Movie Review: Inglourious Basterds

I finally watched Inglourious Basterds, the latest from Quentin Tarantino. It was up for some Oscars and at the time it was in theaters I had zero interest in watching it but I put it on hold at the library when it came out on DVD, thinking I'd see how I felt when my copy finally came in. Which it did this past week and I watched it last night. It was a more interesting story than I thought, although needlessly gruesome in parts. I guess that's to be expected from Tarantino. I also felt it was needlessly long at 2 1/2 hours. The plot has a few different storylines that ultimately come together at the end. It takes place during World War II. One storyline is a German Nazi who seems relatively high in the chain of command and who is searching for (and murdering) Jews in France. Another storyline is a Jew who got away from him living a secret life in France. And the third story is a group of American soldiers who go around killing and scalping Nazi soldiers in France. It's definitely not a story that you've seen before so kudos for originality. Plus, the acting is really good. I'd recommend it with a warning that there are some graphically violent scenes.