I liked this movie alot, thought Inglorious Bastards was better. Leo was great and methodical, Samuel L Jackson can play the racist black guy in any movie, Christoph Waltz always brings his A game, and Jaime Foxx was pretty good as well.

Loved the Clan arguement over the hoods, especially Jonah Hill being the guy who rips his hood and asks for another.

at times I thought Tarantino was trying to mimic Blazing Saddles.

heh, yea..thats what the Klan segment felt like. Very Mel Brooks like.

or when they entered the town when Django was still unkempt.

Just saw "Django Unchained" and artistically it's almost unimpeachable.
It's an absolutely brilliant film in that regard. Maybe Tarantino's best...

Politically though? Spike, for once, has a point.

Don't think so? Imagine he does the same Spaghetti Western with the Jewish holocaust as the backdrop.

Okay then.

I was totally wrong though, Will Smith could've played the character of "Django."
In fact, he may have turned in a performance that rivaled Foxx's.

I just saw it. Very entertaining. I'm a fan of the old spaghetti westerns and it certainly pays homage to them. It also has a bit of the blaxploitation feel to it, but that's part of the director's style. It's not going to be on your list of greatest movies of all time but it's a lot of fun to watch. I recommend it. Oh, on the use of the "N" word, it's appropriate within the context of the movie. To be clear I'm the kind of guy that has never used the word conversationally and find it offensive in everyday speach. It was used for effect and served a purpose in the film.

I haven't seen Django.

How close did he toe that line with Inglourious?

Same kinda premise, different story, more racism.

Yeah. I didn't give a shit what Spike Lee thought in 1997, and I don't give a shit what he thinks in 2013.

Just got back from Django. Loved it. I need to see basterds again to see where it ranks.

Everyone turned in a fantastic performance but I think Dicaprio was my favorite.

i liked the internal conflict in the mind of a killer about Alexandre Dumas/dogs which brought action, but wasn't happy with how it ended. wasn't that a two-shot pistol?

He tried to get a shot off IIRC but had a poor angle.

Yea, good point Mic. Im still going back and forth on it. On one hand QT wants to just make a fun spaghetti western good time. Which is fine.......But on the other hand he makes it dark and gritty setting it in a controversial, ugly time period. I honestly did think he overused the N word.....but i guess hes trying to push buttons and remain true to the time period. Maybe he was deliberately trying to make the audience feel uncomfortable? It definitely made me squirm a few times.

I don't think he overused it one bit. I can't think of a time that it was used and it wasn't appropriate to the era and the context of the story.

I liked how he set up the time/era by showing how surprised and appalled white folk were at seeing a black man on horseback.