{"id":1618,"date":"2013-01-17T18:21:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T18:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=1618"},"modified":"2013-01-17T18:21:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T18:21:20","slug":"django-unchained-wows-audiences-despite-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2013\/01\/17\/django-unchained-wows-audiences-despite-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDjango Unchained\u201d wows audiences despite controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Megan Moffett<\/strong>
\nBlue & White Flash \/ Staff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI like the way you die boy,\u201d said the hard fighting, justice searching freed slave named Django. With thrilling backgrounds, top notch action and a Romeo and Juliet type love story, \u201cDjango Unchained\u201d written by Quentin Tarantino, has grossed over $106 million unseating competing with movies like New Line and MGM\u2019s \u201cThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,\u201d which broke opening weekend sales records. With A-list actors like the main character Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson, \u201cDjango Unchained\u201d pulls the audience into a captivating journey from beginning to end playing on every emotion they have.<\/p>\n

The story lines starts with a retired dentist named Dr. King Schultz who buys and befriends a slave named Django, sets him as a free man and hires him as an accomplice to his new \u201cinteresting career\u201d. Along the way Django lets his new friend in on the fact that all he wants to do is to go get his wife back who was sold because they were both trying to run to freedom. With a plan and a lot of blood Django was able to find his wife and get her back, but not before he faced antagonist Mr. Candy played by Leonardo DiCaprio, a slave and plantation owner who owned his wife. With death whispering in his ear, it looks as though Django would be defeated but he had a plan to get himself and his wife their freedom. This critically acclaimed movie makes a statement.<\/p>\n

Though criticized for its constant use of the \u201cN-word\u201d in both the African American community and the professional Hollywood community, the film really hits home, allowing all types of people to get a glimpse of the past and for everyone to enjoy the movie.<\/p>\n

Kristin Lane, a freshman mass communication\u2019s major from St. Louis, Mo. said, \u201cI thought the film was great. I would recommend it to anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lane also commented on the negative critiques of the movie.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have absolutely no negative critiques. It was a western love story not a movie about slavery. I didn\u2019t think that Quentin Tarantino meant to base the movie just on the matter of slavery but wanted to show the love story during the time of slavery to add an extra boundary the hero would have to overcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Billy Reginal Jr., a freshman biology major from Greenville, Miss. said, \u201cI give the movie two thumbs up. I think anybody could watch this movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was also asked if he felt offended by the numerous use of the \u201cN-word\u201d in the movie.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I didn\u2019t feel offended at all. I mean, that\u2019s how it was back then, everywhere you went you heard it and that was played out in the movie,\u201d said Reginal.<\/p>\n

The film has been nominated for four Oscar Nominations which include: Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing and Best picture nominations.<\/p>\n

With mixed reviews from moviegoers, \u201cDjango Unchained\u201d is a movie that either makes you love it or dislike it. If you haven\u2019t seen this movie yet, go and watch what everyone else is talking about and judge for yourself.<\/p>\n

In my opinion, Django Unchained is a beast unleashed and remember, \u201cThe \u2018D\u2019 is silent.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Megan Moffett Blue & White Flash \/ Staff Writer \u201cI like the way you die boy,\u201d said the hard fighting, justice searching freed slave named Django. With thrilling backgrounds, top notch action and a Romeo and Juliet type love story, \u201cDjango Unchained\u201d written by Quentin Tarantino, has grossed over $106 million unseating competing with movies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-variety"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}