Tarantino’s best film since Pulp Fiction – there’s a remote chance the Academy might throw him a bone on this one since they snubbed him in 1994 in favour of the interminably bad Forrest Gump (anyone remember that one?) However, not impressed that Quentin is copying JJ Abrams – all this lens flare everywhere, offing his cameo character in the same way as Ilana Verdansky (Jacob’s bounty hunter follower on Lost), plus random guys with Australian accents in the 19th century American deep south are the new Star Trek redshirts …
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Django Unchained (2012, dir. Quentin Tarantino): QT’s best since Pulp Fiction
Lincoln (2012, dir. Steven Spielberg): an historical “West Wing”
An historical “West Wing”. Focuses the action on the political drama around getting the House to pass the Thirteenth Amendment during January 1865, abolishing slavery before the Civil War ended and the moment passed. Brilliant Oscar-worthy performance by Daniel Day-Lewis, and an occasionally sparkling script based on historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln”
O how the Republican party has fallen! Spielberg showcases its glorious beginnings as the party of Lincoln: socially progressive, concerned with long-run social justice and economic prosperity (some rich people would lose big, and states’ rights would be trodden on, but that was not an issue), open to compromise and willing to put aside ideology to move the ball forward. If the Republicans of today can recapture this spirit and be inclusive of all 100%, they can start winning elections handily and keep Democrats on their toes.
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