Django

Jousting in Hollister

I went to the movies today, Django. It is a western that stars Jamie Foxx. There is a lot of controversy about having the movie use the background of slavery to have a "western movie". Spike Lee says he doesn't like it and he won't see it because it is disrespectful to the blacks that were slaves, (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/spike-lee-calls-django-unchained-disrespectful-20121227). I don't agree with him ... it is a movie! It doesn't show that slavery was good or glorify it, maybe you could say it is the opposite. It shows the institution of slavery was horrible.

Two sea otters hanging out in Moss Landing

I really enjoyed the movie. It was fun and very entertaining. I liked that the movie was fast moving and really great photography. I don't usually like Quentin Tarantino movies and I often find them a little over-the-top. I don't like watching the blood splatter when someone is shot. I don't like watching people be torn apart by dogs, and the dogs licking the blood off their lips. This movie had all that, but it was used to show how terrible slavery was. I liked having a black cowboy (I don't like saying "African American" ever since people called people who were from Africa that, they asked me why they weren't just called Africans.) that would make the statement, "I like killing white people and getting paid for it!".

Sunset in San Francisco

I liked seeing slavery shown from the perspective of an ex-slave and how the freed blacks were never really free. There are so many things I want to say about the movie, but I would just highly recommend people go see it. Don't be squeamish about Quentin Tarantino type films and realize that everyone will be offended by something.