Django Unchained Review (2012)

Django Unchained delivers a comedic western while containing true aspects of America's ugly past. The films comedic approach can be considered disrespectful at times, but gives the film an additional dimension that almost increases its reality of the era. The style of direction taken to this movie was praise worthy, but lacked that Tarantino flair. Tarantino's cameo was one to question too; using a weird accent, this cameo and scene had no major impact on the plot while just adding minutes to the films long running time. The acting done by Jamie Foxx, Leonardo, Waltz, and Washington was undeniably nothing short of great. However Samuel L. Jackson's character seemed a bit fake in his moral intentions. Jamie Foxx's portrayal of Django as a robust heroic badass in the distateful past of America gives the viewer a somewhat false impression of African Americans in this time. Leonardo DiCaprio's Calvin Candie creates a real depiction of a plantation owner whose morals and respect towards African Americans is nothing above a grain of dirt. This depiction creates a small window that allows the viewer to get fully involved into the story and alignment towards Django's eventual conquest. The dialogue had a very historical sense between its excessive usage of the n-word, or the conversations between white people and black people. All in all, the film is a chic, sensible film that was done near impeccably, giving it five out of five stars.