Raunchy, Racist, and Radical!

Rating: 7/10 (19 June 2013)

Watched this movie on 6/16 not really knowing what to expect. All of my friends who saw it in theaters raved about how "crazy" and "awesome" Django Unchained had been. I for one viewed the movie as the title of my review describes; racist, raunchy, and radical! There are a slough of things I could get into about this movie but I will keep it short. I had heard through the vine that while being very comedic, this movie had a very Western atmosphere and was realistic in its interpretation of Slavery during the 1860's. That being said with Django's comedic and black righteous overtones, wrapped into a Western Movie, I was very satisfied with this movie. Characters: In terms of bounty hunting Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz couldn't have done a better job. Dr. Schultz sporadic personality combined with Django's hatred for Candie made for a kick-ass duo. Upon the introduction of Candie, I couldn't have hated him more, which made his death all the more satisfying. Leonardo DiCaprio takes on a likeness I've never seen in him as Calvin Candie, the ruthless black-hearted owner of the Candyland Plantation. From the tone of his voice, to the torture he put Django's wife through, everything in between made his death all the more righteous in the grand scheme of the movie. A few other points of interest to me were some of the special effects. During scenes in which people died (there are a lot) I found the amount of blood spilled to be a bit unrealistic. Especially when Django has a shootout in the big house. The amount of blood spilled wasn't a gross out factor, it was somewhat comical. My friends looked at me funny when I started laughing during that scene. A final thing that kind of turned me off to Django a little bit was the use of the n word. I mean it isn't a big deal, but I got kind of tired of hearing it five times every scene. SO, over all I gave Django a 7 out of 10. Seven points awarded for the fact that it was a near perfect blend of comedy,action, and historical fiction, and three points taken off for overuse of certain special effects, and the N word, but hey, other than that, pretty good flick for those who aren't afraid of a little blood and a few heavy words.