Creativity to the very last frame

Rating: 9/10 (26 December 2012)

An homage to the Spaghetti Westerns, with influences by the finest western genre films of any era in terms of cinematography, "Django Unchained" comes across uniquely Tarantino with a story that has many layers of subtlety, yet obviously in-your-face violence that represents reality more than most folks give credit. Killing people with weapons is not neat and tidy as is portrayed in many films, I have to respect his choice to be graphic.
Mr. Tarantino's mix of music and mythology crosses from the past to present time with clever foreshadowing.
The 165 minute running time went by much faster than it seemed, but there were a couple parts that were a bit overworked. My suggestion is to not be afraid to laugh at the wrong places, much like one tends to do in Pulp Fiction after you become familiar with the film's perspective.
Foxx, Jackson, DiCaprio, and Waltz are amazing. Ms. Washington is not only very convincing in her role, she is beautiful. The costuming was superb.
Mr. Tarantino is not guided by anything other than storytelling in his own way, and this film shows another side of his creativity that will continue to raise the bar for the skills of a director. He doesn't churn out quantities of films, he brings us carefully considered craftsmanship that you will want to see repeatedly, just to see what you missed the first time through.
Three of us went: we give it six thumbs up.
Stay to the end, after the credits, until the very last frame.