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PrintableSaw it, loved it. All the actors were great. So jealous of Kerry's lips. Nobody but Samuel could've played that role. QT put a lot of heart into it. | |
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I liked this review. http://drtoddboyd.blogspo...l?spref=tw" target="_blank"> http://drtoddboyd.blogspo...l?spref=tw | |
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Director Antoine Fuqua has defended Quentin Tarantino over Spike Lee's allegations that his new film, "Django Unchained," is "disrespectful" to African-American history. Fuqua says the film's content is an accurate portrayal of attitudes in 19th-century America. "I haven't seen the film, so I can't speak about it specifically," Fuqua said. "But we're supposed to find some truth in films, and if you set a film in the 1850s, you're going to hear the word 'n-----,' because that's the way they spoke then, and you're going to discuss slavery because that was part of the reality. I want my kids to hear those kinds of words in the right context, so that they'll know that language is not OK." Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman | |
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My FAVE film by him and Pam Grier. | |
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Saw Django for the 2nd time on New years day and it was even BETTER than the first time....I picked up on so much more this this time around..I even appreciated Jamie's performance even more this time...He was intense, never over-the-top, just flat out determined to get his Woman and that's all he focused on......
Django grossed $30-Million over the Christmas weekend making it the #2 Flick in the Country after Hobbit...
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Oscar nominations will be announced Thursday morning...We'll see if The Academy shows Django and the Cast some Love or will they shut it out like the SAGS did... | |
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I saw it last week, and really, really liked it.
It was a little long...could've edited out some stuff maybe...but in the end it was a damn good movie.
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tarantino for screenplay (which i think he'll win) and christoph for acting. i think that's it.
i think di caprio and jackson were deserving of noms. those characters were so bad, they were goooood. | |
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YES! I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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i am not a fan of endless blood and murder gore .. and i could have gone without seeing jamie fox's nutsac too .. otherwise its a decent quirky b movie with a stars and a personalities .. i liked it mostly .. i enjoyed jack reacher more tho | |
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Shame, shame, SHAME on the Academy for NOT Nominating Quentin for Best Director.. | |
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Saw it Christmas Day. Expected better. Didn't like it. Far from my favorite QT. 'Kill Bill' as spaghetti western. I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think. | |
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It doesn't even make my Top Ten of 2012 list. Zero Dark Thirty, better screenplay. Tarantino likely will be shut out. I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think. | |
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Well, to be honest, although I did like the movie, I'm actually surprised it was nominated for Best Picture (but we know it's not going to win it). Not surprised that Quentin didn't make the "Best Director" nomination, nor Jamie for "Best Actor", however, I DO think that Leonardo DiCaprio should had been nominated as well as Samuel L. Jackson. I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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saw it the other day. loved it. wanna watch it again... For all time I am with you, you are with me. | |
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Django is a really good film and saw it twice. Quentin really did a fantastic job overall. Directing, Cinematography, Screenplay, very nice.
Now, the Academy people are full of crap. The films chosen as Best Picture are too often depressing, violent or just plain corny.
Christophe Waltz should win for best actor! He was my favorite character in the movie. Jaimie didn't have enough dialog and I was not really NOT diggin his acting or his skin! Leo was very good but he wasn't around long enough.
Sam Jackson was truly great as the "house negro/butler"! Nominate him but Whatever They DO....Please don't give him an Academy award for THIS role. He's far too diverse an actor to be FINALLY given the Academy Award for playing a servant. The racial stereotype that goes on with the awards is THICK. I'd say the same for Halle, Denzel, Monique's, the actress fromt the movie 'The Help'.
Glad they got them....but no more.
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Don't forget Octavia Spencer won last year for playing the fiesty Maid and she deserved to win...i get your points but i disagree....Actors have won Oscars for playing Prostitues, Addicts, Murderers, Royalty, Servants and so on.....
It's Art, its their craft, its part of their inner-being to not be fearful of ANY role....Sam gave an Oscar worthy performance but for SOME reason Holly woods GOD Harvey Weinstein decided to give 80% of his PULL to Quentin and nothing more...Harvey didnt even push DJango to get screened in time for SAG nominations, so they got ZERO. It's as if he didnt want a Film his company is Producing/Distributing to qualify...
He THREATENED all the studios & actors last year and told them if Meryl didnt beat Viola Davis come Oscar night there would be hell to pay...he went on CNN before the Oscar telecast and told Pierce morgan Meryl already had it in the bag...
Politics is a BITCH but in some cases that's how Oscars are won.... | |
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Cause Meryl Streep could never give an Oscar worthy performance . . . . . . I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think. | |
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Chancellor said: Saw Django for the 2nd time on New years day and it was even BETTER than the first time....I picked up on so much more this this time around..I even appreciated Jamie's performance even more this time...He was intense, never over-the-top, just flat out determined to get his Woman and that's all he focused on.....
