Over the top Tarantino goodness

Rating: 9/10 (25 January 2013)

Django Unchained is a movie written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and stars Christoph Waltz and Jamie Foxx and although these are the two main actors in this movie. The real star is Tarantino himself.
The movie takes place two years before the American civil war and is about a bounty hunter, Christoph Waltz's character who frees a slave called Django ,played by Jamie Foxx, because he needs his help with a bounty. One thing leads to another and they become partners and team up and go to try free Django's wife from slavery.
This movie is typical Tarantino. Everything oozes Tarantino; the dialogue, the shots, the music. This is everything you'd expect from a Tarantino movie and he is truly the star of the movie. Jamie Foxx plays a freed slave, Django, and is great in the movie. He doesn't have much dialogue due to the nature of his character but everything he does deliver, coupled with his persona and the way he carries himself throughout the movie is fantastic. Christoph Waltz plays the bounty hunter who frees him and deserves the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor 100%. He is brilliant in this movie and the chemistry between him and Django is great and can be put down to the acting but also the writing. They form a witty, funny and badass pair.
Leonardo DiCaprio plays the main villain in the movie and does fantastically in this different role and in my opinion, should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Samuel L. Jackson plays DiCaprio's house servant in the movie and is both as evil as DiCaprio's character but also is hilarious and steals every scene he is in. So, you have Christoph Waltz who is a scene stealer, DiCaprio who is a scene stealer and Samuel L. Jackson who is a scene stealer in a scene together. This is an example of why I love Tarantino. He is a rock star of the movie industry.
The action in this movie is typical Tarantino and over the top and mostly quite hilarious but it can also be quite uncomfortable which isn't a negative, it's just a point. For me the job of a movie is to promote a reaction from the audience, whatever that reaction may be and Tarantino does great here.
The movie could have been said to be a tad long but when I thought about it there wasn't a single scene which I could think of that I thought should have been removed. So when that happens...you can't complain about length. Tarantino movies are an event and the more the better as far as I'm concerned.
Django Unchained is a fantastic movie, classic Tarantino over the top goodness and is well worth a watch
9/10