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From the moment Jamie Foxx throws off a filthy, tattered blanket to reveal a richly muscled back crisscrossed with long scars, it's obvious that Django Unchained will be both true to its exploitation roots but also clear-eyed about the misery that's being exploited.
Django (Foxx), a slave set free in the years before the Civil War, joins with a German dentist-turned-bounty hunter (the marvelous Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds), who has promised to help Django rescue his wife (Kerry Washington), who's still enslaved to a gleeful and grandiose plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio, plainly relishing the opportunity to play an out-and-out villain). What follows is a wild and woolly ride, crammed with all the pleasures one expects from a revenge fantasy written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Plot-wise, some things happen a little too easily (for example, Django instantly becomes a master gunslinger), but the moral perspective is not glib. For all its lurid violence and jazzy dialogue, this is a still-rare movie that paints slavery for what it was: a brutal, dehumanizing practice that allowed a privileged few to profit from the suffering of many, a practice guaranteed by the gun and the whip. Think of it as the antidote to Gone with the Wind. Tarantino is more heartfelt in Django Unchained than in any of his previous movies--without sacrificing any of the pell-mell action, tension, and delicious language that made Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, and Pulp Fiction so very enjoyable. --Bret Fetzer
Django (Foxx), a slave set free in the years before the Civil War, joins with a German dentist-turned-bounty hunter (the marvelous Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds), who has promised to help Django rescue his wife (Kerry Washington), who's still enslaved to a gleeful and grandiose plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio, plainly relishing the opportunity to play an out-and-out villain). What follows is a wild and woolly ride, crammed with all the pleasures one expects from a revenge fantasy written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Plot-wise, some things happen a little too easily (for example, Django instantly becomes a master gunslinger), but the moral perspective is not glib. For all its lurid violence and jazzy dialogue, this is a still-rare movie that paints slavery for what it was: a brutal, dehumanizing practice that allowed a privileged few to profit from the suffering of many, a practice guaranteed by the gun and the whip. Think of it as the antidote to Gone with the Wind. Tarantino is more heartfelt in Django Unchained than in any of his previous movies--without sacrificing any of the pell-mell action, tension, and delicious language that made Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, and Pulp Fiction so very enjoyable. --Bret Fetzer
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Django is a freed slave, who, under the tutelage of a German bounty hunter, becomes a bounty hunter himself. After taking down some bad guys for profit, they track down Django's slave wife and liberate her from an evil plantation owner.
Special Features:
• Reimagining the Spaghetti Western: The Horses & Stunts of Django Unchained
• The Costume Designs of Sharen Davis
• Remembering J. Michael Riva: The Production Design of Django Unchained
• 20 Years In The Making: The Tarantino XX Blu-ray Collection
• Django Unchained Soundtrack Spot
Special Features:
• Reimagining the Spaghetti Western: The Horses & Stunts of Django Unchained
• The Costume Designs of Sharen Davis
• Remembering J. Michael Riva: The Production Design of Django Unchained
• 20 Years In The Making: The Tarantino XX Blu-ray Collection
• Django Unchained Soundtrack Spot
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Annie fitzy
Format:DVD
This film will make you smile, laugh, feel nauseated and think on about the horror of the times it's set in. Its a classic. Christopher Waltz stole the the show for me. His witty and clever comments and acting had perfect timing. Not to mention his facial expressions.
Jamie Foxx was great as the lead character but I enjoyed Waltz much more. It's fast and furious from the get go. It's gruesome, but in classic OTT Tarantino style.
The story is clever enough and superbly acted by one and all.
One exception is Samuel L Jackson. His performance was so overwhelmingly good there aren't words to describe it.
This movie's shocking and gory as I'm sure it would have been during that terrible time. BUT it's also very very entertaining and hugely funny. I can't recommend it highly enough. 10/10
Jamie Foxx was great as the lead character but I enjoyed Waltz much more. It's fast and furious from the get go. It's gruesome, but in classic OTT Tarantino style.
The story is clever enough and superbly acted by one and all.
One exception is Samuel L Jackson. His performance was so overwhelmingly good there aren't words to describe it.
This movie's shocking and gory as I'm sure it would have been during that terrible time. BUT it's also very very entertaining and hugely funny. I can't recommend it highly enough. 10/10
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is not what I expected, I am oh so glad I watched it, a laugh a minute, just what the doctor ordered
26 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By The Movie Guy
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) is a well spoken bounty hunter who acquires Django (Jamie Foxx) to find and kill some men who are wanted, "dead or alive." Dr. Schultz isn't too keen on the "live" part.
The film divides itself into two parts. After the bounty hunting episodes are through, our duo conceive a plan to rescue the wife of Django (Kerry Washington) by purchasing her from Candie Land plantation. Dr. Schultz has no stomach for slavery or slave owners. Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't enter the film until the second part.