Django grossed $30-Million over the Christmas weekend making it the #2 Flick in the Country after Hobbit...
What a breathtaking love story it is. Like, wow! | |
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Saw it and... it was just OK.
All the principal cast performed wonderfully. Jamie, Leonardo and Sam Jack continue to impress me, and my love affairs with Cristoph Waltz and Kerry Washington are solidified.
And while I realize Django was less a movie about the scourge of American slavery than one wherein it is a setting, I found almost all of the slaves too flat to be sympathetic. Even the pivotal scene where the unsuccessful runaway slave is ripped apart by dogs could have been sooo much more powerful had we spent a bit more time with that slave as a human being, rather than a mere narrative device.
Django wasn't a bad film, but at least half of QT's filmography is better. [Edited 1/13/13 10:21am] Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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But I found the pacing of the film uneven, the modern soundtrack vis-a-vis period setting distracting, and the whole graphic revenge porn shtick kind of... old hat.Oh, yeah... And the whole "nigger" thing didn't bug me. In fact, I found it rather cathartic. Perhaps we should quit pretending the widespread reappropriation of the word these days was born out of thin air. Ignore the ugly and it can never be fixed. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Well surprisingly DJango did take home 2 Awards @ the Golden Globes last night:
Best Original Screenplay (Quentin)
Best Supporting Actor (Waltz)
Hoopefully they will repeat this @ The Ocars next month... | |
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Deserving awards! ThankUPrince! | |
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loved it.
it is probably my 2nd favorite tarantino, 2nd only to pulp fiction.
christopher waltz gives a killer performance that is just the right blend of quirky and serious, it's one of leo's better performances, and sam is awesome and criminally under-appreciated as always. kerry made me cry my eyes out in the beginning. jamie was wonderful, but i could have used a little more. in a lesser year, i could have seen don johnson getting nominated as well.
it deserved more nominations than it got, but this is a particularly good year in film.
i love spike lee, i really do. i have met him three times, and i am a BIG fan, but i dont agree with him about this movie. like inglorious basterds before it, this is a fantasy film and vengeance porn. it's about the emotion and the rawness and the revenge, not about historical accuracy.
my only gripe was i thought the last few moments were a little silly. having his horse spin several times and then dance over to her was kinda cheese.
but loved it. [Edited 1/14/13 12:54pm] Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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I wonder if that was improvised. That cutesy addition doesn't seem like something Quentin would script. I've heard (maybe even here on the org) that the horse was actually Jamie's in real life. I bet he was playing around for Quentin, and Quentin decided to throw it in. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Lammastide said:
I wonder if that was improvised. That cutesy addition doesn't seem like something Quentin would script. I've heard (maybe even here on the org) that the horse was actually Jamie's in real life. I bet he was playing around for Quentin, and Quentin decided to throw it in. that makes a lot more sense. i couldnt figure that moment out, it just seems so wildly un-tarantino and cheesy Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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You know, I read something in another message board about QT's films in general that rang to mind once I saw your post(esp the highlighted).
This person said that QT films doesn't give the audience a chance to be deeply engaged with the characters to the point where you identify with them. Even Uma Thurman's character from "Kill Bill" leaves you cold, despite her harship. That his power relies on his gorgeous cinematography and storytelling.
I'm a huge fan of QT's films, but I never entertained that thought until that person voiced his opinion, yours reminded me of his. Granted, I'd say Jackie Brown is the film where it differs with that notion just a bit, but its only ONE of his films, so I'm kinda curious to see him make a film that breaks this so-called pattern of his. No 70s/kung fu mash-up flicks, no violance, and none of that flashy stuff, just some straight forward drama, or even black comedy(since its also one of his talents).
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i agree... QT's characters do tend to be rather one-dimensional, though it never occurred to me until reading these two posts.
i think a lot of it is he specializes in ensemble casts, and the movies are much more driven by the plot, action, style, dialogue, and visuals than they are by the characters.
not that is necessarily a bad thing, though. i do think he is one of the best writer/directors working.
but, yea... looking back, his characters do tend to be really one-dimensional, however interesting they are in that single dimension.
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I think this was somewhat intended to be a black comedy revenge flick. I would like to see QT do a black comedy, but he may think this is it. Slavery was the backdrop but wasn't used effectively. They are also in the Western U.S. which wasn't slave territory. I'm repeatedly appalled by the knowledge that people see this as somehow historically accurate. It's a given that slaves were abused, mistreated etc but Django would've simply been shot. No one would have worried about being prosecuted for shooting an 'uppity' Black man. (Being on a horse was likely enough evidence of being 'uppity.')
So I'm not sure what point he was making. If he wanted to make a Western with a Black guy he could've done that and set it three years later, after the Civil War.
I think I may be feeling that it is self-hate to like this movie. I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think. | |
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