Monday, November 12, 2012

Django Unchained

In the honored tradition of spaghetti Western classics like "Unforgiven", "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and "Tombstone" comes master director Quentin Tarantino's newest addition to the Western tradition, aptly named "Django Unchained"

Set in the Deep South, way before the Civil War, this explosive, monumental epic tells the story of Django (Jamie Foxx);
a humble slave who unfortunately lost his beloved wife Brunhilde (Kerry Washington);
to the slavery of a despicable plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio);

and his merciless henchman (Samuel L. Jackson).

But then, one fateful winter's night, freedom comes in the form of a heroic bounty hunter using the persona of a dentist (Christoph Waltz);
who inadvertently sets Django free and offers him with a thrilling-but dangerous offer: to find, hunt down and eliminate a gang called the Brittle Brothers. And it is most ironic, that those three were in fact, the ones who sold Django's beloved wife.
And so, with a chance to earn complete and total freedom, and most importantly rescue his wife, Django agrees to help his new benefactor as they begin an epic journey throughout the Deep South, shooting down cutthroat outlaws nonstop, all until the real challenge comes with freeing Django's wife, which, as if as predicted, will indeed result in unpredictable chaos, where it becomes precisely clear what the true meaning of the word "freedom" REALLY means...if this is directed by Quentin Tarantino, naturally, then well, to be honest, this is by no means NOT a film you want your kids to see...on CHRISTMAS DAY, of all events!
Featuring rousing Western music, cutting-edge filming, some randomly realistic portrayed Southern accents (Hence the film's exact location) and co-starring Robert Carradine of the famed Carradine film dynasty, Don Johnson, Jonah Hill even, and as a homage, the original Django, Franco Nero from the 1960s film version of the name.
Django Unchained rides into theaters Christmas Day. Oh and according to Mr. DiCaprio's line in the movie "Adult supervision IS required" then I think this film shows a perfectly good reason WHY the film is rated R.

1 comment:

  1. Kye....I so look forward to your writeup about the movie "Life of Pi"

    I've already told your dad that I would be watching that movie with you :)

    So looking forward to it :)

    ReplyDelete