Inglourious Basterds part 2


Lt Raine is huntin’ Nazzis.  Hitler is, predictably, upset.

Something kind of unusual happens about 20 minutes into Inglourious Basterds: the movie starts.  You can feel it as you’re watching it, after the slow-burn suspense of "Chapter 1," here’s a scene you recognize and understand: a tough, take-charge army officer barks out the details of a secret mission to a cadre of elite soldiers.  Hooray, the viewer thinks, now I’m oriented, now I know where I am, this is going to be a "men on a mission" movie, like The Dirty Dozen or Where Eagles Dare.  The first scene was just a long setup for the Col Landa character, now we’re going to meet the dog-faced American soldiers who are going to kick Landa’s ass.

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