Inglourious Basterds

“You know, I think this might just be my masterpiece” - I couldn’t agree more Mr Tarantino. This is watching a director at his finest. All of the Tarantino-isms if you like are present here and it feels as though he’s really perfected his way of making a film. The tension, the comedy, the action - it's all incredible. Christoph Waltz is the standout here as Hans Landa, giving a career best and Oscar deserving performance. From the moment we meet this character in the first scene, we know his cold and calculating nature, the amazing back and forth interaction between Landa and the French farmer is incredible - in typical Tarantino fashion the dialogue is astounding as it is poetic. One of the best openings in any film. The rest of the cast are also fantastic here. Brad Pitt is hilarious and has great chemistry with the rest of the Basterds. Mélanie Laurent is equally incredible as Shosanna, I loved her revenge arc and thought it was executed perfectly. The structure of the film made it feel as if I were watching a novel come alive, leading up to an incredible, bombastic finally.