I know this movie has been shown in other countries months ago, but for some reason it only opened in Singapore cinemas last Thursday, so I only got to watch it yesterday.
When I first heard about this movie, I got curious about it because I enjoyed Tarantino-directed films Kill Bill and Inglorious Basterds and thought, hmmm… might be worth a watch. But the moment I found out that Leonardo Di Caprio was in the film, I went:
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Leonardo Di Caprio had my curiosity in Titanic, but he had my attention in Blood Diamond. That was when I realized what a truly gifted actor he is. Somebody please give this guy an Oscar already! Luckily, I knew someone who loved Leo and action films as much as I did, so the moment my calendar notified me that it was already showing, I panicked and sent out this text to Mildred: “DJANGO UNCHAINED IS SHOWING!!! Let’s watch this tomorrow please!!!” Yes, I schedule movie release dates in my calendar so I don’t miss out on movies I most look forward to watching. Don’t you? ;P
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| Yes I’m a bounty hunter too! LOL. |
So anyway, this is a western film set in the South (so should this be called a Southern, then?) two years before the civil war. Django (Jamie Foxx) is a slave who gets bought by German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) because he needs his help to pinpoint the murderous Brittle brothers.
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| Trivia: Jamie Foxx uses his own horse, Cheetah, in the movie. |
Their partnership extends beyond hunting bounty when Schultz decides to help Django find and rescue his wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), whom he lost to the slave trade.
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| Broomhilda: the nigga that launched a thousand bullets. Be forewarned: this movie is littered with the N-word. Plus a whole slew of other profane language. |
Their search leads them to Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), the proprietor of “Candyland,” an infamous plantation.
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| I thought that Leonardo was eerily like Johnny Depp in this role! |
Schultz comes up with an elaborate ruse to enable them to rescue their damsel in distress. Will they succeed, or will Django break character and land them in trouble?
Speaking of not breaking character, here is the most interesting trivia for this film: In the scene where Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Calvin Candie smashes the palm of his hand on the dinner table, the actor broke a glass under his hand and really began to bleed. DiCaprio ignored it, stayed in character, and continued with the scene. This take was the one used in the film. See what a dedicated actor he is?
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| That’s real blood on Leo’s hand! |
Well I’m glad that’s the only real blood in the entire film, though, because lots of blood was shed. This movie is definitely NOT for the faint of heart. It’s horribly brutal and is apparently being touted as Tarantino’s most violent film so far. There were a couple of scenes that were particularly hard to watch and then I read this: In an interview promoting the film, Quentin Tarantino stated that originally the mandingo fight scene and the scene with the dogs were longer and more violent. Quentin said he felt like he was going to “traumatize” the audience of the film so he cut both scenes down. Oh okay, no wonder!
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| Director Quentin Tarantino has a cameo appearance. Watch out for him. |
I also feel bad about what happened to some of the characters (my fault for being too empathetic, I guess?) but despite that, overall, I love the film because it’s very hilarious; there were so many scenes that had the entire cinema literally laughing out loud and how cute were those random soundtracks, by the way? All the actors did well, but the supporting ones actually outshone the lead, and I’m referring to Leo (duh?) and Christoph, who won an Oscar for best supporting actor for this role. This film really did its job in entertaining me.
So would I recommend this? Yes. But only if you are into this sort of movie. I can think of some of my girl friends, for example, who would definitely NOT enjoy it. But if you’re a boy, then no question, you would enjoy this. So go watch!
All movie images are owned by Columbia Pictures.
Trivia source: IMDB.
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