Rating: A+
Basterds is a testament to Tarantino’s ability to right brilliant-fucking-dialogue. An easy 80% of the flick is in subtitles, and each line is just as uniquely-Tarantino as the last. The opening scene is a long conversation between a dairy-farm owner and Hans Landa (“The Jew Hunter”); it alone was worth my $7.75 ticket.
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My Top 20 Movies Since 1992 (Tarantino did it, now everyone else is, so I will too)
You know how it works. Celebrity does something blog-esque, and within the next week or so (in this case a few days), blogs are lighting up with similar entries.
Recently, Tarantino made a video listing his 20 favorite films since 1992 (the year he officially became a director). Now, I originally wasn’t going to make a list of my own. Then it dawned on me, 1992 is also a year of significance to me; it was the year I was born.
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