Django Unchained (Post-release)

[Lutso]

Un. Frikking. Believable.

This one might push Inglorious Basterds off my list of favorites.

As an aficionado of the type of thing, I really reveled in the music. The original Django theme rocked, the various Ennnio Morricone pieces fit in this film better than what they were originally in, and the entire Trinity song during the end scene had me smiling. I was pointing out music to my friend (who could have cared less) left and right, which was extremely fun for me.

 

[patsmear]

That's how I took it. When you see buckets of blood just being thrown around like mop water after every shot, I couldn't help but do the OMG laughter at the over the top-ness. That and the people flying across the room after getting shot with a revolver. The uncomfortable nature of some of the material was balanced by the humor....the very dark humor.

You have no idea about the amount of blood! I had to clean it over and over. There were a lot of takes. I would do it again in a heartbeat.

 

[Jeyl]

I loved the movie, but ...

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I think it would have been better just to have the entire big shootout take place when King Schultz shoots Calvin Candie. Django should have gotten it all done and the movie ended then. It felt stretched a little longer than necessary for Django to be sent off in a cage and then turn around and come right back and finish up.

Self-indulgance. That's all it was. And yes, it still bugs the heck out of me.

 

[Kit Rae]

I thought the ending was perfect. It needed his return to get absolute revenge on Stephen, get his wife's freedom papers, and obliterate the mansion. Anything else would have been lame and incomplete as a revenge film. This film required complete finality.

 

[JohnnyL]

Great movie. Loved the song choices. They're playing it at The New Beverly right up the street from me which is a theater Tarantino owns. Might need to check it out again for the nostalgic factor of the theater.

 

[Bizarro Lois]

I saw it tonight and loved it. I thought Jamie Foxx was great, but I've always thought he was a pretty good actor, especially with the right director. Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio were so much fun to watch, and DiCaprio looked like he was having a great time.

 

[EyeofSauron]

watched it today. overall, pretty enjoyable.
it had some weak parts in the first half, and was a little too stretched. the second half felt more together, so it wasnt to bad.
music choice was excellent.
i did have a little problem with the humor bits, as it was so over the top when the rest of the movie was "serious" ish. it was kinda offthrowing. like the KKK scene, it was just weird.
waltz is a brilliant actor, and it shows. dicaprio was very good too, i didnt particularly like Sam Jacksons performance, alltho it was also very well played.
foxx is a poor actor, but it was ok with tarantinos guidance.

i particularly liked the little cameos, i enjoyed trying to figure out if any of the "redshirts" were well known.

overall, it was good, a solid 7 of 10.

 

[Scareb]

I'm wondering why Zoe Bells face was covered up, is it maybe because she's too pretty to be hanging with Tom Savini and Robert Carradine? Haha.

 

[Bizarro Lois]

I'm wondering why Zoe Bells face was covered up, is it maybe because she's too pretty to be hanging with Tom Savini and Robert Carradine? Haha.

I actually thought there was going to be more to her role. I saw her in the camp with Tom Savini and crew, right before the scene with D'Artagnan. With her face covered up, she looked like some mysterious character that would be unmasked during a plot twist. Any chance she'll show up as the same character elsewhere? There was a lot going on when Django was in the trackers' house, so I wasn't sure what her final fate was.

 

[EyeofSauron]

i think it was more along the lines: ima hide my face so i can pass as a guy.

 

[benboy23]

Yeah the Zoe bells thing kinda confused me lol

I didn't take any of this film seriously and loved every single minute of it. One for the bluray collection when it's released.

 

[Scareb]

I actually thought there was going to be more to her role. I saw her in the camp with Tom Savini and crew, right before the scene with D'Artagnan. With her face covered up, she looked like some mysterious character that would be unmasked during a plot twist. Any chance she'll show up as the same character elsewhere? There was a lot going on when Django was in the trackers' house, so I wasn't sure what her final fate was.

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I didn't recognize her at first as you don't get a good look at her. I thought it was odd to have a woman on the group. Then when I saw her eyes as she was looking at the photo thing, I knew it was her right away (love her eyes)

She's dead as a doornail. You see her struggling to pull the pistol out of the holster after Django busts in and then you see her get shot.

I think Django was just throwing in cameos for past actors as pretty much everyone of the trackers has been in his movies and is friends with Tarantino.

I still think it has to do that she was way too hot to be hanging with those dirty bastards

 

[Lutso]

Can I just mention how much joy Franco Nero's cameo gave me? That was frikking perfect.

 

[Sundowner]

I just got back from it and was thoroughly entertained! I'm not much for Jamie Foxx but his bland acting actually worked for the character. The bag mask scene had me cracking up!

 

[Sundowner]

I thought this was a nice nod

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I though Franco Nero (the original Django) cameo was hilarious. When he asks how to spell Django's name and he says the D is silent to which Franco says "I know" :lol

 

[robstyle]

Jamie Fox isnt arrogant or such, its just how he comes off when thinking before he speaks. Unless somethings changed, just how it is.

About the film, maybe im the only one that couldnt wait for it to end. It couldnt make up its mind if it wanted to be a big movie or a spaghetti western. It was just tooo damn long. It was odd that absolutely nothing was done to hide Deadwood but then again the way it was shot was very generic. In other words if you pull out the intentional humor and overly drawn out descriptive dialogue there is zero trace of a Tarantino film. I was after a Tarantino spaghetti western so maybe my expectations were in the wrong place.

These should be familiar patsmear along with the, lol, small blown out parts of the rear bar walls (in the staging area) if you had caught those when you were there, inside joke.

 

[Tiberius Kirk]

Great pics!

 

[Trooper_trent]

Can anybody explain what's up with James Remar's Characters(s)? He's the guy that plays Harry Morgan, Dexter's dad. He gets shot in the head at the first of the movie, then shows up again later on wearing a hat. He and Django exchange suspicious/knowing glances and Django makes the comment of "nobody wears a had indoors".
WTH is that? Did the guy get shot in the head but lived, and now wears a hat all the time to cover his wound, and doesn't remember Django? Or is the guy simply playing two completely unrelated characters? If so, why the knowing looks? That part really confused me.

 

[Sundowner]

Can anybody explain what's up with James Remar's Characters(s)? He's the guy that plays Harry Morgan, Dexter's dad. He gets shot in the head at the first of the movie, then shows up again later on wearing a hat. He and Django exchange suspicious/knowing glances and Django makes the comment of "nobody wears a had indoors".
WTH is that? Did the guy get shot in the head but lived, and now wears a hat all the time to cover his wound, and doesn't remember Django? Or is the guy simply playing two completely unrelated characters? If so, why the knowing looks? That part really confused me.

I was waiting for there to be a reference to his brother be killed or something.

 

[Trooper_trent]

Yeah, me too. but apparently, it IS two different characters, not related to each other. Butch Pooch and Ace Speck.
James Remar - IMDb. Which makes that look they give each other and the comment about the hat even stranger.