Inglourious Basterds. Hot. Hot. Hot.

I ended up watching Inglourious Basterds after picking up Marie from Laguardia Airport. Going into the movie, the only thing I remember was that I did like a trailer for it; the one where Brad Pitt had the smug look on his face, telling his troops that they were gonna kill Nazis.

Well the movie surpassed all expectations. Quentin Tarantino is one hell of a storyteller, and even saying that, this might be his best movie yet. Once again, the characters are so fleshed out; the Nazi Colonel and the French movie theater owner were my absolute favorites. There are 5 Chapters to the movie, and each Chapter was utterly crucial. Of course, all the homages and references Tarantino makes to old movies (Dirty Dozen, Reservoir Dogs, etc.) were tasteful and did not detract one bit from the story.

It was also cool seeing Daniel Bruehl from Goodbye Lenin (amazing German movie) as one of the lead characters. And I also recognized that the bar owner in one of the scenes was a doctor in another German movie Downfall (Der Untergang). Diane Kruger, Brad Pitt, and Michael Myers performed well. And of course, B.J. Novak. You can't go wrong with B.J. Novak.

There's talk of the Nazi Colonel (Christoph Waltz) perhaps getting an academy award for his performance; I 100% agree. The Colonel's performance is mesmerizing, to put it mildly. He's cunning, resourceful, an opportunist, and evil and communicates this in 3 languages. Sooo good. Also his mannerisms are pretty amazing too.

Conclusion: Best Quentin Tarantino movie yet. Best film of the year so far. And I'm most likely going to see the movie again in the theatres. It was that awesome.