As anticipated, Inglourious Basterds had its Cannes premiere yesterday. Early reviews are, unsurprisingly, mixed but, in fact, leaning towards the positive side. As a director, Tarantino rarely provokes an ambivalent response from an audience, and most people either love or hate his work. Obviously, I’m a huge fan of all his films and have little doubt that I’ll enjoy the hell out of Basterds as well. Still, I can’t really provide an opinion on a film that I haven’t seen, but, to the haters who’d like to claim authority without watching said film, I’d like to point out some telling evidence, which is that Inglourious Basterds “played to raucous cheering, with crowds giving Tarantino an eight-minute standing ovation, sizable by Cannes standards.” Yes, eight motherfucking minutes, folks. Some sources are even reporting up to an eleven-minute ovation. Hell, Tarantino’s still got three months to smooth out any rough patches and do a bit of trimming, so, yeah, I have a hunch that this film is gonna do pretty damn well.
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I am so ridiculously excited for this film it is almost intolerable. I didn’t think it was even possible for me to get anymore excited about it until I read about the standing ovation! August is still painfully far away. I think I can feel a single black mascara stained tear rolling down my face. Sigh.
He’s a clever basterd, that QT.
[...] The well dressed Basterds are crowd pleasing [Agent Bedhead] [...]
You intentionally chose the photo with Angelina’s eyes shut didn’t you? Didn’t you! You hater!
I’m a little surprised that Eli doesn’t figure more prominently in the pic.
No, I actually like Angelina very much. She’s deathly beautiful and a great actress.
[...] Brad Pitt eyeball fucking Quentin Tarantino [...]
Even in the background and wearing a flesh-tone dress, Angelina still manages to draw the eye to her.