Django Unchained -- new Tarantino film (1 Viewer)

[Ministry of Pain]

Saw this today, great flick. Agree that the Samuel L. Jackson role took away from it. Anyone else in that role would have been better.

Also, watching it on the near south side of Chicago with the whole slavery thing made it a bit uncomfortable. Had to make sure it was ok to laugh at some parts.

How so? He utters the "N" word as much or more than everyone else in the film combined. The urban audience I was in laughed themselves silly when he started cussing and I have a feeling that is exactly why Tarantino cast him in the role. I don't think anyone else could have gotten away with what Jackson could and he mixed a few previous roles into that role. In fact I would say that character sounded much more like a modern street thug than anyone from that time period which is what made it really funny. Every time he was talking folks were laughing in my theatre,

 

[Rohn Jambo]

The scenes with Don Johnson were probably my favorite in the movie.

I didn't see this yet but I had a feeling last year that Sonny Crockett will have the best performance.

 

[Harris]

Saw this today, great flick. Agree that the Samuel L. Jackson role took away from it. Anyone else in that role would have been better.

Also, watching it on the near south side of Chicago with the whole slavery thing made it a bit uncomfortable. Had to make sure it was ok to laugh at some parts.

How so? He utters the "N" word as much or more than everyone else in the film combined. The urban audience I was in laughed themselves silly when he started cussing and I have a feeling that is exactly why Tarantino cast him in the role. I don't think anyone else could have gotten away with what Jackson could and he mixed a few previous roles into that role. In fact I would say that character sounded much more like a modern street thug than anyone from that time period which is what made it really funny. Every time he was talking folks were laughing in my theatre,

I realize that Tarantino films have a certain "casual" quality to them, but it's a personal thing for me. I simply can't take SLJ seriously anymore after all of the crap movies he's been in and terrible cliche roles that he's played.

 

[mr fancypants]

Saw this today, great flick. Agree that the Samuel L. Jackson role took away from it. Anyone else in that role would have been better.

Also, watching it on the near south side of Chicago with the whole slavery thing made it a bit uncomfortable. Had to make sure it was ok to laugh at some parts.

How so? He utters the "N" word as much or more than everyone else in the film combined. The urban audience I was in laughed themselves silly when he started cussing and I have a feeling that is exactly why Tarantino cast him in the role. I don't think anyone else could have gotten away with what Jackson could and he mixed a few previous roles into that role. In fact I would say that character sounded much more like a modern street thug than anyone from that time period which is what made it really funny. Every time he was talking folks were laughing in my theatre,

I realize that Tarantino films have a certain "casual" quality to them, but it's a personal thing for me. I simply can't take SLJ seriously anymore after all of the crap movies he's been in and terrible cliche roles that he's played.

In a way I agree with you. I believe Tarantino has a way to extract SLJ's best acting. His roles in Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and Django far exceeds anything else he has ever done.

 

[Worm]

Saw this today, great flick. Agree that the Samuel L. Jackson role took away from it. Anyone else in that role would have been better.

Also, watching it on the near south side of Chicago with the whole slavery thing made it a bit uncomfortable. Had to make sure it was ok to laugh at some parts.

How so? He utters the "N" word as much or more than everyone else in the film combined. The urban audience I was in laughed themselves silly when he started cussing and I have a feeling that is exactly why Tarantino cast him in the role. I don't think anyone else could have gotten away with what Jackson could and he mixed a few previous roles into that role. In fact I would say that character sounded much more like a modern street thug than anyone from that time period which is what made it really funny. Every time he was talking folks were laughing in my theatre,

I realize that Tarantino films have a certain "casual" quality to them, but it's a personal thing for me. I simply can't take SLJ seriously anymore after all of the crap movies he's been in and terrible cliche roles that he's played.

In a way I agree with you. I believe Tarantino has a way to extract SLJ's best acting. His roles in Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and Django far exceeds anything else he has ever done.

For me, it was like I was watching SLJ play a character from 'Friday', not a QT movie.

