Django Unchained
I love awards season, because it forces me to watch films I would never watch otherwise - and it turns out amazing because I get to see movies like Django Unchained, which is SO not my style but was absolutely great. Quentin Tarentino usually does, for lack of a betetr word, weird movies that I think are largely indulgent and appeal to an audience that... well I don't know who his audience is, but it isn't me. However, with this movie, he somehow made this western about slavery that was a comedy but a drama but also challenged your assumptions about what movie music should be like.
The best word for it is innovative. Maybe some of the gambles turned out a little strange, like some of the music - but when there's a big shootout in a movie set before the Civil War and the music is hard rap, that's definitely something different but also something really cool. Overall, I think it worked - and a big part of that was the casting and the humor in the script.
Speaking of casting, Christoph Waltz is a genius. If you thought he was good in Inglorious Basterds he had an even bigger and better part in Django Unchained - and he had the opportunity to show off his comedic skills, which were surprisingly good. Unfortunately for him, his awesomeness was practically overshadowed once Leonardo DiCaprio showed up. I don't know how he does it, but he is an extraordinary actor. When the scenes were mostly Christoph Waltz and Jaime Foxx, Waltz stole the show - but then all of a sudden there's DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson and it's just an explosion of awesomeness. Weird? Absolutely. Compelling? You bet. And innovative for sure.
Although I'm not sure it rivals Lincoln in it's monolithic and powerfulness, I think it deserves a Best Picture nomination for the Academy Awards for being so different but entertaining.
The best word for it is innovative. Maybe some of the gambles turned out a little strange, like some of the music - but when there's a big shootout in a movie set before the Civil War and the music is hard rap, that's definitely something different but also something really cool. Overall, I think it worked - and a big part of that was the casting and the humor in the script.
Speaking of casting, Christoph Waltz is a genius. If you thought he was good in Inglorious Basterds he had an even bigger and better part in Django Unchained - and he had the opportunity to show off his comedic skills, which were surprisingly good. Unfortunately for him, his awesomeness was practically overshadowed once Leonardo DiCaprio showed up. I don't know how he does it, but he is an extraordinary actor. When the scenes were mostly Christoph Waltz and Jaime Foxx, Waltz stole the show - but then all of a sudden there's DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson and it's just an explosion of awesomeness. Weird? Absolutely. Compelling? You bet. And innovative for sure.
Although I'm not sure it rivals Lincoln in it's monolithic and powerfulness, I think it deserves a Best Picture nomination for the Academy Awards for being so different but entertaining.
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