Director: Quentain Tarantino.

Actors: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Runtime: 2 hrs and 45 minutes.

Rated: R

Winner of two Academy Awards (Best Original Screenplay (Tarantino) and Best Supporting Actor (Waltz) )

   Django Unchained was well received by critics. The first time I saw it, I thought it was pure garbage. I felt the blood was exaggerated, there were errors of the time period, and I couldn’t stand the rap blaring in the back round. On the positive side, I thought the acting was superb, the story was great and the humor was superlative.

   Then, I thought about when I saw Inglorious Basterds, which was a previous Tarantino film. When I saw that movie the first time, I thought it was awful. I saw it again and I thought it was outstanding. I realized Django could be like this. I saw it again and I laughed my head off. It was marvelous. The rap music was not great, but I remembered that Tarantino made this. The never-ending story was my favorite, though. The movie follows a slave (Foxx), rescued by a Bounty Hunter (Waltz). The two have an extraordinary adventure searching for the slave’s wife, who was sold to a plantation. The plantation is owned by a Southern gentleman, named Calvin Candie (DiCaprio) and is located in Tennessee. Foxx and Waltz have an inconceivable and far-fetched battle with DiCaprio over the poor young broad.

   Overall, this movie is very good, but the errors in the film keep bugging me. 1858 was three years before the Civil War and the guns were out of the time period, but the movie is good. B+

    LINCOLN

Director: Steven Spielberg.

Actors: Daniel Day Lewis, Sally Field, and Joseph Gordon- Levitt.

Runtime: 2hrs and 30 minutes.

Rated: PG-13 Winner of two Academy Awards (Best Actor (Lewis) and Production Design)

   Lincoln is one of the greatest films I have ever seen and the best in a long time. It should have gotten more awards for its great acting, scenery, and story. I believe that it should have taken “Best Picture” and “Best Director”, but considering that the Oscars hate Spielberg for whatever reason, it didn’t.

   The movie follows the late presidency of Lincoln, trying to pass the 13th Amendment, which will abolish slavery. The battle scenes are fantastic and very surreal. The scenes in the capitol and courtroom of congressmen from the North and the South calling each other harsh names are hilarious. The last days of Lincoln are sad, but insuperable. I wish that they went deeper into the assassination of Lincoln, but the runtime would’ve been very long. The editing throughout the film was very original and takes a modern perspective on the classic Gone With the Wind. You will walk out thinking Lincoln is the greatest president in history.

   This movie is fantastic, a real winner, but an underrated film. Sometimes the greatest never win, but they win at heart and this movie takes that award for the year and possibly for the decade. A+