violently cathartic....I like the way it moves boy...a series of great scenes

Rating: 9/10 (25 January 2013)

Like many others mentioned, I was eagerly looking forward to this new Tarantino movie but really didn't have much idea of what it would was about, except that it was a western. I must confess I've never taken strongly to westerns but boy, did this film impress me. For me, the movie is about blending at the very least 3 elements - a subverted form of reality which challenges our fixed and deep rooted notions, our inner reality manifesting itself in bizarre and almost heroic decisions and actions, and the ugly reality of how things really are, to create a scintillating, at time surreal, and an almost comic effect. Yes, the movie does come off as a little loosely strung, kind of patchy, with some parts accelerating with great velocity, while others seem to crawl..In that sense, the movie is a wonderful series of well-shot scenes. The acting by at least the main is almost flawless...I particularly liked Jamie Foxx's character...his naivete and yet his struggle to assert his individuality in the light of his new found freedom have been brilliantly portrayed by the director and the actor...a job well done All in all, its hard to go wrong with Tarantino when it comes to entertaining his audience. For me, the even greater takeaway was the subversion of reality as we have been made to understand it..Its difficult to explain, easier to be experienced. Kudos to Tarantino and all the people behind this movie..9/10 on entertainment value, and the kind of freshness which very few can bring to the movie screen