That said I'm rooting for either Avatar or Inglorious
basterds come Oscar time.
Remember when the first trailers for Inglourious
Basterds came out and it -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
There is a big gap between «True Romance» and «Inglourious
Basterds,» the latter of which
came out in 2009.
Judged against undeniable masterpieces like «Pulp Fiction» or «Inglourious
Basterds,» it
comes up a bit short comparatively.
Number of Oscar nominations: 18 (notably, eight of which
came from «
Basterds» and one — the foreign language nod for «Dogtooth» — the following year)
Of course Tarantino is still a terrific writer / director, and Waltz, DiCaprio and Jackson are all worthy of awards for their brilliant performances, but Django Unchained doesn't
come close to matching the same level of giddy amazement as Inglourious
Basterds.
This past week, there have been three frontrunners to
come forward: «Hurt Locker,» which got picked by both the Critics Choice and now PGA; «Inglourious
Basterds,» which got the SAGs best cast ensemble award; and «Avatar,» which the Golden Globes shined their light upon.
Perhaps it's
coming off the back of the alarmingly impressive Inglorious
Basterds, but Django Unchained never manages to go past being a Tarantino film and an exercise in gleeful bloodlust.
Inglourious
Basterds has many, many high points (no one will be surprised to learn that the music is fantastic) and it seems fitting that it's
coming in at the tail end of Hollywood's recent Nazi themed obsession, but it can't escape a clunky and overlong construction.
Tarantino is a great writer and
comes up with funny speeches and situations, but Inglorious
Basterds falls apart in the ending with the duel stories.
When I think about Michael Fassbender, the first performance that
comes to mind is his work as the doomed English soldier Archie Hicox in Inglourious
Basterds.
He followed that film with one hugely disappointing sequel / rehash, 2007's «Hostel: Part II,» and in intervening years has flirted with a host of projects which never
came to pass (the Stephen King adaptation «Cellular,» a feature - length expansion of his «Grindhouse» short, a sci - fi film called «Endangered Species,» etc.), stepped in front of the camera for friends («Inglourious
Basterds,» «Aftershock «-RRB- and helped bring the Netflix series «Hemlock Grove» to life.
This intense French drama, directed by actress Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious
Basterds), observes the fallout when an impressionable teenage girl
comes under the sway of a charismatic emotional sociopath.
After drifting close to self - parody with his indulgent, referential grindhouse entry «Death Proof,» Tarantino
came roaring back with «Inglourious
Basterds» like he had something to prove, which of course, he did.
He attracted a talented cast — Robbie is
coming off of an Oscar nomination for «I, Tonya,» Mike Myers hasn't appeared in a movie since «Inglorious
Basterds» — but he doesn't show an original voice.
An advertising campaign built around aggressive violence and the reputation of a polarizing director, a late August release date and mixed early word
coming out of Cannes were all factors working against «Inglourious
Basterds» leading up to its release.
Now after the critical success of 2009's «Inglorious
Basterds»
comes the directors 8th project and immediate follow up, Ladies and Gentlemen I give you «Django Unchained».
Along with a proposed third volume of «Kill Bill,» the director has also expressed interest in a possible sequel to «Inglourious
Basterds» (expanding a subplot from his original script following a unit of African - American soldiers) and remakes of the 1966 martial arts classic «
Come Drink with Me» and the Russ Meyer exploitation film, «Faster, Pussycat!