Django Unchained (2012)'s comments - page 3

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Earring72

Great Western with a superb cast! Good story and violent action and a lot of Tarentino gimmicks :-)

8 years 7 months ago

It wouldn't be Tarantino movie if some scenes weren't incredibly ridiculous and completely over the top. However, entertaining movie. I quite liked it.
Incredible cast! They really pulled it together.

8 years 9 months ago

Siskoid

I'm struggling with writing a review of Tarantino's Django Unchained. On the one hand, it's a terrific entertainment, violently rewriting history like Inglourious Basterds did, and on the other, it's a disturbingly difficult subject. Imagine if Basterds had taken place in a concentration camp, and you get the idea. It's slavery through a blaxploitation filter, a badass but brutal revenge western that threads the fine line between the comic and the horrific. Christoph Waltz once again steal the show as the German dentist/bounty hunter who takes Django (Jamie Foxx) as a partner. The weakest link is Samuel L. Jackson whose dialog feels anachronistic to me. At 165 minutes, the film feels a bit heavy, and keeps going after you think you've reached the last reel. Not sure what I'd cut out of it though. There's no scene that's not crucial to the plot, themes or tone. This isn't a negative or even a mitigated review, I really did love it (heck, I could have listened to the opening song for 2 hours). I guess I'm still not sure how to resolve its handling of race (the period and characters are unavoidably racist) as both comedy and drama, in relation to my feeling "entertained".

8 years 9 months ago

windyhead

Django is awesome! A great story simmering with tension. It plays like a classic western until the inevitable Tarratino cataclysm. Stylish and witty. I haven't enjoyed a film like that for a while.

10 years 1 month ago

FightaPilot

I loved QT's brilliant/awful cameo at the end. Great fun.

10 years 4 months ago

Duke of Omnium

No character development; excessively long; absent any moral center whatever. What grace and depth it has it owes to Jamie Foxx. I've come to the conclusion that Tarantino does not make good movies; he makes bad movies with a lot of "panache" and craft.

10 years 8 months ago

Camille Deadpan

It's a kitschy movie with some fun elements and a very nice soundtrack and cinematography.

10 years 10 months ago

Jinkla

django unchained is tarantinos epic love-letter to his spaghetti western influences, and it delivers remarkably in acting, comedy, action and development. whilst the story is merely a revenge tale, the pacing and tension never stops. you know someone's going to snap, you just don't know who, how or when.

this is easily tarantinos best work since reservoir dogs, and it easily steals its place into one of my 21st century favorites. 9/10

10 years 10 months ago

samfenn

Very good. Enjoyed it a great deal. Bag mask scene was hilarious.

10 years 10 months ago

BreezyFam

One of the best films I've seen, don't watch it late at night though as its nearly 3 hours long and will ruin it.

10 years 11 months ago

tommy_leazaq

Good not great. The first hour and the dinner sequence were amazing (Thanks to Waltz). Rest, not so much..

10 years 11 months ago

kaffy

After hearing so many opinions about the film, I was so shocked at how funny the film turns out to be, but that's what I get for underestimating Quentin Tarantino. Kerry Washington needs a much larger role in the story, and Leonardo DiCaprio either needs to shit or get off the pot vis a vis his accent. Naturally Samuel L. Jackson is wonderful as always, but tragically underused and again, DiCaprio is not the idea partner to his "Stephen" character.

I feel that the movie is justified in it's length, however its time might have been better spent delving deeper into say, Broomhilda's character. All this aside, the entire film alone is nearly worth it for Jamie Foxx's biceps in that blue velvet getup...

10 years 11 months ago