Did they explain how they captured BJ Novak (little man?) Not sure if I missed something or if it just isn't that relevant.

I loved the Landa character but my only quibble would be him trusting Raine to hold his end of the deal with zero repercussion. They portrayed him as being far too smart for that.

yeah, the biggest problem i had w the film was that the whole ending resolution was a pretty huge deus ex machina. agree that it was pretty obv raine was not going to just let the deal play out as landa hoped. i was kind of expecting him to just casually shoot landa immediately after the gun got handed over. dramatically, i really dig the way it actually ended (esp that unabashedly self-referential final line) but looking at the plot objectively, it was a little ridiculous that the main villain just turned himself in after having pitt and the other basterd in a totally inescapable situation.

still enjoyed it quite a lot, but it's def not a perfect film

2 basterds died in the bar (along with the englishman), the bear and omar died in the explosion, aldo and bj novak are there are the end...are we to assume the other 2 died offscreen?

i liked it for this reason: it shows that landa is not a nazi who believes in the german facism but more someone who uses the nazi-system to live out his "skills" (e.g. interrogation, which would explain why he is appearing sometimes so childish while doing it..he enjoys living out his skills). overall he is just an opportunist. and he is too smart not to realize that germany got no future in the war. the whole what beast would be a jew scene at the beginning. if you take what he is saying in the way he meant he is not insulting the jews although he is comparing them to rats (he is comparing them to rats because the world hates them for no real reason, the world could also hate squirrels instead. so in this sense, he is only looking for his own benefit while cleary knowing how stupid the system he is part of is. i mean, he is giving a shix if hitler dies or not. for some reason i really like this, cause of that he is not only a nazi in a high position , but in some way something even more villain-like/devilish. its like saying he is even too bad to be just a nazi. at least out of my view)