Enterbay: Django Unchained

[Grosby]

Here's the above picture a little larger, along with some others which might have been posted before but I don't recall, via here:

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[Darkseed]

I am not sold on Candie but Django is a buy...

 

[Ajkhunter]

I really like them both, now where is Dr. King!?

 

[yojoe85]

Thanks for the pics Grosby!!! Now I'm looking forward to getting them. I want King too! He's A MUST for this series!

 

[Web_Head91]

Wait 'till you get to my age...

Oh, I wasn't clear. I meant to say that it was the best movie I've seen in theaters in a long time. Not that it's the best movie I've viewed recently. And while I'm sure to have seen more films by the time I'm your age (whatever that may be), I'm a bit of a film fanatic and have seen more than my fair share.

And with that said, Django is ONE OF the most entertaining films I've ever seen. I loved every moment of it.

 

[Guinnessfan]

I am not sold on Candie but Django is a buy...

i agree 100%, django looks great though. I really want this set, but i gotta see how the QC is.

 

[Guinnessfan]

I only just managed to see Django last night. Can't stand the Calvin sculpt. It's not the expression I associate with the character at all. One of those times where I'm curious to see what EB might have proposed and what was knocked back by the talent.

how did you like it LJ? personally i loved it.

 

[Lejuan]

how did you like it LJ? personally i loved it.

I did enjoy it, a lot. But I'm a bit of a Tarantino fan and it doesn't quite measure up to some of my faves. I really liked the story, but felt that it was short on iconic scenes. Maybe that was a deliberate choice because of the type of narrative he was exploring, but when I think back to Inglourious Basterds, with its pipe scene, bar scene, theatre scene... the tension was palpable. Django lacked that tension. But I loved the performances, especially Foxx and DiCaprio. Samuel L. was a bit of a let down, overly hammy I thought

 

[yojoe85]

I did enjoy it, a lot. But I'm a bit of a Tarantino fan and it doesn't quite measure up to some of my faves. I really liked the story, but felt that it was short on iconic scenes. Maybe that was a deliberate choice because of the type of narrative he was exploring, but when I think back to Inglourious Basterds, with its pipe scene, bar scene, theatre scene... the tension was palpable. Django lacked that tension. But I loved the performances, especially Foxx and DiCaprio. Samuel L. was a bit of a let down, overly hammy I thought

Lol. Samuel L. Jackson's character reminds me of Uncle Ruckus from the Boondocks cartoon show(self-loathing black guy who favors white culture and putting his own race down). I would say Django was more straightforward as far as the pacing and the narrative was concerned compared to Tarantino's other films, but I thought it was an excellent film and one of my favorites from him.

 

[Ajkhunter]

I did enjoy it, a lot. But I'm a bit of a Tarantino fan and it doesn't quite measure up to some of my faves. I really liked the story, but felt that it was short on iconic scenes. Maybe that was a deliberate choice because of the type of narrative he was exploring, but when I think back to Inglourious Basterds, with its pipe scene, bar scene, theatre scene... the tension was palpable. Django lacked that tension. But I loved the performances, especially Foxx and DiCaprio. Samuel L. was a bit of a let down, overly hammy I thought

I totally agree, well said, my only thing is a switch of Foxx and Samuel L Jackson's performances, thought Jackson was rly good and Foxx ok, I liked the movie a lot but it dragged too long should of ended in the house when stuff got crazy everything after that was just blah and didn't really push the story more forward than what coulda been done in the house. As for where it stacks up compared to other tarantino films (I try to forget death proof don't get me started) I was disappointed, not in the film as a film but as a Tarantino film, I expected more.

 

[siquisiri]

I did enjoy it, a lot. But I'm a bit of a Tarantino fan and it doesn't quite measure up to some of my faves. I really liked the story, but felt that it was short on iconic scenes. Maybe that was a deliberate choice because of the type of narrative he was exploring, but when I think back to Inglourious Basterds, with its pipe scene, bar scene, theatre scene... the tension was palpable. Django lacked that tension. But I loved the performances, especially Foxx and DiCaprio. Samuel L. was a bit of a let down, overly hammy I thought

Its entertaining, but not one of his top films. I actually likes samuel l's role. It was mean to be overboard and it was funny as hell. I felt kinda bad for foxx, because he was eclipsed by the other three actors.

