Just from talking about this film with acquaintances, it has occurred to me that it has been received in diverse ways. I thought I would write down some of the opinions I have been getting. I have noted down some basic facts regarding people's backgrounds, because I believe that your take on this movie is greatly affected by your background. Being in France now, I am exposed to different types of people (Europeans!) and I think this is the reason behind the diversity of opinions presented. I would venture to say most young Americans would enjoy this film- the style of cinematography is something we are familiar with.

Don’t keep reading if you haven’t seen the film yet.

Me, Becky- young Jewish American/German-ish female:

Highly enjoyable experience. Normally I don’t like watching movies, because I am constantly reminded that I am sitting and watching a movie. During this one, I was focused the whole time and really into it. My favorite performances were Perrier LaPadite and Colonel Landa. After some in-depth searching using IMBD, I found out that Christopher Waltz, the actor who plays Landa, is Austrian! Crazy. I think the first scene in the movie was some of the best cinema I’ve seen in awhile (not like I watch films often) and is still vivid in my mind.

Yes, there were some parts where I turned my head, but it didn’t take away from the overall film. I liked how the movie took a real historic situation and gave it a new ending, an ending that made me feel good at the end despite that obviously not being what really happened. For me, it was just enjoyable and I would even see it again (which I never do).

Anastasia, young Russian (almost American!) female:

Anastasia also really enjoyed the film… she said it was a good “film experience.” At the same time, she had problems with how the film didn’t follow history and ended unrealistically. It just didn’t sit right with her.

Konrad et al (17 year old American boys):

They loved the movie. I don’t know if this just had to do with the fact that it was Quentin Tarantino, but I know they didn’t have any problems with the film itself.

Young German female:

Now it gets interesting. She didn’t like the film. She said it was too exaggerated and overdone. The way she explained it to me is that it is a very real part of her country’s history, and to see it portrayed like that was unfavorable. She kept mentioning how the scalping Nazi part was disgusting, and it was interesting because, yea sure it’s disgusting, but the fact that they were Nazis and thinking about what Nazis did prevented me from thinking it was disgusting or overdone. I explained to her this viewpoint and she conceded, but she still had problems with the history accuracy of the film (like Anastasia). She said it was very “American” and it was just too much of everything to appreciate.

Young Jewish French/Russian-ish male:

Since this discussion was in French, I couldn’t understand all of it. But what I got out of it is that he felt like a statement was being made about the Israeli military in the last scene when the Nazis were locked into the theater and slaughtered. He said they film was trying to comment that Israel is a brute barbaric force that uses unnecessary means of power. He didn’t like Shoshanna’s film with her face in fire proclaiming she was the Jew that was going to “give it to them.”

Young Jewish French male:

This guy really enjoyed it, similar to Konrad and his friends.

Interesting huh? I’d love to hear other people’s opinions. Give us the bare details (sex, nationality, etc.) so we can put it into better context with the opinions I’ve presented here.