I agree completely. Good stuff.

Are you serious? I hurt your feelings that much? Did you not read my responses? I admitted there are many different ways to interpret art. I also apologized to whoever I offended by using the word "misinterpreted." Excuse me if I enjoy discussing what movies "really mean" and for having my own opinions about such…

I don't know. I guess I just read different articles than you.

It's like it was meant to be or something!

My wife hates violent movies and hates how I "over-analyze" them. You'd probably be a much better date.

Yeah, I'm open to that interpretation. After all, he's Django's biggest obstacle, when all is said and done. He can't be with Broomhilda until he slays Steven. Also, Schultz is the one who actually kills Candie, and we know it's Siefried (Django) who actually needs to kill the dragon. Maybe Steven's language and mode…

A person is free to interpret a piece of art however they want. So why don't we talk about why you agree with Tasha or disagree with me, instead of wasting time bitching about my approach? I'd much rather talk about your thoughts on the movie than your juvenile thoughts on literary criticism.

I don't know. I guess I've just read different articles than you have, because I've seen Tasha's concerns expressed by a wide variety of commentators. Certainly the whole controversy around the use of the word "nigger" in the movie is pretty annoying as well. Apparently someone like Katt Williams can use the word to…

Well, I would say it's more "smug" or "self-satisfied" than ignorant. But it's not entirely as black and white as that. People are certainly free to interpret a piece of art any way they like. But if they're going to post things on a popular website and have serious discussions with other people about it and get paid…

Sure. I would agree that there were stylistic elements borrowed from several different kinds of exploitation film. But again, my argument is that he uses those elements in a new way, not merely to help people get off on sex and violence for their own sake. I think Tarantino pulls enough weight, story-telling wise,…

She misinterpreted Django. So it should be no surprise that she misinterpreted Killer Joe, as well, which is a little more subtle in its intentions.

I'm sick to death of this conversation. Am I the only one who didn't see this as an "exploitation" flick? It's not even really a "revenge" flick. It's a take on the "hero's journey" as I thought was made pretty explicit when Schultz tells the story of Broomhilda/Siegfried. If people were paying attention, Dicaprio…

Yeah, she's definitely one of the hottest women eva. But it's weird because I have this "thing" where once a woman becomes so famous and so powerful that any fantasy I have of her is so far out of the realm of my reality, that it's difficult for me to indulge in said fantasies. It sounds stupid, and it is (especially…

Yes, he's the prototypical douchebag. Yes, X-Men:The Last Stand is beyond indefensible. But I was thinking about this last night, and Brett Ratner is one of the few consistently competent directors. And he gets absolutely no credit for it.

Your argument seems tenuous to me. I suppose your first point can be taken as you present it… or it could simply be taken as the man who freed another man feels responsible for him. I don't think Schultz's feelings of responsibility change if Django is a white slave.

Why does it have to be "white guilt?" Why can't Schultz just be a human being who is disgusted at the way other human beings are being treated?

I think Tarantino handled the subject with the utmost grace, nuance and respect it deserves. I actually left the theater more disgusted about our history as a nation, than when I entered, because it's one thing to read about what happened to people, and a whole other thing to see it portrayed—especially when you know…

Stu: What's your name?

Even though I love it, I can only watch Swingers once in a blue moon, because the part where Favreau keeps calling Brooke Langton's message machine. It sucks even worse, because I've done things along those lines, way back when….

I actually think rocking it back and forth with his foot until it falls over, like DeNiro in Taxi Driver, is more his style….