Reply #11: ChickMagic and I were among the first to see it last Friday [View All]

[derby378]

I think the critic missed the mark on a lot of issues, but came really close with one point. The Basterds were counter-terrorists who used brutal methods to intimidate the other side, but one of their victims was a German soldier who displayed a Stoic grace when he chose a brutal, bloody death rather than surrender the lives of his fellow Nazis to the enemy. This movie was filled with complicated personalities - many sinners, a few outright villains, but no actual heroes.

That said, I thought this movie was one of Tarantino's best to date.