Jun 24 2009 'Inglourious Basterds' Theatrical Trailer: Nazi Killin' Time, Everyone

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Seeing Mike Myers doing an accent in facial prostheses and not being expected to politely laugh is still more jarring than any of the graphic bloodshed:

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May 20 2009 New Clips from 'World War II: Quentin Tarantino Style'

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How many scenes in Inglourious Basterds consist of characters--mostly Brad Pitt--giving long, blatantly Tarantinan (the state of being Tarantino-like) near-monologues in accents of varying believability? Well, according to these three new clips, the answer is: at least three scenes. Plus all the previously released scenes that were also that.

Anyway, here they are:

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May 7 2009 Another 'Inglourious Basterd' Poster Declares Actor a 'Basterd'

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Do you think male basterds get really excited at the idea of a lady basterd? Like how nerds start knowingly nodding to each other when they find out a girl plays video games, Eli Roth and Brad Pitt would give each other a discreet low-five when they see a woman willing to beat open a Nazi's skull with a baseball bat. I bet they do, but once they actually date a lady-basterd, they realize how nice it was having basterd time to themselves, separate from their relationship, leading to arguments about personal space and acceptance, and eventually to break-up. That's probably the plot of the movie.

Inglourious Basterds Poster #6 [IMPA]