This movie was almost canned because Tarantino couldn’t find an actor who could speak fluent French German Italian and English but then he found Christopher Waltz who could speak all of those languages fluently and he saved this masterpiece
Not exactly...yes, the role required the character to speak multiple languages, but they almost gave up the movie because they couldn't find an actor that could fit the essence of the character in general.
Tarantino was almost ready to give up making the movie, I recall him saying, because they had seen dozens and dozens of actors (if not a couple hundred), but they saw no one fit for Landa. Then came along Christoph Waltz, and here we are.
Seeing this first and then Django really shows how good he is. He is the absolute scum of the Earth in this movie and then is so damn lovable in Django. That's tough to do
For a German, it is pretty easy to recognize Fassbender´s character as a non-native speaker. He does a really good job, don`t get me wrong, but it does sound a little off. So the Nazis commenting on his accent makes perfect sense.
And every German is played by an actual native german speaker so that everyones accent is as authentically as possible. Also Funfact Fassbender actually speaks some german. Not as good as in this movie but not bad.
He is half-German, so he has been taught the language by his mother. But growing up in Ireland has probably not helped his accent, which is only natural for someone who hasn't grown up in an environment where they weren't surrounded by other German speakers 24/7.
The thing I love about Tarantino... if he needs someone to play a german character, he casts german (or austrian) actors. He needs an actor who plays a brit that himself can speak german fluently, he cast a british actor that can also speak german. He needs a french woman, he casts a french actress. Thats a huge factor why this movie is so great. It works not only cause the story and acting in general is great. But cause the used languages work for americans/brits as well as germans/austrians/swiss while watching...
My favourite detail is how Tarantino makes Landa such an opportunist. The moment he sees that giving up his Nazi career will benefit him, he does. At the start of the film, Jew Hunter is a title he likes “because I’ve earned it” he says, whereas he juxtopposes this later by saying “it’s just a name that stuck”. Pure evil but so chilling and smart.
As a German, I can tell the difference in accents. That being said, Fassbender is very fluent and it is a subtle difference. Also yes, Chrisoph Waltz was amazing in this and it won him a well-earned Oscar for best supporting actor. He then went on to win the category _again_ for Django!
Fassbender is fluent, yes but you can hear that his native tongue is english. Probably because he learned German when he was a bit older, or due to non regular use of the language. I know German Expats in the US that developed an english accent when speaking german ngl.
As a german as well I can say Fassbenders german is very good but it sounds a bit forced/strained, as if he has to concentrate, which you can hear immediately as a german.
To me, this is Tarantino's best film. It represents a culmination of Tarantino's skills he's developed over the years: dialog, build up of tension, camera movement and direction in general, squeezing the absolute best out of his actors... Actually, Tarantino might agree with this take as well with the last line of the movie, "...this very well may be my masterpiece..."
Also, what makes this stand above the others in my opinion, is the musical score. The music is used to amplify moments in the screen better than any film he's made. The "Bear Jew" reveal and shooting the floor scene are perfectly scored.
The bar scene works so perfectly because apart from Fassbender all other actors in the scene are native German speakers, so while his accent is minimal (I think Fassbender is partly of German descent) it is still noticable, which obviously grounds the caused suspicion even before the wrong "three sign".
Interesting fact, if you look at Hans Landa in the opening scene when he greets la petite daughters he actually checks their pulse to measure their level of anxiety before talking to la petite. Excellent writing and acting
i’ve heard rumors that Tarantino will make his next movie his last one, if that’s true i really hope he can fit Waltz in it, i know i safely speak for us all when i say that everyone wants to see one more Tarantino/Waltz collaboration
@@Jonas-xl4wg I heard the exact same for "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (the year before it was released), but it wasn't true, I guess. Not sure where these rumors come from...?
@@AlphaChinozthey come from Tarantino explicitly saying how many movies he wants to make total. I can’t remember how many it was, I’d have to look it up, but I think he has one more left
"This might be my masterpiece" at the end still hits every time. So glad you guys finally watched this, its my absolute favorite movie of all time. The ensemble cast is excellent, especially Waltz for playing one of the all time great villains, its genuinely funny, has Tarantino's signature written all over it, all wrapped into an incredibly gripping story with excellent pacing. Absolutely adore this movie!
Tarantino films are characterized by incredible heightened dialog, often on-the-nose stylized editing, over the top depictions of violence, and just very unique storytelling. They almost never fail to entertain in ways other films do not. He has a particularly unique genius in the craft. He has a way of pulling very surprising and unexpected performances from big name actors.
You forgot to mention the soundtrack. Tarantino has a interesting taste on music, so he is notably always choosing songs from Spaghetti Westerns, 80s classics, *really* obscure ones et cetera
Man, the acting in this movie is phenomenal. I fell in love with Christoph Waltz with this movie. He's so good in every scene he's in. Brad Pitt plays Aldo Raine perfectly. I couldn't imagine anyone else in the role. He plays it so unapologetically American. And I love every moment he's on screen.
Jesus Holden 😂 that antisemitic role play joke was INSANE. I hope to god one day I find someone who I can joke with like that. Jen gets points for how she reacted to that level 11 💀
That's how you know they are a good couple when they both smile and chuckles at the jokes that they make with themselves that was funny tho haha holden not playing🤣
@@Lobo_The_Maniac What's hilarious is that her response wasn't "We don't do that!" The look on her face clearly says "I can't believe you told them about that!" :)
All the little side jokes you make around Jen ("Jewish... Love?", Etc etc) in each video only for Jen to say the iconic "Holden Thomas Hardman!" will always get me busting up laughing. I hope one day to have a relationship that's as great as you two! Keep up the fantastic work!! Love you guys!!
