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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
This is why I could not enjoy Django Unchained. I found it flippant.
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I agree completely, I thought Tarantino was pushing his whole "I'm a white guy who is hip with the brothaz" schtick. As a white guy who is more welcome in black communities than white, I can relate BUT I think he just went to far. That movie wasn't just flippant, it was in absolute SHIT taste.
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I did enjoy Inglorious Basterds a lot though, and I think it is because the entire film is like a Marvel "What if?" story, as opposed to Django which was supposed to occur in our actual past.
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I think that Inglorious did a bit better job of making it serious, particularly the first half with Christopher Waltz's scenes. All the Nazi killing was as in poor taste as was Django BUT, lets be honest, who the fuck ever had a problem with disrespecting the humanity of fucking Nazi fucks? Its why Nazis were the bad guys in all the 1980s/90s violent videogames like Wolfenstein and Soldier of Fortune, NOBODY on earth has a problem with the graphic recreation of killing numerous Nazis. Shit, probably even Jesus Christ Himself and the Blessed Virgin give a soul dap about each virtual killing and joy it induces in us at seeing it.
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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
ignoring history is one thing. Not watching a fictionalized Hollywood entertainment is another.
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That is to contrite an analysis. 12 Years A Slave is obviously not necessarily trying to be a weekend block buster, it isn't the feel good buddy cop movie or an action packed thrillfest. It is a shockingly real portrayal of challenging history, and in particular, challenging history which the overwhelming majority of humans only THINK they know all about, but from my experience 99% of even sympathetic people have quite literally NO FUCKING IDEA WHAT REALLY HAPPENED (black, white, brown alike). This movie is crucial for that. I think A LOT of people need to be confronted with this reality they weren't as intimately familiar with. ALL the black folks I've talked with about this flick are extremely thankful and appreciative about its release, its being considered the most important black made movie about slavery since Roots. Roots is crucial. There is a reason we all watched it back in middle or high school history class because its easy to minimize or trivialize or compartmentalize bad history when reading about facts, dates, names, and figures. When you witness a dramatic narrative recreating that history, it becomes realer in a way that reading or imagining simply can't. So I think everybody who doesn't haunt the "Black reading list" section (or as my sister calls my bookshelf "
Blackrypha") of their book store should definitely watch this flick. Me? I think its safe to say I'm a bit familiarized with the actual history of slavery, having a degree in African studies and spent the entirety of my college career researching and writing about these histories through primary source material. For me, I can't watch this movie not because of it itself, but because of all the tangential memories that it will induce. In my mind, a collage of ALL the material I've read, seen, and experienced will come to light. It won't be cathartic, but overwhelming.