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Django Unchained - Masterpiece or Piece of ___? (No spoilers)

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If you ever wondered what ever happened to a lot of the character actors from the 60s and 70s who seem to have disappeared into the sunset, you're in luck as many of them pop up in bit roles in Django Unchained. Very strong performances by everyone concerned, even the old goats. If you're the type of person who is not put off by gratuitous violence and Tanantino's apparent fondness for certain words in the English language that begin with consonants you will most likely be highly entertained.

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TOO Long, TOO Much blood - Jon L 11:23:05 01/02/13 (0)
I'm not usually one to moan over blood and violence in movies, IF they serve the story. Tarantino just seems to revel in it, a LOT of it, for blood's sake IMO. The movie also could have used 30-40 minutes more on the cutting room floor.
I did enjoy the performance by Christoph Waltz.

Edits: 01/02/13
Not as weak as Basterds, but definitely another lesser effort-- far more so--- from Quentin. nt - tinear 09:15:50 12/28/12 (0)
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Great one hour interview with Tarrantino and Foxx on TV1 channel (1157 on U-Verse) - Road Warrior 17:45:51 12/27/12 (0)
Gonna be rerun 10:00am CST Saturday morning. Tarrantino looks to be about the easiest interview in Hollywood. The man loves his craft and loves talking about it.
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A pox on his family and 100 years of bad luck for the inventor of "Intelligent Touchpads" for laptops!!!
Is it the most accurate... - mkuller 10:26:30 12/27/12 (0)
...depiction of the antebellum South ever?

Tarantino's goal was to depict the slaves and cowboys as they really were two years before the Civil War as no other cowboy film ever has.

He did a very entertaining, gritty and masterful job of it.

Highly recommended.
Django: Shock & Annoy . . . - mr grits 17:49:06 12/26/12 (13)
A Tarrantino masterpiece of adolescent pranks. Spike Lee said no way he'd see it and he may be right. If anything Tarrantino must be one of the shrewdest talkers on the planet to get this movie cast. What really surprised me was Sam L Jackson's blistering performance of the duplicitous, sleazy house honcho. He was really into it and very convincing in a comical way. I commend the cast for their professionalism in executing the roles with sincerity. It must have been difficult for them.

Could have done without Jamie's junk but Quentin's homage to Ken Norton in 'Mandingo' was just too much for him to pass up. Leo was almost convincing and perhaps he should concentrate on roles featuring perverts with dental hygiene problems.

Again, TOO LONG. Also, Tarantino's fascination with Waltz and these extended scenes of dialog. It worked in his WW2 epic but now it's gotten old.
- Samuel L. Jackson and Taurantino are a match made in heaven.... - oscar 16:04:13 01/01/13 (0)
  ...both have a knack for offball humor.
- The reality... - mkuller 10:29:01 12/27/12 (9)
  ...of the way the slaves were treated was a little hard for you to take?
  
  How much has changed in the gritissippi of today?
  
  They are shown marching along in chains as modern-day rap music plays?
  
  What's he saying?
  - RE: The reality... - mr grits 15:34:23 12/27/12 (8)
    You think slaves were treated like that everywhere all the time? The movie started in Texas, remember? Foxx was pretty beat up from that, wasn't he?
    
    Your childish attempts to equate anything I say with my state (as if it is a really bad place) is completely uninformed. Why don't you stop your ignorant rants and stick to the subject.
    - Where was Candyland? (nt) - mkuller 16:05:38 12/27/12 (7)
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      - Candie Land, stalker. * - mr grits 08:27:06 12/28/12 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Where was Candyland? (nt) posted by mkuller on December 27, 2012 at 16:05:38
        
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      - Not in Mississippi as the film was shot in Louisiana, California, and Wyoming - Road Warrior 16:59:12 12/27/12 (5)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Where was Candyland? (nt) posted by mkuller on December 27, 2012 at 16:05:38
        
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        A pox on his family and 100 years of bad luck for the inventor of "Intelligent Touchpads" for laptops!!!
        
        "Candieland" was in Louisiana (Open in New Window)
        
        Edits: 12/27/12
        
        Who cares... - mkuller 19:18:09 12/27/12 (4)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Not in Mississippi as the film was shot in Louisiana, California, and Wyoming posted by Road Warrior on December 27, 2012 at 16:59:12
        
        ...where it was filmed.
        
        In the story it was located in the most hateful, backwards, poor, least educated state in the US.
        
        And it remains.
        
        It wasn't a documentary, fool . . . - mr grits 08:28:13 12/28/12 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Who cares... posted by mkuller on December 27, 2012 at 19:18:09
        
        no wonder twits like you vote democrat. You believe any and everything.
        
        You asked the question knothead - Road Warrior 19:52:34 12/27/12 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Who cares... posted by mkuller on December 27, 2012 at 19:18:09
        
        BTW, I'm pretty sure New Mexico could lay legitimate claim on being our nation's leading backwater. Other than Sante Fe and maybe Taos it ain't got dick. Roswell is yer next biggest attraction? What a bunch a yahoos.
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        A pox on his family and 100 years of bad luck for the inventor of "Intelligent Touchpads" for laptops!!!
        
        Says the guy... - mkuller 20:38:09 12/27/12 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: You asked the question knothead posted by Road Warrior on December 27, 2012 at 19:52:34
        
        ...from...Texas?
        
