Has Quentin Tarantino crossed the line?
Quentin Tarantino’s latest film “Django Unchained” was one of my favorite movies of 2012,and in my opinion Django is one of Tarantino’s best movies yet. As a new writer at Silicon Valley De-Bug, and after hearing about the backlash against the movie I volunteered to write a critique about Django analyzing the movie and its controversial content. When I first sat down in my seat I was preparing myself to see a very disturbing and racist movie, and to my surprise it turned out that the movie was not as extreme as I expected. Slavery is not an easy subject to approach,and I was a bit worried that Django would cross the lines of racism, I went to see the movie with an open mind and tried to be just as a viewer and critic. The acting in Django was extraordinary, or every character played their role in the movie very well. Jamie Foxx played the main character Django,an ex-slave and bounty hunter that is on a ruthless mission to find and free his wife Brunhilda at any cost. Christoph Waltz also played a compelling role as the man that frees and also mentors Django through their travels. Tarantino won a Golden Globe for his screenplay. Tarantino’s past films like the Pulp Fiction and the slay Bill series were all noteworthy works of cinematography, but Django has to prefer the cake. He used noteworthy shooting techniques and settings that made me feel that there was never a slow moment in Django. I also felt that he did an awesome job editing the film. The lighting, and camera movement,depth of field shots, were incredibly noteworthy for this movie, and for these reasons I will not be surprised to see him win an Oscar,maybe even two.
The historical relevance of Django is somewhat accurate but at the same time unsuitable. For example, the sunglasses that Django wears throughout the movie were impractical because sunglasses did not win worn or recognized till the 20th century. There was also a very inaccurate un-humane act throughout this movie called mandingo fighting. In this time in history Slaves were way too valuable to just be wasted on a fight. What was not surprising to me was the use of the "F-Bomb", or Tarantino used it very regularly throughout the movie.
My thoughts on Django and the controversy over the racism in the film and why he should not contain made the movie,is that Quentin Tarantino has a constitutional right to freedom of speech so that he can beget the movie. It has a good legend line, even though I found some scenes racist and brutal. Tarantino likes to display things that actually happened and he didnt let anybody’s opinion interfere with his vision. Winning Oscars or Global Globes shouldn't be a big deal to what the actual film creates to the experience of the individual watching in, and because Tarrantino won me as a fan.
Source: siliconvalleydebug.org