Django Unchained
Before I forget to bring this up, QT naming the character Dr. King.......am I to believe that was merely a coincidence? Nothing ever is in that man's world.
For this instance, I wish I had no read the script. It took away all my surprise. And here's what tells me this movie was still amazing, I was still enthralled, edge of my seat, anxious, and excited for every single sequence. The man is artistically without peer. The ******* were setting dishes on the table, and the scenes were "beautiful". And I hate saying artsy stuffy crap like that about movies, like The Artist, etc. But when he does things, that's how I view it. Every detail, flawless. The way his characters annunciate their words, precisely, carefully, all of it I credit to Q. He misses nothing.
The man shot a scene from Jamie Foxx's nutsack, and it wasn't weird, or dirty, or forced, it somehow.....fit. I don't know how else ot give the guy credit than that.
Now, WHY we have to film a scene from a dudes teabag, that I don't know, but he did manage it, and made it seem to fit somehow. That's where the credit belongs.
Waltz. God damn. This guy has been one helluva gem for Tarantino to find. He was PERFECT as the sort of narrator for the movie, his dialogue was perfect, he set the tone, the way he always explained every detail like not coming out of the bar til he has the word of the Marshall that they will not be shot, asking for permission to reach into his coat, he took the time to deliver every single word with purpose. Fantastic.
Loved how he did not understand slavery, or even treat Django one iota less than himself, the only problem I did have was him admitting that unfortunately, because he needed Django's help, he was sort of, a servant to him. I wish QT could have re-worded that somehow, would have given King's character a more perfect, honest look at slaves. Treating them better than most whites is fine, but still using one for your purpose is not all that much different, ya know? And I felt like that blurred line could have been removed.
Speaking of removed, there was a bigger scene taken out of the script, when we first meet Candie, some other guy that fell in love with one of the pony's, and ultimately tries to take Candie down. I wonder why that part was removed, then he added the KKK wardrobe malfunction, which was hilarious.
Foxx was OUTSTANDING, and **** a Will Smith for bein a vag and not takin this role. Better for us. Foxx blends in so well. I imagine, if I saw Will, I would think Fresh Prince, or Bad Boys, or somethin. I looked at Foxx, and never once saw Ray, or Any Given Sunday, or Wanda, nothing. I saw Django. He played that part perfectly.
Watching Leo and Sam fuss back and forth was incredible, and maybe my favorite overall scene was after Sam yellin and cussin, he walks away, and Leo is sort of laughin to his lawyer, and says he's getting worse and worse out here, it looked so genuine, like it wasn't even Candie there, that was Leo takin a sec to laugh to himself how great Sam was doin. Sam was ALL OVER everybody in this movin, an annoying pain in the *** know it all, but he played it perfect. Leo was so smooth, damn near went back to his Titanic manners and speach patterns, you could tell he was just enjoying being there, conversing with King, dueling with Sam, you could see he was just having fun.
One scene I was not clear on, and I tried to watch it carefully, Leo actually cut his hand in the scene, for real? Or was that accidental? I couldn't tell, but Leo does in fact steal a glance at his hand, almost like "oh ****" and then just kept actin. Anyone know what that was about, he method actin that for some reason?
Broomhilda was literally the only character wasted, which is a shock to me, given how great Tarantino is with female roles (usually). But she was nothing but a memory to Django the whole time, a ghost in a field. Her lines were meaningless, the only part she had with any feel was of course the whipping scene, and that.........was hard to watch. That scene, you could feel how horrible that era must have been. I saw someone mention something about forcing Django to look at her back, as a way of saying that we should all look "back" at that era, and learn from our mistakes, if that is truly what he intended, and again, nothing he does is ever coincidence imo, then that was a great way at doing it.
The last half hour, I laughed when it all began. From Django Til Dawn broke out, minus the vamps, but once again he goes from normal outstanding movie with dialogue and sets, and incredible acting, and breaks it down to a gunfight where gallons of blood shoot into midair from a single gunshot wound.
I swear he does it to **** with critics. I'm me, I can do what I want ************!
I look forward to landin this on Blu Ray, and really learning all the nuances I am sure that I missed. At some point, I will sit thru all QT, and really rank how they fit. But it is clear, this man is the best. He never wastes a scene, he ALWAYS gets the best from his cast, and visually, he is above anyone, even with all their computers and CGI, he does it real. And better.
I damn near want them to give him Star Wars, let him imagine some scenery, and let him introduce blood to the galaxy, he damn near would do it better than anyone else, I'd bet anything on it.