For another perspective on this movie, I suggest reading John Rosenthal's review titled "Inglourious Basterds: A German Fantasy, Not a ‘Jewish’ One". Rosenthal posits that the movie is written to make the Germans look sympathetic, and the joke is on the buffoonish Americans--who are neither cultured nor competent and barbaric to boot. The movie glorifies German fantasies of vengeful Jews, when in reality, the Germans were the barbarians. One wouldn't know this watching the movie, according t…