 

[Neovivo]

SLJ was brilliant in this movie. If not for SLJ this movie would have been a snoozer!

 

[dgreen]

Saw it last night. Liked it, didn't love it, but for me Tarantino movies always need to be watched a 2nd or 3rd time to take everything in. Waltz, Leo and Jackson were all great, Fox wasn't bad, and Don Johnson was good as Big Daddy (I wish he had a bigger part).

I had heard going in that the use of the n-word was excessive, but wow. You'd think they'd use 'slave' a bit more over it. I also thought the ending was over the top, but that's Tarantino for ya.

QT's cameo was cool, he has packed on a few pounds. It was also cool to see Tom Wopat (Luke Duke) as the US Marshall. Recognized him right away.

Ill wait til I see it at least one more time before I rank it among Tarantino flicks.

He is such a terrible actor. I hate when he appears in his movies.

He is terrible, but I dont mind him as long as his screen time is short.Don't f***ing 'Jimmy' me, Jules, okayyy? Dont f***ing 'Jimmy' me.

He's good in some (Pulp Fiction, Desperado, Reservoir Dogs, Sleep With Me) and bad in others. He was bad in Django.

 

[Slapdash]

Saw this today, great flick. Agree that the Samuel L. Jackson role took away from it. Anyone else in that role would have been better.

Also, watching it on the near south side of Chicago with the whole slavery thing made it a bit uncomfortable. Had to make sure it was ok to laugh at some parts.

How so? He utters the "N" word as much or more than everyone else in the film combined. The urban audience I was in laughed themselves silly when he started cussing and I have a feeling that is exactly why Tarantino cast him in the role. I don't think anyone else could have gotten away with what Jackson could and he mixed a few previous roles into that role. In fact I would say that character sounded much more like a modern street thug than anyone from that time period which is what made it really funny. Every time he was talking folks were laughing in my theatre,

Yeah, he got the most laughs in my theater too outside of Django in his blue suit.Thought the whole thing was funny and well done. Waltz was brilliant once again.

 

[attaché case]

Saw it last night. Liked it, didn't love it, but for me Tarantino movies always need to be watched a 2nd or 3rd time to take everything in. Waltz, Leo and Jackson were all great, Fox wasn't bad, and Don Johnson was good as Big Daddy (I wish he had a bigger part).

I had heard going in that the use of the n-word was excessive, but wow. You'd think they'd use 'slave' a bit more over it. I also thought the ending was over the top, but that's Tarantino for ya.

QT's cameo was cool, he has packed on a few pounds. It was also cool to see Tom Wopat (Luke Duke) as the US Marshall. Recognized him right away.

Ill wait til I see it at least one more time before I rank it among Tarantino flicks.

He is such a terrible actor. I hate when he appears in his movies.

He is terrible, but I dont mind him as long as his screen time is short.Don't f***ing 'Jimmy' me, Jules, okayyy? Dont f***ing 'Jimmy' me.

He's good in some (Pulp Fiction, Desperado, Reservoir Dogs, Sleep With Me) and bad in others. He was bad in Django.

I might be in the minority here, but I also liked him in From Dusk Til Dawn. He plays creepy pretty good.

 

[Finless]

It's either a live Phish stream or this.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Saw this today, great flick. Agree that the Samuel L. Jackson role took away from it. Anyone else in that role would have been better.

Also, watching it on the near south side of Chicago with the whole slavery thing made it a bit uncomfortable. Had to make sure it was ok to laugh at some parts.

How so? He utters the "N" word as much or more than everyone else in the film combined. The urban audience I was in laughed themselves silly when he started cussing and I have a feeling that is exactly why Tarantino cast him in the role. I don't think anyone else could have gotten away with what Jackson could and he mixed a few previous roles into that role. In fact I would say that character sounded much more like a modern street thug than anyone from that time period which is what made it really funny. Every time he was talking folks were laughing in my theatre,

I realize that Tarantino films have a certain "casual" quality to them, but it's a personal thing for me. I simply can't take SLJ seriously anymore after all of the crap movies he's been in and terrible cliche roles that he's played.

