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Great performance. I really like this movie a lot.
I thought the movie was evil. I didn't see much difference between the Americans and the Nazis and thought it dishonored the memory of the soldiers who died fighting that war.
What did you think of the performance by Christoph Waltz (German interrogation officer)?
Kevin - You might be missing the point. Soldiers died on both sides and none of them started the fight. The difference between sides depends entirely on where your sympathies lie. War is absurd and this is not the first film to illustrate that point.
I bet money that ole Quentin has never been on the receiving end of a bullet. His "stylistic" display of excessive violence is certainly absurd. And since he has never been in a war, I doubt he has one iota of a clue what absurdity he is representing.If you think that the only difference between sides is due to perspective I respectfully disagree.
His "stylistic" display of excessive violence is certainly absurd.
But is is just a movie and movies are made about everything.
Opposite sides means opposite perspectives. That can't be argued against.
Yea... maybe that is a problem. Movies are just another way of telling a story and communicating ideas. We are what we eat and that goes for food and ideas. A steady consumption of that kind of trash across an entire culture has happened many times before. When people don't recognize the evil in gratuitous violence there really is not much difference between us and any other historical culture that has embraced that as entertainment. I prefer to recognize it for what it is. It is the adolescent display of fantasy in a way that encourages the exercise of enjoyment of human misery, torture and violence. Quentin likes to exercise his display of violent masturbation on the screen and pretend he is proving some point or that he is somehow uncovering some cultural secret. He is just uncovering the ugliness inside human nature and it is something that we shouldn't forget or ignore but it never should be acknowledged as greatness or genius. It is what it is.... ugly, without virtue and with no redeeming value.
The Hitler regime engaged in the most violent, sadistic and hateful behaviour in history, particularly toward the Jews. I applaud Tarantino's vision of how those actions might have been met. Maybe it will be a wakeup call to the present, and the handcuffs will come off. Steve
Kevin, Just curious, why did you see this movie? Are you not familiar with QT and his movies? What did you expect?
Actually, my son brought it home and I didn't know anything about it before watching it. It isn't what I'd encourage people to let their kids watch but my son has this fascination with Nazi Germany and I figured the 'R' rating was for the same reason other war movies are rated 'R'. It actually opened up a "teachable moment" in terms of discussing why this movie was evil. He is at that age where he thinks I'm stupid but that is part of being a teenager. I wanted him to understand that Nazis are not the only ones that are capable of acting that way. Humans have a unique capacity for ugliness and it isn't unique to Germans.
Kevin, I just got notice that my son (19 1/2) thinks he can have a better life on his own and is moving out at the end of the month! A bit of shock and awe for me! My daughter is extremly happy! Always something good with something bad and something bad with something good, you found some good in GB!
The other less visible faction was the French Resistance. They, of course, would be viewed as terrorists or insurgents by the Germans. What is the difference between a soldier and a terrorist? Methods? Uniforms? Funding? Government sanction? Righteous cause?
