Breathtaking violent perfection

Rating: 9/10 (25 May 2013)

As a Tarantino fan I was really exited to see his new movie. I expected nothing less that brilliance.
The story. There actually is none. It's relatively simple - saving Django's wife. That is not what get this movie going. What gets the movie going are the dialogs. Classic Tarantino insanity. The dialogs are extremely fun to listen to and shockingly lifelike, especially the southern accents and pronunciation. Every character has his own way of talking, pronouncing words and communicating with others. I know this sounds a bit strange, but the way the characters talk is how their persona is shown. The very idea of presenting characters just through dialog is something only Tarantino knows how to do (remember Reservoir dogs). Also, an interesting fact is how certain characters are introduced in the movie. Every one of them had a specific environment in which we first see them, and the environment itself is a picture of what that character is like - showing the characters persona by introducing him in a specific environment (e.g. DiCaprio's first appearance). Also, the movie reeks of comic book styled, unrealistic and casual sequences that give it a necessary casualness.
The acting. The acting is based on communication and interaction. The absolute God that deserves a Nobel prize for acting (and just for him it should be invented) is Christoph Waltz. His acting is mesmerizing. From his first scene to his last there is no one that can counter his style and elegance in what he does. His character is completely different that in Basterds, and he does such a wonderful job showing how he can act as a ruthless Nazi, and as a kind and goodhearted bounty hunter. Every other actor that finds himself close to Waltz in the movie is simply swept aside. Foxx for that reason, until the last 40 min is simply nonexistent. He is good, but Waltz actually destroyed him in every scene they had together (and that's the first 120 min). DiCaprio is exceptionally good. He finally escaped the identical roles of disturbed individuals he had in the last couple of years (Inception, Shutter Island, Departed) and showed that he has something else to offer that be messed up (not using curse words even though I should) the entire movie. His ruthlessness is disturbing, but the problem is, after some time his act becomes so visual one just doesn't believe in it anymore. He becomes frustrating and irritating, and I doubt that was the point. Still, way better than what he had done in the past couple of years. Now, the star of the second part of the movie is the almighty Samuel L. Jackson. The mask he wore and his acting made him so old my father (who saw the movie with me) didn't recognize him at first. Unlike DiCaprio who was meant to be the main bad guy, Jackson's diabolical persona is the one true villain in the movie. He did everything in his power to create the most despicable and hated character in the movie, and he succeeded. His signature word is used often and is well incorporated, his moves are those of a tired old man, his passion while acting is not from this world.
The violence. Now, as a Tarantino fan I should already be used to his methods of directing and the gore his movies are filled with, but this is something different. This time, the violence is mental. It is not something you can't bare to watch because it is ugly to watch, it is violent because it is ugly to know how people were treated at that time. This movie shows what slavery was all about, it shows it in it's full gruesome and violent manner and criticizes it like no one has done so far. It's hard to watch how people were whipped, tortured and vandalized not because of the scene itself, but because you know that sort of thing was really going on. That sort of thing boiled my blood so much I wanted to kill every single slave owner in the movie singlehandedly (yet another element that shows how good the acting was and how good the script was). Although, the bloodbath at Candyland is really gory and gives a nice Tarantino touch to the whole thing.
The music. An extremely interesting fusion of rap, country and western music, with Ennio Morricone's influence.
A great, great movie that has two absolutely godlike roles and great supporting roles, with ridiculously brilliant dialogs, that deals with an issue of historical importance. Tarantino is the prototype of a director that never made a mistake in his movies. The older and crazier he is, the better his movies are. Oscars, well deserved.