In a way I agree with you. I believe Tarantino has a way to extract SLJ's best acting. His roles in Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and Django far exceeds anything else he has ever done.

His roles or his performances in the QT movies far exceed the rest? Performance is one thing, but I would say its more the role and QT's writing as to why you make a statement like that as why these performances stand out. I dont disagree with you and Pulp and Jackie (havent seen Django) are certainly up there for him, but I wouldnt exactly put them on a pedestal of their own. SLJ definitely becomes a charicature of himself often, but it typically comes down to the individual film and screenplay for it to be real good or real cheesy.The Negotiator, Unbreakable, Caveman's Valentine, Black Snake Moan, Resurrecting the Champ, and Cleaner are mostly the examples of what Im saying. You still have those SLJ-isms, but they dont overshadow his actual performance and he elevates the movie.

And then there's Soul Men, which I think is hilarious but Im not sure if anyone else has seen it. SLJ should really try to do some more well written comedies, he'd kill it.

 

[Daywalker]

Think SMJ is rated properly by most. Take away Tarantino movies and he still has a pretty great career/resume. Add Pulp, Jackie Brown and Django and he's made his bones in every sense. Meaty roles are hard to come by for anyone especially for a black guy in Hollywood.

You realy can't knock it out of the park more then Jules Winnfield. You can just drop the mic after that.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Chirstoph Waltz plays a dentist turned bounty hunter and he is so smooth and so awesome, the beginning of the movie he gets himself in so much hot water in about 30 seconds, you think how is he gonna get out of this but he has all the answers and he could easily get an Oscar nod. He makes Jamie Foxx look good and that isn't easy.

So who made Jamie Foxx look good in Ray? Was it Willow?! What about Ali? That must have been Will Smith who made him appear to be able to act. Then there's the underrated Collateral which Foxx was also very good in, I guess Tom Cruise made him look like a decent actor there as well. I dont know if you just see Jamie Foxx and think of In Living Color, his own sitcom, or his early movie career that was dominated by comedic roles, but at this point IMO he has proven himself to be quite a good actor. More importantly, if Tarantino thought otherwise, Im guessing he wouldnt have put Foxx as the star of his new film.

Oh and Leonardo eats up the screen and has a delightful time playing a dirty rotten *******. There is a KKK scene that you gotta see to believe and it had the audience howling and rolling int he aisle, it was tough to hear all the jokes the laughter got so loud. Enjoy yourself.

Im glad you enjoyed the movie, and I have few doubts about it being good, but these 2 statements really stood out as idiotic about a film you are calling Top 5 for the year.

See the movie. The KKK scene was hilarious.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I dont think jamie foxx is a good actor either cant wait to see this

Foxx is overrated. But he's perfectly adequate here.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Not sure I can frame this against the other Tarantino movies unless I see it a couple more times. Entertaining, for sure. If you like the Clint Eastwood revenge fantasies, you'll probably like Django. Very violent, and hard to watch at times. But viewed simply as a Western without the patina of any pro/con Tarantino arguments, I recommend the movie.

 

[Concept Coop]

Saw this last night. I enjoyed it for sure but I found myself very uncomfortable during a lot of the slave stuff. I imagine that was QT's goal and it worked.I kept waiting for Samuel Jacksons character to go a different way. I was surprised when it did not happen.

As an African American, I loved the movie, but, like you, felt very uncomfortable at times. But I think he had to be somewhat historically accurate; he couldn't downplay slavery to make his audience more comfortable. QT couldn't be scared of the subject matter and still make a good movie. I think he pulled it off wonderfully. I think it is right up there with his best works and would need additional views and time to really rank it. Right now, I think I put it up there with Inglorious Basterds, which is in my top 2-3 QT movies.