Fun Fact: Diane Kruger was really strangled by Tarantino himself until she passed out, because Tarantino wanted it to look real and it is hard to act it right. Another one: The woman in the dress at 8:36 was part of this years german version of I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! and she is kinda...crazy.
QT always gets props from me for having no hesitation in killing off characters (oftentimes suddenly and violently) I'm sure he knew would be beloved upon watching the first time. Also crazy how Christoph Waltz essentially plays bizarro versions of the character in this and Django so effortlessly. Those were among the easiest award winning performances I had ever seen.
This is the movie that made Christoph Waltz famous in the US. He won an academy award for his role as Colonel Hans Landa. He is possibly one of the most fearsome villains ever.
Christoph Waltz is a criminally underrated actor. hes been in so many incredible movies and tv shows. I am glad hes starting to get the attention thats hes needed for so many years. cant wait to see what he does next!!! also great video as always guys
I don’t know if “underrated” is the right word. Everyone knows he absolutely crushed his Landa and Schultz roles, that’s why he got Oscars for them. It’s almost like I feel most movies that come out nowadays are beneath his talent level, and he should only be getting out of bed for a QT/Scorsese type films. And maybe some voice over work for a really good Pixar film. As much as I love stuff like MCU, he’d be absolutely wasted in that kinda role. I remember watching Alita (which I liked) and couldn’t stop thinking about why someone of his caliber is a side character in this kinda movie.
Christopher Waltz showing range like nothing else. Going from the sweetest man from Django to the most dispicable in Inglorious bastards, i love this actor. Also Brad pitt's italian accent is about on par with Jess's english accent. :D
One aspect that I don't see anyone mentioning about the opening scene is that when Landa is acting as if he will leave the man's home (and proceeds to call his soldiers) he says adieu, in a connotation that he wouldn't importunate the man anymore. But later he doesn't scream Adieu, he screams "au revoir Shoshanna" meaning he intends to see her again
Fun fact, when Landa is strangling Frauleine Hammersmark, it’s actually Tarantino’s hands in the close up on her face. He didn’t think her reaction to being fake strangled was real enough so opted to legitimately strangle her himself to get the right reaction.
This movie taught me that their are two ways to say goodbye in French. I watched a video about Christoph Waltz's performance and that was one thing he did during his performance is use the correct one. Letting her know that they will meet again. Which I always thought that and him drinking the milk in front of her was always such a fun subtle wink that he will see her again in the film and the as a character he will find her no matter what. She can't escape him like he's a force of nature. I love it.
As a Frenchman, I'd like to say there are much more than two ways to say "Goodbye" in French. Those include: Au revoir, Adieu, À la prochaine, À un de ces quatre, À plus, À plus tard,, À bientôt, Ciao (this word is Italian but we also use it in French), À jamais, etc. But you're correct about WHY Hans Landa picked "Au revoir" instead of, for instance, Adieu.
Fun fact: in Germany, Christoph Waltz dubs all his roles himself. So you can always hear his voice in the cinema, even if the film is actually in a different language.
As a Tarantino fan, "Inglourious Basterds" is my favorite movie that he wrote and directed and the best revenge movie that he made since "Kill Bill", "Death Proof", and his next film after "Basterds", "Django Unchained". Kudos to Christoph Waltz on winning his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, as well as his second win in the same acting category for "Django Unchained". That is, indeed, a bingo.
Holden, as the grandchild of Holocaust survivors and someone raised in a Jewish household, I really have to say.... Jewish women ALWAYS need to let you know they're right.
At 9:54, the scene along with that bgm shows the impact of the character in the viewers minds & why he won the academy Award so deservingly for Best Supporting actor.
Another classic Tarantino movie; and Jen is starting to get the sense for what his movies are like. Tension, violence, raw and fictional takes on non-fictional historical events/time periods. Christoph Waltz is a fantastic actor, and I’m so glad he paired up with Tarantino to do the movies he did, b/c we got to see his range and acting at its best.
Fun Fact: Tarantino was having a very hard time finding the right person for the role of Landa and was going to give up the entire movie because of it, but Christiph Waltz entered the scene at the right time. This is because Tarantino knew that Waltz had to be perfect as the entire movie depended on it.
Love the Quentin Tarentino Movies Especially this one as it alters history (he is known for doing that…) and what could’ve happened during WW2 certainly one of Christoph Waltz (Hans) and Brad Pitt’s iconic roles, glad you guys got to watch this one! Did you know that Leonardo DiCaprio was originally cast as Hans…???
dont know if someone already said this but fun fact the wrist guns used in the ending were real thing developed by the US navy. the gun would fire just like in the movie with impact of someone punching
Another Tarantino BANGER, this man never misses with the absolute gems that he makes. Also do you guys know that Hans Landa is played by the same guy as Dr Schultz? Edit: Hadn't gotten to the point in the video where Holden points it out yet
This movie is great when you understand other languages. I'm french so I understood around 2/3 of the dialogue and I feel nothing got lost in translation in terms of Tarantino's writing. I'm sure its the same for when they talk german but I felt like his style and the caracters translated well in french. Can't wait to see your reaction to Pulp Fiction, Jen better get used to the violence that comes with a Tarantino film 😂
Yes it is the same for a German watching the german scenes. The Bar scene is on point. Fasbenders german is good but you can tell that something is off about him. And that is exactly what they wanted to Do. My french from school is very bad, but I understand enough to tell that Christoph Waltz and Daniel Brühl french is very good.
