Django Unchained

[Blue Sugar]

I will sport an epic beard for this movie.

Amen.

 

[Jheri Curl]

I still don't really get why so many people are assuming Django Unchained will be a big success with Oscar nods, because although Inglourious Basterds did really well in the '09 award season, Django Unchained does not scream "Academy favorite" to me. Certainly Tarantino is not a regular at the Oscars; Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds did well (although Basterds didn't win the Original Screenplay award that it should have, and Pulp didn't win the Best Picture award that it should have), but none of his others have. Robert Forster was nominated for Jackie Brown, but you could make a case for that movie is a bunch of other categories. The same could be said of Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill, which were ignored entirely. I guess I won't be shocked if Django gets some Oscar attention, but it doesn't seem like an early lock like, well, Lincoln does.

It's for a number of reasons. Supposedly the script (aside from being good) is more linear and focused than Kill Bill or Inglourious, is less exploitationy than Kill Bill, and has an absence of contemporary and popular references and dialogue. Tarantino going all out in his favorite movie genre, and Leonardo DiCaprio playing a villain is bound to fascinate a great deal of people in the industry.

 

[Stringer]

Not to mention the subject matter. Its pretty bold. This movie isn't Amistad.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Love the beards. On all three of them. Didn't expect that.

 

[Thedudehimself]

I wanna know how Samuel L. Jackson looks like in this movie.

Cause I ll probably have a hard ass time seeing anyone else than Nick Fury in Sammy Jackson for a looong time.

 

[Crockett]

First two official pics.

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/04/26/first-look-two-photos-revealed-from-quentin-tarantinos-django-unchained-exclusive/

 

[cherokeesam]

yyyyyeesssssSSSSSSSSSS


That Waltz and Foxx pic is now wallpaper material.

 

[Gianakin_]

DiCaprio looks badass.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

DiCaprio looks badass.

Ok, I think this is the 'jump the shark' moment for the use of the term 'badass'. It gets used so much around here, it has finally lost all semblance of meaning.
I know it is somewhat of a nebulous term, but I think that we can agree that most people use it for someone who looks like they are a good fighter, looks dangerous...
But here..he have Leo DeCap looking really quite dandy, a little smirk on his lips as he smokes through a bright white cigarette holder, and looks at a hammer as if it is the first time he has ever been asked to do DIY.
Somehow, this image is...badass

 

[Gianakin_]

We can agree on nothing. The expression on his face is badass. And, knowing Tarantino, I can speculate that he not only knows how to hold the hammer, he's about to do something nasty with it, too.

 

[kvz5]

Still looks like Leo to me. But it's a bad ass Leo so...

 

[Gianakin_]

Never said he transformed.

 

[cherokeesam]

We can agree on nothing. The expression on his face is badass. And, knowing Tarantino, I can speculate that he not only knows how to hold the hammer, he's about to do something nasty with it, too.

Exactly.
I'd be willing to bet a silver dollar that Leo's "DIY" project involves somebody's skull. So the term "badass" is probably very much appropriate here.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

Exactly.
I'd be willing to bet a silver dollar that Leo's "DIY" project involves somebody's skull. So the term "badass" is probably very much appropriate here.

He plays a slaveowner in the film I guess? So, from what you are speculating, he is about to cave in some poor slave's head with a hammer, and that is somehow, 'badass'?!

 

[vanson]

f*** yeah... i'm so pumped for this..

 

[Gianakin_]

He plays a slaveowner in the film I guess? So, from what you are speculating, he is about to cave in some poor slave's head with a hammer, and that is somehow, 'badass'?!

Yes. Badass doesn't always apply to a good guy or a good deed. Vader was badass. So was the Death Star.

 

[craigdbfan]

This is already looking incredible. Only Leo can make an evil plantation "master" look that dashing and cavalier.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

Yes. Badass doesn't always apply to a good guy or a good deed. Vader was badass. So was the Death Star.

Vader is considered badass by some because he went into one on one fights and fought his own battles, lightsabre *and* tie-fighter, he didn't have others doing his dirty work for him.
He was not some slave owner beating up helpless slaves with a hammer.
The Death Star was *not* badass, it was a cowardly weapon used to strike at helpless people from a distance.
See, this is what I mean, the term 'badass' has become meaningless in some people's hands, they don't know what they are talking about.

 

[Gianakin_]

Alrighty then.

 

[Solidus]

Those pics are awesome. Yet another great film coming out this year.

 

[Motown Marvel]

He plays a slaveowner in the film I guess? So, from what you are speculating, he is about to cave in some poor slave's head with a hammer, and that is somehow, 'badass'?!

it would depend on his dialogue pre and post skull caving.

 

[Poeman]

i bust a nut

 

[Laderlappen]

Ok, I think this is the 'jump the shark' moment for the use of the term 'badass'. It gets used so much around here, it has finally lost all semblance of meaning.

You know what term has been overused, it has literally lost its meaning? 'Jump the shark'.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

You know what term has been overused, it has literally lost its meaning? 'Jump the shark'.

I have to say i have not heard it being used in quite some time on these boards, or anywhere else for that matter. I think it is a great term, and I think it was appropriate to use it here, as the term 'badass' does get overused to the point of meaningless absurdity around here. Which has been illustrated on this page.

it would depend on his dialogue pre and post skull caving

I have to most repectfully disagree, if he is attacking someone helpless, he is not being 'badass', attaching great dialogue to such a scene can be the mark of a great screen villan though.

 

[jacobed]

Haha Jamie Foxx couldn't look more out of place.