I'm a big Tarantino fan and loved Brad Pitt since Fight Club. I really like Inglourious Basterds. Tarantino had an interesting story and told it in an interesting way.

Tarantino can be a very stylized Director. Inglorious Basterds uses what's become much of his style. Which is the 70s use of the way something is filmed down to the music used. You see a lot of similarities with Inglorious Basterds and something like, Planet Terror.

Long scenes were mentioned here and they CAN make a scene drag. You begin to wonder what they're going for. His movies are good at bringing you up to speed even if the point isn't evident from that first long scene(Chapter 1 in Inglorious Basterds in this case). He had to establish 2 things in that scene, one immediately, and the other for later use. So, while he does use these long scenes where characters don't leave the location or do very little movement, he's focusing on the dialogue and character development without distraction. The payoff for Tarantino probably lands somewhere around Act 3 when the climax is hitting. He ends his movies in weird spots, but you don't feel cheated watching his movies.

Of course, he takes use of modern movie making to gorify(is that a word?) violence his influences in the 70s may have used. Inglourious Basterds had it's share, obviously. I think it makes it feel a bit more real if we see some of it.

I think, if you enjoy Tarantino, you'll enjoy this. He has a style all his own.