Earlier this week Mary and I saw Inglourious Basterds.

It is a very good movie. It is surprisingly not as violent as some of Tarantino's other films, but all that means is that when you get to the violence, it stands out all the more. I definitely flinched from the screen a few times.

I do think the Stranger had a pretty accurate take:

Everything you love and hate about Quentin Tarantino films finds a home in his cartoon Nazi thriller Inglourious Basterds: the colorful prattle, the insistent thrills, the horrifying violence, and the long, boring conversations you're manipulated into paying close attention to because at any moment somebody might blow somebody's face off.

That last bit is definitely true. There are some scenes that just seem to keep going. But there's such a threat of violence, that you just have to keep watching.

The best performance is by Christoph Waltz (above). His portrayal of a "Jew-Hunter" Nazi is so good that any time he's on the screen the movie just comes even more alive. You just can't take your eyes off him.