Being ... ALI HASSAN

Mr. Tarantino is a bloody genius and right from the first scene where Col. Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) sits down drinks the farmer's milk and gets him to confess that he is indeed hiding the French and then shoots them down is simply great direction and wonderful acting. The movie then takes its own shape and the various characters are introduced in due time and their relevant back stories.

What I liked about the whole concept was that this was completely fictional something Tarantino thought of and made it into a movie because we have seen way too many movies about how the assassination of Hilter was planned why they failed or some about how he died blah blah.. we know our history and we all know how Hitler died so this was a refreshing change to the history books, but I should mention this that the movie was a drag at some points due to its elaborate scenes and heavy lines the director should have tried to be a little more crisp and direct.

As for the performances I went expecting Brad Pitt all over the screen and hogging all the screen time but I was pleasantly surprised to see that wasn't the case and all the actors got their due especially Christopher Waltz, he was simply outstanding in the movie and even Brad played his part really well of course. Diane Kruger didn't quite have much to do sadly coz I find her really hot!! and Melanie Laurent was very good and looked smashing!!

I guess most of the credit does go to Tarantino for making such a bold flick and executing it so well only complain that next time maybe he could trim the running time a bit :-)

Stars: ****

-Alstar