Saw this last night and wanted to lay down some thoughts before reading what other people thought.
1) Best new movie I've seen this year, blowing away the now #2 Moon. Probably my fourth favorite of the decade, behind Synecdoche, No Country and TWB Blood.
2) It took all of 3 lines of Brat Pitt dialog to have me going from rolling my eyes to having me completely won over.
3) I'm guessing the historical "modifications" are getting some discussions - I thought that was perfect perfect perfect. I was rooting for that result from the moment the plan was first hatched.
4) The 25 minute Leone-eque scene - fabulous. I was thinking to myself - thank goodness we are getting this whole scene. (I saw the Hurt Lock right after. What an jolting shift to the jump cut steady cam slow mo styled bit)
5) I'm hoping Christoph Waltz is getting some early Oscar buzz. My favorite scene is with him negotiating terms over the phone. (Nantauket)
6) Little things is what make this great - like they never explain why Aldo has a noose's scare around his neck.
7) I can see where people might have gotten a bit annoyed with some scenes that dragged on a bit. I've caught up on some reviews this morning and a few mention the the Basement / King Kong scene as an example. But it worked for me
8. It's a personal thing - but I really go to see superhero movies to watch a superhero kick butt for 2 hours. The Incredibles got this so right, where so many others got it so wrong in my book. (Class example: Tim Burton's Batman, where we see this ultra cool Bat plane shot down in like 2 seconds) Likewise, I like to watch my nazi-killing band of misfits kill nazis and not spend most of the third act in perril. This film did not disappoint. I maybe would have wanted to see two more short example scenes of them kicking butt early on, but I guess the ended made up for that.
9) Mélanie Laurent was great casting. If Uma Thurman had this role I probably wouldn't have even bothered to see this. Great casting all around, really.
10) The Mike Meyers scene. Loved it. A very Peter Sellers feel to it right down to the bar in the globe.
11) It was beginning to get a bit keystone cops toward the end in the theater, which always baffels me - we've got a commando unit of the best of the best, but they can't walk out of the aisle of a theater without tripping over. But - hey I think that redeemed itself in short order.
13) I am no QT apologist by any stretch. I never wanted to see Jackie Brown, I have no interest in the Kill Bills and refuse to watch grindhouse....so . This movie has me wondering what I might have been missing out on.
14) The last line of the movie: brilliant, and I agree. When it cut to black I was the guy who started the applause in the theater.
Now I'll go back and hear what y'all had to say