You have to trust Tarantino's odd casting here.

OMG this is such a weird cast

LOL sorry germans. maybe you guys should think twice next time you attempt to take the world over and kill millions of people...60 years later we might make a movie and rip u.

Ehhh.. don't like this casting. He's one of those actors who when I see them on the screen.. instantly distracts my attention from the movie and makes me realize that I'm watching a movie.

is it me, or does every bit of news about this movie make it seem retarded?

I believe Tarantino isn't attacking all Germans in his script I think it's more "movie" Germans and Nazis...Because in movies like Dirty Dozen or Saving Private Ryan they were just as labeled as evil and bad....It wasn't until Band of Brothers and Black Book that the entertainment industry had to come to realization that Germans were humans even during WWII and were controlled by savage evil men who ran their government. My German heritage isn't offended by the depiction in a film. Although it would be nice if we say that defected German soldier character we saw in the original IB.

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seems like Tarantino is going all out for IB.

"Blah blah. We’ll let the Bear Jew decide".

You're beautiful Hunter, don't ever change.

Dr. Van Rumplelurk,

Go back to the IMDB boards.

Sweet....Freaks and Geeks is a GREAT show.

I love most of Tarantino's movies, but the casting for this one is starting to make me feel really iffy about its chances.

FUCK its a good time to be a german actor.
Now i wanna move back and begin acting and Somehow make it into this motherfucking film.

oh dreams.

Samm Levine is awesome and I loved him in Freaks, but I swear, he looks exactly like he did when he was fifteen! It's weird.

I'm really liking the cast so far. I'm not the biggest QT fan, but I'm thinking I'll like this one.

This is Tarantino's next chance at an Oscar...he's not going to fuck this up so you gotta trust the casting...

Is this a new age for QT? The cast is quite steeped in comedic actors.
I haven't read the script, does this cast fit it? Are these guys (not Pitt) intended as the "everyman"? Or is this QT tossing these actors the opportunity to show their dramatic-side?

I guess I'm the only one who isn't shitting their pants for a WWII Quentin Tarantino movie.

Was there some plot synopsis that was released, beyond "americans fighting Nazi's", at some point that would actually justify all this attention?

I have found no critic complaining about Tarantino's depiction yet - despite the fact that I live in Germany - a country that for some reason adores Tarantino, especially the critics, by the way, -but I am pretty sure it is the kind of marketing you want, if you produce a war flick. So I agree with Christopher Marc, and don't feel offended at all. So Tarantino's Germans are all some kind of evil Blodfelds or dumbass machines ready to be killed by our witty hero? Here we go. As long as it is fun. And if it is no fun, it's a failure, nomatter how the Germans are depicted, really.

ahhhh! but i loooove David Krumholtz! he's freaking awesome! i hope the rumors aren't true!

I think Hunter Stephenson wanted to read something in The Guardian article, that isn't really said. Until now there is only one bigger German article by Tobias Kniebe of the Sueddeutsche Zeitung (one of the more important daily newspapers in Germany), dealing with the whole script and not only casting or location scouting. And it's a rave, mainly sum up other articles and especially the film historical context, Tarantino's handling of German film history and movies like Leni Riefenstahl's "Tiefland" and Dr. Arnold Fanck's & G.W. Pabst's "Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü". You only find one quote of Kniebe in The Guardian article, who has by the way many spoilers and is not that great written ("Inglorious Bastards" is not a remake of the Castellari film!). The paragraph Hunter is referring to, is Kate Connolly’s opinion, the Berlin correspondent of The Guardian. But I'm sure, when "Inglorious Bastards" will eventually playing in German theatres, there’ll be many in-depth discussions about this theme, probably together witn Bryan Singer’s “Valkyrie”, who generated much more controversial reactions even before the film shooting started. When you look at movie history and Hollywood portraying Nazis, Tarantino’s would be definitely not the first, who shows them as bad as they can get. QT’s is referring to “The Dirty Dozen” and “Where Eagles Dare” as his staples, really not movies, that are famous for sophistication in the way, they’ re portraying Germans in World War II. As a German myself, I’m not offened by the ideas of “Inglorious Bastards”, but more think about QT’s strange casting decisions. We’ll see and I’m thrilled to visiting the Babelsberg set in October.

P.S. I really like Slashfilm, but love the Slashfilmcast.

It's not like Germans haven't been been depicted in movies as evil, stupid and shooting to miss for the last 60 years.

But it's more or less OK, we weren't exactly the good guys in WWII.

And it's still a QT movie.
Not all Asians are Kung-Fu teachers or maniacs with a flail or sword.

If they were up for the same role, then Krumholtz makes more sense to me than Levine. But I don't have all the facts and stuff, so, I can't really say anything beyond "hmm... interesting".

the mike myers casting rumour has me worried, he as been able to handle drama before with 54, but he's too over the top with his accents and shit, im starting to think QT has entered that part of a drug addiction where it doesn't help your creativity but hinders it

The Mike Myers thing isn't just a rumor. According to Variety he's signed for the film. He's playing British General Ed Fenech. It's a small role, so he won't be on screen for very long.

I just get bad vibes from this. I get the feeling it's going to be a badly drawn film like his last three and perhaps also in bad taste..."Jew Hunter", "Bear Jew"? Sounds a bit infantile. I hope he does his research.

Eh, nothing makes sense in terms of this movie.
I'm not really surprised to hear that the germans are the ultimate evil again. Especially because it's Tarantino. He was never the guy for something like this.

I don't think i ever gonna see a hollywood movie which at least tries to show german soldiers a real human beings. Okay, at least Band of Brothers did it. I can't wait to see if in 60 years we are going to see movie by iraqi people about the evil americans killing all the moslems.

@ Cutting

I'm not "reading into" anything. The Guardian stated/implied that some German critics are skeptical and critical of the film and it script. The headline has a question mark. However, I do think this might be the beginning of an asinine controversy for IB---the MSM loves this stuff, no matter how silly---so it is my job to point it out when I see it.

@menotrouble

Thanks for chiming in. I wanted a German's perspective on the Guardian article. Nice comment and I'm glad to hear the controversy is nada.

QT, your glory days are long gone. RD and Pulp were awesome, Cannes material. Jackie was not well received, but I liked it. Then you disappeared for 6 years. What happened to you?

QT. Your 90s glory days are long gone. You haven't made a Cannes-worthy film since 1994. Jackie Brown was good (although not well-received). Then you disappeared. Why? Why?

Myers as a British general? He'd make a great evil Nazi scientist! He could bottle farts for the gas chambers in the death camps

NNNNNNOOOOO!!!!! DAMMIT IT SIMON! You needed to be in this!

Sam Levine is awful. Just awful.

@Hunter Stephenson

Well, your article is innocent compared to the Daily Telegraph:

http://tinyurl.com/5a6hgx

That's what I call investigative journalism. ;)

i hope it's not tongue and cheek there is nothing funny about what took place over there.