What Movie Did You Just Watch

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Its the best Quentin Tarantino movie at the very least (yeah I'm biased, so fuck off).

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But all of his movies are amazing...

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

But all of his movies are amazing...

No. No they are not.

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But all of his movies are amazing...

No. No they are not.

[Avaitor]

I think the best way to sell Django to someone is this question-

Did you like the theater scene in Inglourious Basterds? If so, you'll love this movie.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Well, I like to describe Django more as a combined homage to both classic Western films as well as blaxsploitation films, with lots of violence to go around. I think what sets Django apart from other Tarantino films for me, in a good way, is that the main characters in this movie are actually likable. I know that the characters in other Tarantino films are intentionally written to be ass-holes, but for me I kind of need to have at least some character in the film that I can sympathize with in some way for me to really be interested in it.

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I actually find almost all of the characters in all the QT movies I've seen to be likable, even the villains.

[Avaitor]

I think EK means that in DU, we get to learn about the characters through more than just dialogue and subtleties in the actor's motions.

Which isn't to say that his previous methods in character development were weak or even too original, but Tarantino tried to go another route with teaching us about his characters and in writing their arcs in general, which I definitely saw myself.

[Daikun]

I just saw Jack Reacher yesterday with my dad.

The trailer doesn't quite reflect the movie accurately. I was expecting an action movie, but it came out as more of a murder-mystery.

It's still a damn good murder-mystery, though. What makes this unique is that the mystery isn't about the killer--at the start of the film, the shooter is comatose and he remains hospitalized throughout the film. Instead, the mystery is about the victims. I'd highly recommend seeing it.

[Avaitor]

This year's Best Picture nominees:

Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

The bolded are the most likely wins.

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No Master or Psychopaths, wtf!?

Django should win!

[talonmalon333]

It's gotta be Lincoln, really.

[Avaitor]

Double-checking all the nominations, Spielberg is the only filmmaker nominated for Best Director of the 3 I listed.

As many awards as ZDT and Argo have been winning, that pretty much seals the deal for Lincoln.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Django Unchained is the only best picture nominee that I've seen.

Somehow I doubt that a Quentin Tarantino movie will ever win the Oscar. I mean, if Pulp Fiction, his most famous and well-loved film (even if I'm not a fan of it, I can see that much) didn't get it, then I don't know what will. Inglorious Basterds didn't do it either despite getting the nomination, as well.

At any rate, I can't say that Django Unchained is the best of these nominees as I haven't even seen any of the other nominees, though. That said, based on what I've heard about these movies, I'd say that the top 3 candidates for Best Picture are most likely  Argo, Lincoln, and Zero Dark Thirty.

[Avaitor]

Tarantino is the new Scorsese. His year will come, but this is not it.

It does seem a little doubtful that it'll happen though, since he's been sticking to genre/exploitation tribute films lately, which the Academy normally has a serious aversion to. But he keeps on getting nominated, so who knows.