A Guaranteed Classic

Rating: 10/10 (16 June 2016)

The western genre has essentially died for decades but know surely people will now have noticed that gradually it's starting to come back with films like True Grit, Bone Tomahawk,The Revenant, The Hateful Eight Etc. But this was really the film that's started it Django Unchained is a masterpiece and my second favourite Tarantino movie falling just short of Inglorious Basterds for me. This movie just captures it's period so well to the point where you legitimately feel as if your in the west. Tarantino directs this film masterfully because he tried so many so things here he went for a faster pace and more action sequences and it all works and meshes well together. Jamie Foxx is fantastic in this movie because he acts just how he's supposed to as a real slave would in this situation and as he gradually talks more and acquires more confidence it feels gradual and makes for a greater performance. Christoph Waltz took home his second Oscar for this movie at he absolutely deserved it he's fantastic in this movie and steals every scene he's in almost. Leonardo DiCaprio is fabulous here as well playing the villain so perfectly to the point where I hate him I hate Leonardo DiCaprio that's unimaginable and in my opinion at least deserved an Oscar nomination. Tarantino usually likes to go for more dialogue sequences than action sequences but in Django Unchained he adds in more and it works there all filmed to perfection with intensity and ultimately there just really entertaining. The love story is where the film possibly could falter but know it works perfectly and its what gives the film it's heart and keeps it going. Django Unchained is one of the best westerns I've ever seen and proof that Tarantino can master any genre to create one of his finest movies and one of the best of 2012. 100%-A+