possible mild spoilers to follow:
I just finished reading the screenplay, which is the first time I've read a pre-release movie since the Big Lebowski, and I can safely say I am 100% excited about seeing this. It's seems smaller in scale than I would've imagined, considering that it will probably be 3 hours and has a bunch of characters. There is definitely no lead, it is truly an ensemble piece. Some of the major players seem a tad underdeveloped, but characters have a special way of coming to life on the screen for QT. There are a few extremely long scenes, and they are good. The climax is a heart-pounder and very satisfying. It feels most like Kill Bill of all the previous Tarantino, but less pastiche and more straight ahead inspirational war-comedy-shoot 'em up-nailbiter with lots of nods to Sergio Leone and cinema.
for those who are concerned, Eli Roth's part is memorable but has very limited amounts of dialogue - probably less than he had in DeathProof, and I thought he was good enough in that one (in fact I thought he was perfect for that asshole part). None of the Basterds really gets much page time, Pitt included, though he definitely has the most.
One of the funny things is that the movie will be probably 2/3 subtitled, or more. Certainly a ballsy move for a 3 hour summer war movie. There are at least a couple of nutty stylistic touches as indicated by the screenplay that I very much look forward to seeing QT try to pull off, as I find i hard to imagine them working, but I certainly believe they could. The films ending will be controversial and you will love it or hate it. I love it to death.
it's almost nothing like the movie advertised in the trailers, about a bunch of nazi scalping American Soldiers, though they certainly play a a part.
my hat's off
but then, I love Quentin
