Django Unchained is a movie by Quentin Tarantino about .. well.. a slave(Jamie Foxx) whose wife has been taken captive by a ruthless white guy(Leo) and he pairs up with a bounty hunter (Christopher Waltz) to get her back. Now the highlight here, not taking anything away from Jamie Foxx, Leonardo Di-Caprio and waltz is Quentin Tarantino. The man has literally redefined what movie-making is about. Let me put it like this, if steven spielberg was showing the death of a man, it would probably go something like this.
1. the victim would tremble (close ups)
2. Killer's hand trembles
3. the man would die
4. the killer would look at his gun
5. regret what he has done
6. be scarred for life
7. the corpse would be gruesome beyond imagination
8. John Williams would be going ape-shit on the orchestra
9. and you would probably feel a little something in your heart.
Jump to Tarantino, most probably
1. the killing would be done in a matter of seconds
2. blood would gush out like a busted water balloon on holi
3. the song playing in the background would be the kind you play in a rave
4. Killer says some borderline psychopath cum sarcastic line like "coffee?"
5. You bust out laughing, feeling no regret at all..
Before going for this movie, just take that picture into your mind.
When?
I've seen this movie 3 times already and the first time I saw it was alone on my laptop I guess. I have this tradition of watching a movie before I go to sleep. Mostly it was just Star Wars but I decided to go with something different this time. The thing with Star Wars was that I usually got sleepy in the middle portion and would have a good night's sleep dreaming about light sabers. The decision to watch Django Unchained turned out to be a bad one after all, the reasons for which shall become clear later in the review.
The Good
There are some questions that are just factual inquiries, things you don't debate, the answers to which are clear as day. Stuff like "Is Untouchablity bad?", "Is Megan Fox Hot?", "Do the twilight movies suck?".. one does not simply debate these questions. So, when it comes to "The good in a Tarantino Movie".. the answer I'll give you first is "The Dialogue".. A tarantino fan can identify a tarantino movie just by 2 mins of dialogue.. It's that memorable. That as Leonardo DiCaprio says".. Dialogue should be your first, second, third, fourth and fifth concern.. after that you can start thinking about acting, direction, screenplay and music." This movie is perhaps the only movie where the acting comes on comparable levels with the awesome dialogue. The actors are pitch perfect. This movie has a more linear storyline than any other tarantino movie so far so it might be enjoyable and a good starter for those who haven't seen/enjoyed any tarantino movie so far. For die hard tarantino fans, it's not a disappointment either.
Let's take the case of The Dark Knight. Now, whenever most people see the dark knight, even though you know that the acting's good, the scene is deep, the action's great but admit it, more than half the time you were waiting like all others for the Joker to come on the screen. The dynamic guy, to come and blow the roof off Gotham. There is always one guy in every movie who does that. In Silence of the Lambs it was Hannibal Lecter, Joker in The Dark Knight, Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man. Here, there are four. Leonardo DiCaprio, Christopher Waltz( God bless you oscars!), Jamie Foxx and Sameul L. Jackson, who once again proves that he can be the best performer in a movie even if he is introduced halfway in it. Now, let that sink in. Feel a little something? yeah, that's called ass kicking.
Another thing I really liked about the movie was that even though the theme of the storyline is so serious and the dialogue is pretty racist and highly offensive (I can't emphasize this enough) at no point did I get intense or offended while watching the movie. In a wierd way the whole movie was a fun time. Many people have classified this genre as black comedy (and no fellow noobs, black comedy is not comedy by black guys) and I see their point. This movie has a lot of violence and action sequences in it but at no point does it become an action movie. There is a shot in the movie where the violence is gruesome and when you cringe because of the brutality of it all and that would be the scene of mandingo fighting but the rest of the gun violence is mostly, and don't call me a psychopath/sadist for this, was kind of fun. I actually laughed out loud when a group of black guys killed off their owner with a rock. Judge me all you want, but when you see it, you will too. There is a lot of goodt in this movie and if I covered them all I would probably have to write another novel. So now we move on to..
Let's take the case of The Dark Knight. Now, whenever most people see the dark knight, even though you know that the acting's good, the scene is deep, the action's great but admit it, more than half the time you were waiting like all others for the Joker to come on the screen. The dynamic guy, to come and blow the roof off Gotham. There is always one guy in every movie who does that. In Silence of the Lambs it was Hannibal Lecter, Joker in The Dark Knight, Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man. Here, there are four. Leonardo DiCaprio, Christopher Waltz( God bless you oscars!), Jamie Foxx and Sameul L. Jackson, who once again proves that he can be the best performer in a movie even if he is introduced halfway in it. Now, let that sink in. Feel a little something? yeah, that's called ass kicking.
Another thing I really liked about the movie was that even though the theme of the storyline is so serious and the dialogue is pretty racist and highly offensive (I can't emphasize this enough) at no point did I get intense or offended while watching the movie. In a wierd way the whole movie was a fun time. Many people have classified this genre as black comedy (and no fellow noobs, black comedy is not comedy by black guys) and I see their point. This movie has a lot of violence and action sequences in it but at no point does it become an action movie. There is a shot in the movie where the violence is gruesome and when you cringe because of the brutality of it all and that would be the scene of mandingo fighting but the rest of the gun violence is mostly, and don't call me a psychopath/sadist for this, was kind of fun. I actually laughed out loud when a group of black guys killed off their owner with a rock. Judge me all you want, but when you see it, you will too. There is a lot of goodt in this movie and if I covered them all I would probably have to write another novel. So now we move on to..
The Bad
There is hardly anything wrong with the movie when you see it for the first time. It has its flaws but this is stuff that I could live with and if corrected, would have changed the movie's tone in general. There are two kinds of responses I got for this film. The first one being the kind who say this is the best quentin tarantino movie since pulp fiction (personally I put Reservoir dogs ahead of both unlike most.. but that's another story) and the second kind being the ones who say that the movie was completely random. Now, the second kind did enjoy the movie but as monsieur candyland says "If I was to take this hammer here and bash in their skull, I would find that they too had enjoyed the movie for the same three reasons as everybody else.."
For the sake of saying though, the movie is predictable and a little bit long although it doesn't really feel like it when you watch it for the first time. Oh, and yeah for the easily offended, avoid at all costs.
When Do I see It
Tarantino movies are usually all time movies. You could watch it after a funeral and still laugh your ass off. (I know that's a bit over the top but what can I say, that's what the movie is .. ) My advice, watch it with friends who love tarantino movies and you'll have a blast. And make sure that you have time to see it because the first time I saw it, I couldn't sleep during the movie and so.. lack of sleep made me miss classes. (In hindsight, it was probably worth it). If you haven't seen it by now, do it as soon as possible. Better yet, see it in theaters. (All those willing, just inbox me. We'll go in a group. Release date is 29th march. This nigga is ready.)
Final Verdict
Being the tarantino movie as it is, I feel the urgent need to say something awesome, cool, witty, sarcastic and meaningful at the same time. But I hardly have any words left. Everything I say will probably be just a rehash of the lines of the movie. Let's put it like this I have a sincere feeling that people will be quoting from this movie in trolls for a long, long time. As Lord of the rings gave us the "One does not simply troll.." this movie can give us about 10 more.
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