What I like the most about this movie is the subversion of expectation when Landa asks to make a deal. There's subversion at a character level cause we wouldn't expect a character like him to do something like that at that moment but Tarantino also subverts our genre expectations. Up until when Landa made the deal this movie was a fun romp through WW2 where we followed a small unit of badassess and a traumatized girl, the thing is I fully expected all the heroes we were following to fail their respective goals at the end cause they all involved destroying Hitler and we all know that Hitler wasn't killed by a vengeful jewish girl or a guerrilla unit. It's almost a formula at this point that to make the modern audience understand the horrors of war you need to get them attached to specific characters and show how war affects those characters, I thought Tarantino was doing that up until when Landa asked to make a deal. Instead, Tarantino subverted our character and genre expectations in a single scene and the rest of the movie gives us the ultimate fantasy for WW2: Hitler gets killed with extreme prejudice. It's like every person who ever watched a WW2 movie and wished for things to be different get vindicated.
I agree, though Tarantino doesn't let the subversion go too far. There's a cynical part of me that thinks Landa should have gotten away with it in the end, especially given how many Nazis were given clemency by the US and British for their engineering and scientific knowledge (the Werner von Brauns, etc). But that ending is not nearly as satisfying as seeing a swastika get carved into his forehead. It's like 'yeah, we're going to let you survive this, but we will never forget who you are and what you did'. And I feel like history would have been better if we had really done that.
@@juvandy I think that's the beauty of the ending of this film. It's pure fantasy by that point so we can enjoy Hitler being mowed down and Nazi's being carved without having to worry about what really happened and the amount of people that got away with atrocities
The beginning of this movie is one of the best openings I've seen to this day. Waltz is absolutely phenomenal in bringing such tension and, surprisingly, charm in his evil role. And the way the music picks up when Shosanna is running near the end as Waltz character raises his pistol... insane. And don't get me started on the dinner scene later on SHEESH.
There's something brilliant about this movie that I don't think has pointed out in the comments section yet: The audience spends so much time waiting to see if Shosanna gets her revenge. She does and she doesn't at the same time. She traps all those Nazis and it leads to their death, but not Landa, her main target. That makes it satisfying and tragic at the same time. However, we have different subplots going on, so we would have to dissect the plot and wonder which events would've played out the same way without the interference of other characters.
There's a lot of really layered depth to Hans Landa's character and Christoph Waltz's performance in this film. I think the reason they chose 'that scene' for him to go all out and show his rage is because he is very confident and proud of his intelligence and how far ahead he always is of pretty much everyone else. He likes holding all the cards and he likes playing people. In this situation though, a famous actress that he knows personally has slipped under his radar for the most part, and he knows that he has only gotten lucky in the fact that the napkin is left behind. My personal interpretation of this is that Landa is more angry at himself having a situation where he wasn't 5 steps ahead for once.
Michael Fassbender actually does speak fluent German: he is half German (the Fassbender half) and spent some of his childhood living in Germany. His other half is Irish.
All 5 actros except for Diane Kruger (Bridget von Hammersmark) and Michael Fassbender (Lieutenant Archie Hicox) are well known german actors. Diane Kruger is known for English and French speaking movies but is german born and a us citizen. About Michael Fassbender i dont think i have much to explane. He ist also German born but raised in Ireland. In the german version his voice is synchronized by his common german Syncho Voiceactor Norman Matt. I think thats because even that he speak fluently german his accent is to strong.
Christoph Waltz winning both the Oscars and the BAFTA awards for best supporting actor for his roles in Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained is 100% deserved he is so good in them
9:53 look at that smile😅🤣, if a first timer sees only that scene they won't understand one bit, seeing the surprise reaction tells u how much the guy deserved the best supporting actor - Oscar.
Diane Kruger played in Fringe in an episode with the guy giving cancer through touch. She made a reference to Inglourious Basterds, trying to remember someone's name... 'Gorlami', she said :D I think Jen will like this bit of Fringe easter egg :)
Unsure if this is still the case or how true it ever was, but at the time of release there was a lot of talk that this was the American film with the longest continuous segment with no English spoken. Like I said, unsure of how true it ever was or if it currently is but still really interesting to think about how there is a solid 20-30 minute segment of this film with zero English spoken
13:18 yeah its a diffrence, you can tell by the pronunciation of the words. its like a dialect thing i think, thats the thing why i love this dialog in the movie so much.
Landa is such a perfect villain. He already knew the Dreyfus family was hiding at that farm. He makes a big show of accepting their hospitality and treating the father utmost respect so that he can set the stage for his power play. He lives for the chase more than the capture. That is why he orders Shosanna a milk at the restaurant and makes her wait for the cream for her strudel (the cream was not kosher). So I guess there will be some Baron Zemo - Shosanna roleplay in your futures!
13:18 everyone who speaks German in this movie is an actual german actor, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger who plays Hugo Stiglitz, etc. Fassbender is an german-irish actor, but his accent is veeery different, but still really good, especially when he speaks slower. The rest don't have an accent and it's just normal german.
As a German I can tell you that Fassbender did a really good job, especially when you compare it to Pitt's Italian :D Although I have to say also that I personally would have suspected Fassbender was not a native speaker as well, if I had met him like this. Greetings from the Baltic Sea and keep up the good content :)
Funfact the american at he end with landa on the phone is Harvey keitel (s voice) and the guy who plays hugo stiglitz is til schweiger a famous german actor director and eli roth directed the movie (the scenes) the nazis were watching at the end and dicaprio was tarantinos 1.choice for landa, simon pegg was his 1. choice for fassbemders character, adam sandler was considered for the bear jew role and schwarzenneger for the Hugo stiglitz role (rumored)and jean reno from leon the professional was offered the role of the french farmer at the beginning
The most likely reason, and the one that I've heard the most, for the reason that Landa (Christoph Waltz) lost control with Von Hammersmark was that she was a German who betrayed the country as opposed to everyone else where he looked down on them as lesser than human or his enemies
Not German, and haven’t read through enough comments to know if this has been mentioned, but aside from the acute differences in accents. The raising of three fingers was an incredible device. In German theaters where this was showing, big audible gasps could be heard every time he held up three, and they (the German audiences) knew he messed up the moment he did it. A subtly to the foreign eye that would go unnoticed, but an amazing reveal for the native eye. A true testament to Tarantino’s research he puts into his stories. Much love from Michigan!
