Slave Era Justice... Sweet

Rating: 7/10 (6 May 2015)

I avoided Django Unchained for some time for two reasons:
1.) I hadn't heard of it until mid 2013
2.) I feared it may be another Rosewood or Mississippi Burning
Well, it was not like either of the two aforementioned movies. Those two movies just completely angered me to the point I could barely watch them. Django, on the other hand, dealt with slavery and the slave era in a different fashion. Instead it focused on one character, Django, and the revenge he was able to exact. Furthermore, Quentin Tarantino seemed to stop short of completely inhuman acts at just the right time so as to spare the audience from enduring some of the brutal Godless acts of slave owners and overseers of that time.
That's not to say that the audience was completely spared. There was still plenty of "N" word usage and other torturous and degrading behavior displayed. Even with that, Django carried a more jocular tone than most, if not all, slave period pieces. There were quite a few humorous moments and some down-right hilarious moments. Samuel Jackson was a riot as Stephen. He was so over-the-top as the stool pigeon, master-loving, Black-hating house servant that it was LOL funny. It was obvious by the language and manner of speaking that Quentin didn't mind straying from authenticity to give the characters more flavor.
Django is highly entertaining with some substance. The acting is top notch with DiCaprio, Jackson, Foxx and Cristoph Waltz. If you are sensitive to slavery as I am, don't be afraid to watch this because just desserts are served.