 

[Concept Coop]

Also, I love the way in which he used the "N" word. He wasn't too scared of it. It is very historically accurate to use it as often as he did in the film. I don't recall it ever being used as an insult, rather as a "matter of fact" description of the race.

The word was much less offensive (used to insult/taken as insult) during slavery, than it came to be after.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Saw this last night. I enjoyed it for sure but I found myself very uncomfortable during a lot of the slave stuff. I imagine that was QT's goal and it worked.I kept waiting for Samuel Jacksons character to go a different way. I was surprised when it did not happen.

As an African American, I loved the movie, but, like you, felt very uncomfortable at times. But I think he had to be somewhat historically accurate; he couldn't downplay slavery to make his audience more comfortable. QT couldn't be scared of the subject matter and still make a good movie. I think he pulled it off wonderfully. I think it is right up there with his best works and would need additional views and time to really rank it. Right now, I think I put it up there with Inglorious Basterds, which is in my top 2-3 QT movies.

I was very uncomfortable at times, as well. I guess that's good sometimes.Tarantino was on Charlie Rose, and they mentioned Roots. Tarantino said that at the end, Ben Vereen's character has a chance to whip a slavemaster. He passes, saying something like, "No. Then we'll be as bad as they are." And Tarantino said the entire country said out loud, "Oh bull####!" Do it!"

 

[jdoggydogg]

Also, I love the way in which he used the "N" word. He wasn't too scared of it. It is very historically accurate to use it as often as he did in the film. I don't recall it ever being used as an insult, rather as a "matter of fact" description of the race. The word was much less offensive (used to insult/taken as insult) during slavery, than it came to be after.

The pervasive use of the N word is critical for this movie to be effective.

 

[JZilla]

Also, I love the way in which he used the "N" word. He wasn't too scared of it. It is very historically accurate to use it as often as he did in the film. I don't recall it ever being used as an insult, rather as a "matter of fact" description of the race. The word was much less offensive (used to insult/taken as insult) during slavery, than it came to be after.

The pervasive use of the N word is critical for this movie to be effective.

I think they'll etch that on Tarantino's headstone

 

[jdoggydogg]

Spike Lee: 'Django Unchained' is 'Disrespectful,' I Will Not See It

The filmmaker, who has long had issues with Quentin Tarantino, also tweeted: "American slavery was not a Sergio Leone spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust." Spike Lee will not be seeing Django Unchained when it is released on Christmas -- or on any other day after that. The prolific filmmaker, whose films -- including Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X and his most recent, Red Hook Summer -- often address race in America, said in an interview that he won't be seeing Quentin Tarantino's new Western about slave vengeance, starring Jamie Foxx.

"I can't speak on it 'cause I'm not gonna see it," he told Vibe magazine. "All I'm going to say is that it's disrespectful to my ancestors. That's just me. ... I'm not speaking on behalf of anybody else."

STORY: Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' Reignites Debate Over N-Word in Movies

Later, Lee continued to criticize the film's take on the subject matter, which alternates between the brutal, including depictions of torture and whippings, and the comic, highlighted by much of the dialogue assigned to Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio.

"American Slavery Was Not A Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western.It Was A Holocaust.My Ancestors Are Slaves. Stolen From Africa. I Will Honor Them," Lee tweeted, which he then followed with responses to fans both critical and supportive of his stance.

After a fan wrote that Django was just a film and not to be taken seriously, Lee responded, "Wrong.Birth Of A Nation Got Black Folks Lynced [sic]. Media Is Powerful. DON'T SLEEP. WAKE UP YO."

Lee has long been a critic of Tarantino, whose films often deal with race in controversial ways. Following the release of Tarantino's 1997 blacksploitation tribute, Jackie Brown, Lee said, "I have a definite problem with Quentin Tarantino's excessive use of the n-word. And let the record state that I never said that he cannot use that word -- I've used that word in many of my films -- but I think something is wrong with him."

With its 100-plus uses of the n-word and graphic depiction of slavery, Django has drawn its own debate, with many split on whether it belittles slavery or highlights its atrocities.

