Django Unchained (2012)

Django Unchained has earned its place on the podium for best Western ever. Quentin Tarantino’s films are usually good, but of the list only Reservoir Dogs would get my 5 stars. Django has to get at least six stars.

Film	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic
Reservoir Dogs	96%[62]	78[63]
Pulp Fiction	95%[64]	94[65]
Jackie Brown	86%[66]	64[67]
Kill Bill Volume 1	85%[68]	69[69]
Kill Bill Volume 2	84%[70]	83[71]
Grindhouse	83%[72]	77[73]
Inglourious Basterds	88%[74]	69[75]
Django Unchained	89%[76]	81[77]
Average	88%	77

While similar to Inglorious Bastards, this movie moves far faster, travels far deeper, and finishes far higher. Jamie Fox has not been my slice of bread. In this movie he is the perfect hero. The story is fantastic, after beating up the Germans in Inglorious bastards he celebrates them in Django. It’s a portrayal of slavery that has never hit the big screen before. At its heart it’s a refresh of the spaghetti western. By far the best movie I have seen in recent memory.

Six Stars (out of five)