Feb
4
Django Unchained (USA, 2012, Tarantino)
Ben Livant:
I think you were even more right than you intended to be. That is, I figure I like this movie less than you do. You criticized the story for running out of steam by the third act. I'd need to know where exactly you think the third act kicks in, 'cause I certainly felt the story was riding on false momentum a lot sooner than the last third of the running time, which is far too long, by the way.
If I was going to be generous, I would grant that I was intrigued up until Leo's character and Waltz' character take their bullets. But in all honesty, the true energy of the emancipation-unto-revenge premise is spent well before Leo and his world even show up, the plot devise to rescue the protagonist's wife definitely notwithstanding.
Ben Livant:
I think you were even more right than you intended to be. That is, I figure I like this movie less than you do. You criticized the story for running out of steam by the third act. I'd need to know where exactly you think the third act kicks in, 'cause I certainly felt the story was riding on false momentum a lot sooner than the last third of the running time, which is far too long, by the way.
If I was going to be generous, I would grant that I was intrigued up until Leo's character and Waltz' character take their bullets. But in all honesty, the true energy of the emancipation-unto-revenge premise is spent well before Leo and his world even show up, the plot devise to rescue the protagonist's wife definitely notwithstanding.