"He's smushing slavery and its ills in our faces. It's not sanitized and pretty," MSNBC host Toure told The Hollywood Reporter. On the other hand, film critic Dwight Brown told THR that "lots of the violence in the movie feels more like a caricature than a re-enactment. The kind of bloodshed and brutality you'd see in a horror film or a superficial action movie, versus what you might find in a real drama."

 

[JZilla]

Meanwhile, Spike Lee is still full of ####

 

[17seconds]

100% certain if Tarantino were black Spike would have no issue.

 

[cstu]

100% certain if Tarantino were black Spike would have no issue.

How much of Lee's dislike of Tarantino is his ability to make 'black' movies better than him?

 

[cstu]

Saw this last night. I enjoyed it for sure but I found myself very uncomfortable during a lot of the slave stuff. I imagine that was QT's goal and it worked.I kept waiting for Samuel Jacksons character to go a different way. I was surprised when it did not happen.

As an African American, I loved the movie, but, like you, felt very uncomfortable at times. But I think he had to be somewhat historically accurate; he couldn't downplay slavery to make his audience more comfortable. QT couldn't be scared of the subject matter and still make a good movie. I think he pulled it off wonderfully. I think it is right up there with his best works and would need additional views and time to really rank it. Right now, I think I put it up there with Inglorious Basterds, which is in my top 2-3 QT movies.

I was very uncomfortable at times, as well. I guess that's good sometimes.Tarantino was on Charlie Rose, and they mentioned Roots. Tarantino said that at the end, Ben Vereen's character has a chance to whip a slavemaster. He passes, saying something like, "No. Then we'll be as bad as they are." And Tarantino said the entire country said out loud, "Oh bull####!" Do it!"

It feels strange that a white guy made this movie (giving a slave a chance for revenge) but I think that him being white allowed him to stick with his vision unlike a black director who would feel the need to tone it down (or not even be able to make it at all).

 

[Ministry of Pain]

100% certain if Tarantino were black Spike would have no issue.

How much of Lee's dislike of Tarantino is his ability to make 'black' movies better than him?

AmenGoing to see it again tomorrow. Well worth multiple viewings

 

[jdoggydogg]

Spike Lee: 'Django Unchained' is 'Disrespectful,' I Will Not See It

The filmmaker, who has long had issues with Quentin Tarantino, also tweeted: "American slavery was not a Sergio Leone spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust." Spike Lee will not be seeing Django Unchained when it is released on Christmas -- or on any other day after that. The prolific filmmaker, whose films -- including Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X and his most recent, Red Hook Summer -- often address race in America, said in an interview that he won't be seeing Quentin Tarantino's new Western about slave vengeance, starring Jamie Foxx.

"I can't speak on it 'cause I'm not gonna see it," he told Vibe magazine. "All I'm going to say is that it's disrespectful to my ancestors. That's just me. ... I'm not speaking on behalf of anybody else."

STORY: Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' Reignites Debate Over N-Word in Movies

Later, Lee continued to criticize the film's take on the subject matter, which alternates between the brutal, including depictions of torture and whippings, and the comic, highlighted by much of the dialogue assigned to Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio.

"American Slavery Was Not A Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western.It Was A Holocaust.My Ancestors Are Slaves. Stolen From Africa. I Will Honor Them," Lee tweeted, which he then followed with responses to fans both critical and supportive of his stance.

After a fan wrote that Django was just a film and not to be taken seriously, Lee responded, "Wrong.Birth Of A Nation Got Black Folks Lynced [sic]. Media Is Powerful. DON'T SLEEP. WAKE UP YO."

Lee has long been a critic of Tarantino, whose films often deal with race in controversial ways. Following the release of Tarantino's 1997 blacksploitation tribute, Jackie Brown, Lee said, "I have a definite problem with Quentin Tarantino's excessive use of the n-word. And let the record state that I never said that he cannot use that word -- I've used that word in many of my films -- but I think something is wrong with him."

