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RIM REVIEW • JANUARY 16, 2013
AT THE MOVIES
DJANGO UNCHAINED
A bloody, but entertaining fantasy — not a Western “Django Unchained” is billed as a himself — also appear in small roles. Western, but that isn’t quite right. The characterizations are both well Christopher Waltz, as his character written by Tarantino and well directed the dentist turned murderous bounty by Tarantino, bringing out just what he hunter Dr. King Schultz notes that wanted in his cast of excellent profesDjango (Jamie Fox) might be called, sionals. “The fastest gun in the South.” Since Kerry Washington plays the captive most of the action takes place in the wife of Django, Broomhilda with just South, it is hard to call it a Western. It Andy McKinney the right touch of pathos and courage. is a kidnapping/vengeance flick like the Reviewer But what is this two hour and 45 recent “Taken,” but that isn’t quite minute movie on which the producers right either. lavished a $100 million? Often with writer/director Quentin Tarantino It only makes sense to me as a legend, a it is hard to put his work into a neat category. retelling of the Germanic legend of Siegfried and It is rated R for massive violence. As my Broomhilda. French movie friend said, “You get really a lot of In the original, which is full of horrible, dark blood with Tarantino.” skullduggery, Siegfried must rescue his lady Too right she is. The shock effect does wear from a dragon (DiCaprio) and go through fire off quickly and then becomes redundant and (exemplified by the dozens of firearm-bearing pointless after the first few gallons are sloshed henchmen that Django must go through). That around. makes it work for me. Otherwise the jarring The scene of the final shoot-out looks like anomalies will ruin the ride. something from “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” For example, we have comic actor Jonah Hill (which was No. 1 this weekend — go figure.) The appearing as a KKK night-rider a decade before epic blood fest is very entertaining, I will say the KKK was founded. We also have weapons in that. the hands of killers that are 20 years before their And the acting truly well done. Leonardo Di- time. This might be excusable in something light Caprio continues his career path of innovative like “Abraham Lincoln — Vampire Hunter,” but roles. He plays plantation owner Calvin Candie not in a Tarantino film. But if it is a legend, the as a man of his time, place and station — and time goofs just don’t matter. It is all fantasy. with the very subtle indication that he is aware of But the unnecessary buckets of blood restrict his educational shortcomings. He makes up his this entertaining legend to an average three saw intellectual shortcomings by an over reliance on blades. It has brought in $106 million in two Uncle Steven, his butler, played with bombastic weeks, so it should turn a profit. malevolence by Samuel L. Jackson. The Academy Award nominations were anJamie Fox is Django, the title character who nounced on Jan. 10. Django probably won’t be learns the bounty hunter trade from Waltz. Don among them. Johnson and Walton Goggins — and Tarantino
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Academy Award nominations BY TERESA MCQUERREY RIM REVIEW EDITOR
Well, Andy didn’t get it quite right. “Django Unchained” did get a few Academy Award nominations last week. It is up for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay (Quentin Tarantino), Actor in a Supporting Role for Christoph Waltz, cinematography and sound editing. Competition for the Best Picture award comes from “Amour,” a foreign language film, “Argo.” “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” “Les Misérables,” “Life of Pi,” “Lincoln,” “Silver Linings Playbook” and “Zero Dark Thirty.” The field in which Waltz is competing includes Alan Arkin, Argo; Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook; Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master; and Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln. Tarantino’s competition includes Michael Haneke, Amour; John Gatins, Flight; Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom; and Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty. OTHER NOMINATIONS
Actor in a Leading Role nominees are Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook; Daniel DayLewis, Lincoln; Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables;
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master; and Denzel Washington, Flight. Nominees for Actress in a Leading Role include Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty; Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook; Emmanuelle Riva, Amour; Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild; and Naomi Watts, The Impossible. Nominated for the Actress in a Supporting Role award are Amy Adams, The Master; Sally Field, Lincoln; Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables; Helen Hunt, The Sessions; and Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook. Getting nods for directing: Michael Haneke, Amour; Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild; Ang Lee, Life of Pi; Steven Spielberg, Lincoln; David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook. Nominated for the adapted screenplay award: Chris Terrio, Argo; Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild; David Magee, Life of Pi; Tony Kushner, Lincoln; David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook. The awards will be broadcast Sunday, Feb. 24 on ABC.
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