Monday, January 14, 2013

Django Unchained - The D is silent

I honestly had no idea what I was in for when we went to see this movie, other than what I had learned from the trailers. Django Unchained Starred Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio. The Director was Quentin Tarantino...this man needs no introductions. He did Pulp Fiction, if you haven't seen it then get off your ass and go see it. So, was I surprised at what I saw in this film? No, its Quentin Taranfuckingtino. The gore is going to be exaggerated, bodies will explode, and there will be an unnecessary amount of blood. But I loved it! The exaggerated violence and gore was done right. Granted that there were some parts that made me cringe. But hey, I've never seen a man ripped apart by dogs before either... The music, minus the modernized rap that played, I loved the music. It was entertaining, and fit very well the the grit of this film. What I loved most was the way this film was shot. It was grainy, it was gritty and dirty. That is Tarantino's style, but the way he does it in this film was spectacular. Lets move to the acting, oh the acting. Jamie Foxx did all right, he played the strong silent type for the most part. But I was truly impressed with Christoph Waltz. From his first line, I simply adored his character. He was funny, well spoken and very charismatic. I loved that there was always a method to his madness. Leonardo DiCaprio, sir, you have quite the resume. But I have never seen you play a antagonist. But in this case, are you a bad guy. If you take a step back and actually look at it. You are just a businessman, trying to get a slice of the pie. Either way, you did a magnificent job. Others didn't agree, but fuck 'em. The character you played was very entertaining, and in some cases may have stole the show. And of course Sam Jackson makes an appearance. He did something right, because I hated his character. He did a great job at making me hate him. This was one of the better films of 2012, and I urge all to see it. I give Django Unchained a 4 out of 4. To start this review, I was going to make a reference to the film about this being a German  story and how there is always a mountain to climb. The truth is, I'm sick of looking at the past and seeing all of the metaphorical mountains I have had to climb to get what I wanted. And then seeing the mountains ahead of me. Fuck it, we all have our mountains. It just depends on how you climb your mountains that defines you.

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