Movie review: Django Unchained

[The Joker]

Saw this and loved it.

This is a movie that is a lot of fun to watch.

The 2 main characters, DJango and the doctor are unusual and fun to watch them interact with each other. The dialoge is well written and interesting.

The plot is pretty solid. Not a lot of subplots.

I am not a big fan of Grindhouse and Django Mimics the style some, but only the cool parts of the Grindhouse elements.

This movie is about 45 min. too long so be prepared for an investment in time. There are some slow parts, some are warranted and some drag.

Of I had to compare this movie to another Tarantino flick, I would put it above Inglorious Basterds and below Pulp Fiction.

If any of you enjoy Hong Kong Cinema and Kung Fu/Samuri movies, you will really like this movie. If you like gratuitous violence served up with a side of humor you will really like this movie.

What this movie is: A popcorn movie with funny, violent "don't take it serious" movie with an original story line.

What this movie isn't: A film of cinematic wonder that should be seen by all.

This is worth the money you spend although I could have done with a shorter 2 hour version.

 

[yyz]

Spike Lee thinks you're full of shit.

 

[azbob]

Movie is very, very good.

Spike Lee has his own definition of racism which happens to center on what makes money for Spike Lee. What was his last relevant film?

 

[THE KOD]

why is he wearing sunglasses ?


I dont think they were available in them times ?

 

[The Joker]

why is he wearing sunglasses ?


I dont think they were available in them times ?

Sunglasses were invented by the Chinese and brought to US in early 1800's.

 

[THE KOD]

looks like nice quality Ray Bans


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Early sunglasses served a special purpose and it wasn't to block the rays of the sun. For centuries, Chinese judges had routinely worn smoke-colored quartz lenses to conceal their eye expressions in court. It wasn't until the 20th century that modern-type sunglasses came to be. In 1929, Sam Foster, founder of the Foster Grant company sold the first pair of Foster Grant sunglasses on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ. By 1930, sunglasses were all the rage.Invention: sunglasses in 1929

Function: noun / sun?glass
Definition: Sunglasses are a visual aid which feature lenses that are colored or darkened or polarizing lenses to protect the eyes from the sun's glare.
Trademark: Trademark filed November 3, 1959. Reg No.0703527

Milestones:
1300cChinese judges wore smoke-colored quartz lenses to conceal their eye expressions in court.
1430cVision-correcting darkened eyeglasses were introduced into China from Italy
1700cJames Ayscough believed blue-green-tinted glass could correct specific vision impairments.
1929 Sam Foster found a ready market for sunglasses on the beaches of Atlantic City, New Jersey
1936 Sunglasses become polarized, Ray Ban began using Edwin H. Land Polaroid filter.
1960 A clever advertising campaign by Foster Grant makes sunglasses chic and popular.

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looks like Tarentino missed out on being real in this film as sunglasses were not available'


especially to a black man in the west

 

[Hashish]

Sunglasses were invented by the Chinese and brought to US in early 1800's.

Thanks for the information. The Chinese were the world's great inventors. What the hell happened to them?

I have been looking forward to this one quite a bit as I am a huge Tarantino fan. I just looked it up and it will be subtitled, so I will be in the theater for it. Doesn't get here until January 24 though.

 

[Hashish]

looks like nice quality Ray Bans


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Early sunglasses served a special purpose and it wasn't to block the rays of the sun. For centuries, Chinese judges had routinely worn smoke-colored quartz lenses to conceal their eye expressions in court. It wasn't until the 20th century that modern-type sunglasses came to be. In 1929, Sam Foster, founder of the Foster Grant company sold the first pair of Foster Grant sunglasses on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ. By 1930, sunglasses were all the rage.Invention: sunglasses in 1929

Function: noun / sun?glass
Definition: Sunglasses are a visual aid which feature lenses that are colored or darkened or polarizing lenses to protect the eyes from the sun's glare.
Trademark: Trademark filed November 3, 1959. Reg No.0703527

Milestones:
1300cChinese judges wore smoke-colored quartz lenses to conceal their eye expressions in court.
1430cVision-correcting darkened eyeglasses were introduced into China from Italy
1700cJames Ayscough believed blue-green-tinted glass could correct specific vision impairments.
1929 Sam Foster found a ready market for sunglasses on the beaches of Atlantic City, New Jersey
1936 Sunglasses become polarized, Ray Ban began using Edwin H. Land Polaroid filter.
1960 A clever advertising campaign by Foster Grant makes sunglasses chic and popular.

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looks like Tarentino missed out on being real in this film as sunglasses were not available'


especially to a black man in the west

A. They were available; they just weren't being marketed as sunglasses. Therefore, it is not impossible that someone would be wearing a pair in this time period. Unlikely, yes, but not impossible.

