Yep.

thought so. it was like a blink and miss it cameo eventhough he was in the background for a bit.

I liked it a lot. On par with Pulp Fiction and definitely better than Basterds, which says a lot.

It did feel like it dragged a bit at the end, but maybe it's because every damn movie is 2-3 hours and change now a days.

Including Django Unchained, I'd have to rate QT's films as such:

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Django Unchained
4. Jackie Brown
5. Kill Bill Vol.1/2
6. Reservoir Dogs




7. Death Proof

1. Jackie Brown
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Reservoir Dogs
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. Django Unchained
6. Death Proof
7. Kill Bill Vol. 2
8. Kill Bill Vol. 1

Quick question, was that Sam Jackson also as the bartender in the scene where we meet Calvin for the first time?

Fantastic fucking movie. all the main performances were great, my thoughts on the KKK scene, sure it prob could of been cut, but that scene got a huge reaction at my screening & played perfectly.

also a little bit on the scene where Calvin's hand is bleeding.

No the bartender was a different guy.

Good, not great. It only felt like it dragged because the two halves felt like different films. Still, far better than most directors could ever hope to aspire to. Glad to see Tarantino finally gave John Jarratt a role after leaving him in the cold over "Death Proof."

I hope for an extended cut, if only for the first one-on-one encounter between Django and Stephen, which got cut. It was by far one of the strongest moments in the script and it's sad it got cut; it really amps the tension between the two.

One nice moment I did find to be incredibly powerful and understated is when Schultz tells Candie

Pulp Fiction
Django Unchained
Inglorious Basterds
Kill Bill v1 & v2
Reservoir Dogs
Death Proof
Jackie Brown

Inglorious Basterds
Jackie Brown
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill
Death Proof
Django Unchained
Reservoir Dogs

Jackie Brown
Inglorious Basterds
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill
Death Proof
Django Unchained
Reservoir Dogs

I like the way you rank, boy.

I understand what you're saying, but my rationale for that is that the best-laid plans often go awry when emotions get the better of you, which is especially startling in this case because the character had been so self-controlled throughout. But finally, he just snapped as a result of too many provocations and everything went to hell. It made sense to me on an emotional level.

This is exactly how I'd rank them. Jackie Brown was forgettable.

Here is Tarantino explaining his thinking behind the con Schultz plays on Candie

Quentin Tarantino, 'Django Unchained' Director, Challenged Us To A Debate On A 'Harebrained' Plot Point

Thanks for that link, Sauce. That's a very interesting discussion and it's pretty neat that Tarantino sought out a critic to explain his point. I buy his argument, but then I tend to be in tune with Tarantino's sensibilities most of the time anyway.

yeah thanks for the link, good discussion.

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Kill Bill vol. 1 & 2
4. Django Unchained
5. Reservoir Dogs
6. Death Proof (1^st half)
7. Death Proof (2^nd half)
8. Jackie Brown

It seemed clear to me that Schultz was trying to get Hildy for a paltry sum, and that even if he went straight to Candie and and offered him a lot, Candie could still say no. The plot made sense to me.

I like the point about Don Johnson's character. He's a guy who sells pretty women. Candie sells fighters. It would have raised a lot of questions for Schultz to come in out of the blue and offer to buy Hildy.

I will say that the interview makes me appreciate the movie a bit more.

Really? And why is that?

I loved it from start to finish. Waltz and Jackson were fantastic in their roles. Also thought the KKK scene was pretty funny. Also really liked the song selections in the film. Tarantino has yet to disappoint me.

I was wondering what black scholar Henry Louis Gates would think of this film and--lo and behold!--it's there on his website, The Root: a 3-part interview he conducted with Tarantino on DJANGO UNCHAINED.

WARNING: the interview is filled with spoilers if you haven't yet seen the film.

Here's the link to Part 1:

http://www.theroot.com/views/taranti...django-trilogy

Thanks for the interview link, Ash. The more I read about the movie, the more I read what Tarantino is saying and doing in it, the more I think about it, the more I think it will raise itself in my personal ranking over time.

In line with QT rankings ... "Pulp Fiction" is #1 by a long ways. Everything works for me, and it's one of those movies I never tire of watching. I also respect it more in retrospect that it's his one movie that feels like an original (instead of borrowing and updating older genres). "Reservoir Dogs" is a distant #2. "Death Proof" is in last by an equally large margin. The only QT movie I outright didn't enjoy. I find it difficult to separate everything else. I enjoy all of them, but they all have some shortcomings for me.

Probably for me too. 3/5 is more likely rating it against other QT movies. I should've given it a little higher score.

So what old genre/style is left for QT? He's done martial arts (both Shaw Brothers and Baby Cart style), spaghetti western, blaxploitation, HK action, grindhouse thriller, war. I know he loves 60s and 70s eurohorror ... but that won't adapt to pleasing a modern audience as well as the others.