Django Unchained [2012] Comedy // Action // Period Piece

Django Unchained [2012] Comedy // Action // Period Piece
8.6
Stars: 4

"A violent and bloody satisfying film through and through. Not explicitly a comedy, it delivers tastefully the stark realty of American slave history while still managing to poke fun at the past. It is both a profoundly honest portrayal of human depravity, and a hilarious absurdity can only be described as an emotional roller coaster. This film does little to sugarcoat reality, and goes so far as to characterize in absurdest fashion at every applicable opportunity. With compelling characters and an equally compelling plot, this film accomplishes just about everything it sets out to and does so brilliantly."


Guys. I love this movie. Full disclosure, I really have a distaste for other Quentin Tarantino flicks, but this one is an exception. This is the type of movie that both takes itself incredibly seriously, while at the same time making fun of anything it can--and that's a large scope.


I don't even know where to begin. The acting is brilliant, of course, but I think what really sells this film for me is the character. The extreme absurdity behind lifting Django [1966] and making him a slave, is absolutely brilliant. The mannerisms that Jamie Fox recaptures are what sold me. The first time he takes a puff that cigarette and looks away from who he's talking to...it's just so god damn perfect!

Minus a few laggy transitions (Tarantino does a nice drop building suspense but I think he often misses the mark--this is highly subjective) the pacing was brilliant. I can think of so many absolutely perfect moments, from comic delivery, to juxtaposition exposing cinematography, to brilliant dialogue and amazingly choreographed

The color contrast in this film is again very Tarantino, and is done so brilliantly. The blood spattering the cotton is perhaps the best example of this. The camera work is great, from the all too Tarantino zooms, to the slow motion swivels, this film breathes life into an already vibrant world.

Every aspect of this film from start to finish had something new to enjoy. It is an emotional roller coaster and for the first time since I can remember I actually left a movie theater smiling and today still smile every time I watch it.

It's just so perfectly absurdest. This movie is a must watch!

I am temped to cut this review short, because I really would just end up gushing about each individual scene. By the time RICK FUCKING ROSS started blasting, I knew this movie was something to write home (or at minimum the internet about).

Go into this expecting to be entertained and I promise you will be.