Django Unchained - Part 2

[DarthSkywalker]

Box art looks great and I love that Waltz got a second Oscar.

 

[Marvolo]

I'm diggin this bluray cover. The film hits disc on April 16.

Sorry folks, but that was temp art. Here is the final box art for the US release.

 

[redhawk23]

^ Lame!

 

[redhawk23]

Also, I want to see Daniel Day Lewis and Christoph Waltz in a film together.

I want to see DDL work with Tarantino. Apparently there was talk early on of DDL playing Vincent in Pulp Fiction. Hard to imagine.

The milkshake had to wait a while.

 

[terry78]

Lewis would probably work with QT at some point. Tarantino doesn't really create stock cliche characters.

 

[jacobed]

That old blu ray art was phenomenal. Good for Waltz winning even though he didn't deserve it. Tarantino came off as very arrogant in his speech though I don't think he ment it to be that way

 

[redhawk23]

I had to laugh a bit at Tarantino's speech. "It's the year of the writer!" Of course it is when you're named best writer. Hahaha.

At least he didnt' shout that he was king of the world.

 

[AnneFan]

Shame about the artwork being replaced. But oh well. It's about the movie itself I guess. And I agree, DDL would be excellent to have in a Tarantino movie. Quentin has nailed it in the past when it comes to writing for name stars. Leo's role as Candie was one of my favourites.

 

[the last son]

What was so great about Waltz acting in this? I mean he didn't really do much. He just was a guide for teaching Django. What scene did he have that really was award winning acting? I thought Jackson was the best acting wise(whether he plays that character a lot or not is irrelevant) followed by Foxx, Dicaprio, Waltz and Washington

 

[Marvolo]

What was so great about Waltz acting in this? I mean he didn't really do much. He just was a guide for teaching Django. What scene did he have that really was award winning acting? I thought Jackson was the best acting wise(whether he plays that character a lot or not is irrelevant) followed by Foxx, Dicaprio, Waltz and Washington

I thought Waltz chewed it up. Fully deserved the award. Yeah, I couldn't point to anyone one moment. The whole thing was worthy of an award. Something about that man on screen is gold.

 

[Snow Queen]

That Blu-Ray cover art is amaz-WTF DID THEY DO TO IT?

 

[redhawk23]

I thought his building frustration and loathing at Candyland leading to the ending of the film was very wellplayed. What some have complained as being just a plot convenience I personally felt was very much a believable outcome for the character.

There's also just the ease through which he can move through a solid block of text. Its like the Merovingian from The Matrix "It's like wiping your ass with silk."

I've seen some talk about how it wasn't really fair since the role was written for him but that strikes me as very silly. Pretty much all of the best supporting actor nominees were playing into their strengths, including the actor whom I was hoping to win, Tommy Lee Jones.

Going purely from a standpoint of the role being different from their own most famous roles in other films, I'd the nominee who was stepping out of their comfort zone the most was Phillip Seymore Hoffman.

Basically I would have been pleased with that award no matter who won.

 

[Liam_H]

Even Arkin?

 

[redhawk23]

Sorry folks, but that was temp art. Here is the final box art for the US release.

 

[redhawk23]

Even Arkin?

I've yet to see Argo so I'll withhold judgement on that.

 

[Bruce Malone]

Well I have and i was actually surprised he was even nominated. He played pretty much a stereotypical old school hollywood producer, we've seen before.

Hell Django should have won best picture over Argo. Aside from the fact there were three actors who could have won that sporting actor award, it had better writing, cinematography, memorable performances etc.

It's not even that i hated argo but it didn't fee like a "best picture film".

 

[TheGuy]

That's how I feel about Django. It was clear cut better than Argo in every way. I would have taken out De Niro and Arkin and replace them with Leo and Jackson. It's crazy how Jackson never got love from the major Awards associations.

 

[Liam_H]

It seems Weinstein rode the SLP horse(Jacki Weaver, seriously?). I love that Django came away with more awards than the former.

 

[redhawk23]

I'm definitely alone on this but I was a little underwhelmed by Leo, or rather I was underwhelmed by Candy.

Apparently there was going to be another major sequence with Candy, introducing both him and Broomhilda earlier on in the film in a scene with a character written for Sasha Baron Cohen but it cut after Cohen dropped. I think the film needed a bit more of Candy outside the dinner scene to set up the character a little better.

 

[Marvolo]

I thought his building frustration and loathing at Candyland leading to the ending of the film was very wellplayed. What some have complained as being just a plot convenience I personally felt was very much a believable outcome for the character.

There's also just the ease through which he can move through a solid block of text. Its like the Merovingian from The Matrix "It's like wiping your ass with silk."

I've seen some talk about how it wasn't really fair since the role was written for him but that strikes me as very silly. Pretty much all of the best supporting actor nominees were playing into their strengths, including the actor whom I was hoping to win, Tommy Lee Jones.

Going purely from a standpoint of the role being different from their own most famous roles in other films, I'd the nominee who was stepping out of their comfort zone the most was Phillip Seymore Hoffman.

Basically I would have been pleased with that award no matter who won.

That must be it for me. I'm a Tarrantino dialogue fanatic. I could watch a 2 hour movie of two of his character's just chewing dialogue. Waltz does Tarrantino dialogue so so well. I want to see Waltz in other stuff, but I hope him and Tarrantino have a long lasting collaboration.

I'm definitely alone on this but I was a little underwhelmed by Leo, or rather I was underwhelmed by Candy.

Apparently there was going to be another major sequence with Candy, introducing both him and Broomhilda earlier on in the film in a scene with a character written for Sasha Baron Cohen but it cut after Cohen dropped. I think the film needed a bit more of Candy outside the dinner scene to set up the character a little better.

Agreed. Seeing Candy "deal" with someone else besides our heroes might have given the character more context.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

After rewatching the Master, there is absolutely no question which was the better performance and the best acted film. But I find Waltz so charming that I'm not mad when I should be.


Hoffman was still far more mesmerizing. That processing scene. Jesus.

 

[ShadowBoxer]

Even though I like Waltz in Django he really didn't do much. His acting was good but I wouldn't call it an Oscar worthy performance. Jackson, Leo, or even Jamie Fox should have gotten an Oscar for Django before Waltz. Thats pretty suspect that they got over looked especially Sam and Jamie.

 

[redhawk23]

In Jaimie's case he had an understated role in an absolutely stacked Best Actor category.

Sam Jackson though certainly deserved more recognition.

After rewatching the Master, there is absolutely no question which was the better performance and the best acted film. But I find Waltz so charming that I'm not mad when I should be.


Hoffman was still far more mesmerizing. That processing scene. Jesus.

I fully agree. Hoffman was astounding. In general though The Master left me a bit cold.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Waltz was definitely my favorite thing about this film, though Leo was a close second.

 

[Victarion]

So the real villain is

Spoiler

Jackson's character?