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The weekend is upon us once again, and with that comes a new batch of movies. Which of course, leads us to this weekend’s open movie review discussion. On tap this week is Quentin Tarantino’s much-anticipated World War II movie Inglourious Basterds. But before we get to your reviews, here are a few helpful resources:

• Rob Hunter’s Inglourious Basterds Review
• Brian Gibson’s Inglourious Basterds: 10 Things I Liked, 5 I Didn’t
• Our Official Movie Watcher’s Guide to August

And the film’s official synopsis:

In the first year of the German occupation of France, Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema.

Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish American soldiers to perform swift, shocking acts of retribution. Later known to their enemy as “the basterds,” Raine’s squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquis, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own….

And the film’s trailer:

Now that you’ve had a chance to see it — and we hope that you have — we’d like to hear what you thought. So tell us in the comment section below:

What did you think of Inglourious Basterds?