A Real-Life Siegfried
Django Unchained is my favourite out of Tarantino's entire repertoire. I absolutely adore it — with a cast including Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, and Kerry Washington, who wouldn't? But even the greatest actors won't make up for a poor story. A good script tackling a socially important issue is what makes Django Unchained the rare film that has it all: the acting, the story, the artistic vision, the humour, the music, and, finally, the hero.
Have you ever done something wrong that followed you around for years, like a piece of toilet paper stuck to your shoe? Well, America did — and it's called slavery. Django Unchained follows the story of a slave, Django (Jamie Foxx), in the 1850s, who was forced to part with his wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), and is now on a quest to find her. Luckily for him, he happens to hold information useful to a bounty hunter, Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), who tracks him down and proposes a partnership.
Meeting the doctor becomes a life-changing event for Django. Through it, he discovers strengths he didn't know he had — dignity, resilience, bravery, intelligence.
Qualities of a real-life Siegfried.
The film is full of bloody effects that recall a teenager's storytelling, aiming to impress his friends — slightly exaggerated, to say the least. A characteristic that has become Tarantino's hallmark by now. First and foremost, though, Django Unchained is enjoyable to watch, and it makes us want to believe that there is, still, justice in the world.
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