God Bless Tarantino

Rating: 9/10 (2 October 2013)

This may not be the BEST film I've ever seen (though it is among them) but it certainly is the most satisfying.
Picture the scene: You have dozens of the most stupid, dirty, intolerant, prejudiced, violent and disgusting in-bred white 'people' to ever walk the Earth. They treat blacks like property, and if they step outta line they feel nothing about whipping them, getting dogs to tear them apart, cutting off their tongues and testicles... and that's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Then arrives a former slave in a dapper suit and a serious attitude problem (to put in mildly), who then proceeds to blow these walking piles of trash to kingdom come...
No, that's being too gentle... He eviscerates them. He destroys them. He wipes any trace of them from the map. It takes some kind of talent to create such a bloody yet arresting spectacle, but this is Tarantino we're talking about here. He wrote the book on the subject. Even by his colossal standards though, this is just breathtaking filmmaking. I felt like having a street party every time Django pulled his trigger and put one of these SOBs out of their misery.
But there's more. So much more. Jamie Foxx is brilliant, a black Charles Bronson if ever I saw one (But with heaps more acting nous). What about Christoph Waltz though, as his partner... the most cunning bounty hunter the West ever saw? And Leonardo DiCaprio, who's a charming yet deadly slave trader? And who could forget the FANTASTIC Samuel L Jackson in probably his finest performance, as a redeemless, treacherous submissive? These four men, in fact the whole cast, fit their characters like a glove... and do the excellent dialogue and absorbing plot full justice.
At 2 and a half hours, I wanted it to go on. I didn't look away from the screen once, and even when the proceedings got ever more ridiculous towards the end, Tarantino somehow convinces us that this is all perfectly logical. It's a feast for the eyes, mind and soul, and the sort of film you want to want to rewatch as soon as it's over. In fact, I think I'l do that right now. C ya. 9/10