Well done Quentin, against all the odds it looked like you pulled it through. No critic, box office analyst or even the average “post on movie sites/blog” fan had any faith in Inglourious Basterds making a dime over the weekend but the intriguing and unusual premise gave the general movie-goer a curiosity which accompanied by the “Tarantino Epic factor” which we haven’t seen since the Kill Bill saga - has produced surprising but very welcomed results.
Inglourious Basterds earned $14.3 million on Friday alone in the U.S, and if it holds steady it will shoot up to a $35 million taking by the end of play Sunday. That’s an incredible figure by all accounts as we all expected the spaghetti-western meets Tarantino’s World War II mostly trashed since Cannes epic to be D.O.A.
Instead, it will be Tarantino’s best performing opening weekend ever and the second biggest in the history of The Weinsteins, a company that so badly needed a hit and were dangerously pinning their hopes on this movie to keep them a float. Well today they have been rewarded for keeping faith in Quentin after Grindhouse. Those days seem so long ago now, thank God.
“Cousin, Business is a boomin” as Lt. Aldo Raine would say!
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What an awful “film.” Did I just waste a Saturday night watching that. First movie I’ve walked out on since Airheads.
The fact that you went to see Airheads in the theatre disqualifies you from making determinations as to the artistic merit of ANYTHING, you douchebag. I thought Basterds was Tarantino’s best since Pulp Fiction.
You will have to forgive me. I saw Airheads when I was 11. My film taste, like many other tastes, were not quite fully developed by then. What I find curious is the ravenous defending of Tarantino. To each there own, but to say this film is better than Jackie Browne is just plain ignorant to the aesthetics that make up a good film. I could argue the technical aspects for days, but will just let bygones be bygones.
Brad Pitt is an excellent actor. He always draws in the crowds.
Tarentino is very twisted, but that is what makes him famous.
I found the Basterds to be fantastic, and definitely Tarantino’s best since Pulp Fiction. I cannot comprehend anyone who would work out of a cinema, regardless of whether they believe the film to be any good. I’ve been to see some stinkers in my time, but I’ve paid to see it, so I’ll damn sure watch the conclusion.