tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7349866.post898098839996755308..comments2023-10-05T13:13:52.933-04:00Comments on The Listening Ear: Lincoln & Django Unchainedweepingsamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11885871104310819374noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7349866.post-65814390525776589302013-01-07T07:19:45.459-05:002013-01-07T07:19:45.459-05:00I suppose I'm more disappointed by Django than...I suppose I'm more disappointed by Django than Lincoln, mostly because I have higher expectations for Tarantino than Spielberg... I wish Lincoln were a slightly different film, and would have liked it more if it were that different film, but the actual film works well enough. Django, entertaining as it is, seems far too normal, and rather lazy at the end.... weepingsamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885871104310819374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7349866.post-2807028668286192022013-01-07T00:15:30.532-05:002013-01-07T00:15:30.532-05:00Yes, Weeping Sam, DJANGO UNCHAINED does indeed dea...Yes, Weeping Sam, DJANGO UNCHAINED does indeed deal with slavery more head on, ironically as does LINCOLN. It's a focus that has had Spike Lee up in arms, though it's largely a send up on that aspect and the spaghetti western genre. I was never the biggest Tarantino fan, but I must say DJANGO is just about my favorite from him. Tarantino does build up the horror, but with a satiric undertone. Waltz, DiCaprio, Jackson, Foxx all terrific. Blood-letting is charicatured in many of the hugely entertaining set pieces.<br /><br />Seems like you are slightly disappointed with LINCOLN, which is surely one of my top ten films of the year.<br /><br />As always very nice work here!Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.com