Another Taratino Project I Couldn't Help But Like!!

Rating: 8/10 (22 August 2013)

Tarantino and I have a strange relationship. He generally profoundly annoys me with his obvious arrogance and unnecessary pretentiousness. And winning the Oscar for the screenplay here didn't exactly help matters. :0) But I cannot deny the man makes wooooooooooooooooonderful films!!!! Django Unchained is no exception and ranks right up there with the likes of Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Death Proof, Jackie Brown and few others I liked.
This is slavery from the Tarantino perspective and, oooooohyes.....it works....
It is bloody and witty and fun and well-written complete with the (requisite/necessary?) element of unabashed revenge against the whole institution of slavery, which I, an African-American viewer, had absolutely no problem with. The film is filled with eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeex performances, i.e. Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Michael Parks and Christopher Waltz. As a matter of fact the only question I have is not with the film itself but with the supporting Oscar win for Waltz. While his performance was measured, wonderful, and his characterization as a whole was most positive, hands down the most sparkling performances were those of Di Caprio and Jackson. Their scenes together were simply stunning. And of course, every time Jackson opened his mouth, I lost it. These two deeeeeefinitely need to do another project - off the HOOK!! Nonetheless, a very good film that I hiiiiiiiiiiighly recommend that is indeed worthy of your movie library!