Django Unchained

[Batutta]

Trailer is out. Looks like it could be fun, but I think I was expecting something a little more raw and realistic. I don't know why, as Tarantino has never been known for gritty realism. This looks very movie fake to me. That could be good or bad. But hell, it's QT. I'll go see just about anything the guy makes.

[jghenderson]

I've read the script and it's excellent, so i'm excited.

[robmneilson]

I purposely did not read the script this time around. I made the mistake with the last one, loved it, and assumed that Robert Richardson would go crazy with the camera like in Kill Bill, only to come out of the theater a little disappointed.

I've got high hopes for this one though, and I love the little Franco Nero cameo in the trailer!

[jghenderson]

I purposely did not read the script this time around. I made the mistake with the last one, loved it, and assumed that Robert Richardson would go crazy with the camera like in Kill Bill, only to come out of the theater a little disappointed.

I've got high hopes for this one though, and I love the little Franco Nero cameo in the trailer!

You didn't like Inglourious? For me, it's easily Tarantino's best film.

[Batutta]

Looking at the trailer a few more times, I think it's the silly tone in the second half of the trailer that put me off a little. That tone may or may not be reflective of the film. Marketing always wants to try and cram all the jokes and pratfalls into a trailer to pitch the film as broadly as possible, leaving little time for the more patient and articulate qualities of QT's films.

[David G. Smith]

Yeah I didn't like "Inglourious Basterds" and I don't have a good feeling about "Django Unchained". Subjecting such serious subjects as the Second World War and Slavery to a lighthearted revisionist treatment takes a very deft touch that I am not sure that QT has.

And Batutta, "...Tarantino has never been known for gritty realism.". Really, did you not see "Reservoir Dogs"?

I don't know about QT... I really did not care for "Death Proof" either, especially when directly presented with "Planet Terror", which was terrific. I will go see "Django Unchained", but really, I believe I am more of a fan of Robert Richardson, ASC than I am of QT anymore. I hope I am wrong about it.

[unadog]

Christmas? Wow - long lead time. If I pay too much attention now, I'll feel like I've already seen the movie and it's from last year by Xmas ....

Time to tune out. Maybe I'll go watch the Hunger Games trailer now ....

Michael

[Amr Rahmy]

some people just like horror, i thought planet terror was off base and 'over the top cheese' but in a bad way. disjointed, boring, shallow, etc..

death proof on the other hand captured classic indie exploitation to the T (except the over use of scratches). people who expected a b horror went to the wrong movie, that's not the movie's fault. that's how the double feature worked, the first movie was slower paced and took it's setup more seriously.

[Jordan Scott Price]

I would only see this for Christoph Waltz.

But, even then, the whole trailer makes the movie look silly and pointless.

[Batutta]

that I am not sure that QT has.

And Batutta, "...Tarantino has never been known for gritty realism.". Really, did you not see "Reservoir Dogs"?

I don't know about QT... I really did not care for "Death Proof" either, especially when directly presented with "Planet Terror", which was terrific. I will go see "Django Unchained", but really, I believe I am more of a fan of Robert Richardson, ASC than I am of QT anymore. I hope I am wrong about it.

I would not call Reservoir Dogs gritty realism. I love that movie but I don't see it taking place in any reality other than QTs own movie universe.