Close but no Cigar

Rating: 7/10 (5 June 2013)

I thought QT's previous movie, Inglorious Basterds was just fantastic. Each scene had so much tension built up, its almost difficult to watch the entire movie in one sitting. Django Unchained is much tamer in comparison. It's a pretty good movie, don't get me wrong, but it does not really reach the level of brilliance of Inglorious Basterds. It does have a couple of tension filled moments but not quite as nail biting for me.
The actors however are brilliant: Terrific performances all around. The stand out performance for me was Samuel L Jackson. Can't believe that was Nick Fury, incredible! My biggest disappointment was the character played by Christoph Waltz. I felt if his character in this movie was swapped with the one he played in Inglorious Basterds, there would be no difference what so ever. Not sure why Tarantino would do that, except for the fact the Waltz plays that character brilliantly.
Overall, I think what works most, is that Tarantino has given this movie some breathing room from Inglorious Basterds, but unfortunately it was a bit too long and slow.
Conclusion: if you liked GB, you'll like this one as well but probably not love it.