tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post2165077336074492633..comments2023-12-24T19:38:00.242-08:00Comments on Mendelson's Memos: Review: Django Unchained (2012) entertains but is oddly generic and surprisingly conventional. Scott Mendelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08131426080984100749noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-36602149462542202962013-01-07T13:17:30.809-08:002013-01-07T13:17:30.809-08:00you're right on, with this one. my wife (who ...you're right on, with this one. my wife (who is squeamish) was quite comfortable watching django, which tells me that there was something unnaturally restrained (if not plainly conventional, as you describe it) about the movie. the plot was as unstimulating as the violence; and so i agree that Tarantino ultimately and disappointingly created nothing more than a stylized genre piece.<br /><br /><br />maybe we're holding the film to a higher standard because it's Tarantino, but i'll wager that had this been a debut work of a new director then i would have dismissed it out of hand.phillylonoreply@blogger.com