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darknight;5313985 said:I don't have a problem with seeing the movie or anyone that did but lets get this straight, this movie did nothing to alleviate the suffering of Africans and African Americans that were in bondage in this country. I don't want to preach or anything but for you guys to act like the subject matter is completely irrelevant is wrong IMO.
darknight;5313985 said:I don't have a problem with seeing the movie or anyone that did but lets get this straight, this movie did nothing to alleviate the suffering of Africans and African Americans that were in bondage in this country.
focus;5313828 said:I dunno, the movie was...okay. It had some issues that really knocked it down for me. Like, what was the point in the whole pretending shit anyway? They didn't even need that elaborate ass plan just to get Broomhilda back. Why didn't they just make a "ridiculous offer" for a slave girl instead of a fighter? Calvin said Broomhilda was only worth $300. She was new to his plantation and was already causing problems. Hell, Schultz and Django could've offered Calvin $6,000 for Broomhilda and Calvin would've been cool, plus they would've saved $6,000 themselves. Its not like they didn't have the money either way.
Also, this is a revenge story, but the people who originally enslaved, whipped, branded and separated Django and Broomhilda in the first place were never addressed. I know Calvin is horrible by default for being a slave owner...but, really...Django and Schultz brought the drama to him with lies and shit. Calvin was just a "honest" business man minding his own before they showed up.
So, those two things kinda took me out of the movie. Tarantino's films always have a very basic plot with interesting characters and dialogue, that's his thing, but Django's premise just didn't really work for me and yea, for a Tarantino film, the dialogue wasn't all that great. Still good, just...compared to his other films, lacking. Same goes for the action. A couple shootouts in a 3 hour movie. Okay.
I'd still recommend seeing it. DiCaprio, Sam L. Jack and Christoph Waltz had the best performances. It didn't feel like 3 hours, so it was definitely entertaining, but no where near his best. Gotta say, movie is being overrated.
WhoisDonG???;5313598 said:Reading Slave narratives it was real House Niggas like Sam during slavery times that were super loyal to Massa. Niggas wasn't trying to see the field. So they made sure they stayed in the house by any means.
CROOKED I: ?I think the dude is an incredible lyricist, but if you?re a racist, you get no support. If we support a racist, we cutting our own throat. If he?s racist like that, he gotta fall to the side. I want to see him on TV publicly apologize to Black women.?
JOE BUDDEN: ?I don?t know what the f**k is wrong with him. I love Black women. You almost really do want to believe him, but that type of attitude really can?t be excused, I don?t care how old you were. I don?t really know if it will affect his career, but I think he should apologize. I just hope he doesn?t have those same views today.?
desertrain10;5314006 said:good movie. i give it 7.5/10. lol.... the dialogue wasn't his best work... and the story couldve been better....but the cinematography and soundtrack was >>>>>
kind of had a problem with how qt pushed the notion that django was the 1 out of 10,000 slaves... that blacks wouldn't have been enslaved if they weren't so submissive ....and how not one slave offered to help django. even though qt's depiction of slavery was not pg13, this notion works for a culture that does not want to confront the evils and system of slavery. many whites still want to believe that it wasn't all that bad. that it was endurable, escapable, provided opportunities for heroics. black people were slaves because we didn't fight back