Inglorious Basterds

I have to say, if history had played out the way it did in Quentin Tarantino's mind, I would have paid a hell of a lot more attention in history class.

That being said, this alternate history is very much entertaining. A group of Jewish Americans form the group known as the Basterds. They are dropped into Nazi-controlled France and basically do what they do best, kill Nazis.

The dialogue, as is the case in most of Tarantino's movies, is the most interesting part of the movie. That being said, the visuals were good, as well as his quirky choice of music for the soundtrack.

It was bloody, action-packed, dialogue awesome, music awesome, intense.

I loved it. While not as good as his earlier works (see Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Part 1), he still managed to tell a damn good story, as unrealistic and historically inaccurate as it is.

Watchmen

First off, I'd like to complain about Americans. Damn you all for having such short attention spans. Watchmen is PERFECT story-telling, as long as you can sit through the long 165 minutes.

It was a graphic novel, perhaps one of the most celebrated graphic novels of all time. The idea of alternate histories is something that I, as a nerd, very much enjoy.

What if super heroes really were around? How would they have changed the course of our history? We could have won World War 2 more easily (or about the same if you look at how Captain America fared during World War 2) or we could have, like in Watchmen, won the Vietnam War within days.

The movie plays mostly with the idea and the thin line between right and wrong. What is right? Is right following the laws placed upon us by governments? Is right following what you believe is right in your heart? Is wrong truly evil?

The blur between making someone a hero and someone a villain is confusing at best. In our lifetimes, we're often seen as both. In the eyes of some, we are but heroes, we can do good, we try to do good. But sometimes, other people view us as evil.

What we do throughout our lives, seen through other people's eyes, can be seen as right or wrong. What we see as good for us is bad for them. What we see as bad for us can be seen as good for them. It's confusing at best, and really, what is right and wrong, what is good and evil but human descriptions of things?