I remember first hearing about it in 2005 or 2006 (before it was officially spelled "Basterds"), and damn, it was epic and worth the wait.
Except, 20 minutes before the end, our theater experienced technical difficulty and had to stop the movie for a half hour to fix stuff! First time I ever had to deal with that, but as frustrating the end was worth the wait too, and I got a free pass.
It's funny, when it got stuck, we saw a bunch of blurry images covered by what looked like a close up roll of film on the side and a huge whirring sound, and at first we thought that was actually supposed to be part of the movie because it was right during the whole thing in the theater and Quentin Tarantino can be weird like that. It seems like everyone else who was at the theater thought that too, because we sat staring at the same weird image and listening to the whirring for at least five minutes before someone went to complain. Seriously not one person left their seat for that long.
Think I might use the free pass for Final Destination 3-D since that's more expensive... anyway discuss IB.