Donny doesnt give a fuck, is how Eli Roth sums up the bloody-minded motivations of his character in Quentin Tarantinos delirious new WWII film, Inglourious Basterds. A Boston-bred Jewish kid turned soldier who is fully aware of the existence and breadth of the Holocaust as its occurring, and is motivated by inconsolable rage towards Nazis as a result, Donny is one of many carefully-sculpted, subtly modernized characters in a film that is itself a counterfactual kaleidoscope, cut loose from the...
I loved that film. The tension in certain scenes builds up to nearly overwhelming levels, only to explode in brutal, sudden violence.
I also see what he's saying about the revenge finale. It goes on a little bit too long to be glorious to the point where it makes you feel a little uncomfortable with what you are watching. Like violence whether it is seemingly justified as revenge or whatever have you, is just not nice in the long run.
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blightedxhope
Miami, FL
June 2007
SEP 07, 2009 12:53 AM
Inglorious Basterds was the fucking shit!!! LOVED it.
Missy
SUICIDEGIRL
California, USA
AUG 21, 2009 07:00 AM