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Django Unchained | Hype Thread | QT Goes Western

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Saw it today - what a fantastic film! One of my favourites of the year by far. To me it felt like a film for those who love film - much like Inglorious Basterds, really. I legitimately laughed, I cried, and was at the edge of my seat with my hand over my mouth. Loved it! :)
 
Saw this tonight, loved it. Is there any explanation as to why James Remar played both Butch Pooch AND Ace Speck? Found it out to see him show up twice as two seemingly unrelated characters.
 
BigAT said:
Saw this tonight, loved it. Is there any explanation as to why James Remar played both Butch Pooch AND Ace Speck? Found it out to see him show up twice as two seemingly unrelated characters.
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Just a homage to old spaghetti westerns where sometimes the same actor would play two or more characters
 
FUBAR McDangles said:
First,
was the masked girl that they focused on a few times supposed to be anyone in particular? They showed her when Django busted into that gangs hideout at the end, and then earlier when the dog stuff happened.
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Don't worry folks, not a spoiler or anything.

I really just wanted an excuse to post one of my favorite film shots. :lol
 
ferr said:
Although he does make a reference to something Waltz's character said, giving him that mentor aspect, which is kind of cool.
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I liked the flashback at the very end a lot, but wish that it existed at the expense of the scene where django retrieves the freedom papers and takes a moment to reflect. Only one of those needed to be included as a "remember your mentor" moment imo and i preferred the former. I understand this was a new editor for qt and its nitpicky, but there were a few moments that couldve been cut down and cleaned up a bit.
 
BigAT said:
Saw this tonight, loved it. Is there any explanation as to why James Remar played both Butch Pooch AND Ace Speck? Found it out to see him show up twice as two seemingly unrelated characters.
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it was a nod to low budget Spaghetti Westerns using 2 actors for the price of 1.
 
BigAT said:
Saw this tonight, loved it. Is there any explanation as to why James Remar played both Butch Pooch AND Ace Speck? Found it out to see him show up twice as two seemingly unrelated characters.
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Someone said it's probably in reference to spaghetti westerns using actors for multiple roles.

Edit: beat to hell
 
This really had some great moments thinking back. Some nice heart to it.

When Schultz and Django are camping out among those rocks for the first time, and Schultz starts to talk about how Broomhilda is from German folklore was great.

The way Foxx performed that scene was perfect. Completely innocent, looking like a kid waiting to open presents on Christmas with how excited he was to hear the story. And then after when he slowly pieces together how it all relates to him and his situation, and Schultz explaining how he feels an obligation to help Django.

Waltz and Foxx were so good as a duo.
 
FUBAR McDangles said:
Watched it earlier. I have a couple questions, i went back a couple pages and didnt see anything about them.

First,
was the masked girl that they focused on a few times supposed to be anyone in particular? They showed her when Django busted into that gangs hideout at the end, and then earlier when the dog stuff happened.

Thanks fellas! I really enjoyed the movie!
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It was Zoe Bell if you were wondering who it actually was.
 
CaptYamato said:
lol you haven't seen shame.
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At first I was wondering why a red mongoose was on screen bouncing around, and then I saw the light.

There's probably a bit of self-selection going on, where if you're an actor that is self conscious of your bits, then you wouldn't have agreed to show them in the first place.
 
Fjordson said:
This really had some great moments thinking back. Some nice heart to it.

When Schultz and Django are camping out among those rocks for the first time, and Schultz starts to talk about how Broomhilda is from German folklore was great.

The way Foxx performed that scene was perfect. Completely innocent, looking like a kid waiting to open presents on Christmas with how excited he was to hear the story. And then after when he slowly pieces together how it all relates to him and his situation, and Schultz explaining how he feels an obligation to help Django.

Waltz and Foxx were so good as a duo.
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Yup, and that was my favorite interaction in the film.

"Yeah, I know how he feels."

