Good But Not Great

Rating: 7/10 (10 May 2013)

'Django Unchained' is a story of earning freedom of a black slave with the help of a German bounty hunter and saving his loved one.The story became predictable when the legend of broomhilda was revealed. But Quentin Tarantino is known for his artistic and bloody twist in the story, and this movie is not different from that. As always in any Quentin Tarantino's movies, this movie contained a lot of blood work and ,in my opinion, unnecessary violence. But that is exactly why Quentin is known for. He has his own way of seeing a story and that is exactly why Quentin's work always draws our attention. Like it or hate it, Quentin will always get our attention and that's what good directors does.
Another good thing about the movie is the acting of three gentlemen- Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson. The rendition of Christoph as Dr. Schultz was as good as his rendition as 'Hans Landa' in 'Inglorious Basterds'. My Favorite part in the movie was the first sequence of the movie, where Dr. Schultz freed Django, though while watching it, i found a lot of similarities between this sequence and the opening sequence of 'Inglorious Basterds'. But it is true Christoph Waltz stole every scene which he was in with his incredible acting. I dare say, He alone made the movie as good as it is. It was good to see Leonardo DiCaprio playing a different type of character than his previous popular movies - Aviator, Shutter Island and Inception. In all of those three movies his characters were quite similar. His performance as Calvin Candie was very good, giving the character proper respect and importance. Last but not the least , Samuel L. Jackson. In my opinion, one of the most under-rated actor is Samuel L. Jackson. His rendition as Stephen was a good slap to to the face of the people who underrates him. He was fabulous in his acting, giving the right kind of antagonist this story required.
There is nothing in the world that is absolute. As I mentioned before, The story was predictable when the legend of Broomhilda was revealed, and even with Quentin's best effort the story didn't get better. Also the over complexity in the rescue of the beloved Broomhilda made the film kind of bland than exciting. The unnecessary violent scenes didn't help either. The performance of Jamie Foxx as Django was good but not great. He was overshadowed by the characters played by Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson. Violence and blood work doesn't necessarily bring grit to the film and this film proves it.In my opinion it is Quentin's one of the least impressive works.