With its 100-plus uses of the n-word and graphic depiction of slavery, Django has drawn its own debate, with many split on whether it belittles slavery or highlights its atrocities.

"He's smushing slavery and its ills in our faces. It's not sanitized and pretty," MSNBC host Toure told The Hollywood Reporter. On the other hand, film critic Dwight Brown told THR that "lots of the violence in the movie feels more like a caricature than a re-enactment. The kind of bloodshed and brutality you'd see in a horror film or a superficial action movie, versus what you might find in a real drama."

I think Do The Right Thing is a very important movie on race. Big fan. But really, Spike looks pretty bad here. First, he refuses to see it. So he isn't making an informed decision. Second, comparing this movie to Birth of a Nation is like comparing Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will to Inglorious Basterds. Ludicrous.

 

[jdoggydogg]

100% certain if Tarantino were black Spike would have no issue.

Or at least he'd get more leeway.

 

[drummer]

100% certain if Tarantino were black Spike would have no issue.

Or at least he'd get more leeway.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Saw this last night. I enjoyed it for sure but I found myself very uncomfortable during a lot of the slave stuff. I imagine that was QT's goal and it worked.I kept waiting for Samuel Jacksons character to go a different way. I was surprised when it did not happen.

As an African American, I loved the movie, but, like you, felt very uncomfortable at times. But I think he had to be somewhat historically accurate; he couldn't downplay slavery to make his audience more comfortable. QT couldn't be scared of the subject matter and still make a good movie. I think he pulled it off wonderfully. I think it is right up there with his best works and would need additional views and time to really rank it. Right now, I think I put it up there with Inglorious Basterds, which is in my top 2-3 QT movies.

I was very uncomfortable at times, as well. I guess that's good sometimes.Tarantino was on Charlie Rose, and they mentioned Roots. Tarantino said that at the end, Ben Vereen's character has a chance to whip a slavemaster. He passes, saying something like, "No. Then we'll be as bad as they are." And Tarantino said the entire country said out loud, "Oh bull####!" Do it!"

It feels strange that a white guy made this movie (giving a slave a chance for revenge) but I think that him being white allowed him to stick with his vision unlike a black director who would feel the need to tone it down (or not even be able to make it at all).

All I want to know is: will the movie be entertaining? It'd be nice if the race of the artist wasn't important.

 

[jdoggydogg]

100% certain if Tarantino were black Spike would have no issue.

Or at least he'd get more leeway.

That's all you have to contribute?

 

[drummer]

100% certain if Tarantino were black Spike would have no issue.

Or at least he'd get more leeway.

That's all you have to contribute?

That's all that's needed.

 

[jdoggydogg]

'Training Day' director defends Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained,' calls Spike Lee to task

The director of "Training Day" is riding to Quentin Tarantino's rescue. Antoine Fuqua admonished Spike Lee and other critics of the repeated use of the "N" word in Tarantino's anti-slavery western, "Django Unchained," during an appearance in Italy Sunday.

"I don't think Quentin Tarantino has a racist bone in his body," Fuqua said at the 17th Capri, Hollywood Film Festival, according to the Hollywood Reporter. "Besides, I'm good friends with [Django Unchained star] Jamie Foxx and he wouldn't have anything to do with a film that had anything racist to it."

Fuqua's comments came just over a week after Lee came out full guns blazing in condemnation of "Django Unchained," which revolves around a freed slave turned bounty hunter's (Foxx) mission to rescue his wife (Kerry Washington) from the clutches of a despicable racist plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio).

Fuqua, himself African Ameican, took Lee to task for condemning a contemporary in such a public manner.

"That's just not the way you do things," said Fuqua, who admitted to not seeing the film yet himself, at the Capri event. "If you disagree with the way a colleague did something, call him up, invite him out for a coffee, talk about it. But don't do it publicly." And Tarantino's handling of the subject matter from an ignoble period of American history has gotten rave reviews from other critics.

