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Django is another one where a lot of people have an issue with his performance there but I actually like him in that one quite a bit too. I just think the issue is more than Waltz, Leo, and Sam are chewing scenery and absolutely stealing scenes so Foxx’s stoic lead is sort of less dynamic by comparison. But I feel he did pretty much exactly what needed to be done with the character.
I get the vibe that Django is supposed to be more of the strong, silent type not some ultra-charismatic lead.
By the way, I feel that scene with Tarantino and Michael parks is the real nadir of that movie and slows it to a near halt right before the finale. Someone on here recently said the movie should have ended with that big Django vs. entirety of candieland showdown but with him ultimately triumphing and leaving with his wife then and there.
Never thought of that lol. But it very well might have been the better way to go. Big fan of that film though. One of my top five favorite Tarantinos.
I think it was the writing that let Jamie Foxx down in Django. He was done a disservice by the movie not ending when it should have and his being made to carry a lesser part of the story with his character for what felt like a long time thereafter. He also wasn't written very well in terms of it being a hero's journey if that's what was intended. He kind of just goes in Rey Skywalker fashion from straight up noob as a gunfighter to Billy the Kid. I could have used a training montage or something like in Kill Bill. It would have made it a little more justified when he seems like a quick draw sniper in the later going.
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