Django Unchained

Many of you will disagree with me, including Dr. James Patterson who states that this movie will be a Classic??, but I didn’t enjoy Django and I felt it was one of the worst movies Tarantino has made to date. The story focuses on Jamie Foxx (Django) and with the help of his mentor ,Christoph Waltz, sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

I was looking forward to this film because I am a fan of Quentin Tarantino.  He makes “Cool” movies. Pulp Fiction was cool, Reservoir Dogs was cool, Kill Bill was cool, even Inglorious Bastards was cool, but Django at 165 minutes was boring for the first 2 hours. The witty dialogue that Tarantino usually has in his scripts was missing and replaced with the “N Word” repeated over 100 times. I don’t have a problem with that but I thought the term “Coons” & “Darkies” was the term used most often during slavery. Tarantino is in a brief cameo role in the movie refrains from using the “N Word” and refers to Django as “Black” Spike Lee may have a case here.

Django is basically a Black Exploitation movie. Go on Netflicks and watch “Mandingo” (which is a a more accurate movie about how blacks were treated during slavery); also rent “Buck and The Preacher” a Western where Blacks win against whites. My point is The Emperor (Tarantino) Has No Clothes On because he just made a movie that has previously been done before and better. Critics who have not studied film have drank Tarantino’s Kool – Aid and are praising this weak ass movie. The only bright spot is Christoph Waltz performance; he makes Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance look like DiCaprio should go back to acting school. Yes, that’s how good Waltz is.

Finally to see the great Samuel Jackson with shoe polish on his face playing a Step pin Fechit House “N Word” was a devastating thing to watch. I hope Turantino paid him a lot of money because Turantino will make a Boatload of money on this movie that Exploits Blacks and the history of slavery.

Verdict:
Everything old is new again and there is nothing new in this movie. This Generation that missed the Black Exploitation movies of the 70’s will however enjoy seeing Black men win against Whites. Tuarntino recently mentioned in an interview that he wanted to retire before he starts making bad movies. If the overall quality of Django is what we can execpt from him in the years to come then he should retire now.