good acting, beautiful scenery, plenty of excitement

Rating: 10/10 (6 June 2013)

This "southern" western is one of the most exciting I have seen in a very long time. The color was beautiful, the West was, despite its usual "rough" look, drawing as well. Naturally, the southern plantation had a very beautiful appeal to it. As far as the action is concerned, it was definitely very exciting. (Anybody having seen the movie would, very likely, wonder if somebody else had a gun in his hand ready to shoot him when he leaves the theater.) I was pleased with the actors who were very convincing in their roles. Jamie Foxx was a very brave and mean Django, but you wanted to see him win out. In a sense, Christopher Waltz was there for decorative purposes, but he, as King Shultz, was able to get his job accomplished. Leonardo DiCaprio, as Calvin Candie unlike the loving, caring person he was in "Titanic", was a mean and heartless plantation owner who loved to see brutal fighting. Kerry Washington, as Bronhilda Van Shaft, was a very appealing lady, and whose heart would not go out to her? Samule L. Jackson, as the mean Stephen, was somebody so mean that you would want to kill him. It was a good story, up to the very last second. Because of the aesthetic qualities, the good acting, and the western excitement, see it!