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Django Unchained: Tarantino Challenges Viewers
Django Unchained a great, but ultra-violent, genre buster.
If at this point in the season you are still hankering for Hallmark holiday rom-coms or your umpteenth viewing of Rudy, let me suggest you give this review nothing more than a scan and toss away any thoughts of seeing Quentin Tarantino's latest. If however, you passed the worst dysfunctional family holiday in recent memory, Django Unchained, the spectacularly politically incorrect and beautifully acted mash-up of revenge fantasy and spaghetti Western may be the perfect antidote. If you are a fan of the director's work, able to quote the lawn storage line from Pulp Fiction, run—don't walk—to your nearest theatre. You'll be talking about this movie for months to come. I can't see why anyone is remotely surprised at Tarantino pushing the …
jabberwolf
10:50 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013
No one used the word _igger back then - didn't happen. No one would allow a black man on a horse back then and if so he would be riding in the back and if they saw he had a gun, he'd be shot on sight. No one had sunglasses back then as Jamie had. I understand what he was trying to do- and I understand he tried to mix/mash Quint-style cinema in history - but it came off as a cheap prop against the… more ›