Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Stars Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent and Christopher Waltz 152 minutes.
Plot; In Nazi-occupied France, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" join with forces with British commandos to kill the Nazi High command at a Paris Movie theater.
Pros: Acting - especially by Watlz and Laurent, final hour, black humor, Fake Nazi movie "Nation's Pride", basement scene, well drawn characters, movie references
Cons: Brad Pitt, unnecessary gore and brutality, slack pace, too much dialogue.

One the most uneven movies I've ever seen. Brilliant scenes alternate with static/boring ones. One minute Walz is having a tension filled interrogation, the next, Brad Pitt's basterds are stupidly scalping someone. As stated by "Hancock the Superb" over the years QT has grown as a director and regressed as a writer. "IB" really needed a rewrite to pick up the pace and shorten and sharpen the dialogue. But QT is now too big to be edited. And on re-watch the black comic nature of the movie came to the fore. In almost every scene Tarinto drops large boulder-sized hints stating"Don't take this seriously, its a comic book fantasy".

Summary: An uneven effort with some parts that I never will watch again and others I want to see over and over. Recommended only for QT fans, those with a strong stomach, and those with a strong liking for fantasy and/or movies about movies. Rating ***