Django Unchained: A Half-Price Critic Review

Theatrical Release Poster, Wikipedia

   On Tuesday night I had my first foray with a Quentin Tarantino movie. Overall, I enjoyed what he was able to bring to the screen but perhaps it was all a bit over the top for my liking.

Not being exactly familiar with the way his work tends to be, I have to say Django Unchained was a bit of a surprise.

Overall, the movie was excellent and held my attention from beginning to end. Everyone of the actors and actresses who appeared in it were amazing. Especially the three main players in the movie, Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio all turned their characters into works of genius.

The movie was able to give, what I can only assume, an accurate reflection of the time, even though it seems like Tarantino takes it a bit too far. Above all else, this feature is a great showing of history if you can get by the excessive use of vilolence that Tarantino uses.



The only problem I had with the entire film was the extra, and sometimes overly used, use of violence. Not the violence that was necessary to convey the history of the period, but rather, the explosions of people after they have been shot. Some of this would have been alright, but it was taken to the very edge of being disgusting. Which I hear is common in a Tarantino film, and who am I to knock the process of a great filmmaker.

However, I do have to finish by saying that the shoot up inside the house was extremely grotesque at the end of the film. Take that grotesque word in a good way or a bad way, but whatever way you choose it is the perfection explanation to describe what that scene was all about. Entertaining for some, but for many it was just not expected.

Given the way the previews set up this movie it was surprising the amount of violence and gore that was presented. I guess, however, it is your own fault for not fully expecting this to come from a director like Tarantino, who is known for this type of movie style.

  Leonardo DiCaprio plays the owner of a well-known plantation, Collider

All in all, Django Unchained was an entertaining movie and one that I would have liked to see done with a little less aggression. I think that way it would have had more of an effect on people. The movie could then really dig into the slavery issue that was presented  rather than that being overshadowed by blood and typical Hollywood gore.But then again, maybe that type of movie will be undertook by a different director.

But, for any Tarantino fan out there I am sure you will enjoy this flick.