This movie exists in the same universe as Tarantino's follow-up, "Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood". At the end of Tarantino's most recent flick, (no spoilers here) you'll see posters of Spaghetti Westerns made by Italian directors whose names are those of the two Basterds in the cinema scene, including "Antonio Mergheretti". I love this sort of call-back.
This is MY all time favorite Tarantino film. I remember treating my father to it when it first came out and it was an amazing bonding experience. He loved it and that experience alone makes it a tie breaker between it and any of the other fantastic instant classics that Tarantino has made. Any of his films can be your favorite and you’re not wrong. When Brad Pitt looks into the camera at the very end and states “this just might be my masterpiece,” I believe it’s Quentin himself breaking the 4th wall and speaking to us, his captive audience.
The cream in the strudel scene was a test from Landa to see how Shoshanna would react to it, as cream is made from Fat and it would normally in those times be from Pork Fat.
What are you talking about.. Cream was and is made using milk.. She was hiding out at a milk farm... He was acknowledging he knew who she was and toying with her...
@@williamdrake6711 I’m not so sure. Cream isn’t Kosher as far as I’m aware, look it up. And I think you’re partially right, only he orders milk instead because of the reason you stated
Two different types of cream... Sweet cream which is what this wouldve been is derived from milk and is kosher... The other cream is whey cream which is not kosher in general (but can be made kosher) ... Sweet cream and whey cream are different...
FunFact: Til Schweiger, who played Feldwebel Hugo Stiglitz, is one of the most well-known actors in German film. But usually, he acts in comedies and romance movies.
One of my favorites from Tarantino. Fun fact, for me, is that Aldo Raine was partly inspired by actor Aldo Ray, who is from my dad’s hometown. Even went to the same high school.
The first time I watched Inglorious Bastards was also the first time I saw Christoph Waltz perform. Watching the farmhouse scene I was blown away by his acting, and thought, "that guy deserves an Oscar". Sure enough, Best Supporting Actor in 2010 for this movie. He did it again for Django Unchained.
This movie was almost canned because Tarantino couldn’t find an actor who could speak fluent French German Italian and English but then he found Christopher Waltz who could speak all of those languages fluently and he saved this masterpiece
one of my most favorite actors
Not exactly...yes, the role required the character to speak multiple languages, but they almost gave up the movie because they couldn't find an actor that could fit the essence of the character in general.
And that actor/Waltz also turned out to be fantastic.
*Christoph
He also made the movie what it is, so it’s fitting. No better fit for Landa than Christoph waltz. Brilliant actor
Christopher Waltz’s performance in this movie is just incredible.
Definitely my top 5
Tarantino was almost ready to give up making the movie, I recall him saying, because they had seen dozens and dozens of actors (if not a couple hundred), but they saw no one fit for Landa. Then came along Christoph Waltz, and here we are.
Dude Hans Landa rivals Darth Vader as a villain…. DARTH F ing VADER. That’s how great it is
*Christoph
Seeing this first and then Django really shows how good he is. He is the absolute scum of the Earth in this movie and then is so damn lovable in Django. That's tough to do
For a German, it is pretty easy to recognize Fassbender´s character as a non-native speaker. He does a really good job, don`t get me wrong, but it does sound a little off. So the Nazis commenting on his accent makes perfect sense.
And every German is played by an actual native german speaker so that everyones accent is as authentically as possible. Also Funfact Fassbender actually speaks some german. Not as good as in this movie but not bad.
Michael Fassbender is actually half German, he was actually told to screw the accent up
He is half-German, so he has been taught the language by his mother. But growing up in Ireland has probably not helped his accent, which is only natural for someone who hasn't grown up in an environment where they weren't surrounded by other German speakers 24/7.
@@YouHaventSeenMeRight Crazy thing, but actors...they learn to speak with accents....so they can play like...characters that have accents...
Isn't it crazy someone as American as Tarantino can manage to represent Europeans in multiple languages that well?
The thing I love about Tarantino... if he needs someone to play a german character, he casts german (or austrian) actors. He needs an actor who plays a brit that himself can speak german fluently, he cast a british actor that can also speak german. He needs a french woman, he casts a french actress.
Thats a huge factor why this movie is so great. It works not only cause the story and acting in general is great. But cause the used languages work for americans/brits as well as germans/austrians/swiss while watching...
And Michael Meyers!
My favourite detail is how Tarantino makes Landa such an opportunist. The moment he sees that giving up his Nazi career will benefit him, he does. At the start of the film, Jew Hunter is a title he likes “because I’ve earned it” he says, whereas he juxtopposes this later by saying “it’s just a name that stuck”. Pure evil but so chilling and smart.
he should have waited for OP paperclip lol
As a German, I can tell the difference in accents. That being said, Fassbender is very fluent and it is a subtle difference.
Also yes, Chrisoph Waltz was amazing in this and it won him a well-earned Oscar for best supporting actor. He then went on to win the category _again_ for Django!
Fassbender is fluent, yes but you can hear that his native tongue is english. Probably because he learned German when he was a bit older, or due to non regular use of the language.
I know German Expats in the US that developed an english accent when speaking german ngl.
@@HoJSimpson I just hear post crayon Homer when I read this.
he is fluent YES .. but u can hear his american accent from 100 miles away xD
@@CoL_Drake Fassbenders Irish, Not American
As a german as well I can say Fassbenders german is very good but it sounds a bit forced/strained, as if he has to concentrate, which you can hear immediately as a german.
