Awesome article. And a truly brilliant movie. One of my favorite films of all time.
Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T
Awesome article. And a truly brilliant movie. One of my favorite films of all time.
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CP , thats like watching what a beautiful life and comparing it to inglorious basterds
waiting for a crew of nazi killers to stomp out the nazis
i felt the opposite of you , right from the get go i saw 2 black
people talking to lincoln waaaaay too casually , one dude
going off on him and firing off on him like a disgruntled employee
and lincoln laughing and chilling with dude like that's his "potna"
no security around , just former slaves and the president chopping
it up
i thought it was gonna get to the good the bad and the ugly
it was a movie about the good , better and the best of lincoln,
that movie is lucky it got daniel day lewis , because boy did
he save that movie in my opinion...
waiting for a crew of nazi killers to stomp out the nazis
i felt the opposite of you , right from the get go i saw 2 black
people talking to lincoln waaaaay too casually , one dude
going off on him and firing off on him like a disgruntled employee
and lincoln laughing and chilling with dude like that's his "potna"
no security around , just former slaves and the president chopping
it up
i thought it was gonna get to the good the bad and the ugly
it was a movie about the good , better and the best of lincoln,
that movie is lucky it got daniel day lewis , because boy did
he save that movie in my opinion...
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I know that no black person walked into that room and gave the white men wearing wigs a rousing speech on the perspective of blacks dealing with the horrors of slavery, causing them to see the error of their ways and end slavery.
it would be irresponsible to paint a pretty picture of the situation.
Just like I think it's wrong to take the N word our of Huck Finn. You can't whitewash the past (excuse the pun)
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story is bill burr was headlining the opie and anthony tour
and the tour was running way too long in every city , 3-4 hours
....so right from the get go philly heckling everybody and bill goes in 4 hours later......
needless to say crowd was antsy , bill has enogh 15 minutes into a 30 minute bit
and just GOES OFF
I do see what you're saying there. I get that.
I just found it interesting the heat that QT got for Django and it's all quiet on Steve's front, regardless of reason. To me, at least Tarantino was telling a story, not unlike a movie that goes out and kills Hitler in a movie theatre. It's a tale he's telling and taking some liberties with it. Could he have cleaned up the language more? Yes. But as you said, if he was trying to paint an accurate portrayal for the era he was filming, you can't, as you say, whitewash it.
Iono, just found it interesting as I was watching Lincoln last night is all. If they came out further apart, maybe I never even connect them in my head, probably more my fault than anything. Just figured I would ask what others thought.
I just found it interesting the heat that QT got for Django and it's all quiet on Steve's front, regardless of reason. To me, at least Tarantino was telling a story, not unlike a movie that goes out and kills Hitler in a movie theatre. It's a tale he's telling and taking some liberties with it. Could he have cleaned up the language more? Yes. But as you said, if he was trying to paint an accurate portrayal for the era he was filming, you can't, as you say, whitewash it.
Iono, just found it interesting as I was watching Lincoln last night is all. If they came out further apart, maybe I never even connect them in my head, probably more my fault than anything. Just figured I would ask what others thought.
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whoops
Gonna try and check Zero Dark Thirty tonight. Lincoln just moved down the pile. Thanks a lot, CP.
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new season has been jokes lmao , the mtv episode was
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CP I understand what you're saying but Lincoln for the most part is historically accurate. Even if Speilberg put a spin on it and had a black man play an integral role it would've been insulting cuz it simply isn't true. These white dudes weren't even really arguing on whether black ppl should be free, they were really looking at the fact that they're economy is about to tank and they're gonna lose a ton of free labor.
The reason QT is getting heat for Django (and I'm honestly not seeing a lot of it) is cuz the movie is looked upon as making money off of slavery by glamorizing it and showing it as an entertainment product. That's why I think some ppl will be mad. Those same ppl would look at Lincoln as more of a serious history lesson in terms of entertainment where as Django will have the action and some comedy.
Basically ppl want their slavery depicted as seriously as possible no matter the contradictions and double standards out there.
And if it were switched Speilberg would catch heat for Django. People had assumed some things about the movie off the trailer and commercials. I don't think this is some case of ppl targeting QT. I think they'd only go hard on him for his reputation and catalog of movies. They're gonna assume there's a lack of respect going on with one guy more than the other but don't think if those ppl wanted to they couldn't go after Speilberg. It'd be as simple as saying it's just another white dude making money off the black man's plight.
The reason QT is getting heat for Django (and I'm honestly not seeing a lot of it) is cuz the movie is looked upon as making money off of slavery by glamorizing it and showing it as an entertainment product. That's why I think some ppl will be mad. Those same ppl would look at Lincoln as more of a serious history lesson in terms of entertainment where as Django will have the action and some comedy.
Basically ppl want their slavery depicted as seriously as possible no matter the contradictions and double standards out there.
And if it were switched Speilberg would catch heat for Django. People had assumed some things about the movie off the trailer and commercials. I don't think this is some case of ppl targeting QT. I think they'd only go hard on him for his reputation and catalog of movies. They're gonna assume there's a lack of respect going on with one guy more than the other but don't think if those ppl wanted to they couldn't go after Speilberg. It'd be as simple as saying it's just another white dude making money off the black man's plight.
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That is EXACTLY it. Sums it up entirely right there.
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Currently watching Django (been spending about 20-30 each night watching).... and ehh. Not a bad movie, but I can't front...I do feel uncomfortable at times. I'll finish it soon and see how I feel about the entire movie.
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Son treating it like a book
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That's about as good of answer as I could give.
Lincoln is much closer to reality than Django.
The same way Schindlers List is closer to reality than Inglourious.
They are just made for a less tolerant group of people. QT isn't for everyone.
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I don't think watching any movie 20-30 min at a time is the right way to watch it unless it's really broken up in to acts/chapters where you can pause it and walk away and come back. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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The heck you mean 20-30 minutes each night? The hell?
MrO, my bad man, I didn't mean to mess up your choices. I shoulda spoilered.
Oh, nah. I tried watching Lincoln and bailed on it. That just confirmed it was something I'm not in the mood for right now.
That's that, huh? |I
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Watching Mighty Ducks D2 right now.
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you guys ever watch giant or gwtw in one sitting? not likeley
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Got Lawless for tonight
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