Because I have to be ready to take my own medicine, and because I was still coming off the high of The Hateful Eight, I re-watched Django Unchained for the first time since I saw it three years ago. I thought I remembered it, but really didn't.
It's still very enjoyable QT, but I found it interesting to look for the ideas that come from before, and that show up later. Bounty Hunting, Hanging, Revenge. Family. Coffee. Well worn territory for the storyteller. I'm thinking he's just reworking, honing, perfecting ideas he'd been rolling around with for years.
I will say that I still enjoyed this one on the re-watch. Jamie Foxx does a great job in his role. Up there with George Clooney, Denzel Washington, and Daniel Craig in the watchable-leading-man category.
It was with great joy I realized that the recent /advertisement I saw in the cinema recently featuring the Clash of Clans game was clearly inspired by the tale of Broomhilda scene in Django Unchained. I laughed and laughed. See it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0eVYdmmYJk,
And the movie clip for comparison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2tTBVSqPAE
As for my own medicine, I said that if you can enjoy a double feature of Reservoir Dogs and Django Unchained, you'd like the Hateful Eight: I now watched them both recently, and yes, I've enjoyed the heck out of them. But that's no surprise.
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