Todd’s Movie Blog

I was over reading Jim Emerson’s blog, Scanners, this weekend and he had an interesting article on Quinten Tarantino where he stated he wanted to get Inglorious Basterds out quickly because he wanted to have a masterpiece out before the end of the decade.  That got me thinking, is Basterds a masterpiece?  I’m not sure.  To be honest I’m not even sure it is best picture Oscar worthy.  Not to say Basterds isn’t enjoyable to watch, because it is.  But rewatching the film recently I’ve come to opinion that I am completely at odds with film critics and fans alike.  Tarantino doesn’t make great films, he makes great scenes.  Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and Inglorious Basterds are collections of great scenes with wonderfully quotable dialog, but they lack a cohesiveness that allows the scenes to flow together into a whole. His movies tend to be disjointed with scenes all being stand alone and jumbled together out of linear time line for their kinetic impact.  Visually exciting but I prefer Steven Spielberg and Kevin Smith.