Inglorious Glory

I'm finally back from Cannes and I saw a ton of movies. I think around twenty or so, which is a pretty high number for about 12 days of festival. I saw some you probably have never heard, nor will ever hear of (Ravenous, aka Burning Bright), but I also a lot of the well known ones.

Probably the most talked about film at Cannes that you've heard of is Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds starring Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger and Christoph Waltz. I loved it. I REALLY loved this movie. Some people weren't so excited about it. I just love how Tarantino took the history books and basically threw them in the trash can. The movie isn't as fragmented as other Tarantino films, and the scenes are pretty long. Almost every line out of Brad Pitt's mouth is hysterical, and Waltz is the Nazi you hate, but also love. Waltz received the Best Actor prize for the festival, well deserved in my opinion. Inglourious won't be out until August, so I'm excited to see if there are any editing changes.

One movie I did not like was Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell. A lot of the people I talked to really liked it, but I thought it wasn't scary at all. Sure I jumped a few times, but it was mostly just bad. It was campy horror, which is fine and all, but not well done in my opinion. Alison Lohman is the lead actress, and I just couldn't stand her, she was so unbelievable. If you want to watch good Raimi, just watch the Evil Dead trilogy and call it a day.