15
« on: May 17, 2024, 04:29:05 PM »
Wasting time on YouTube yesterday, I watched the opening scene from Inglourius Basterds again, and was again struck with how nearly perfect the scene was. The writing, the acting, the reveal of the hiding family, the build up of tension, the homage to The Searchers near the end - except while Ethan Edwards turns his back on the civilized world to live forever as an outsider, Shoshanna runs from it in fucking terror. All first rate. And then Landa pulls out that ridiculous pipe and I am reminded that this great scene is appended to a fucking revenge fantasy cartoon. The scene deserves a movie that takes it seriously, not some hipster film buff jacking off. It is a great scene, jarring sudden comic relief inserted when the movie should keep building tension aside, but FUCK THAT MOVIE.