To me, this is Tarantino's best film. It represents a culmination of Tarantino's skills he's developed over the years: dialog, build up of tension, camera movement and direction in general, squeezing the absolute best out of his actors... Actually, Tarantino might agree with this take as well with the last line of the movie, "...this very well may be my masterpiece..."
I personally enjoy Django more. But it's tough to compare the both of them. They are both incredible
Also, what makes this stand above the others in my opinion, is the musical score. The music is used to amplify moments in the screen better than any film he's made. The "Bear Jew" reveal and shooting the floor scene are perfectly scored.
@@jamesburgess2k the great Ennio Morricone during that scene. I believe he’s Tarantino’s favorite composer
Once upon a time in Hollywood for me
One if not the first movie i ever seen 3 times at the movies after the first Lord of the rings.
3rd time it was even better.
The bar scene works so perfectly because apart from Fassbender all other actors in the scene are native German speakers, so while his accent is minimal (I think Fassbender is partly of German descent) it is still noticable, which obviously grounds the caused suspicion even before the wrong "three sign".
Interesting fact, if you look at Hans Landa in the opening scene when he greets la petite daughters he actually checks their pulse to measure their level of anxiety before talking to la petite. Excellent writing and acting
And he has Shoshana eat pork fat strudel with cream as a test because it violates multiple Jewish codes at once
It says something that Christoph Waltz's double Oscar wins were both for Tarantino films. They have a great relationship together as actor/director.
i’ve heard rumors that Tarantino will make his next movie his last one, if that’s true i really hope he can fit Waltz in it, i know i safely speak for us all when i say that everyone wants to see one more Tarantino/Waltz collaboration
@@Jonas-xl4wgnaaa he needs his main cast.
Sam jack
Leo
Brad pitt
Waltz
Don jhonson
Basically his whole cast for one last big movie 😅😅
@@Jonas-xl4wg I heard the exact same for "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (the year before it was released), but it wasn't true, I guess. Not sure where these rumors come from...?
@@AlphaChinozthey come from Tarantino explicitly saying how many movies he wants to make total. I can’t remember how many it was, I’d have to look it up, but I think he has one more left
Jen in Django: I recognize that random background guy that died earlier!
Jen here: I didnt even recognize the main bad guy was a main good guy before!
Thanks!
"This might be my masterpiece" at the end still hits every time. So glad you guys finally watched this, its my absolute favorite movie of all time. The ensemble cast is excellent, especially Waltz for playing one of the all time great villains, its genuinely funny, has Tarantino's signature written all over it, all wrapped into an incredibly gripping story with excellent pacing. Absolutely adore this movie!
Tarantino films are characterized by incredible heightened dialog, often on-the-nose stylized editing, over the top depictions of violence, and just very unique storytelling. They almost never fail to entertain in ways other films do not. He has a particularly unique genius in the craft. He has a way of pulling very surprising and unexpected performances from big name actors.
You forgot to mention the soundtrack. Tarantino has a interesting taste on music, so he is notably always choosing songs from Spaghetti Westerns, 80s classics, *really* obscure ones et cetera
Man, the acting in this movie is phenomenal. I fell in love with Christoph Waltz with this movie. He's so good in every scene he's in. Brad Pitt plays Aldo Raine perfectly. I couldn't imagine anyone else in the role. He plays it so unapologetically American. And I love every moment he's on screen.
Fun Fact: Michael Fassbender was actually born in Germany and spent his summers there as a child. As a result, he is fluent in the language.
But still with a noticeable accent for German ears - which is perfect for what they wanted to portray in the movie.
Jesus Holden 😂 that antisemitic role play joke was INSANE. I hope to god one day I find someone who I can joke with like that. Jen gets points for how she reacted to that level 11 💀
facts 😂😂😂
That's how you know they are a good couple when they both smile and chuckles at the jokes that they make with themselves that was funny tho haha holden not playing🤣
@@Lobo_The_Maniac What's hilarious is that her response wasn't "We don't do that!" The look on her face clearly says "I can't believe you told them about that!" :)
All the little side jokes you make around Jen ("Jewish... Love?", Etc etc) in each video only for Jen to say the iconic "Holden Thomas Hardman!" will always get me busting up laughing. I hope one day to have a relationship that's as great as you two!
Keep up the fantastic work!! Love you guys!!
When Holden did his "Warriors come out and plaaay" impresion, you could basically feel Jen going" eh Holden what are you doing."
such a great movie I really hope they react to it at some point
As a german I definetly noticed a bit of an accent from michael fassbender but I am more impressed by Holdens pronunciation. :-)
Great Reaction 🔥
This is by far in a way my favourite film. Christoph Waltz’s performance is impeccable.
Fun Fact: Diane Kruger was really strangled by Tarantino himself until she passed out, because Tarantino wanted it to look real and it is hard to act it right. Another one: The woman in the dress at 8:36 was part of this years german version of I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! and she is kinda...crazy.
Nice. A "Holden Thomas Hardman!", "Cheese and Crackers!" and "Oh yeah, you Betcha!" all in one video. Triple laughs!
QT always gets props from me for having no hesitation in killing off characters (oftentimes suddenly and violently) I'm sure he knew would be beloved upon watching the first time. Also crazy how Christoph Waltz essentially plays bizarro versions of the character in this and Django so effortlessly. Those were among the easiest award winning performances I had ever seen.
Glad Jen is a fan of the "The Strain", such an underrated show in my opinion, we need a new season of it
I like the dynamic between these two, at least as its filmed for this instance. One doesn't try too hard to control the other.
This is the movie that made Christoph Waltz famous in the US. He won an academy award for his role as Colonel Hans Landa. He is possibly one of the most fearsome villains ever.
