Oh My Goodness!

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2012)

Our family tradition is to see a movie on Christmas Day and we chose Django. Yes, it does have extensive violence, but this movie was GREAT from start to finish!! In fact, I want to see it again, and I don't say that about many movies :-) The acting was superb and I loved seeing so many familiar faces from past movies/television shows. It's terrible for people to be sold as slaves because of their race, but for them to be treated so inhumanely is unacceptable! I don't know to what extent of the movie was accurate for that time, but it definitely opened my eyes.
The way Dr. Shultz treated Django was so amazing, considering everyone else just considered Django a "Nigger", and why was a "Nigger" riding a horse? Constantly having to explain that he was a "Free-Man". I hope Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz get recognized for their ability in this movie. Oh, and did I mention Leonardo DiCaprio? WOW... he played "Monsieur Candie", very believably. I will admit, I could have done without his sister.
I'm not a huge Quentin Tarrantino fan because of the violence in his movies, but this western was amazing....the story, the acting, "Oh My Goodness". Don't skip the opportunity to see this movie!