"I'm beginning to see that."

or something
 
ezekial45 said:
Not that I recall. But
Django and Brumhilda are the ancestors of John Shaft from the Shaft movies.

Not a Tarantino movie, but still pretty cool.
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I watched Kill Bill vol. 2 last night and started to wonder if there was any possibility of a connection between
King Schultz and Paula Schultz. Her headstone in that movie said 1823-1898 i think
 
Just got back and fucking loved it. There was definitely some fat that could have been trimmed but I'll allow it for an otherwise superbly entertaining flick. It's far from QT's best, but his A minus game still crushes most. Will see again.
 
Spring-Loaded said:
Yup, and that was my favorite interaction in the film.

"Yeah, I know how he feels."

"I'm beginning to see that."

or something
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Yeah, pretty sure that's spot on. The whole scene was perfectly acted.

The genuine friendship between those two, and of course Django's genuine love for Broomhilda both gave this a nice...emotional aspect. Something you don't always get in a QT movie. Or at least it's not always that heartwarming.
 
FatboyRoberts said:
Some of the best film podcasts I can think of:

Filmspotting
Movie BS with Bayer & Snider
The Golden Briefcase
/filmcast
Slate Spoiler Specials
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Much appreciated FatBoyRobetrs, thank you. I will definitely check these out. I'm totally out of the loop when it comes to film podcasts.
 
overcast said:
I'll update with my impressions. But I could have sworn I heard RZA would have a bit part :[
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Lol my friend said he was in the movie but I didn't see him. I also thoroughly enjoyed the movie. A sequel would be nice but I don't.think it needs one
 
wiki says that Rza's character from Man with the Golden Fists was supposed to make a cameo at a slave auction or something but they couldn't get his schedule to work.
 
Posted?

QT On Charlie Rose (48 minutes)

Tarantino talking about how he doesn't like using music in films for pacing or generic background noise, but rather to highlight the real cinematic moments is one of the things that drew me to his work initially. There's a time and place for every sort of music integration, but my favorites have always been the really theatrical marriage of music and visuals. Scenes that are edited very deliberately to a track get me good.
 
Terrific movie, don't know where I'd rank it in the QT rankings just yet but it was really fun. Did start to feel long at the end but that was probably because it was 1:30 in the morning thanks to the what felt like 35+ mins of trailers in front of this. Got to catch it again when it hits the $3 theater for sure!
 
ezekial45 said:
Oh, was there a scene after the credits?
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Yes, but it was only a few seconds long. It was humorous, but nothing that added to the story so you really didn't miss anything.


Also, I really enjoyed the film. I wasn't expecting it to be quite that long, though. As a person without an ass, long run-times for movies hurt a lot. At least I enjoyed it.
 
Good to hear so much praise.

I am going to see it in 2 hours and watched True Romance, Kill Bill Vol1/2, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Reservoir Dogs and Basterds over the past week in prep.
 
This movie was awesome. I went on Christmas Day and every showing was completely sold out. So many young mothers with infants and young young children at the 10:30 PM showing. It's hard not to judge those fucking idiots.

EDIT: While I did love the Samuel L. Jackson performance, I think they could have used a bit more panache with his character reveal. Also I think Leonardo DiCaprio was better. That scene with the skull was brilliant.
 
I saw it last night with friends, everyone loved it. My only gripe was it felt too long, if it was a bit shorter it would have been perfect to me.
 
CaptYamato said:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/pressplay/quentin-tarantinos-django-unchained-and-the-many-spike-lees
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Lol, this piece is such bullshit. It's pretty clear by my posts over the years that I love Quentin Tarantino, but it's Grade-A bullshit to suggest that any of his movies contain anything but the hollowest forms of social commentary. He makes movies to pay tribute to the directors, genres and movies that inspired him to enter the industry and help hone his skills in place of actual schooling. He makes entertaining films. The one thing he does not do is make films that are socially aware, it's simply an aspect of filmmaking that he does not dabble within.
 
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