Like Tarantino films it incorporates humor. The bag over the head scene was reminiscent of something we might have seen in "Blazing Saddles." The flashbacks are minimal and not confusing. There is of course the over the top climatic ending and plenty of blood.
I have to question the use of the MF bomb several times in this picture. The first known usage of the word is the 1930s. It is speculated the phrase originated during slavery as a way to describe white owners who would take black mothers as comfort women. The phrase would have a specific meaning and not used in the generic sense that Samuel L. Jackson tossed about.
Tarantino fans will not be disappointed. Great sound track.
Parental Guidance: F-bomb,N-word, nudity (Kerry Washington). No sex. Killing and slow motion blood splatter.
The film divides itself into two parts. After the bounty hunting episodes are through, our duo conceive a plan to rescue the wife of Django (Kerry Washington) by purchasing her from Candie Land plantation. Dr. Schultz has no stomach for slavery or slave owners. Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't enter the film until the second part.
Like Tarantino films it incorporates humor. The bag over the head scene was reminiscent of something we might have seen in "Blazing Saddles." The flashbacks are minimal and not confusing. There is of course the over the top climatic ending and plenty of blood.
I have to question the use of the MF bomb several times in this picture. The first known usage of the word is the 1930s. It is speculated the phrase originated during slavery as a way to describe white owners who would take black mothers as comfort women. The phrase would have a specific meaning and not used in the generic sense that Samuel L. Jackson tossed about.
Tarantino fans will not be disappointed. Great sound track.
Parental Guidance: F-bomb,N-word, nudity (Kerry Washington). No sex. Killing and slow motion blood splatter.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Just love this movie. It is pretty violent - even for one of his films - but there is humour and the acting is fantastic.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
I wasn't able to go to the big screen to watch Django, but now that I've seen it on Blu Ray I'm impressed.
It is clearly one of the best films from Tarantino! (From my perspective).
The plot is PERFECT!
Waltz deserves his Oscar. Dicaprio does some of the best acting I've seen from him. Samuel L Jackson's role is just f..... funny!
The black humor and ridicule of the classic westerns, the major unnatural amounts of blood and wild camera zooms help make this film one of my absolute favorites!
It is a bit long-winded, but otherwise it's just a new masterpiece from Tarantino!
It is clearly one of the best films from Tarantino! (From my perspective).
The plot is PERFECT!
Waltz deserves his Oscar. Dicaprio does some of the best acting I've seen from him. Samuel L Jackson's role is just f..... funny!
The black humor and ridicule of the classic westerns, the major unnatural amounts of blood and wild camera zooms help make this film one of my absolute favorites!
It is a bit long-winded, but otherwise it's just a new masterpiece from Tarantino!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By A.Banner
Format:DVD
I refused to see this movie in the theatres because of the controversy about the Django Unchained slave Barbie dolls and action figures (I'm being serious, Google it if you haven't heard about the controversy). So I only just watched this movie last night and was SHOCKED at how excellent it was. Heartfelt, engaging, interesting, action packed with that signature touch of Quentin Tarintio gore - it was just a great movie!
24 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By DaveA
Format:Blu-ray
A western with a difference , the blood and gore is in a way so extreme that it is funny. It's the first time I've watched a long (2hours 45 minutes) western and thoroughly enjoyed every minute, it's different enough to make it appeal to non-western lovers as well, the acting is excellent and the message well delivered. Don't be put off by reports of gratuitous violence, what there is is deserved and the eventual bloodbath is a bit like in "Kill Bill" i.e. so much as to be comical.
50 of 64 people found the following review helpful
By Dooscah
Format:Blu-ray
There's an extreme amount of assumptious expectation and denigration coming from all sides regarding this film, but I simply cannot understand why myself.
Suddenly this poor guy Quentin has the world on his shoulders but he's never promised to deliver anything to anyone! It's neither billed as a true story nor professes to be based on fact. He doesn't owe anyone anything. The guy just felt like making a fun, interesting and really entertaining movie.
Tarantino is right back on top form here again with his wild imagination, unique story-telling and distinctive visual style. All performances are top rate, the setting is fresh and the casting is just right (which wouldn't have been the case if Will Smith accepted the role of Django, imo).
It's an instant classic that I will certainly watch again.
Suddenly this poor guy Quentin has the world on his shoulders but he's never promised to deliver anything to anyone! It's neither billed as a true story nor professes to be based on fact. He doesn't owe anyone anything. The guy just felt like making a fun, interesting and really entertaining movie.
Tarantino is right back on top form here again with his wild imagination, unique story-telling and distinctive visual style. All performances are top rate, the setting is fresh and the casting is just right (which wouldn't have been the case if Will Smith accepted the role of Django, imo).
It's an instant classic that I will certainly watch again.
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great film I highly recommend it to everyone that love westerns or just movie lovers in general. A must see film
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Too bloody for the family, looks like a boys only film
Not seen yet too many yuks when it started so haven't seen it yet. Will have to reserve comment, cheers
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