Thank God Will Smith was busy.

Django.

Copyright 2012 Weinstein Company.

Feet? Check.
Camera shot down the barrel of the gun? Check.
Tarantino cameo? Check.
Gore? Check.
Thoroughly entertaining? Absolutely.

Tarantino seldom disappoints. Like most, I thoroughly enjoy a good Tarantino fix. The only thing I would talk about when I was 13 was his guest directing of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. My (then) favourite show and a director unlike any other? I was obsessed.

Watching Django in a small independent cinema in Berlin made my experience of Django Unchained even better. Dr. King Schultz was loved by the audience from the moment he entered on his tooth wiggling carriage, to his abrupt end. Every time he said anything in German or did anything remotely badass, a titter filled the room, occasionally accompanied by applause. However, it was Leonardo who look the cake for me. I loved seeing him in his very first antagonistic role. His performance never faltered, even when he actually cut open his hand mid monologue. Jamie Foxx was also fabulous. Like the rest of the world, I am unbelievably glad that Will Smith was unable to play the role Django like Tarantino wanted, and not only because it gave the male loving population an excuse to stare at Foxx's beautiful body. Smith's acting style could never have brought the same amount of much needed subtlety  and passion to such a bombastic film.

Tarantino's love of the Aussie Ocker film period is openly celebrated during his cameo. Even without the ever so creepy Wolf Creek laugh, Australians may recognise the cameo of John Jarratt. However, this scene could have had so much more to it. It felt stale and useless in a film that was otherwise so jam packed with content. Entire storylines and characters were cut (we missed you Joseph Gordon Levitt), yet this scene stayed as long as it was? Tarantino's horrendous accent was also distracting.

As he furthers his status as becoming a cult film legend, I feel like Tarantino may be forced to include typically Tarantino characteristics, even if they don't further the narrative of the film. However, if it's a matter of pleasing Tarantino fans, I for one was hooked.

This is the last photo on my phone. It's my valentines day gift.


Love, Ellie