A pretty huge disappointment that felt quite intellectually and artistically lazy (the music choices in particular) at times. He has NOTHING to say about slavery and just seems to be going for shock. They could have cut 30-45 minutes EASY. The first hour feels pretty endless.

Tarantino was smart enough to stay out of the concentration camps in Inglorious but not here. It tries to have the cartoon slap-stick violence co-exist here with the brutal slavery depictions. As a result, there's an off-putting dissonance to the flick.

The performances saved it for me. Foxx brings some depth to a pretty thin character. Waltz is good but it was pretty much a continuation of his work in Inglorious (a far superior movie). Dicaprio brings this movie to life when he's onscreen though. Might very well be his best work ever. It's a shame Kerry Washington has nothing to do here as I think she's a good actress.

Im disliking this movie the more I think about it.



>I had the opposite reaction. I found myself cringing way
>more than laughing. I was always a QT apologist when people
>accused him of being an undercover racist, but ummm....I think
>he's an undercover racist. I never read the script, but if he
>really toned down the use of the N-word, it's crazy, because
>there were at least 100 instances of the word being used in
>the flick. I also thought he made a lot of easy choices in
>regard to slave/black behavior. I get that it's Tarantino and
>he has his off-brand of humor, but it didn't even work for me
>in a stylistic kind of way. It just felt like, 'Everybody
>laugh at how stupid them coloreds used to be'.
>
>Also, I didn't find the journey especially engaging. For a
>3-hour epic, it did move incredibly well, but after it was
>over, I just had an empty feeling. Believe it or not, I feel
>like this is a direct result of him not having Sally Menke
>this go-round. She was excellent at digging out subtle
>character moments. Also, I think he missed her sense of
>pacing.
>
>After the screening I went to, there was a Q&A with QT and the
>moderator was praising him for his use of contemporary music,
>but I found it highly distracting. Rick Ross, Tupac, John
>Legend, James Brown, etc. kept pulling me out of the movie.
>To me, it called way too muh attention to itself.
>
>The performances were amazing across the board. Django had to
>be Jamie....not Will, not Idris, not Tyrese....Jamie! He
>owned it. Christophe was brilliant as ever, Leo is a superb
>villain, and Kerry Washington brought a lot of weight to a
>character who didn't receive a lot of screen time. That
>motherfucker Sam Jackson though....he played the most vile,
>ignorant, coonish, loud, and despicable human being to ever be
>filmed -- but damn if he didn't commit.
>
>I hated Tarantino's cameo...worst acting ever...probably the
>worst sequence of the film.
>
>Bob Richardson's cinematography was beautiful. Wonderful
>lighting, sweeping landscapes, effective use of slow-motion,
>quick zooms to accentuate points, etc.
>
>All in all, the cast was great and Richardson's cinematography
>was magnificent, but that stil wasn't enough to completely
>elevate the material and subject matter. I think Quentin got
>in his own way with this one. Aside from 'Death Proof', this
>is the first time I haven't had a burning desire to see one of
>his flicks again.