The NAACP announced earlier this month that "Django Unchained" has been nominated for four Image Awards. "If you set a film in the 1850s, you're going to hear the word 'n----r,' because that's the way they spoke then, and you're going to discuss slavery because that was part of the reality," added Fuqua.

 

[jdoggydogg]

100% certain if Tarantino were black Spike would have no issue.

Or at least he'd get more leeway.

That's all you have to contribute?

That's all that's needed.

So it's your assertion that race does not affect perception?

 

[drummer]

It would had been better if Tarantino used "Dead _____ Storage" again in an homage to his own movie.

 

[drummer]

100% certain if Tarantino were black Spike would have no issue.

Or at least he'd get more leeway.

That's all you have to contribute?

That's all that's needed.

So it's your assertion that race does not affect perception?

My assertion is: Go to Compton and use that word liberally. That's what you should do.

 

[jdoggydogg]

100% certain if Tarantino were black Spike would have no issue.

Or at least he'd get more leeway.

That's all you have to contribute?

That's all that's needed.

So it's your assertion that race does not affect perception?

My assertion is: Go to Compton and use that word liberally. That's what you should do.

How does that relate to this discussion at all? I hate the N word.

 

[drummer]

100% certain if Tarantino were black Spike would have no issue.

Or at least he'd get more leeway.

That's all you have to contribute?

That's all that's needed.

So it's your assertion that race does not affect perception?

My assertion is: Go to Compton and use that word liberally. That's what you should do.

How does that relate to this discussion at all? I hate the N word.

Why can't we post it here?

 

[jdoggydogg]

100% certain if Tarantino were black Spike would have no issue.

Or at least he'd get more leeway.

That's all you have to contribute?

That's all that's needed.

So it's your assertion that race does not affect perception?

My assertion is: Go to Compton and use that word liberally. That's what you should do.

How does that relate to this discussion at all? I hate the N word.

Why can't we post it here?

Because we aren't starring in an R rated film.

 

[Mario Kart]

Saw it tonight. Not sure what to make of it though.

I want to like it and I did enjoy it but I cannot pin point why I liked it.

The story was interesting. The action was good. The premise was above average and all.

Was it me or was the lighting on the screen different than many movies? The picture seemed dark and at different times seemed blurred. Was that the movie, me, or the theater? Just wondering.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Saw it tonight. Not sure what to make of it though.I want to like it and I did enjoy it but I cannot pin point why I liked it.The story was interesting. The action was good. The premise was above average and all.Was it me or was the lighting on the screen different than many movies? The picture seemed dark and at different times seemed blurred. Was that the movie, me, or the theater? Just wondering.

The digital screening I saw last night was sharp.

 

[drummer]

100% certain if Tarantino were black Spike would have no issue.

Or at least he'd get more leeway.

That's all you have to contribute?

That's all that's needed.

So it's your assertion that race does not affect perception?

My assertion is: Go to Compton and use that word liberally. That's what you should do.

How does that relate to this discussion at all? I hate the N word.

Why can't we post it here?

Because we aren't starring in an R rated film.

So? There is plenty of R Rated stuff posted here. That's a horrid answer coming from a pretentious sort as you.Do me a favor and post ###### over 110 times. There ya go fanboy! You've just wrote a Tarantino script!

 

[jdoggydogg]

So? There is plenty of R Rated stuff posted here. That's a horrid answer coming from a pretentious sort as you.Do me a favor and post ###### over 110 times. There ya go fanboy! You've just wrote a Tarantino script!

Pretentious? Is that the best you can do?

 

[Fennis]

Saw it last night. Liked it, didn't love it, but for me Tarantino movies always need to be watched a 2nd or 3rd time to take everything in. Waltz, Leo and Jackson were all great, Fox wasn't bad, and Don Johnson was good as Big Daddy (I wish he had a bigger part).

I had heard going in that the use of the n-word was excessive, but wow. You'd think they'd use 'slave' a bit more over it. I also thought the ending was over the top, but that's Tarantino for ya.

