Django Unchained
Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Kerrie Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Amid plenty of controversy over the use of a certain word,
Quentin Tarantino’s Spaghetti Western, Southern Revenge flick, Django
Unchained, has finally seen the light of day. Riddled with plenty of homages to the genre films of yesteryear,
I could talk about each reference for days, just like any Tarantino film but I
don’t have days nor am I a film historian. I could talk to you about how this film symbolizes Tarantino
himself as a filmmaker in the industry, which is a great theory but I would
need a day or two to gather my thoughts, but I’d rather talk to you about how
great of a film Django Unchained is.
It’s not just great, it’s one of the best films in his catalog.
Django tells the tale of a slave turned Bounty Hunter
trained by a German Dentist, or Bounty Hunter whichever Dr. Schultz prefers, to
locate three slave owners. When
the job is done, Schultz agrees to accompany Django to rescue and free his wife
from Calvin Candie, a wealthy plantation owner and Mandingo fighting
owner. Let’s just say that things
go from crazy to a helluva lot worse over the course of thirty minutes, though
the film clocks in at about 2 and a half hours; yep, it’s that intense. 