Well this looks like a pulpy blast, as I suppose it should be. There isn't much to comment on. Jamie Fox suits the role just fine, Leonardo DiCaprio looks to be having a blast, and the soundtrack is vintage Tarantino. Now, of course as we all know, the final film will probably be less action-packed than dialogue-drenched, but let's hope that it's a cocktail closer to Inglorious Basterds than Death Proof. This is actually the 20th anniversary of Reservoir Dogs, which means that Tarantino has been making movies for two full decades. He had a bit of a rut after Jackie Brown, as Kill Bill and Death Proof are basically straight genre homages without a lot of substance underneath. But Inglorious Basterds arguably turned a corner, and seeing Tarantino explicitly tackle the uglier parts of history twice in a row is encouraging to say the least. Could it be that act two of QT's career will plunge head-first into wish-fulfillment historical revisionism, with a side-eye turned towards the darker components of said vengeance-fueled fantasy? I don't know how history will judge his filmography decades from now. But I will say that Mr. Tarantino arguably has made some of the movie movie-ish movies of any major auteur in recent history. Anyway, Django Unchained opens on Christmas day 2012. As always, we'll see. Thanks to The Film Stage for the embed.
Scott Mendelson
Scott Mendelson
I'm sure Foxx is fine. Hell, maybe better than fine. I still wish Will Smith would've taken the role, THAT would've been interesting.
ReplyDeleteLeo looks like he's having a blast btw