Pass the Popcorn — Nazis Need Killin’

I finally saw Inglourious Basterds and entirely agree with Matt’s earlier review.  My concern with past QT films is that they aren’t really about anything other than references to other pop culture.  It’s cool just for the sake of cool and that grates on me.

But this movie has all of those pop culture references and cool but it also has what I think is a real message — Nazis do need killin’, as Brad Pitt’s character says.  Some critics have picked up on this theme and find it morally repulsive.  I find it morally profound.  If we can’t identify evil in the world and enthusiastically destroy it, then we are really denying that good and evil exist.  I prefer a world in which there are bands of Jewish GIs roaming the French countryside killing Nazis.

One Response to Pass the Popcorn — Nazis Need Killin’

  1. matthewladner's avatar matthewladner says:

    Jay-

    Try watching Pulp Fiction again. Underneath all the postmodern hipsterism and grisly violence, the movie is about something:

    Fifteen Years of Pulp Fiction

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