. My initial expectation is to see the raunchier & darker version of Paul Blart: Mall Cop. But I didn't expect it to be this dark. It’s still a comedy, but the joke is exceptional harsh. It blows the safety, blandness, idiocy aspect of conventional comedy to million pieces.
Some people will hate this megalomaniac protagonist, some people will turn off by reality-based violent (it looks like slapstick, but it ain’t), some people will curse at the most audacious (yet liberating) third act. But for me? Hell no, this film is fucking A
BloodyMonday Rating:
The Blob
I watched it around 2 am. It was a perfect time to see red jello from outer space, tried to take over the world by eating people. And there's only young Steve McQueen could save us all. Be that as it may, I kinda let down by its standard. That's right people; it's too good for its own good.
It supposed to be campy sci-fi where we can just laugh unintentionally. But what we've got is a decent special effect and good acting by the lead (well, he was THE king of cool). So that’s make it fall into the worst kind of b-movie, which is not good enough to be decent film, and not bad enough to be hilarious.
BloodyMonday Rating:
Table for Three
A lonely dude, who hopelessly believes in love, invited psycho couple to live with him. And then he found a true love, but that couple didn’t approve, and decided to prevent him to see the love one.
Oh lord, please have mercy.
The cast is best described as pretty people, but that doesn't transcend well to their acting ability. The most humiliating performance came from Brandon Routh, whose emotion was missing the mark too many times. And the story unfolded in the most predictable way possible, after 20 minutes, you would want to fast forward to the last 10 minutes. Because if you do that, it could be a half-good film.
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