Do the Django and watch this Tarantino instant classic!

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2012)

DMeeza (and yes, the "D" is silent) is about to write a review of one his favorite movies of 2012, "Django Unchained". Quentin Tarantino returns with another immensely entertaining "history rewrite" film with the Django. This spaghetti-western movie stars Jamie Foxx as Django, a black slave who is confronted by a Dentist turned Bounty Hunter named Dr. King Schultz in order to help him locate some outlaws who are next on Dr. Shultz' Bounty hit list. Dr. Shultz takes a liking to Django's bravado & demeanor and eventually they team up as Bounty partners. Django's ultimate desire is to reunite with his slave wife Broomhilda who was sold to the Candieland plantation in Mississippi. Candieland is owned by the condescending Calvin Candie, who thrives in watching slaves fight to the death in a Mandingo sport. Dr. Shultz makes a king move in helping Django reunite with his wife; his plan is to go to Candieland and for him and Django to pretend to be Mandingo aficionados in order to scheme a method to buy off Broomhilda from Calvin Candie. Of course, there is always plenty of grotesque violence, boisterous mayhem, and witty dialogue in a Tarantino flick and fortunately that is also in the menu of this spaghetti western Quentin has delighted us with; his films are in a genre of their own. Quentin is worthy of screenplay & director Oscar nominations for his ingenious "off the chain" orchestration and scribe of "Django Unchained". Foxx was one cool black cat as Django. Christoph Waltz' performance as Dr. King Schultz was just as juicy as his Oscar-winning work in Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds", but with a heroic quality to it. Leonardo DiCaprio's first premier villainous role in his performance as Calvin Candie proves that Leo is just as good playing bad as he is playing good. Tarantino favorite Samuel L. Jackson served up a meaty performance as Candie's main butler Stephen, who was just as villainous maybe even more than Candie himself; and he is black. Don Johnson delivered a vice mac-daddy cameo performance playing the negro-hating plantation owner Big Daddy. And even though she was a bit underutilized, Kerry Washington swept it up nicely thespian style as Broomhilda. "Django Unchained" was a chain of exemplary film-making and acting that deserves a chain reaction of praise. ***** Excellent