Django Unchained Blu-ray Review: Another Addition to Quentin Tarantino's Masterpiece Movie Collection

Django Unchained (Two-Disc Combo Pack: Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy + UltraViolet)

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Movie Review

Django Unchained pays homage to the Western from the very get go. The opening presentation of Columbia Pictures, the display of the credits in stark red and the music itself transports you in a time machine back to the hay day of these movies. Even the camera angles and style of shooting is characteristic of the Western. Most notably this is seen when the shot zooms in swiftly on a character, Django himself, to highlight his reaction to another character’s retort. This was done to perfection with Samuel L. Jackson’s Stephen and Django, as Stephen takes a jab at Django for looking out to the fields where a woman is been taken in a wheel barrow. Don’t ask. Of course, Tarantino takes the odd detour from the conventional systems of the Western, when he plays a rap song as Django strides atop a horse, blending the music with some vintage guitar work to place the mood within the time period, in no way making it incongruous.

Would You Buy a Django Unchained Toy?

Django Unchained Dolls Pulled Off eBay

It seems stupidity knows no bounds. Following the cinema release of Quentin Tarantino’s latest movie, action figures portraying the on-screen characters of Django Unchained were found on shopping displays. The film stirred up an entire pot of trouble over its depiction of racism, so the idea to put these action figures on sale is bemusing, as I recall that it’s mostly children who play with dolls, action figures and toys. Imagine your child enacting a Blaxploitation scenario in the living room with Calvin Candie giving Django a good spanking.