Inglourious Basterds: Movie Review

I went to the movies last night and saw Inglourious Basterds. My first impression of it was it didn't have as much graphic violence or profanity mixed in as you might expect for a Quentin Tarantino movie. I liked it just for that, yes there is violence and bad language but it doesn't distract you as much from the story as his other movies may for the more squeamish.

The other part of the movie worth noting is while it had humor, it was a more serious story with less of the dead pan campy movie lingo he's used in his other films. He didn't go over the top with it in this one. Not that it didn't work for Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and Kill Bill it did very, very well, but his intentional overuse of cliques and non-stop violent gore has been done again, again in his movies and as well as most of the other movies made in Hollywood of this genre today.

It's great to see him recover from Death Proof which I didn't care for that much. I did like the ending of that one but the first 1 ½ hours of it killed it with was maybe the worst script he’s every attempted to direct. I know he was going for a certain 70’s B movie feel but it failed miserably and bored me.

I highly recommend Inglourious Basterds, it’s something different and the best part is you have no idea what is going to happen in the end. Too many movies made today are so predictable, at least for me, so 15 minutes in I’m like well, Seen that, done that, been there so many times before.

Tarantino is a great Director when has a good story and a great cast of actors to draw from. Since most of the canned Hollywood movies these days have been so horrible the last few years Inglourious Basterds rises to the top even though it may not be Tarantino’s best effort. I’d give it a B+ if this weren’t the case but today in this climate of bad films I have to give it an A-.

It entertains you, holds you to the end and even though it's a 2 ½ hour movie you won't notice the time because the story works so well. It's worth the price of admission go check it out.

20 Months Later But Who's Counting? :)

We lost our house to one of worst hurricane like winter storms in the history of this area in Dec. of 2007 and have been living in a 1 BR apartment ever since. We sold that property in of Oct of 2008 and have been in the market for a house in Astoria ever since.

FINALLY after months of searching for the right home and waiting another 3 months to close we got the keys to our new 1,700 sq ft home yesterday.

Now we begin in earnest to do some remodeling (painting, redoing the floors, new deck, rain gutter, replaces the oil furnace with a gas one etc.) and hope to move in by the end of August.

It’s really unbelievable what we had to go through to get this point. I could write a 500 page book and all the stuff Jenny and I have learned over the last 20 months. In the end as frustrating as the process was I’m just grateful and thankful that I have been blessed with a new home.

I can’t wait to get it fixed up and move in. When we get done with it, it’ll be a beautiful home. Thanks Greg Cross. Here’s a big thank you to Chris LaPointe our Realtor and good friend for being with us throughout this whole long drawn out process and being so patient and professional.

IT’S A DONE DEAL! WE’RE HOME OWNERS AGAIN!

It's a done deal Ladies and Germs!

We lost our house to one of worst hurricane like winter storms in the history of this area in Dec. 2 of 2007 and have been living in a 1 BR apartment ever since. We sold that property in Oct of 2008 and have been in the market for a house in Astoria ever since. 

FINALLY after months of searching for the right home and waiting another 3 months to close we got the keys to our new 1,700 sq ft home yesterday.

Now we begin in earnest to do some remodeling (painting inside and out, redoing the floors, new deck, rain gutter and replace the oil furnace with a gas one etc.) and hope to move in by the end of August.

It’s really unbelievable what we had to go through to get this point. I could write a 500 page book and all the stuff Jenny and I have learned over the last 20 months. In the end as frustrating as the process was I'm just grateful and thankful that I have been blessed with a new home.

I can't wait to get it fixed up and move in. When we get done with it, it'll be a beautiful home. Thanks to Greg Cross of NW Lending Group and a big thank you to Chris LaPointe our Realtor and good friend for being with us throughout this whole long drawn out process and being so patient and professional.

IT'S A DONE DEAL! WE'RE HOME OWNERS AGAIN!