This is not ideal. I'm watching last year's Oscar winners at the start of this year's one. But better late than never. So here goes.
There are a lot of memes and factoids flying around in the interwebs about Django Unchained, like the one about Leo refusing to say the dialogs and Samuel L Jackson replying Motherfucker, this is another Saturday evening for us. And the one about Leo's dedication in hopes for an Oscar. Gladly there's nothing to spoil, just fun stuff. Although I did avoid some videos like the nigger count in the movie. Nonetheless, was looking forward to this very much. All those created much enthusiasm.
If you know your stuff, it isn't hard to guess that this is a Tarantino movie just by going through the intro. There's that unmistakable 70ies or 80ies kind of music, which will unmistakably remind you of Kill Bill, as with me. And of course Christoff Waltz. That guy is tied to Tarantino movies like Helena Bonham Carter with Tim Burton. Also the red stuff, plenty of it. Tarantino never ceases to amaze me with the extravagant brutality, much a kin to Japanese flicks.
You know what I like most about his movies. The element of surprise. One moment there's this casual conversation going, and the right next Moment, BAM, someone blood is splattered all over the place. The casualness of the scene is actually a precursor now to something bad that's going to happen. But still it makes you go Damn, when the shot is fired. Love it.
Brilliant story telling. Tarantino is able to grip the attention of the viewer very early on with the brilliant introduction of the bounty Hunter and his methods.
It's so refreshing to watch a movie like this after a while. It's got it's roadtrip movie like moments with beautiful backdrops. Honestly this is the movie I most enjoyed after Seven Psychopaths. And This I like more. So frikking awesome, couldn't stop myself from bellowing out loud. It couldn't get much better than a black man all up as a cowboy dealing poetic justice all over the place, decorated in the background by rap music. So good. Gotta watch it again sometime.
