What is it with film companies these days that don't like people embedding their trailers from YouTube? Surely it can only benefit the promotion of a film by having the trailer seen by more people.
Anyway with that little grumble out of the way you now know why I can't illustrate this post because I can't embed the trailer so I'll have to make do with an image instead and linking to YouTube.
My dilemma is this: When I first saw a trailer for Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds I wasn't particularly impressed. It made me feel a bit uncomfortable watching such a frivolous take on a such a tragic and serious period of history. And no one is more surprised than me that it should sit so uncomfortably because I'm normally all for piss-takes.
But now it is out I'm torn. It's got Brad Pitt in it which means eye candy if nothing else, although I'm not digging the tash he sports.
I would have said that the fact that it is a Tarantino directed film is a draw but actually when I think about it, I've only seen Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Jackie Brown. I think the violence in the Kill Bill's put me off, although I will watch it at home at some point, and Death Proof and it's predecessor I can't even recall the name of just looked awfully gratuitous.
So shall I go and watch Inglorious Basterds?