Will Smith to star in Tarantinos next "Django Unchained" ?

[Micjones]

Just saw "Django Unchained" and artistically it's almost unimpeachable.
It's an absolutely brilliant film in that regard. Maybe Tarantino's best...

Politically though? Spike, for once, has a point.

Don't think so? Imagine he does the same Spaghetti Western with the Jewish holocaust as the backdrop.

Okay then.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by Micjones

Just saw "Django Unchained" and artistically it's almost unimpeachable.
It's an absolutely brilliant film in that regard. Maybe Tarantino's best...

Politically though? Spike, for once, has a point.

Don't think so? Imagine he does the same Spaghetti Western with the Jewish holocaust as the backdrop.

Okay then.

I haven't seen Django.

How close did he toe that line with Inglourious?

[Gravedigger]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

I haven't seen Django.

How close did he toe that line with Inglourious?

Same kinda premise, different story, more racism.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Micjones

Just saw "Django Unchained" and artistically it's almost unimpeachable.
It's an absolutely brilliant film in that regard. Maybe Tarantino's best...

Politically though? Spike, for once, has a point.

Don't think so? Imagine he does the same Spaghetti Western with the Jewish holocaust as the backdrop.

Okay then.

Yea, good point Mic. Im still going back and forth on it. On one hand QT wants to just make a fun spaghetti western good time. Which is fine.......But on the other hand he makes it dark and gritty setting it in a controversial, ugly time period. I honestly did think he overused the N word.....but i guess hes trying to push buttons and remain true to the time period. Maybe he was deliberately trying to make the audience feel uncomfortable? It definitely made me squirm a few times.

[bowener]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Yea, good point Mic. Im still going back and forth on it. On one hand QT wants to just make a fun spaghetti western good time. Which is fine.......But on the other hand he makes it dark and gritty setting it in a controversial, ugly time period. I honestly did think he overused the N word.....but i guess hes trying to push buttons and remain true to the time period. Maybe he was deliberately trying to make the audience feel uncomfortable? It definitely made me squirm a few times.

I don't think he overused it one bit. I can't think of a time that it was used and it wasn't appropriate to the era and the context of the story.

I liked how he set up the time/era by showing how surprised and appalled white folk were at seeing a black man on horseback.

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by bowener

I don't think he overused it one bit. I can't think of a time that it was used and it wasn't appropriate to the era and the context of the story.

I liked how he set up the time/era by showing how surprised and appalled white folk were at seeing a black man on horseback.

This.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by bowener

I liked how he set up the time/era by showing how surprised and appalled white folk were at seeing a black man on horseback.

Heh yea...even more interesting was the Stephen(Samual L. Jackson's) character reaction to that.

I got a kick out of when Django got to pick out his own outfit.......then picks out the loudest outfit in the store.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Yea, good point Mic. Im still going back and forth on it. On one hand QT wants to just make a fun spaghetti western good time. Which is fine.......But on the other hand he makes it dark and gritty setting it in a controversial, ugly time period. I honestly did think he overused the N word.....but i guess hes trying to push buttons and remain true to the time period. Maybe he was deliberately trying to make the audience feel uncomfortable? It definitely made me squirm a few times.

It should always make you squirm and be uncomfortable.

That's the point.

[bowener]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

It should always make you squirm and be uncomfortable.

That's the point.

This.

[nstygma]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

It should always make you squirm and be uncomfortable.

That's the point.

to be honest i wasn't bothered by the language one bit. it fit perfectly with the story and didn't seem over the top or excessive at all. in fact, qt's own language in pulp fiction was more uncomfortable for me than this entire movie.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by nstygma

to be honest i wasn't bothered by the language one bit. it fit perfectly with the story and didn't seem over the top or excessive at all. in fact, qt's own language in pulp fiction was more uncomfortable for me than this entire movie.

Yeah, the same thought occurred to me. QT as a scrawny white guy with a high pitched voice throwing the "N" word around in a whiny way didn't really fit for me in Pulp Fiction. He didn't have the acting ability to pull it off.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Yea, good point Mic. Im still going back and forth on it. On one hand QT wants to just make a fun spaghetti western good time. Which is fine.......But on the other hand he makes it dark and gritty setting it in a controversial, ugly time period. I honestly did think he overused the N word.....but i guess hes trying to push buttons and remain true to the time period. Maybe he was deliberately trying to make the audience feel uncomfortable? It definitely made me squirm a few times.

It wasn't overused. Considering the time period, it might have been underused.