New Inglourious Basterds Trailer!

[platining]

I saw it at Panton Street on Monday, it was the first time I've ever been ID'd for a SFF/Tellten screening.

I personally think they should do 2 things:

1- Push the screenings back to 7pm starts to allow people to commute from work etc (they've done so for certain films in the past)
2- Stick to their word - NO ADMISSION after the time on the ticket.

On Monday, the film (which was brilliant) started on time at 6.30, yet by 7pm ushers were still coming in with torchlights trying to help latercomers find seats. That's annoying at the best of times, but as that cinema has what must be the smallest screens ever (I've seen TV's at Dixons bigger than that), they kept blocking the subtitles on screen so I couldn't follow parts of the film.

If you can't make it to a cinema on time, don't go!

I guess they set at 630 pm cos there are too much demand. Free screening only do at specific location and time. It's more like you need to trade off ur effort/time to watch a film for free.

The practice towards ppl late are inconsistent. Possibly there are a lot of temps. I find a lot of time they dont even know what's going on.

Apart from screening, most customers are p*ying and they are allowed to come in late. So they just keep on their practice.

[Ms Thrifty]

When latecomers have caused disturbance/disruption, I include it in my feedback. I wouldn't say don't let anyone in late, as I know sometimes people get delayed unexpectedly (i.e. as opposed to others who are just disorganised) but cinema staff should use their common sense and not allow people in well after the start and they should manage latecomers by escorting them to seats.

[opas]

Sounds like some of you had a real drama with this - glad I didn't try to go to a central London screening, I thought it would be a bit manic. I went to Lee Valley on Monday instead. We were put in the fairly small screen 11 and it got quite full but not packed, I'm sure there were seats at the front for those who wanted them. They kept us waiting outside until about 6.30 and then we got trailers so I think the film probably started around 6.45/6.50pm but I didn't really look at my watch.

I found it quite gory in places - had my hands over my eyes at a few scenes, even though I was totally expecting it from a Tarantino film. Not as good as Pulp Fiction for me and I think I preferred Kill Bill but it is worth watching. It was totally outrageous and implausible at times (well most times). It did keep my attention but it was a bit too long (and I don't mind long films generally).

Brad Pitt's Tennessee accent had me scratching my head (that sentence structure was funny - maybe a bit similar Yoda, just a bit strange). Michael Fassbender wasn't on screen long enough! I'm not sure if someone can answer this (maybe Beate!) but was his German accent really bad? And is it true about the different way to hold up 3 fingers?? Learn something new everyday!

Anyway all in all I wouldn't say it was my favourite film of the year but I did like it - 7.5/10.

[Beate]

Outrageous and implausible is a good way of describing it! They got so many details right like the game with the cards on foreheads and Winnetou, and the Apfelstrudel with whipped cream, yum! And then there were howlers like Landa letting Shoshana escape and her, instead of escaping the country with faked ID, somehow acquiring a cinema and a whole fake new life in Nazi-occupied France. It's a great fantasy though, blowing up Hitler in a cinema, and I don't blame the director for using a bit of pyrotechnic.

[Beate]

I hold up my fingers to indicate 3 in exactly the same way as the OH who is English and I missed the bit about the apprently two different ways of doing so, so I am a bit stumped here. Was Fassbender playing the English guy? His German was excellent but indeed with a strange accent - not as strange as Brad Pitt's Italian one though, LOL!

[destresserai]

didnt see you tonight destresserai.
wimbledon wasnt that full. the film wasn't bad lots of blood and violence as you'd expect from tarrentino. couldnt work out why there were subtitles at the beginning for french but not for german converstaions. i wouldnt have pa*d to see this and i was a little dissapointed so many people died when i wasnt expecting it lol . only 2 IB survived and Hans and no happy ending for the cinema girl.

I got tickets for my boss to come this evening and as he is in a wheelchair, we were sitting almost immediately as you came in. I didn't see you either but I was probably "gassing" away as usual!!!

[Beate]

I did notice that some German sentences were not subtitled, notably when Daniel Bruehl gets his pop star treatment so tried to translate to the OH ("What an honour to meet you! Can I have an autograph?") but he shushed me, apparently it was self-explanatory.

So I stuck to the recognition game, whispering "This is Christoph Waltz!" "Oh look, Til Schweiger!" "Gedeon Burkhard!" "And that is Diane Krueger!" I thought Christoph Waltz played psychopath Landa brilliantly but I was getting a bit miffed that all the German actors were getting killed off one by one! I also thought that the Bear Jew looked a lot like Sylar from Heroes!

[AYBG]

The Bear Jew was none other than Hostel director Eli Roth, and close friend of QT. IMO a great performance for a someone who's prior experience in acting was limited to cameos! The look in his eyes when Landa bursts into laughter was one of my favourite parts of the film

[opas]

Yes Beate, Fassbender was the English guy who was going undercover. According to wiki (erm, I'm not a stalker - honest!) he was born in Germany and raised in Ireland. One parent is German, the other is Irish. He is fluent in German so I was intrigued to hear what others thought of the accent (although he could well have been speaking German in a put upon accent, just like he was when speaking English). I do have a lot of time for Mr Fassbender - I could watch anything he is in (do we have any swooning smilies??) although I must admit I haven't tested this to the potential maximum. I haven't watched Hunger yet:X - by all accounts I think that film will spoil my image of him so it will be avoided at all costs!.

I thought the actor who played Hugo was well cast. He has a slight 'calm' madness in his eyes so I believe that he could be a psycho but he is also quite handsome (the most dangerous type of psycho) - I wonder if he regularly gets cast in those types of roles. If only I could understand German I would be checking out some of his previous work.

Does anyone else know if the three fingers thing is a real cultural difference or another one of Tarantino's tall tales to add effect? I'd be interested to know.

[opas]

The Bear Jew was none other than Hostel director Eli Roth, and close friend of QT. IMO a great performance for a someone who's prior experience in acting was limited to cameos! The look in his eyes when Landa bursts into laughter was one of my favourite parts of the film

Ah yes, thanks AYBG. I recognised him but I couldn't place who he was while watching the film. I thought Eli Roth was quite good although he didn't really have to do much other than look quite menacing.