Hot Toys - Inglourious Basterds

[Deckard]

Heres some bright flashy lights for all the kids who couldn't sit thru Basterds cuz it was "boring."

 

[Entropy]

I've seen all of Tarantino's films and went into the film knowing it wouldn't be an action film.

I think it was extremely masturbatory. Instead of gunshots, he used words.

And in the end, it really was just a revenge fantasy. Just because there's 2 hours of dialogue between the beginning and end (some of it brilliant) doesn't it make it high art.

Again, with some restraint, it could've been a masterpiece. I think Tarantino's stylistic choices are his greatest strength/weakness. Did we really need Sam Jackson narrating flashbacks? Or flashy 70's fonts?

But then again, I don't know anyone who would have the guts to go all the way with the "Hitler resolution".

I thought so too at first blush. There's actually a lot more going on beneath I discovered but as with all of QT's stuff it often gets lost or overshadowed by the flashier elements.

 

[Ultramanimator]

Heres some bright flashy lights for all the kids who couldn't sit thru Basterds cuz it was "boring."

That's right, we're all unintelligent kids because we disagree with your opinion of this movie.

 

[Deckard]

Thanks for seeing it my way.

 

[Ultramanimator]

So, um, where's that Aldo figure HT?

 

[EdwardNashton1]

Is HT actually doing this or what

 

[Deckard]

If they are doing them, I suspect we will only get 2 figures and at the same time, Aldo and Landa.

If Waltz still lives in Germany, it could take time to communicate with him and sort out his likeness rights.

 

[King Darkness]

Yeah, cause Germany doesnt have telephones, the internet or planes yet.

 

[Deckard]

Yeah, cause Germany doesnt have telephones, the internet or planes yet.

Thats true and little known.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

Yeah, cause Germany doesnt have telephones, the internet or planes yet.

Thats true and little known.

 

[KingGrayskull]

Yeah, cause Germany doesnt have telephones, the internet or planes yet.

Thats true and little known.

Quoted for truth.

 

[Darklord Dave]

There's a thread in movie/tv about the film and discussion of it can move there. I hate Tarantino's public persona - he's egotistical, manic and seems to have few social skills. But his films are some of my favorite movies of all time. He knows the history of cinema so well that he can take a formula or genre and deconstruct it to make something completely new and different.

Action films have central characters that you can root for? So let's throw in an ensemble of characters with different goals that culminate in a single event. It's actually quite brilliant.

Action films have to have lots of action set pieces? How about a lot of set pieces, but they're actually tense dialogue scenes with just as much at stake for the characters as any action scene.

It's something that feels familiar, yet is completely new and different - that's been true of his best work - Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and now Inglourious Basterds. But they don't have central characters like every other film and they aren't structured like every other film - so there may be some resistance to them from audiences that expect them to be just like every other film.

 

[Ultramanimator]

There's a thread in movie/tv about the film and discussion of it can move there. I hate Tarantino's public persona - he's egotistical, manic and seems to have few social skills. But his films are some of my favorite movies of all time. He knows the history of cinema so well that he can take a formula or genre and deconstruct it to make something completely new and different.

Action films have central characters that you can root for? So let's throw in an ensemble of characters with different goals that culminate in a single event. It's actually quite brilliant.

Action films have to have lots of action set pieces? How about a lot of set pieces, but they're actually tense dialogue scenes with just as much at stake for the characters as any action scene.

It's something that feels familiar, yet is completely new and different - that's been true of his best work - Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and now Inglourious Basterds. But they don't have central characters like every other film and they aren't structured like every other film - so there may be some resistance to them from audiences that expect them to be just like every other film.

Or maybe we'd just like a filmmaker with this much knowledge about film to occasionally exercise some restraint.

When something is repeated again and again, the excitement and interest is lost.

In the same way that Michael Bay can desensitize me with the body count, Tarantino can desensitize with his word count. His words can be every bit as flashy and pointless as machine gun fire ricocheting off of an army of robots.

Trust me, I don't always have to have the same meal the same way, but I also don't want to have it all at once.

For some reason, people seem to think that this point of view on this particular film, makes me or anyone who disagrees with it film illiterate. At least that's been the implication by several.

Again, there are many things I LOVE about this film. However, as a whole, I think it's WAY too indulgent.

Anyway, sorry for helping derail a thread. I REALLY do want this figure

 

[Darklord Dave]

I think Tarantino films are a matter of taste rather than literacy.

 

[wofford29]

A style is a style. You don't go into a McDonalds and expect to find a Whopper, then complain about it not being there.

 

[uscmhicks]

Trust hot toys to not show the only figure that I reaaaaallly want from them.
I really hope this sees the light of day , can't wait for any more pics.

 

[Voorhees27]

A style is a style. You don't go into a McDonalds and expect to find a Whopper, then complain about it not being there.

Nice. Cool example.

 

[Badism]

I'd rather they did Kill Bill. I'd buy all of them!

 

[Cap'n Cook]

I'd rather they did Kill Bill. I'd buy all of them!

I'd rather they actually did IB first.

 

[denger4000]

IB was just plain awesome, if you don't agree then why even bother posting in a thread about possible figures? Also like Dave said there is a thread for the movie, I think the talk should go there.