Monday 25 March 2013

Review: Django Unchained

Another terrific film to the start of 2013. Everything just oozed Tarantino and that is always a good thing. The vintage soundtracks of a Spaghetti Western was terrific and the general camera angles just reminded of watching the Dollars trilogy.

All the main performances were terrific. Jamie Foxx was an absolute bad-ass playing Django. Leonardo DiCaprio was a hell of a presence as the evil Mr. Candie. Christoph Waltz seems to have found his genre as his performance was very similar to his in Inglourious Basterds, which will surely win him another Oscar. But amazingly, the star of the show was Samuel L. Jackson as Mr. Candie faithful servant. He was funny at times, but also extremely creepy and you knew something bad was going to happen when you saw him.

The only bad point I would make was the duration. It shouldn't have been just under 3 hours and the scene before the finale could have easily been taken out and it still would have been great. There is a scene where for me it just changed the flow completely for me. If it wasn't for that, then I think it would have been my new favorite Tarantino film.

Despite that, I still love it. This will definitely win some Oscars and will remain an absolute classic for years to come.

Rating: 9/10

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