QT's cameo was cool, he has packed on a few pounds. It was also cool to see Tom Wopat (Luke Duke) as the US Marshall. Recognized him right away.

Ill wait til I see it at least one more time before I rank it among Tarantino flicks.

He is such a terrible actor. I hate when he appears in his movies.

He is terrible, but I dont mind him as long as his screen time is short.Don't f***ing 'Jimmy' me, Jules, okayyy? Dont f***ing 'Jimmy' me.

He's good in some (Pulp Fiction, Desperado, Reservoir Dogs, Sleep With Me) and bad in others. He was bad in Django.

I might be in the minority here, but I also liked him in From Dusk Til Dawn. He plays creepy pretty good.

Just saw Django, QT was so bad in that scene he almost ruined the entire movie for me. It was jarring how bad he was, took me right out of the movie.

 

[Worm]

Saw it last night. Liked it, didn't love it, but for me Tarantino movies always need to be watched a 2nd or 3rd time to take everything in. Waltz, Leo and Jackson were all great, Fox wasn't bad, and Don Johnson was good as Big Daddy (I wish he had a bigger part).

I had heard going in that the use of the n-word was excessive, but wow. You'd think they'd use 'slave' a bit more over it. I also thought the ending was over the top, but that's Tarantino for ya.

QT's cameo was cool, he has packed on a few pounds. It was also cool to see Tom Wopat (Luke Duke) as the US Marshall. Recognized him right away.

Ill wait til I see it at least one more time before I rank it among Tarantino flicks.

He is such a terrible actor. I hate when he appears in his movies.

He is terrible, but I dont mind him as long as his screen time is short.Don't f***ing 'Jimmy' me, Jules, okayyy? Dont f***ing 'Jimmy' me.

He's good in some (Pulp Fiction, Desperado, Reservoir Dogs, Sleep With Me) and bad in others. He was bad in Django.

I might be in the minority here, but I also liked him in From Dusk Til Dawn. He plays creepy pretty good.

Just saw Django, QT was so bad in that scene he almost ruined the entire movie for me. It was jarring how bad he was, took me right out of the movie.

I agree, he was pretty terrible.

 

[drummer]

So? There is plenty of R Rated stuff posted here. That's a horrid answer coming from a pretentious sort as you.Do me a favor and post ###### over 110 times. There ya go fanboy! You've just wrote a Tarantino script!

Pretentious? Is that the best you can do?

Again, you don't need anymore than that.

 

[Toad_1234]

100% certain if Tarantino were black Spike would have no issue.

How much of Lee's dislike of Tarantino is his ability to make 'black' movies better than him?

 

[Jefferson the Caregiver]

It was good but it was too long. Pushing 3 hours for a movie, it better be a masterpiece and compelling all the way through, this fell short of that. It could have been knocked down a half an hour easy.

Tarantino went for too many fight scenes, I've seen these enough times now, I know what to expect.

Jamie Foxx was pretty good in the role. Thought Samuel Jackson was great as was Decaprio.

Christoph Waltz is fantastic but wasn't this essentially the same shtick from Inglorious Bastards. This guy is great at what he does but he may be getting typecast.

Also agree with everyone that said QT was terrible, he went for too long a cameo, he is not an actor.

 

[NCCommish]

So? There is plenty of R Rated stuff posted here. That's a horrid answer coming from a pretentious sort as you.Do me a favor and post ###### over 110 times. There ya go fanboy! You've just wrote a Tarantino script!

Pretentious? Is that the best you can do?

Again, you don't need anymore than that.

I could tell you who is coming off as pretentious here with a smidgen of holier than thou thrown in but you wouldn't like it.

 

[kutta]

I saw it tonight and loved it. My wife also really liked it (whew).

I didn't have a problem with the "n" word at all, or the violence, or QT's role, or really anything. I just sat back with my big 'ol popcorn and diet coke and was thoroughly entertained for almost three hours.

Best 9 bucks I've spent in a long time.