Bloody Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (25 January 2013)

I've been looking forward to this film for months because Tarantino is one of my favourite film makers, and I finally got to see it today. It completely blew me away, once again Tarantino has delivered! Absolutely hilarious, totally bloody and extreme profanity from beginning to end. I would definitely put it with the best of his films, Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Basterds.
The film is set 2 years before the civil war and centres around a bounty hunter Dr Schultz (Waltz), a slave, Django (Foxx) and their quest to kill outlaws and rescue Django's wife (Washington) from a plantation owned by Calvin Candie (Dicaprio). The storyline is great and kept me hooked from the initial credits to the burning end.
Absolutely loved Christoph Waltz as the dentist aka bounty hunter and I hope he collaborates with Tarantino a few more times in the future because he plays his characters perfectly. He's quickly becoming one of my favourite actors. I thought Jamie Foxx was a brilliant pick to play Django, he's fearless and yes he does get a little downplayed when on screen with other characters but I actually think this suits his character because he's a slave who wants to avoid a beating.
As usual Leonardo Dicaprio delivers a superb performance and was quite terrifying! but Samuel L. Jackson completely stole it for me, I couldn't take my eyes off him.
The supporting cast was superb as well I especially enjoyed James Remar and Jonah Hill's minor performances, I would have liked to have seen a little more of them.
I sincerely hope Django picks up a few of the 5 Oscars it's been nominated for because Tarantino well and truly deserves them!