Meet Dr. King
Schultz (Christoph Waltz). A gentleman
of German descent who has made The US of A his home for a little over 4
years. He is a dentist by profession but
of late, he has been using his fine motor skills and reflexes for something far
more profitable. He is a Bounty Hunter.
Meet Django (Jamie
Foxx). A slave. Who has been moved from plantation to
plantation but has his worst experience a few months ago where he was nearly
flogged to death by 2 out of three brothers who have been working at the same
plantation that he was. The Brittle
Brothers.
And why is that
little detail important, because The Brittle Brothers are on the list that Dr.
King is carrying with him. And Django is
one of the few people who can help Dr. King identify them. Ergo, a small but inconsequential (for Dr.
King) gunfight later, Django is now Django Freedom.
Now, we also
need to understand a couple of more important characters. Hildy (Kerry Washington) aka Broomhilda von
Schaft who is the reason Django got flogged and branded with the r mark on his
cheek – his wife. And Calvin Candie (Leonardo
DiCaprio) who is Hildy’s current master and therefore Django’s mission of
sorts.
That briefly, my
friends was the most basic character sketch that I could have drawn for a bunch
of characters that have been so vividly caricatured by Quentin Tarantino as
always. And playing those characters are
some of the best character artists of our time.
Most of the lead cast is a 1st timer with QT except Samuel L
Jackson and Christoph Waltz.
Like most movies
from QT, Django has some fabulous music (make mental note to pick up soundtrack
the next time I am out of country). And then there are those vintage blood and
gore shots that seem to have become a tad more subtle and in fact more
effective. I guess everyone improves
with age and time.
Add to all of
this, a fabulous story that had the 2nd Oscar for original
screenplay all but sealed. The first one
being for Christoph Waltz who is soon reaching unbeatable status. One should not have any other nominations if
he is nominated. But why he wasn’t nominated
for the lead is a query that I will have for a long time I guess.
If you are a QT
fan in India then you will watch Django Unchained on the big screen like a dog
who has been given a bone after a few months of starvation (that is if you haven’t
downloaded the movie by now). And you
will definitely love all those things that have taken this genre of movies into
a cult status.
If you aren’t a
QT fan, then you may just about like this one because unlike vintage QT, this isn’t
a puzzle that you put together at the end.
It is a first for QT – a straightforward story of a slave who is looking
for his wife. Either ways, you must see
this over the weekend. 8 on 10. Another
one knocked off the list of Best Movie nominations for 2012.
Watch the trailer
on http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2291574553/?ref_=tt_ov_vi
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