Movie Django Unchained

[mantis]

Role was written for Will Smith but thought Foxx did a good job.

KKK scene hilarious but uneccessary.
Waltz and DiCaprio perfect
Could have shaved 20 minutes off that without noticing but I enjoyed it.

8.5/10 for me and in his 2nd tier of movies

Top Tier (classics)
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Kill Bill 1 + 2

Second Tier (Bloody good movies and nail the genre)
Jackie Brown
Death Proof
Inglorious Basterds
Django Unchained


Hasn't made a bad movie for mine!!!!

Why do you think it was unnecessary?

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Saw it on Sunday and Tarantino has done it again. A brutal yet antastic film with a great mixture of violence and humour with very strong performances especially Waltz and DiCaprio. Wasn't dissappointed in the slightest .

 

[KillaKanga]

Why do you think it was unnecessary?

Every scene in a script/movie needs to further character development/plot etc

What character/plot was dependant on them arguing over the holes? Don't get me wrong I was laughing and enjoyed but I think for a movie that is running around 2hr 45min mark scenes like that could have been on the DVD

 

[CrowEater888]

Every scene in a script/movie needs to further character development/plot etc

What character/plot was dependant on them arguing over the holes? Don't get me wrong I was laughing and enjoyed but I think for a movie that is running around 2hr 45min mark scenes like that could have been on the DVD

The scene depicts the racist white people as impetuous, stupid and rash. We are not laughing with them, but at them. We are not supposed to empathise with these people, which we certainly don't. If we did, then seeing them blow up moments later and scatter like scared children would have not had such an impact.

A scene with such black (no pun inteneded) humour is typical of Tarantino, it deliberately breaks the mood and it puts the viewer off guard.

Other examples:
Bruce Willis selecting the samurai sword.
Travolta and Jackson cleaning up little bits of skull.
Uma Thurmann toying with the young gang member (especially the Japanese version)

In the cinema people pissed themselves with laughter at these scenes, yet they were all about graphic violence.

 

[mantis]

I can't believe no one has put "From Dusk Till Dawn" in their faves, yes I forgot as well. That is the movie that started me on my Tarantino love fest. When I first saw it, I was about to walk out of the cinema, because it was boring, glad I stuck around for another 5 minutes.

 

[KillaKanga]

I can't believe no one has put "From Dusk Till Dawn" in their faves, yes I forgot as well. That is the movie that started me on my Tarantino love fest. When I first saw it, I was about to walk out of the cinema, because it was boring, glad I stuck around for another 5 minutes.

I thought we were ranking his directing efforts. If we include writing then From Dusk and True Romance are right up there!!!!

 

[BEEG]

1 Dusk till Dawn
2 Pulp Fiction
3 Jackie Brown
4 Django Unchained
5 Kill Bill 1+2

Have to say i have never seen Reservoir Dogs did not even know he made that will have to go out and get it

People are not giving Dusk till Dawn enough credit awesome movie

 

[Grogg]

I reckon From Dusk til Dawn is more of a Rodriguez film (director), Tarantino wrote the screenplay and was a producer.

 

[Dan]

 

[mantis]

I reckon From Dusk til Dawn is more of a Rodriguez film (director), Tarantino wrote the screenplay and was a producer.

Say what, no accolades for the writer?

 

[Sanders]

Watch this to see what twat tarantino really is

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/video/2013/jan/11/quentin-tarantino-krishnan-guru-murthy-video

 

[mantis]

Watch this to see what twat tarantino really is

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/video/2013/jan/11/quentin-tarantino-krishnan-guru-murthy-video

This is the Media & Entertainment forum, take your crap to SR&P forum.

 

[Sanders]

This is the Media & Entertainment forum, take your crap to SR&P forum.

What the **** are you on about?

 

[KillaKanga]

Say what, no accolades for the writer?

Writers are the backbone of the film, (look at my sig) but you can't tell me Natural Born Killers, FDTD and True Romance have the same feel. Admittedly From Dusk is the closest and I love it but it has Rodriguez stamped all over it.

