Well howdy y'all! I just watched Quinten Tarantino's new film "Django Unchained". Pretty good movie, as I expected. I'm a fan of most of his movies (Reservior Dogs, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Natural Born Killers, From Dusk Till Dawn, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Inglourious Bastards), so I was expecting it not to suck, at the very least. He didn't fail me.
There's a lot of rumors flying around that the movie is based off a true story. Sorry, but no. Although similar situations COULD very well have occurred, it is not based on any specific historical events. It's set in the South, pre Civil War. If you're sensitive to (I would almost say the overuse) the word "nigger", don't go see it. It's seriously in pretty much every other line. Jamie Foxx did a great job. I can't say anything negative about his performance. Leonardo DiCaprio played a good, effeminate, southern plantation owner (ironically called "Candy Land"). The one that struck me the most was Samuel L. Jackson. He plays the part of an older house hand named simply "Stanley". Within the first three lines of his character's introduction, you learn immediately that he is not a fan of people who aren't of a lighter skin tone.
He did a great job, and played the part very well. (Even though I kinda wanted him to say "I'm tired of these mothafuckin niggers on this mothafuckin farm" at some point) The one thing that I couldn't get over is his character's similarity to Uncle Ruckus (no relation), a character on the show "The Boondocks". If you have seen both you will know exactly what I'm talking about. I almost expected Stanley to start singing "Don't trust them new niggers over there". The characters were that similar. That aside, I give this movie an 8/10. Good acting, good writing, good & interesting music choices, great action scenes. All around good movie.
(I apologize for my use of the word "nigger" in this posting, but it is necessary to discuss the movie.) Sooo, if you've seen it, let me know what you thought. If you haven't seen it, it's not a waste of money for a ticket, unlike half of the crap that they're pumping into movie theaters recently. So go see it! That's all I got this time! Please follow my blog if I made you think, or laugh, or eat ramen noodles, or ANYTHING....and feel free to comment if you agree, or disagree, or just love kittens! I'm not here to judge you! But I do have an opinion on a LOT of things, and if you can help me understand yours, in a logical and reasonable fashion....you might just change my mind! But probably not.
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