Funny, Not Grim

Rating: 8/10 (2 November 2014)

Much to my surprise, I liked it very much. I think that it is QT's best since Reservoir Dogs. Having seen it, I am baffled by the misguided commentary about the film that greeted its release. No one seemed to realize that it is first and foremost a black (in both senses of the word) comedy. I found it extremely clever and funny throughout. Indeed, it seems to be as much an homage to Blazing Saddles and Skin Game as to the original Django. I had my usual language objections (mild by Tarantino standards), but not the one that seemed to bother everyone else. Of course, if this were the old days, it would have benefited from an intermission that separated the first section from the Candie Land section. (I gave it a B.)