django unchained

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Yes, I realize that this post might bother some people. But I’m going to say it anyway…

A few minutes ago I published my review of Django Unchained. A movie that some have condemned as being “insensitive”, “racist”, “offensive”, and too many other epithets that are wildly, wildly wrong.

I will not only stand by what I’ve written about Django Unchained – that it’s not a film about slavery or even race at all but instead an epic quest to find one’s lost love – but I dare say that those who want to be upset about this movie… well, they don’t know what the hell they’re talking about.

I thought we as a people were beyond this already. Apparently not and Django Unchained is proving it. That there are some who apparently can’t be happy unless they’ve something to unfairly harp-on about being “racist” or whatever. Spike Lee ...

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My biggest regret so far as movies go right now is that I’ve yet to see Les Misérables, because everyone I know who’s watched it has been raving about how spectacular and downright beautiful it is. So that’s currently on my short list, along with Hitchcock and Zero Dark Thirty.

Last weekend however, we made time to catch Django Unchained: the first Quentin Tarantino film that I’ve seen during its theatrical run. Not even Inglourious Basterds got that honor. I first saw that on premium cable and went numb with disbelief during the final scene. As the credits rolled my jaw was still drooping and my reaction went like “Uhhhh… that’s not how I remember reading about it…”

So going in to Django Unchained, I couldn’t imagine what to be braced for. I’ve known since the beginning that it’s about a slave getting revenge while searching ...

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