 

[Lejuan]

Its entertaining, but not one of his top films. I actually likes samuel l's role. It was mean to be overboard and it was funny as hell. I felt kinda bad for foxx, because he was eclipsed by the other three actors.

Yeh you're right, I think it's the character more than Samuel L's performance that I have the issue with. For me there's a fine line that Tarantino treads between the comic and the dramatic that is part of the charm of his films. He overstepped a few times in Django (subjectively of course). Apart from the Stephen character, the scene where the hooded posse was preparing to capture Schultz and Django is farcical to the point of being idiotic. But it was a good romp, I'd watch it again on a rainy Sunday.

It's a pity I don't really like the expression on the Candie figure - I had the same issue with Hans and Aldo's expressions and ended up passing on both. I like the Django sculpt, but I wouldn't see him as a standalone on the shelf. Shultz would have to be there as well. But Candie is as important... maybe EB will come up with a good package deal to make it more tempting.

 

[Monger]

Its entertaining, but not one of his top films. I actually likes samuel l's role. It was mean to be overboard and it was funny as hell. I felt kinda bad for foxx, because he was eclipsed by the other three actors.

That's because his character just isn't interesting. The last 45 minutes of the film are the weakest because of this. It isn't so much that he was overshadowed or something by the others, but that he just can't compete with them. I found his character extremely uninteresting.

 

[Raymond F.]

It's just that Tarantinos shtick is getting predictable. There was no real substance to Django. Just style. Which was great. Tarantino is too deep in his comfort zone. He's stopped innovating a long time ago. I think even he was shocked when he won the golden globe for best screenplay.

He should tackle something more challenging of KB3 is indeed off again. He needs to do something that goes deeper than getting revenge.

 

[Frank]

Lol. Samuel L. Jackson's character reminds me of Uncle Ruckus from the Boondocks cartoon show(self-loathing black guy who favors white culture and putting his own race down). I would say Django was more straightforward as far as the pacing and the narrative was concerned compared to Tarantino's other films, but I thought it was an excellent film and one of my favorites from him.

Throw in some Stinkmeaner while you're at it!

 

[CelticPredator]

Why doesn't Calvin come with his drink?

 

[denger4000]

Kill Bill movies QT's best work? Wow never thought I'd read that. Give me This movie, IB and reservoir Dogs all day (if you want to count from Dusk till dawn as well) but I'll probably never watch Kill Bill again.

 

[Wake]

I like parts of the kill bill movies. I could do without the lengthy action sequences. My favorite parts of Tarantino's movies are always just people talking and the hidden tension the situations present while they talk. My favorite scenes in tarantino movies are like this: Landa in the farmhouse, IB basement bar scene, Beartrix and Bill meeting, The Candyland dinner scene, Jules in the dinner talking down honeybunny etc.

 

[siquisiri]

Kill Bill comes behind Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs as my favorite Tarantino film. Its not just a simple revenge flick though. I'm a big chambara film fan and its a major node to the genre which makes it tops for me. Like many, the dialogues are what make Tarantino's films stand out. The Characters have depth and let you want to know more about them.

 

[Raymond F.]

Kill Bill comes behind Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs as my favorite Tarantino film. Its not just a simple revenge flick though. I'm a big chambara film fan and its a major node to the genre which makes it tops for me. Like many, the dialogues are what make Tarantino's films stand out. The Characters have depth and let you want to know more about them.

Yup, Kill bill is his peak, and the difference between one and two is very surprising and very deliberate. It feels like Tarantino is very aware of the line he is treading between reality and fantasy and he gracefully tap dances over those lines with purpose and intent, Kill Bill has many layers and on a superficial layer it ties all of his strengths together, genre film influences, 70's nods and killer dialogue. All together and used when appropriate.

It seems that his last two films, seem to have integrated all of those elements almost schizophrenically he's lost his touch in my opinion. Still fun movies, but his bag of tricks is thin, he used all of his trick up in kill bill and balanced them perfectly, now he needs to reinvent himself.

His identity was still formulating in Res Dogs, Pulp Fiction was his breakthrough but he's surpassed that, Jackie Brown seemed weak at the time but in retrospect is actually very refreshing and something he should look at before he does his next film.

Dusk to dawn? Seriously? True romance was good but dated itself quickly.