The Good:
The acting by all the major characters was awesome. Leonardo DiCaprio and Christoph Waltz stole
every scene they were in…and their scenes together: Amazing.
Jamie Foxx was great as Django, as well.
This was a beautiful film to look at.
The storyline was great.
I liked the progression of the main characters.
The scenes that were written to cause a chuckle were pretty
funny, and the scenes of the inhumanities of slavery were almost unbearable to
watch, which means they were done well.
There is a slave fighting scene that I actually had to look away
from. I was completely uncomfortable,
and I’m sure that was the point.
Samuel L Jackson. He
was a horrible, awful person. I hated
his character. He was THAT good, lol.
The Bad:
This movie could have used some tighter editing. At 2 hours and 45 minutes, there was a point
when I began to FEEL how long it was, and felt my mind wandering a bit. In the movies defense, it’s pretty quickly
pulled me back in.
Sometimes the movies move between almost slapsticky comedy
and extreme brutality were a little jarring for me. I didn’t always find it seamless.
I’m on the fence about my feelings of a Rick Ross song in a
movie regarding Slavery.
I think Kerry Washington’s character was a bit
underwritten. She could have been played
by anyone. There was nothing really in
the character that let Kerry shine.
Overall, I really liked this movie. I was a bit nervous going in…would it be
exploitative or campy? And I don’t think
it was. I think it’s an extremely well-acted
film, and while the language and visuals are often very unpleasant, so was
slavery. I don’t believe any of in a
distasteful way.
If you've seen the movie...what are your thoughts?
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