Films

So I went to see Django the other night. I didn't think it was great to be honest. Some thoughts:

1. It was way too long. The scenes ran and ran, often without accomplishing much. The plot was also pretty unwieldy. Past the Candieland shootout I was ready for the curtain.
   
2. I knew exactly what to expect from the subject matter but it still managed to leave a bad taste in my mouth. And I'm usually the last person to say something like that. The sheer cruelty of slavery (often played for laughs) made me a bit uncomfortable.
   
3. The relationship between Django and Schultz and their lives together as bounty hunters was the most interesting thing in the film. I'd have loved to see more of this and less DiCaprio and Sam Jackson hamming it up.
   
4. Tarantino is the worst fucking actor in the world.
   
5. The decision to use contemporary hip-hop to soundtrack certain scenes was weird, but it also made me question the director's motives a bit. You could almost imagine Tarantino saying "So... Django is one badass black motherfucker... but how do we make him more badass and more black?"
   
   

Anywho... I've rambled. On the plus side I loved Christoph Waltz (again) and I thought the film was Tarantino's funniest to date.