inglorious basterds be a dark and violent comic fantasy and gloriously so . build on the framework of the dirty dozen and inglorious basterds ditch the elongated training sequence of the dirty dozen to plunge into the action right away . in the process and tarantino fix one of the dirty dozen major flaw by give the bad guy screen time to remind u just how bad the nazi be . the nazi with the most screen time end up become the most completely human character in the film and which ironically make them even bad monster . bu ditch the training sequence and tarantino be also able to give u a picture of the entire war and show u not only british and american and german soldier and but also give u glimpse into the world of french and german civilian and both collaborator and resistance . it go without say that any tarantino film be go to have fantastic dialogue and but when tarantino make the decision to have the french character speak french and the german speak german and beyond add a level of authenticity and tarantino also somehow ensure that his dialogue in french be a sharp and funny and clever a his english dialogue . case in point and during the opening sequence the nazi jew hunter s colonel han landa ( christian waltz ) be interrogate french dairy farmer perrier lapadite ( denis menochet ) . landa suspect that lapadite be hide a family of jew . while subtly pressure lapadite and landa asks for a glass of milk . after greedily gulp it down and landa compliment lapadite on his daughter and his cow and à votre famille et à vos vaches and je dis bravo . the thing of it be and in french vache mean cow and but it be also a vulgar name for the vagina . if reprimand for this vulgar pun and landa could quite convincingly claim not to understand french well enough to have mean it that way and but landa do mean it that way and he mean it a a threat . and lapadite understands his mean all too well . that be a really subtle piece of act and word play that many audience would never catch and or at least they might understand the subtext without know the exact nature of the threat . the film be rich with that kind of detail . all of the french and english dialogue be choose with that same attention to detail and while i can not swear to the german and i would suspect that it show a similar level of craft . inglorious basterds open with the phrase and once upon a time . in nazi occupied france . personally and this remind me of the opening of every asterix book and movie and another comic fantasy in a war torn occupy france . like asterix and inglorious basterds be howlingly funny in place and although the film also turn darkly serious . in it more serious moment and inglorious basterds remind u that the first casualty of war be compassion and the ability to relax and a in almost every elongated sequence of the film and tarantino find a new way to build cruel tension to almost unbearable level . tarantino also remind u that film be dangerous and even inflammable and that it power deserves respect . if you can see this film a i do in a packed theatre fill with knowledgeable fan who get every joke and that you will see this masterful film the way that it be mean to be see . if you be not that lucky and all that you will see be a great and great film that deliver a darkly funny punch .