I don't mind if people add it to their list of QT but some don't.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Thought the KKK scene was far more relevant that the Aussie bounty hunters. Glad Foxx got the gig instead of Smith. Imagine unable to accept because of MIB3 of all ****ing movies. Should have stopped that franchise halfway through the first.

As for fave QT movies....(Django I reckon will grow on me on subsequent viewings.

1. Reservoir Dogs
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Inglorious Basterds
4. Kill Bill 1
5. Django



Didin't think Dusk till Dawn was that great tbh.

 

[bourbons]

Meh, solid movie but don't see what all the fuss/hype is about to be honest. 7.5/10

FWIW;

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Inglorious Basterds
3. Resoviour Dogs
4. Kill Bill 1
5. Kill Bill 2

Watch this to see what twat tarantino really is

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/video/2013/jan/11/quentin-tarantino-krishnan-guru-murthy-video

Serious? I'd say the interviewer is clearly the twat.

 

[Sanders]

Serious? I'd say the interviewer is clearly the twat.

That interviewer is one of the most respected newsreaders, serious media commentators, in Britain

 

[Grogg]

Say what, no accolades for the writer?

Umm what?

Of course the writer gets huge props, so i dunno how you came to the assumption that I'm giving no accolades.

Anyway, it's the director that shapes the overall look and feel of a film and if you're familiar with Rodriguez work, his style is pretty identifiable.

FDTD is closer to Planet Terror than any Tarantino movie I could think of.

 

[The Sultan]

watched it last night, meh it was ok, bit flat in places, if it wasnt fro waltz, leo and SLJ, the movie would have sucked...
QT needs it stop this "homage" (sp?) to the b-garde movie, Kill Bill/IB/Django and go back to making something a bit more contemporary .

FWIW.
1. Reservoir Dogs
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Kill Bill (1 movie)
4. Basterds
5. Django
6. Jackie Brown

didnt incl, true romance, dusk til dawn, etc as they were not entirely his movies..

 

[CrowEater888]

When the Oscar noms came out a lot of people said Waltz didn't deserve it. After watching the film I strongly disagree with them, he was excellent. Perhaps another Oscar awaits him? He would certainly deserve it imho.

Called it!

A worthy winner, congrats from me.

 

[KillaKanga]

Called it!

A worthy winner, congrats from me.

ha I think most people who have seen Django would think Waltz was well deserving of the nom and a worthy winner if he won it.

QT knows how to write dialogue for certain actors and Waltz knocks it out of the park

 

[Sylvia Saint]

9/10 for me. Exceptional movie - a great script but even better acting. Waltz is a very special actor, anyone that can outshine DiCaprio (IMO the best actor in the business) is doing something right! Samuel L and Foxx excellent too.

I'm a big Tarantino fan and would put this one at #3, just behind Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs.. and slightly ahead of Inglorious Basterds. Kill Bill were good movies, but not really my kind of genre.

 

[bourbons]

That interviewer is one of the most respected newsreaders, serious media commentators, in Britain

Fair enough, think he was going for a pretty cheap angle in this case though.

 

[Footypie32]

Saw this the other day and loved it. Tarantino certainly didn't pull any of his punches with this one (not that I'd expect him to). Love QT's ability to write great monologues and Waltz pulled it off perfectly. A really fun movie to watch. 8.5/10

The only thing that disappointed me was:

Spoiler

Thought it went downhill a little after Waltz's character dies. Thought his character deserved a better death.

 

[mantis]

Saw this the other day and loved it. Tarantino certainly didn't pull any of his punches with this one (not that I'd expect him to). Love QT's ability to write great monologues and Waltz pulled it off perfectly. A really fun movie to watch. 8.5/10

The only thing that disappointed me was:

Spoiler

Thought it went downhill a little after Waltz's character dies. Thought his character deserved a better death.

That upset my daughter as well.