Django Unchained

[UserX]

I thought it was good. Not great. Not yet anyway, it usually takes me two viewings to let everything sink in with Tarantino and catch all the subtleties.

Same way with me. I didn't care much for IB the first time I saw it, but I've enjoyed it more and more each time I've watched it. PF was this way for sure too, with the out of sequence scenes.

I thought it was good. Not great. Not yet anyway, it usually takes me two viewings to let everything sink in with Tarantino and catch all the subtleties.

One thing I am impressed with is him just having the balls to make a movie like this to begin with. There is some terrible shit going on, and he goes at it like he does everything else: unflinching, which is why I admire him as a writer/director. I can't think of any modern movie to compare it to, and that alone makes this a film people should see.

As for this movie in particular, I don't see it ever being held as high as RD, PF, KB, or IB, but it was well done. Acting was superb, but a minor annoyance is how his characters are always so pleased with themselves. That isn't relegated to this movie alone, it is getting worse the longer his career goes on; he really started going overboard in the Death Proof segment of Grindhouse. A lot of the time it seems like he is just stopping short of having them wink at the camera with their cleverness, and it takes me out of it.

Waltz was fantastic again, like he has been in everything I've seen him in, but I don't think he pulled off the same level as he did in IB(and really he was almost the exact same character in a different situation if you really compare the two). DiCaprio and Foxx were both on point too, and Jackson was pretty entertaining.

Overall it was a good unique flick, and I'll of course be picking it up on bluray like all his other movies when it comes out. Looking forward to seeing what I think of it after a second go 'round.

[YALE]

Fuck it. I'm listening to Wagner all day.

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Christoph Waltz had an even better performance in Django than he did IB, IMO.
Samuel L Jackson had some absolutely hilarious lines. Fucking excellent.

Waltz and Jackson were obviously relishing their roles in this movie!! Foxx actually gave a noteworthy performance too. But he was still eclipsed by Waltz and Jackson!

[UserX]

Man, I can't wait till I get back home and can see it.

[YALE]

I saw it tonight with racrguy, and I'm going to need to see it again, and most likely will need a little while to process it. This movie was fucking excellent.

[racrguy]

Man, this fucking movie is GREAT! If you haven't seen it, you're doing yourself an injustice. Christoph Waltz had an even better performance in Django than he did IB, IMO. Samuel L Jackson had some absolutely hilarious lines. Fucking excellent.

I've seen several of S. Lee's movies, and Do The Right Thing was the only one that was even remotely "good" and I use that term loosely. I agree with the forced racism in his movies; he must be seeing it in real life where it doesn't exist also. Still haven't got a chance to get out and see this yet, should have it in the bag this weekend.

[Geor!]

The last Spike Lee movie I saw was the WW2 one, about the black soldiers. In my opinion it was just ridiculous, I felt like he was creating unrealistic racism and unnecessary racial struggles for his character. Every one of his movies focuses on race too much. The more I see his movies the more I think the only reason he is a director is because he is black. Because, to me, he isn't a very good director.

I don't think that I've ever seen a single spike lee movie. That aside, I can tell you with absolute certainty that that stupid asshole has been irrelevant for twenty+ years.

[CJ]

The last Spike Lee movie I saw was the WW2 one, about the black soldiers. In my opinion it was just ridiculous, I felt like he was creating unrealistic racism and unnecessary racial struggles for his character. Every one of his movies focuses on race too much. The more I see his movies the more I think the only reason he is a director is because he is black. Because, to me, he isn't a very good director.

[jdgregory84]

It's a movie better watched when you're prepared. It's fucking long. That being said...just fucking sit back and enjoy. Don't try to break it down. Just watch. Quentin Terantino knocked it out again. Pure dynamite!

[HarrisonTX]

Saw it last night. Was entertained for the entire 2.5 hours. Usually in a 90 minute movie, towards the end, im ready for it to wrap up. That wasnt the case at all with this movie. I loved it. Some real beautiful shots too

[UserX]

Wife doesn't want to see it, guess I'll be going alone.

[line-em-up]

I LOL every time I read this history, and am especially fond of Sam Jackson's take on it at the end.


Spike Lee questioned Tarantino's use of racial epithets in his films, particularly the racially offensive epithet "nigger". In a Variety interview discussing Jackie Brown, Lee said: "I'm not against the word... and I use it, but Quentin is infatuated with the word. What does he want? To be made an honorary black man?"

Tarantino responded on Charlie Rose by stating:
"As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are, all right? And to say that I can't do that because I'm white, but the Hughes brothers can do that because they're black, that is racist. That is the heart of racism, all right. And I do not accept that ... That is how a segment of the black community that lives in Compton, lives in Inglewood, where Jackie Brown takes place, that lives in Carson, that is how they talk. I'm telling the truth. It would not be questioned if I was black, and I resent the question because I'm white. I have the right to tell the truth. I do not have the right to lie."

In addition, Tarantino retaliated on The Howard Stern Show by stating Lee would have to "stand on a chair to kiss my ass."

Samuel L. Jackson, who has appeared in both directors' films, defended Tarantino's use of the word. At the Berlin Film Festival, where Jackie Brown was being screened, Jackson responded to Lee's criticism by saying:

"I don't think the word is offensive in the context of this film ... Black artists think they are the only ones allowed to use the word. Well, that's bull. Jackie Brown is a wonderful homage to black exploitation films. This is a good film, and Spike hasn't made one of those in a few years."

What amazes me most about the SLJ interview is that he didn't use the word "motherfucker" at least one time.

[mstng86]

i saw a spike lee movie once.


once....