Django Unchained
To say that Quentin Tarantino is a filmmaking genius would be quite the understatement in his recent flick: Django Unchained. While we saw western-like scenes in Kill Bill, Django Unchained is a straight up spaghetti western movie and as always Tarantino gives us a brilliantly crafted flick proving once again that he is able to push the boundaries of filmmaking.
The plot is about Dr King Schultz who turns a timid black slave named: Django into a bloodthirsty bounty hunter. He does not answer to anyone but himself all the while trying to find his wife who is being held against her free will by Calvin Candie.
It’s hard to pick a favourite moment for me when it comes to this film because most of this film is crammed full of moments that made me laugh and some that made me have a sense of excitement and adrenaline while watching.
As usual Quentin Tarantino puts out material that normally filmmakers and writers would tend to avoid he sells it with ease. He makes the characters believable and does a solid job when it comes to this particular film.
At times even though Django is questionable in the way of gaining back his wife, killing people in cold blood, we can understand the pain he is going through and why he hates the slave traders when he becomes a bounty hunter and you really do feel for Django on what he’ll do to get her back.
The biggest show stealers for me would be Christoph Waltz as Dr King Schulz and Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candie along with Samuel L Jackson as Calvin’s assistant Stephan. They all have the best lines in the movie as well as making their characters quite memorable and completely nail their performances giving quite a lasting impression.
But unfortunately all good movies have their flaws and Django Unchained is no exception. Quentin Tarantino really does have a bad habit of making his movies extremely long which he still hasn’t noticed, however this could just be me. learnt how to shorten his movies but that could just be me.
While the soundtrack is provided by legendary composer of western films: Ennio Morricone who for the most part of this movie gives a great atmospheric feel to the film, the inclusions of rap songs I felt were a bit out of place and kind of took me by surprise. Though I will admit as weird as having songs from rappers like Tupac they do in a way suit the scenes.
I wouldn’t rank this better than Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill but it’s defiantly a movie you’d go back to watch and it’s a sweet take on Spaghetti westerns, so more power to Quentin Tarantino for making this one a smashing success.
8/10
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