The opening chapter is fantastic. But I really didn't like the second chapter. It tries to make you too complicit in the violence.
Christopher Waltz steals the show as 'The Jew Hunter' and Brad Pitt's facial expressions are quite amusing throughout.
The film shows genuine moments of maturity from Tarantino as a filmmaker that are often lost amongst all of his fan-boy antics. But even in Basterds he struggles to reign those tendencies in to the detriment of the overall picture. We really could have done without being subjected to Eli Roth.
The director clearly shows a strength in bringing the best out of his performers though, and as much as I dislike Roth, his performance is surprisingly okay. As is Diane Kruger. She could usually give a plank of wood a run for it's money. But here she's quite brilliant. Honourable mentions should also go out to Michael Fassbender and Mélanie Laurent.
Overall this is a much better film than I was expecting. I just wish it had more of what made the first chapter so great and less of what made the second chapter so distasteful.
8/10
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