Django Unchained (2012)

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson 
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino

Rating: Must See
Just Two Cents: It's a rambunctious sort.

Summary: Labeled exploitative yet also also brilliant Django Unchained is set before the Civil War. Django (Jamie Foxx) is a slave freed by a German bounty hunter Dr. King Shulz (Christoph Waltz). In exchange to help him track down some of his targets, Schulz helps Django find his wife at a plantation owned by the salvage Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).

Best Bits: Tarantino delivers on taking ideas that do not look any sort of good on paper and delivering on screen. His script, clouded by the public controversy, is a story about slavery. Yes, it is. It's also a beautiful love story between Django and his wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington). It's about the plain evil ignorance and intolerance but also the few sympathetic actively against slavery. And, one freed slaves' life towards empowerment.

The film is riotous during the first half of the film (in which a scene of the premature KKK argue over the ill construction of their raid gear) and also balances a partnership develop between Django and Dr. Schulz. Together on-screen Christoph Waltz and Jamie Foxx are similar to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. They create a friendship that easily makes you escape into the world of which they live.

The films' second act leaves you on pins and needles. Enter Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candie. Though already a fan of Leo's and begrudging his lack of nominations for past roles, DiCaprio exceeds expectations. How he encapsulates the venomous hatred and belligerence of "Mr. Candieland" is a performance as flawless as it is scary. Stephen, played by Samuel L. Jackson, as his right hand man, is unlike anything we've seen of him before: surprisingly reviling yet uncannily funny. Together they too weave a presence that's unforgettable.

Why It's Great: There are many more layers underneath the skin of Django Unchained that is being painted on the media's canvas. And, it really can only be experienced if you see it. Like I did on with audience members of all races, whom everyone seemed to enjoy. The film makes you cringe, laugh, and shirk at all the right moments as is Tarantino's amazing skill to craft a script  can make you do.

What I felt walking out of the theater was hard for me to sew together my thoughts into words. Luckily through Tumblr I found the lovely and talented Kerry Washington emanating my thoughts quite perfectly: