Very Pleasantly Surprised

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2012)

I'm going to say this right off the bat: I'm not the world's biggest Tarantino fan. I truly LIKE his movies and enjoy them but I'm no 'Tarantino Scholar' proclaiming the virtues of every scene and line of every movie. I went into Django Unchained expecting to be entertained but I did not expect anything earth-jarring.
Boy was I wrong. I feel like this movie is the ultimate expression of Tarantino's 'F*#k you Hollywood' style of film making. This movie doesn't have proper structure, flow, editing, or even make a whole lot of sense. It's simply pure hilarious creative pleasure! I laughed harder than I have in years, to the point I had tears in my eyes. I was never bored for a minute. If the point of a movie is to ENTERTAIN than this is one of the best movies ever made.
I'll skip the commentary on performances beyond this : Christoph Waltz is a genius, Samuel L. Jackson has never been so entertaining, Jamie Foxx has never been so watchable, and Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the most talented and Chameleon like actors in history.
You will never look at your watch during the epic running time. I could have sat through another hour of this easily.
There has been some controversy regarding the language and topic of the movie but I say good on Tarantino and his cast of talented black people for going beyond this ridiculous self-imposed censorship society has put upon the topic of the history of slavery. We satirically make light of all kinds of tragic historical times. We insert comedy into almost every movie about every war to great effect...and that's what slavery in the USA was: a war. A war about decency vs. indecency. I like that this movie reminded me how horrible this scar on the history of the world truly is. Don't bury the past, remind us of the past and give us the pleasure of a few stories about the horrors where the beaten beat the beaters if you know what I mean.
I rate this 10/10. I didn't learn anything new, I didn't find anything profound, I don't think this movie will change the world. It's pure unadulterated over the top ENTERTAINMENT.