Inglorius Basterds. A bold idea. I mean, what other WWII movie would make the Jewish "heroes" as the most unlikable characters in it. Inglorious Basterds is the best possible title for this movie, because all of main characters are total bastards.
It is a unique take on WWII, a group of American-Jewish special operatives are to infiltrate France and assassinate Hitler while doing as much damage to the Nazi occupation as they can. The Jewish operatives are volunteers. They have suffered at the hands of the Nazi's and want revenge, which is completely understandable, however the motivations of the main characters seem a little insencere considering that they are all phsycopathic douchebags.
I felt the most sympathy for the Nazi's. Most of them are presented as just regular soldiers who are just following orders and want to go home. Almost every Nazi is shown to harbour no, to little hatred of the Jews, as if they already know that it's just manipulation used by Hitler to give them a reason to fight. The Jews are presented as the ones with the most hate. A kind of insane hatred that you would expect the Nazi's to have.
Only two Nazi's are really presented as true villains(including Hitler). The first is just a horrible person who betrays friend and foe alike, and I don't need to explain Hitler. I went through the movie hating the heroes with passion as they went from one atrocity to another, ending with the finale as Hitler, Nazi generals, officers, soldiers, and innocent civilians/ men, woman, and children alike burn to death, slowly in a hellish inferno as the main female character laughs at them as they try to escape through locked doors.
I have thought about this movie, many times and tried to recognize the symbolism. These are my resolutions-
(1.) This is the personification of the Nazi's hatred toward the Jews.
(2.) It's made ironically, as the Jews and Nazi's switch roles, where the Jews become the villains and enact every evil in their power on the Germans, even going so far as to burn them alive, just as the Nazi's did in their death camps.
(3.) This an honest story of revenge, that just has a coating of irony.
(4.) Maybe a mixture of these three.
I didn't like the movie....
I'm not looking forward to the hate i'm going to probably going to receive.
I just wanted to post my thoughts about the movie somewhere........ so there you go.
"Inglorious Basterds".
It is a unique take on WWII, a group of American-Jewish special operatives are to infiltrate France and assassinate Hitler while doing as much damage to the Nazi occupation as they can. The Jewish operatives are volunteers. They have suffered at the hands of the Nazi's and want revenge, which is completely understandable, however the motivations of the main characters seem a little insencere considering that they are all phsycopathic douchebags.
I felt the most sympathy for the Nazi's. Most of them are presented as just regular soldiers who are just following orders and want to go home. Almost every Nazi is shown to harbour no, to little hatred of the Jews, as if they already know that it's just manipulation used by Hitler to give them a reason to fight. The Jews are presented as the ones with the most hate. A kind of insane hatred that you would expect the Nazi's to have.
Only two Nazi's are really presented as true villains(including Hitler). The first is just a horrible person who betrays friend and foe alike, and I don't need to explain Hitler. I went through the movie hating the heroes with passion as they went from one atrocity to another, ending with the finale as Hitler, Nazi generals, officers, soldiers, and innocent civilians/ men, woman, and children alike burn to death, slowly in a hellish inferno as the main female character laughs at them as they try to escape through locked doors.
I have thought about this movie, many times and tried to recognize the symbolism. These are my resolutions-
(1.) This is the personification of the Nazi's hatred toward the Jews.
(2.) It's made ironically, as the Jews and Nazi's switch roles, where the Jews become the villains and enact every evil in their power on the Germans, even going so far as to burn them alive, just as the Nazi's did in their death camps.
(3.) This an honest story of revenge, that just has a coating of irony.
(4.) Maybe a mixture of these three.
I didn't like the movie....
I'm not looking forward to the hate i'm going to probably going to receive.
I just wanted to post my thoughts about the movie somewhere........ so there you go.
"Inglorious Basterds".
