I will start off by saying that Inglourious Basterds is an excellent addition to anyone's Tarantino collection. It has the multi-faceted storyline, the "colorful" characters, the smart dialogue, the shocking violence, and the dark humor you'd expect from him and a little bit more on the side. All of the important actors play their roles perfectly and you just can't help but attach yourself to some of them and completely loath others.
Basterds, however, does suffer from a lot of the inadequacies seen in other Tarantino films. Characters disappear without reference, major characters are killed off in "unjust" ways, interesting events are only briefly touched upon (often in retrospect and for seemingly cinematic purposes), and unexplainable gaps in logic are numerous. But, also in Tarantino fashion, none of these issues hinder the viewing of the film in any way. You kind of almost want to kick yourself a little bit for going back and picking up on these things in the first place.
I am awarding Inglourious Basterds four and a half stars out of five for being an excellent, but not perfect, movie-going experience. It is in all honesty a compliment to say that it is another great Tarantino film that suffers from all the usual Tarantino flaws. Go see it and enjoy your nazi scalping!
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