Inglourious Basterds

Very close to being my favorite Tarantino project! I mean who doesn’t love seeing Nazis die? Christoph Waltz plays what could’ve been an average evil scum but instead, he heightens his performance as the evil “Jew Hunter” to one of the most disgusting film villains ever. Incredible performance. Melanie Laurent as Shosanna is great as a strong character who is in an incredibly unfortunate situation, but her plan is a really cool setup that leads to a great finale. The Bastards themselves are great too. Pitt is insanely fun as Aldo, and we get other standouts like Eli Roth as the “Bear Jew”, Til Schweiger as Hugo Stiglitz, Bj Novak as Ultivich, and Omar Doom as Ulmer. From start to finish this movie is paced perfectly, and everything flows nicely. From the incredibly tense opening, to the long dialogue scenes, the best of which is the basement tavern, up to the theater scene and the finale, the movie fires on all cylinders. The ending is absolutely perfect.