Great Movie, Great acting, maybe a little too bit violent.

Rating: 8/10 (15 February 2015)

The acting was amazing in this movie. Jamie Foxx does a great job playing Django a slave that with the help of Dr. King Schultz played by Christoph Waltz, is trying to find and save his wife from Calvin Candie played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Broomhilda, Django's wife played by Kerry Washington does a good job as the damsel in distress. She doesn't have a lot of dialogue in the film but she did a fine job acting and really made her scenes count. I think one of the most interesting aspects of the movie is motivation behind Dr. Schultz on one hand he is a bounty hunter and the other he is also against slavery. Throughout the movie I kept asking myself if I was in that situation what would I do? I don't think it is fair to the people who had to experience slavery first hand to know exactly what I would do, but I think this movie forces you to question your own morals about the situations Django finds himself in. Calvin Candie's right hand man in this film and a key antagonist is Stephen played by Samuel L. Jackson. Another interesting relationship is that between Stephen and Django both hold significant power despite being African American and comparing the two is very interesting considering the time period and their roles in society.
A major part of this movie was the violence that was prevalent throughout the movie. When I was first watching this movie I thought at some points the violence was excessive and not with purpose. With that being said after watching this movie I feel as the thought the violence is more and more warranted. The more I think about why the violence occurs the more I am OK with the violence. There is no mistaking this movie is a hard R rated and is quite violent. I encourage you to see this movie and decide for yourself if the violence was warranted.
The writing was amazing in this film, as this is nothing unusual with a Quentin Tarantino movie. I thought the dialogue was well written and really added a great element to the movie.
I really like how this movie looked at some very potent issues of race, killing, and what is "ok". There were certain instances where I feel it might have been a little bit too violent or in excess. This doesn't change the fact that this is a movie that looks at hard questions, and let you decide the answers. I really enjoyed Django Unchained and highly recommend it.