I'm starting to think Tarantino doesn't know how to end movies anymore. Like Inglorious Basterds,
I've watched this movie a couple times now and have come to the conclusion that it's my least favorite Tarantino film next to Death Proof
Nothing he does will ever top the greatness of My Best Friend's Birthday.
really made me question if QT had lost his god damn mind.
I've watched this movie a couple times now and have come to the conclusion that it's my least favorite Tarantino film next to Death Proof. I'm starting to think Tarantino doesn't know how to end movies anymore. Like Inglorious Basterds, I thought it was great up until the last 30 minutes or so, at which point all of the dramatic tension that had been building up for the entire film is thrown out the window in favor of dumb, poorly-choreographed shootouts. Waltz and DiCaprio were amazing in their roles, but Foxx completely lacked the charisma to carry the film after their characters had died.
Also, what the fuck was up with those dressage moves Django pulls out at the very end? That pointless, stupid moment alone really made me question if QT had lost his god damn mind.
This is pretty much exactly how I felt.
The gunfights were what drove me nuts more than anything. Kill Bill called for ridiculous sprays of blood. The gunshot wounds, the way they gushed outwards was ridiculous.
There were also at least a couple people that were shot from one direction and were either hit and/or flew back in a ridiculously incorrect spot/direction.
Waltz or DiCaprio needed to live a while longer. I realize he was probably trying to avoid the typical, white guy in the front with a black sidekick archetype, but it didn't work because the ending played out like he wrote it on the margins of a newspaper.
Samuel L Jackson was great.
The horse dancing.... Yeah... What the fuck was that? I should have never seen that.
Otherwise, the first 3/4's of the movie was really enjoyable.
I didn't notice the horse dance...the first viewing. I guess the writer/director was trying to make it a victory dance...but with horses.
The horse used in the film belonged to Jamie Foxx. He had trained his horse to dance and Tarantino decided to use it in the film.