Very stylish,,, And Tarantino is still recognizable

Rating: 9/10 (12 January 2013)

It is longer than 2,5 hours, it is a western, it is focused on black slavery / U.S. 19th century history - and it is still catchy to watch! Well, I am usually not much into the elements mentioned above. But I like Tarantino's works and I did not have to get disappointed, everything was in place: directing, dialogs, tensions, realistic cruelty... It strikes me that many consider this movie too violent; compared to other Tarantino's movies, proportion of violence/blood is rather small. And how the black music (e.g. rap) fits into riding scenes, wow! The ending scenes have also several levels, are versatile and sophisticated (apart from the very final scene, perhaps).
As regards the cast, it is astonishing again, with several Academy Award winners and nominees. And again no dull characters, even the very supporting ones. In my opinion, the cream-of-the-cream performances are by Christoph Waltz as Dr. King Schultz and by Samuel L. Jackson as Stephen, although all the others are great as well. Waltz is the only actor provided an actor Oscar for Tarantino and he has the opportunity to duplicate this year. Let's see, he has strong competitors.
Django Unchained is great, however, I do still consider Pulp Fiction better / more conceptional. That is why "only" 9 points this time. But I hope that Django Unchained will receive more Oscars than Pulp Fiction when the timing was apparently not right.