Glorious Bitches

I adored Inglourious Basterds, in typical surreal and quirky Tarantino style I thought it was a masterpiece. Accompanied by an insprired soundtrack, the unusual plot surrounds some infamous hisorical characters and others wildly fictional. This demonstrated Quentin Tarantino as the creative genius we all know him to be. As a very hands on director who has his favourties in terms of the actors and actresses he casts over and over again I though Brad Pitt was an unusual choice. The big names like Brad and style crush Diane Kruger succeeded in getting bums on seats, but lacked in acting prowess compared to their European counterparts. There were stellar performances from Chrisoph Waltz and sweet French actress Melanie Laurent. For the most part I found the costumes a little charicature-like. But Julie Dreyfus who played Francesca Mondino, the exotic Italian translator and mistress of Goebbles was a style icon to behold. I thought the real female talent lay in their premiere ensembles!