★★: Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino

 

This film is a waste of an extremely talented cast and crew. I liked this movie a lot when I watched it for the first time at age 14, but this time around, I just could not stomach the blatant, depoliticized blaxploitation.  

As with most Tarantinos, this film is beyond impressive on a technical level, but pretty badly written. Samuel L Jackson's character is so unbelievable. Broomhilda has two (2) character traits and they're being pretty & speaking German. Comes off as an excuse for Tarantino to say the n word a million times and traumatize black people then get away with it under the guise of arté. 

The SFX & the performances are insane. Leo's teeth were frightening. The soundtrack is subpar.

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