#9 - Southern Hospitality

9 – DJANGO UNCHAINED: Not for the faint of heart, this continues Tarantino’s revenge fantasy sequence of films, going back to Kill Bill.  The best part of seeing this film was the audience.  Listening to the different reactions, they said a surprising amount about that person and their sense of humor.  My theater ran the spectrum from a redneck dude who seemed to laugh a liiittle too hard to uneasy suburbanite to a stone-faced black man.  I found it hilarious, but I have a darker sense of humor than most.  This scene with the KKK had my Christmas Day audience in stitches (continues after the jump).

The whole realm of Mandingo fighting (so that’s where he got the name from!) was foreign to me before this, and it was a shock to the system.  Incorporating numerous elements from Western films, Django features many great landscapes and wide shots.  Music buffs, download the soundtrack immediately; it was amazing watching Jamie Foxx’s defiance while Rick Ross, Tupac, and James Brown blasted in the background.  Samuel L. Jackson, playing the Uncle Tom role, is foul mouthed and the funniest part of the film.  Christoph Waltz again plays an excessively articulate executioner, but with an aura of charm instead of Nazi menace.  I was disappointed with the ending but it is certainly fitting and badass as you’d expect.  It’s pretty simple: if you like Tarantino movies, you’ll enjoy this one.