        You flatter me. I live in Texas but am not from here (got here as soon as I could tho)^ - Road Warrior 20:46:29 12/27/12 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Says the guy... posted by mkuller on December 27, 2012 at 20:38:09
        
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        A pox on his family and 100 years of bad luck for the inventor of "Intelligent Touchpads" for laptops!!!
- Tarrantino, exptended scenes of dialog? Surely you jest? - Road Warrior 19:32:13 12/26/12 (1)
  As long as it's Waltz delivering it I'm good. Those talky skanks in Death Proof Car delivering it? Not good.....
  
  Yea, it was longish but what scenes would you have cut? From reading discussions at IMDB there seemed to be one major character with an interesting story line, Scotty, totally cut out.
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  A pox on his family and 100 years of bad luck for the inventor of "Intelligent Touchpads" for laptops!!!
  - I feel Walt' near monologs were just so much hot air . . . - mr grits 15:38:13 12/27/12 (0)
    Not sure why QT feels a need to do that unless he actually thinks they makes him a great screenwriter. Waltz opening "monolog" in IB was intriguing and had a point but his ramblings throughout DU seemingly pointless to me.
Agreed, at least a minor masterpiece, and Jackson's performance? Words fail me ^ - Road Warrior 15:10:39 12/26/12 (5)
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A pox on his family and 100 years of bad luck for the inventor of "Intelligent Touchpads" for laptops!!!
- Kudos to Laura Cayouette for sacrificing a weekend . . . - mr grits 18:09:34 12/26/12 (3)
  at Ole Miss to pick up on antebellum perfection. Superb.
  
  (Just kidding.)
  - Never knew the terrain around Greenville was large, semi barren, hills, kinda like outside of L.A. - Road Warrior 19:15:32 12/26/12 (2)
    I guess that's one more thing I've learned from movies
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    A pox on his family and 100 years of bad luck for the inventor of "Intelligent Touchpads" for laptops!!!
    - Yeah, like there is a mine anywhere in Gritsippi . . . Yazoo Clay rules! * - mr grits 15:40:04 12/27/12 (1)
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      - We got the Amalgamated and the Consolidated dirt mines outsde of Odessa^ - Road Warrior 18:08:18 12/27/12 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Yeah, like there is a mine anywhere in Gritsippi . . . Yazoo Clay rules! * posted by mr grits on December 27, 2012 at 15:40:04
        
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        A pox on his family and 100 years of bad luck for the inventor of "Intelligent Touchpads" for laptops!!!
- I sat there for a moment: Is that? Is that? Is that? IT IS. * - mr grits 17:49:51 12/26/12 (0)
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the beginning was hilarious and it slowed a bit when Leo was in the picture - PhilJ 12:06:55 12/26/12 (4)
not because of Leo just the storyline got a bit mundane. Christoph and Quentin are a match made in heaven IMO, and of course Quentin got the most of every scene and photo op. The shootouts (plenty) looked like cans of tomato soup were flying every time someone got shot - just a bit over the top...

I preferred it to the self important IB.
- When Waltz waltzed, the film died. nt - tinear 09:22:39 12/28/12 (0)
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- Exaggerated sauce takes the v out of violence it seems . . . - mr grits 17:51:22 12/26/12 (1)
  also the homage to pistols that don't run out of bullets was sneaky but nice.
  - another comic element it seems, lightens the mood... - PhilJ 19:04:24 12/26/12 (0)
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- I should mention Samuel L Jackson and Leonardo together were great - PhilJ 12:26:38 12/26/12 (0)
  with nice chemistry and the picture started rolling again til the end
  
  good ol Q delivers again
I can overlook Foxx's "get to kill white people" comment just to be . . . - mr grits 10:08:27 12/26/12 (7)
entertained Tarantino-style. I will probably be disappointed as Q hit his nadir with 'Pulp Fiction'.
- Pulp Fiction was his low point? * - Enophile 10:29:02 12/26/12 (6)
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  - Sumbuddy should get a dictionary and look up "nadir"^ - Road Warrior 15:12:46 12/26/12 (4)
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    A pox on his family and 100 years of bad luck for the inventor of "Intelligent Touchpads" for laptops!!!
    - Grits: "I've never liked Ralph." Remember, he cain't spayll worth a durn. nt - tinear 12:14:13 12/27/12 (3)
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      - Ralph "Stay golden Pony Boy" Macchio? From the Outsiders? Karate Kid fame? Yer joking right? Everbuddy - Road Warrior 20:51:57 12/27/12 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Grits: "I've never liked Ralph." Remember, he cain't spayll worth a durn. nt posted by tinear on December 27, 2012 at 12:14:13
        
        loves RM.
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        A pox on his family and 100 years of bad luck for the inventor of "Intelligent Touchpads" for laptops!!!
        
        Ralph "Nadir." nt - tinear 09:23:15 12/28/12 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Ralph "Stay golden Pony Boy" Macchio? From the Outsiders? Karate Kid fame? Yer joking right? Everbuddy posted by Road Warrior on December 27, 2012 at 20:51:57
        
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        Got it, altho I'm a bigger fan of Macchio my own self. Corvairs were safe ^ - Road Warrior 04:44:19 01/05/13 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Ralph "Nadir." nt posted by tinear on December 28, 2012 at 09:23:15
        
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        A pox on his family and 100 years of bad luck for the inventor of "Intelligent Touchpads" for laptops!!!
  - Er, zenith. * - mr grits 11:00:36 12/26/12 (0)
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