Christoph Waltz is a criminally underrated actor. hes been in so many incredible movies and tv shows. I am glad hes starting to get the attention thats hes needed for so many years. cant wait to see what he does next!!! also great video as always guys
I don’t know if “underrated” is the right word. Everyone knows he absolutely crushed his Landa and Schultz roles, that’s why he got Oscars for them.
It’s almost like I feel most movies that come out nowadays are beneath his talent level, and he should only be getting out of bed for a QT/Scorsese type films. And maybe some voice over work for a really good Pixar film.
As much as I love stuff like MCU, he’d be absolutely wasted in that kinda role. I remember watching Alita (which I liked) and couldn’t stop thinking about why someone of his caliber is a side character in this kinda movie.
Jen: “Every time I hear him speak all I can hear is Austin Powers” Me: Grooooovy baby!
Such a great film, because it is just well written and clearly made with care. Just love it so much and glad y’all got to it!
Christopher Waltz showing range like nothing else. Going from the sweetest man from Django to the most dispicable in Inglorious bastards, i love this actor.
Also Brad pitt's italian accent is about on par with Jess's english accent. :D
*Christoph
He was Italian?
That opening scene is so genius
One aspect that I don't see anyone mentioning about the opening scene is that when Landa is acting as if he will leave the man's home (and proceeds to call his soldiers) he says adieu, in a connotation that he wouldn't importunate the man anymore. But later he doesn't scream Adieu, he screams "au revoir Shoshanna" meaning he intends to see her again
Fun fact, when Landa is strangling Frauleine Hammersmark, it’s actually Tarantino’s hands in the close up on her face. He didn’t think her reaction to being fake strangled was real enough so opted to legitimately strangle her himself to get the right reaction.
Ew
@@nbucwa6621 she consented, you know.
Lmao Brad Pitt “Arrivederci” in a heavy Texan accent 😂😂😂
"He just wanted to get some of that Jewish... love." Laughed out loud for real. 😂
I laughed so hard too xD (And i'm jewish myself, so no one can say shit about me laughing 😎👍)
This movie taught me that their are two ways to say goodbye in French.
I watched a video about Christoph Waltz's performance and that was one thing he did during his performance is use the correct one. Letting her know that they will meet again.
Which I always thought that and him drinking the milk in front of her was always such a fun subtle wink that he will see her again in the film and the as a character he will find her no matter what. She can't escape him like he's a force of nature. I love it.
As a Frenchman, I'd like to say there are much more than two ways to say "Goodbye" in French.
Those include: Au revoir, Adieu, À la prochaine, À un de ces quatre, À plus, À plus tard,, À bientôt, Ciao (this word is Italian but we also use it in French), À jamais, etc.
But you're correct about WHY Hans Landa picked "Au revoir" instead of, for instance, Adieu.
“This is completely fictional?”
All movies are. Especially the more they try to tell you otherwise. 😂
This is probably my favourite channel on youtube rn. Keep it up! You are both great people :)
Fun fact: in Germany, Christoph Waltz dubs all his roles himself. So you can always hear his voice in the cinema, even if the film is actually in a different language.
As a Tarantino fan, "Inglourious Basterds" is my favorite movie that he wrote and directed and the best revenge movie that he made since "Kill Bill", "Death Proof", and his next film after "Basterds", "Django Unchained". Kudos to Christoph Waltz on winning his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, as well as his second win in the same acting category for "Django Unchained".
That is, indeed, a bingo.
7:54
Me:"Holden Thomas Hardman!" 🤣
Holden, as the grandchild of Holocaust survivors and someone raised in a Jewish household, I really have to say.... Jewish women ALWAYS need to let you know they're right.
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😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That's all women. 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
At 9:54, the scene along with that bgm shows the impact of the character in the viewers minds & why he won the academy Award so deservingly for Best Supporting actor.
Another classic Tarantino movie; and Jen is starting to get the sense for what his movies are like. Tension, violence, raw and fictional takes on non-fictional historical events/time periods. Christoph Waltz is a fantastic actor, and I’m so glad he paired up with Tarantino to do the movies he did, b/c we got to see his range and acting at its best.
Fun Fact: Tarantino was having a very hard time finding the right person for the role of Landa and was going to give up the entire movie because of it, but Christiph Waltz entered the scene at the right time.
This is because Tarantino knew that Waltz had to be perfect as the entire movie depended on it.
@@krishpatel3156 And that is why he deserved his Oscar! 😱
Fun fact, Christoph Waltz won Oscars for best Actor in a Supporting Role for Both Django and Inglorious Bastards. Such an amazing actor.
Love the Quentin Tarentino Movies Especially this one as it alters history (he is known for doing that…) and what could’ve happened during WW2 certainly one of Christoph Waltz (Hans) and Brad Pitt’s iconic roles, glad you guys got to watch this one! Did you know that Leonardo DiCaprio was originally cast as Hans…???
dont know if someone already said this but fun fact the wrist guns used in the ending were real thing developed by the US navy. the gun would fire just like in the movie with impact of someone punching
9:31 I can’t believe y’all left this in. 😂😂😂
Another Tarantino BANGER, this man never misses with the absolute gems that he makes. Also do you guys know that Hans Landa is played by the same guy as Dr Schultz?
Edit: Hadn't gotten to the point in the video where Holden points it out yet
😮 who knew?
Delete your comment. Its irrelevant. Thanks.
