http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOMKloOEKcUThe second trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds is considerably longer and thankfully because the second trailer reveals a lot more of the film’s plot, which better connects the viewer to the film. The first trailer seemed more like a teaser than a full-on trailer. This trailer is decidedly a lighter and more comedic representation of Inglourious Basterds compared to the darker, less eventful first trailer that showed a dirt-covered girl running (presumably for her life) and Eli Roth smiling like a mad man. The first trailer channeled Full Metal Jacket mainly because it was so cold and dark.
The film’s taglines jolt across the spatters of blood making it clear that blood will be shed in Inglourious Basterds, just in case the audience couldn’t already tell from the interspersed scenes of a bartender getting shot up in slow motion—Tarantino again using choreographed violence—and a man about to get whacked in the head with a baseball bat.
Tarantino splices scenes of people talking about a plot point (like Eli Roth’s staff officer to a fellow Basterd) and the actual plot point occurring followed by two different people talking about the same plot point (like Brad Pitt’s lieutenant to Diane Kruger’s double agent), but the kicker is all of these scenes may have nothing to do with each other. Leave it to Tarantino to put things in a mismatched order, although I’m pretty confident that these scenes were arranged this way specifically for the trailer.
When the guns start blasting and the explosions light up, it’s as if someone lit a match setting off a flame of simultaneously adventurous and celebratory music that Tarantino has become known for. Based on this trailer, James Bond comes to mind; maybe because of the glorious guitar music—that conjures up images of scenic car chases—the espionage and foreign intrigue—and the action that looks like it’s straight out of a graphic novel. (It’s worth noting that Tarantino had intended to direct 2006’s Casino Royale, so it’s obvious Tarantino has affection for James Bond).
This second trailer for Inglourious Basterds definitely sells the film better and will inspire more people to see it when it hits American theaters on August 21, 2009.
The film’s taglines jolt across the spatters of blood making it clear that blood will be shed in Inglourious Basterds, just in case the audience couldn’t already tell from the interspersed scenes of a bartender getting shot up in slow motion—Tarantino again using choreographed violence—and a man about to get whacked in the head with a baseball bat.
Tarantino splices scenes of people talking about a plot point (like Eli Roth’s staff officer to a fellow Basterd) and the actual plot point occurring followed by two different people talking about the same plot point (like Brad Pitt’s lieutenant to Diane Kruger’s double agent), but the kicker is all of these scenes may have nothing to do with each other. Leave it to Tarantino to put things in a mismatched order, although I’m pretty confident that these scenes were arranged this way specifically for the trailer.
When the guns start blasting and the explosions light up, it’s as if someone lit a match setting off a flame of simultaneously adventurous and celebratory music that Tarantino has become known for. Based on this trailer, James Bond comes to mind; maybe because of the glorious guitar music—that conjures up images of scenic car chases—the espionage and foreign intrigue—and the action that looks like it’s straight out of a graphic novel. (It’s worth noting that Tarantino had intended to direct 2006’s Casino Royale, so it’s obvious Tarantino has affection for James Bond).
This second trailer for Inglourious Basterds definitely sells the film better and will inspire more people to see it when it hits American theaters on August 21, 2009.
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