by OL » Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:28 am
^^It's not really based on the old movie (which was, despite its entertainment value, a pretty horrid bastardization of its source material). It's an adaptation of the original story instead.
From everything I hear, it's basically a completely different movie. A nod or two here and there, but it isn't even based on Mars.
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Already seen them both, but I caught Inglourious Basterds on tv last night, and Desperado the night before. A couple of my favorites. Desperado is still the best thing Robert Rodriguez has ever done (if I could only have ten movies for the rest of my life, this would easily be one of them), and I think the hooplah over IB died down too quickly. No one ever talks about it anymore, but I love it to death. Such an obvious labor of love from Tarantino. Though I can't say it's my favorite of his, I still think it's absolutely some of his best work as a director. Probably one of my favorite WWII movies though.