@@WheresWaldo05 i think I’m good actually thanks
Why do you like commenting on videos before watching the whole thing? Lmao
@@stateyournameplease felt like it
This movie is great when you understand other languages. I'm french so I understood around 2/3 of the dialogue and I feel nothing got lost in translation in terms of Tarantino's writing. I'm sure its the same for when they talk german but I felt like his style and the caracters translated well in french. Can't wait to see your reaction to Pulp Fiction, Jen better get used to the violence that comes with a Tarantino film 😂
Yes it is the same for a German watching the german scenes. The Bar scene is on point. Fasbenders german is good but you can tell that something is off about him. And that is exactly what they wanted to Do. My french from school is very bad, but I understand enough to tell that Christoph Waltz and Daniel Brühl french is very good.
I am happy cause i speak english french and german
What I like the most about this movie is the subversion of expectation when Landa asks to make a deal. There's subversion at a character level cause we wouldn't expect a character like him to do something like that at that moment but Tarantino also subverts our genre expectations. Up until when Landa made the deal this movie was a fun romp through WW2 where we followed a small unit of badassess and a traumatized girl, the thing is I fully expected all the heroes we were following to fail their respective goals at the end cause they all involved destroying Hitler and we all know that Hitler wasn't killed by a vengeful jewish girl or a guerrilla unit. It's almost a formula at this point that to make the modern audience understand the horrors of war you need to get them attached to specific characters and show how war affects those characters, I thought Tarantino was doing that up until when Landa asked to make a deal. Instead, Tarantino subverted our character and genre expectations in a single scene and the rest of the movie gives us the ultimate fantasy for WW2: Hitler gets killed with extreme prejudice. It's like every person who ever watched a WW2 movie and wished for things to be different get vindicated.
Very well put
Once Upon a Time did the same thing in it's ending, and it's incredibly satisfying in both of them
I agree, though Tarantino doesn't let the subversion go too far. There's a cynical part of me that thinks Landa should have gotten away with it in the end, especially given how many Nazis were given clemency by the US and British for their engineering and scientific knowledge (the Werner von Brauns, etc).
But that ending is not nearly as satisfying as seeing a swastika get carved into his forehead. It's like 'yeah, we're going to let you survive this, but we will never forget who you are and what you did'. And I feel like history would have been better if we had really done that.
@@juvandy I think that's the beauty of the ending of this film. It's pure fantasy by that point so we can enjoy Hitler being mowed down and Nazi's being carved without having to worry about what really happened and the amount of people that got away with atrocities
23:30 YEEEEEES!!!!! she said it..... Holden Thomas Hardman..... :)
The beginning of this movie is one of the best openings I've seen to this day. Waltz is absolutely phenomenal in bringing such tension and, surprisingly, charm in his evil role. And the way the music picks up when Shosanna is running near the end as Waltz character raises his pistol... insane. And don't get me started on the dinner scene later on SHEESH.
There's something brilliant about this movie that I don't think has pointed out in the comments section yet: The audience spends so much time waiting to see if Shosanna gets her revenge. She does and she doesn't at the same time. She traps all those Nazis and it leads to their death, but not Landa, her main target. That makes it satisfying and tragic at the same time. However, we have different subplots going on, so we would have to dissect the plot and wonder which events would've played out the same way without the interference of other characters.
There's a lot of really layered depth to Hans Landa's character and Christoph Waltz's performance in this film. I think the reason they chose 'that scene' for him to go all out and show his rage is because he is very confident and proud of his intelligence and how far ahead he always is of pretty much everyone else. He likes holding all the cards and he likes playing people.
In this situation though, a famous actress that he knows personally has slipped under his radar for the most part, and he knows that he has only gotten lucky in the fact that the napkin is left behind. My personal interpretation of this is that Landa is more angry at himself having a situation where he wasn't 5 steps ahead for once.
Can’t wait for once upon a Time in Hollywood! 🎥
Michael Fassbender actually does speak fluent German: he is half German (the Fassbender half) and spent some of his childhood living in Germany. His other half is Irish.
All 5 actros except for Diane Kruger (Bridget von Hammersmark) and Michael Fassbender (Lieutenant Archie Hicox) are well known german actors. Diane Kruger is known for English and French speaking movies but is german born and a us citizen. About Michael Fassbender i dont think i have much to explane. He ist also German born but raised in Ireland. In the german version his voice is synchronized by his common german Syncho Voiceactor Norman Matt. I think thats because even that he speak fluently german his accent is to strong.
Christoph Waltz winning both the Oscars and the BAFTA awards for best supporting actor for his roles in Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained is 100% deserved he is so good in them
Fun fact, Landa wasn’t supposed to kill Von Hammersmark, Christoph Waltz just started to choke Diane Kruger to death and Tarantino kept rolling.
9:53 look at that smile😅🤣, if a first timer sees only that scene they won't understand one bit, seeing the surprise reaction tells u how much the guy deserved the best supporting actor - Oscar.
The end of this movie and the end of The Hateful Eight have a similar dark (and darkly humorous) sense of justice about them.
Every time Holden went “yeah!” I went. “YEAHHHHH!!!!”
Diane Kruger played in Fringe in an episode with the guy giving cancer through touch. She made a reference to Inglourious Basterds, trying to remember someone's name... 'Gorlami', she said :D
I think Jen will like this bit of Fringe easter egg :)
Unsure if this is still the case or how true it ever was, but at the time of release there was a lot of talk that this was the American film with the longest continuous segment with no English spoken. Like I said, unsure of how true it ever was or if it currently is but still really interesting to think about how there is a solid 20-30 minute segment of this film with zero English spoken
That's a big reason why I like the film. It's just so different than any other out there for us Americans.
There is a special place in my heart for Tarantino films. I hope you guys do end up watching both Kill Bill films!
Yessss. The first chapter of this whole movie is such an amazing work of tension. Lots of fun to study.
"Thats a Bingo." Lol!!
lololol xD that roleplay joke was unexpected and funny af with Jen's reaction XD
13:18 yeah its a diffrence, you can tell by the pronunciation of the words. its like a dialect thing i think, thats the thing why i love this dialog in the movie so much.