B. It's a movie, for Christ's sake!

 

[The Joker]

looks like nice quality Ray Bans


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Early sunglasses served a special purpose and it wasn't to block the rays of the sun. For centuries, Chinese judges had routinely worn smoke-colored quartz lenses to conceal their eye expressions in court. It wasn't until the 20th century that modern-type sunglasses came to be. In 1929, Sam Foster, founder of the Foster Grant company sold the first pair of Foster Grant sunglasses on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ. By 1930, sunglasses were all the rage.Invention: sunglasses in 1929

Function: noun / sun?glass
Definition: Sunglasses are a visual aid which feature lenses that are colored or darkened or polarizing lenses to protect the eyes from the sun's glare.
Trademark: Trademark filed November 3, 1959. Reg No.0703527

Milestones:
1300cChinese judges wore smoke-colored quartz lenses to conceal their eye expressions in court.
1430cVision-correcting darkened eyeglasses were introduced into China from Italy
1700cJames Ayscough believed blue-green-tinted glass could correct specific vision impairments.
1929 Sam Foster found a ready market for sunglasses on the beaches of Atlantic City, New Jersey
1936 Sunglasses become polarized, Ray Ban began using Edwin H. Land Polaroid filter.
1960 A clever advertising campaign by Foster Grant makes sunglasses chic and popular.

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looks like Tarentino missed out on being real in this film as sunglasses were not available'


especially to a black man in the west

1st of all - sunglasses were available in early 1800's in US. Fact.

2nd - the style of sunglasses seen in this film were not widely available.

3rd - Tarantino missed out on being real you say? There is a scene in which rap music is used as music in the film. Doubt anyone making the film gave a shit about being real. Go see it to understand. Or don't, I don't care.

 

[THE KOD]

. Doubt anyone making the film gave a shit about being real. Go see it to understand. Or don't, I don't care.

at least I know the film aint about being real

happy new year to you too

 

[THE KOD]

For his latest blood fest, ?Django Unchained,? Quentin Tarantino largely replays all of his other blood fests, specifically his last flick, ?Inglourious Basterds.?

In that 2009 tale of wickedly savage retribution, Allied Jewish soldiers get to rewrite World War II history by going on a killing spree of Nazis. In Tarantino?s new tale of wickedly savage retribution, a black man (Jamie Foxx) gets to rewrite Deep South history by going on a killing spree of white slave owners and overseers just before the Civil War.

Granted, there?s something gleefully satisfying in watching evil people get what they have coming. But ?Django Unchained? is Tarantino at his most puerile and least inventive, the premise offering little more than cold, nasty revenge and barrels of squishing, squirting blood.

The usual Tarantino genre mishmash ? a dab of blaxploitation here, a dollop of Spaghetti Western there ? is so familiar now that it?s tiresome, more so because the filmmaker continues to linger with chortling delight over every scene, letting conversations run on interminably and gunfights carry on to grotesque excess. Bodies bursting blood like exploding water balloons? Perversely fun the first five or six times, pretty dreary the 20th or 30th.

And the black guy is wearing sunglasses that were not even invented .:142smilie

 

[THE KOD]

[T]he film also comes across like a rough cut that was never looked at as a coherent whole, and some segments that start off as promising become interminable while others feel entirely unnecessary. There's no pressure on or expectation for Tarantino to please anyone other than himself, and the film feels overstuffed with ideas that should have been pruned. That sense of fun needed to power something this outsized wanes before the film reaches its ending, two hours and 45 minutes later ? it's not a feature that you want to last forever, but one that seems to take it for granted that you feel that way.

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ouch

I put my sunglasses on to read this one

 

[Hashish]

91% at rotten tomatoes and 8.8 at IMDB

Nice of you to spread that minority opinion that probably comes from someone that thought Pulp Fiction wasn't very good either, KOD. You're doing a real public service. I'm sure I can dredge up some bad reviews for The Godfather too, but what's the frickin' point?

 

[freelancc]

the movie is not real? KOD's review is not real.. it's just a movie, so it's not real... Joker's opinion is not real...Madjacks' is not real either...:nono: but isn't life grand...:0074

 

[The Boys]

 

[THE KOD]

the movie is not real? KOD's review is not real.. it's just a movie, so it's not real... Joker's opinion is not real...Madjacks' is not real either...:nono: but isn't life grand...:0074

:142smilie

exactly free

movies can be a big waste of time,. especially the ones that just come out .

 

[Hashish]

the movie is not real? KOD's review is not real.. it's just a movie, so it's not real... Joker's opinion is not real...Madjacks' is not real either...:nono: but isn't life grand...:0074

 

[THE KOD]

91% at rotten tomatoes and 8.8 at IMDB

Nice of you to spread that minority opinion that probably comes from someone that thought Pulp Fiction wasn't very good either, KOD. You're doing a real public service. I'm sure I can dredge up some bad reviews for The Godfather too, but what's the frickin' point?

I loved Pulp Fiction , seen it so many times.

your just mad that Indy is going to get thumped on Sunday.

thats the real public diservice :SIB

 

[Hashish]

I loved Pulp Fiction , seen it so many times.

your just mad that Indy is going to get thumped on Sunday.

thats the real public diservice :SIB

:lol:

One of us will be eating crow. Better start to work repressing your pharyngeal reflex.

 

[THE KOD]

they cant even speak english

how do you say n........ in French ?

I will have to ask hedge, he will know