Vero and I went to see Tarantino’s latest epic, Inglourious Basterds at the World Exchange last Tuesday. At 4:30. Which was amazing. I was surprised that Vero beat me there considering she had to drive all the way from work. But we saunter in at 4:25, pay $5 each to see a film and have the theater (practically) to ourselves. Why doesn’t everyone do this? 4:30 is where it’s at! You get out in time to go home and have some dinner.
Minor gripe concerning general common sense of ‘combo’ buying. We order a small popcorn and a soft drink. It comes out to $10.15. I then notice that Combo #1 has the same thing we ordered, but with a chocolate bar for $9.99. I ask if we can get that instead. Sure enough, we get it, and the total comes out to $6. Must be some stellar deal they have on Tuesdays. So, is this a case of the kid behind the counter just not wanting to point out that we fell for the oldest trick in the book….don’t order items separately? Does this happen everywhere? I have a sneaking suspicion that if you order a burger and drink at McDonald’s, it’s the same freaking price if you get the fries in the combo.
Anyhow, Inglorious Basterds deals with the Nazis in WWII times (wait, are the Nazis prevalent in any other time?) and follows various story lines that converge in the final act. Of particular hilarity is the group of Inglorious Basterds…a group of Jews who go into the war a-fighting and ready to kick some Nazi ass! Led by Brad Pitt (who is by far the most hilarious character of the entire film), they go ahead and scalp as many Nazis as they can. Throughout the film, you are introduced to other factions such as a girl whose family was killed by the Nazis, but escapes to France, as well as Hitler himself in some hilarious scenes.
All in all, Tarantino does what does best. Crafts some great characters and puts them into situations that don’t need to be action packed to be interesting. It’s all about the dialogue. Two thumbs up for the film.
One reply on “Review: Inglourious Basterds”
I remember seeing a news report about combos a few years ago. The report was outlining how people often expect to pay less for a combo, hence the “combo deal.” However, the report also had example of places where a combo was more expensive than buying all the parts separately…the stores were capitalizing on the fact that people assumed combos were cheaper and ordered them without doing the math.
Bottom line, when you have options, make sure you evaluate your decision.