Django Unchained A Dirty Robots review

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

Pulp Fiction | A Dirty Robots review

Pulp Fiction

To celebrate the release of Django Unchained in cinemas for the UK, I decided to take the time and review a movie related to Quentin Tarantino who some people refer to as a “God send” in terms of the movies he makes and on that note they’re right. Quentin Tarantino has made some of the most ground breaking movies of all time further pushing the boundaries of what you can and can’t do in a movie and one of those ground breaking films we are going to look at today is Pulp Fiction.

Pulp Fiction to this day is considered one of the most recognizable films of the 90s, and is the one film that put Tarantino’s career for the big screen on the map.

The story is all centred on a mob boss named: 

Marsellus Wallace

 and the people who are connected with him. It’s a tale of sex, drugs and glock n roll and even an ageing boxer’s wristwatch that’s been passed down for many generations. The film itself is split into non-linear segments each telling their side of the story. And what makes this film interesting is that the segments are set in no order and it has a very stylish feel, leaving some viewers to try and piece together how everything in the story works.

People keep telling me that it’s an overly gory movie, I mean yeah some parts of the movie are just that but I wouldn't really say it’s blood spilling. What really makes this film unique is the dialogue which helps the plot and at times the dialogue feels quite realistic and doesn't feel like it’s overbearing to the viewers and the characters a fair amount of what needs to be said. As V said to Evey in V for Vendetta: “Words will always retain their power” and no film illustrates dialogue more superbly than Pulp Fiction.

There were some stunning performances from Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis and Ving Rhames respectably but the real show stealers for me would have to be Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta. They literally have the best lines in the entire movie in particular the confrontation with Brett is absolutely hilarious and by far one of my favourite scenes in not just this movie but in cinema history as well.

Though everywhere the dialogue is brilliant and the scenes with Butch Hartman and his wife feel rather slow paced and less interesting but really that’s more of a nitpick on my part.

For those who haven’t seen Pulp Fiction yet, do so it’s a marvellous flick. When it comes down to it, Pulp Fiction is an adrenaline rush of a movie and I commend Quentin Tarantino for making such a masterpiece.

9/10

Django Unchained trailer

Django Unchained is gonna be in cinemas this Friday for the UK, check out the trailer..