Landa is such a perfect villain. He already knew the Dreyfus family was hiding at that farm. He makes a big show of accepting their hospitality and treating the father utmost respect so that he can set the stage for his power play. He lives for the chase more than the capture.
That is why he orders Shosanna a milk at the restaurant and makes her wait for the cream for her strudel (the cream was not kosher).
So I guess there will be some Baron Zemo - Shosanna roleplay in your futures!
13:18 everyone who speaks German in this movie is an actual german actor, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger who plays Hugo Stiglitz, etc. Fassbender is an german-irish actor, but his accent is veeery different, but still really good, especially when he speaks slower. The rest don't have an accent and it's just normal german.
As a German I can tell you that Fassbender did a really good job, especially when you compare it to Pitt's Italian :D Although I have to say also that I personally would have suspected Fassbender was not a native speaker as well, if I had met him like this. Greetings from the Baltic Sea and keep up the good content :)
the end of the movie is truly a MASTERPIECE!
The opening scene of this movie is the single greatest openening of cinema ever. And I will die on this hill
Christoph Waltz gives yet another incredible performance.
Funfact the american at he end with landa on the phone is Harvey keitel (s voice) and the guy who plays hugo stiglitz is til schweiger a famous german actor director and eli roth directed the movie (the scenes) the nazis were watching at the end and dicaprio was tarantinos 1.choice for landa, simon pegg was his 1. choice for fassbemders character, adam sandler was considered for the bear jew role and schwarzenneger for the Hugo stiglitz role (rumored)and jean reno from leon the professional was offered the role of the french farmer at the beginning
9:33 It's okay, Jen. I was making that same face in 2009 in the theater, too.
Jen's discomfort with the over the top violence. 😂😂😅
"You ain't seen nothing yet sister!"
The most likely reason, and the one that I've heard the most, for the reason that Landa (Christoph Waltz) lost control with Von Hammersmark was that she was a German who betrayed the country as opposed to everyone else where he looked down on them as lesser than human or his enemies
The weinstein joke was funny but the strangling (was Tarantinos hands) and feet thing is all Tarantino lol.
I can't wait for the Pulp Fiction reaction. That is one of my favourite films ever.
Not German, and haven’t read through enough comments to know if this has been mentioned, but aside from the acute differences in accents. The raising of three fingers was an incredible device. In German theaters where this was showing, big audible gasps could be heard every time he held up three, and they (the German audiences) knew he messed up the moment he did it. A subtly to the foreign eye that would go unnoticed, but an amazing reveal for the native eye. A true testament to Tarantino’s research he puts into his stories. Much love from Michigan!
10:47 when Jen said "Oh crap, I didnt even notice him" Holden looked so disappointed by that
This movie exists in the same universe as Tarantino's follow-up, "Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood". At the end of Tarantino's most recent flick, (no spoilers here) you'll see posters of Spaghetti Westerns made by Italian directors whose names are those of the two Basterds in the cinema scene, including "Antonio Mergheretti". I love this sort of call-back.
1. Your shirt is 🔥🔥🔥
2. I definitely thought @8:10 we were gonna get a ‘HTH’
Pitts 'Bonjourno' was like Jens English accents during The Boys watch alongs, so cringe it's hilarious 😂😂 👀
Christoph Waltz is a bad guy in this movie. Great actor. Great in good guy rolls and bad guy rolls.
Not a problem!!!! Looking forward to this one!!!!!
This is MY all time favorite Tarantino film. I remember treating my father to it when it first came out and it was an amazing bonding experience. He loved it and that experience alone makes it a tie breaker between it and any of the other fantastic instant classics that Tarantino has made. Any of his films can be your favorite and you’re not wrong. When Brad Pitt looks into the camera at the very end and states “this just might be my masterpiece,” I believe it’s Quentin himself breaking the 4th wall and speaking to us, his captive audience.
This movie is just full of amazing actors and performances. Especially since they had the limitation of multilingual actors for many roles.
The cream in the strudel scene was a test from Landa to see how Shoshanna would react to it, as cream is made from Fat and it would normally in those times be from Pork Fat.
What are you talking about.. Cream was and is made using milk.. She was hiding out at a milk farm... He was acknowledging he knew who she was and toying with her...
@@williamdrake6711 I’m not so sure. Cream isn’t Kosher as far as I’m aware, look it up. And I think you’re partially right, only he orders milk instead because of the reason you stated
Two different types of cream... Sweet cream which is what this wouldve been is derived from milk and is kosher... The other cream is whey cream which is not kosher in general (but can be made kosher) ... Sweet cream and whey cream are different...
@@williamdrake6711 fair argument, a lot of what I’ve seen online agrees with my statement but they could be wrong too
The milk was a reaction test.. But the cream was reiterating he knows who she is..
FunFact: Til Schweiger, who played Feldwebel Hugo Stiglitz, is one of the most well-known actors in German film. But usually, he acts in comedies and romance movies.
its so cute you're just holding hands throughout the entire movie
One of my favorites from Tarantino. Fun fact, for me, is that Aldo Raine was partly inspired by actor Aldo Ray, who is from my dad’s hometown. Even went to the same high school.
i love how they added the detail in 7:07 where he points instantly and they all giggle at the same time 😂
the way my jaw dropped @ 8:00, forever my favorite holden joke
As a half German I pegged the 'drei Glaser' in an instant. This film is amazing in it's ability to build 'edge-of-the-seat' tension.
The first time I watched Inglorious Bastards was also the first time I saw Christoph Waltz perform. Watching the farmhouse scene I was blown away by his acting, and thought, "that guy deserves an Oscar". Sure enough, Best Supporting Actor in 2010 for this movie. He did it again for Django Unchained.