TOP 10 of 2012

#3

How can I make a top 10, and NOT include Quentin Tarantino's newest film? Simple, I don't. Now I can saw I am biast and just love his flicks, which is true. He has yet to disappoint, and it's not like I'm the only one who thinks so. He's rarely ignore when it comes to award season or critical review. Why? He's just a phenomenal film maker. Clearly his newest film has gotten a surge of controversy (when does he not) because he tackles a film and subject matter that is 150 years old, but still is felt in this day and age. And if you're someone like Spike Lee, you apparently are offended by him tackling the slave issue and putting your own perspective on it. I don't understand why the disrespect towards the film, he's not downplaying what happened or sugar coating it, he's simply taking a dark moment in our history and added some MORE blood and violence too it, in fact he's the black man more power than they really had than. Is that the problem? Who really knows. What I know from watching this film is that he needs to keep making film, and that Christoph Waltz should be in them from here on out. Waltz has become a fan and critic favorite ever since his American debut in Tarantino's anti-Nazi flick Inglorious Bastards, and although he played the Nazi Jew-Hunter, people loved his character because he's just such an amazing actor. And he always plays the villain or unlikeable guy, but he does such an amazing job at it that you still love him. This is the time where he plays the nice guy (kind of) that just wants to help his friend (who he technically bought as a business venture, but than frees and teaches/helps). So really, he's also a good guy in this one. Of course, he's partnered next to Oscar winner Jamie Foxx, who does an impeccable job as title character Django. The freed slave who helps Waltz's character Dr.Schultz hunt down slave owners, murders, and business men for their own profit as well as tracking down Django's missing wife. It's western meets buddy flick meets black exploitation all rolled into one. And what better film maker than Tarantino to do that. He knows what he's doing, he always does. He crafts amazing scripts and caps it with great casts and excellent film style, that makes his movies some of the best of the last couple decades. He's a cult icon, and a Hollywood genius. I continue to look forward to what he has in store for future films and will continue to enjoy his crafted masterpieces.