Just finished seeing Django Unchained [spoilers inside]

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Christoph Waltz has jumped to another level in my book since Inglorious Bastards

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Not trying to be a dick, but makes you say this? He was literally the exact same character in Django, but a good guy.

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he should have been a front-runner for best supporting actor

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Django shoul dhave died in teh mines....
I don't see how that would be a satisfying ending.


Carson, I don't get the feeling that he was exactly like his character in inglorious bastards

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A common question on here seems to be, "Why or How could Schultz shoot Calvin and endanger Django, yadda yadda?" And I can't believe that is a question when you see that his character is having a major breakdown in Act II.

I see this film in 3 acts. Act I is Schultz taking Django under his wing and training him to be a bounty hunter and basically "free" him. Act II is them working as a team and us seeing Django and Schultz balance their duo act. Act III is Django's starring role as we see him emerge as the hero he was trained to be.

But Act II is where its apparent that Schultz is now "breaking." It's all over the place in Act II. Even him asking Candie if he may talk to Django, after a mishap, would raise a red flag and Django even scolded him for it. Then Schultz tries to reimburse Candie so the slave won't be ripped apart by dogs. He's breaking even more. The roles of Django and Schultz have now switched as Django is now the one with common sense as Schultz is, simply, losing it. It's obvious the effect of the slave being ripped apart had on him. When Candie is on to them and giving the skull-speech, it is obvious how shaken Schultz is. He is never going to recover from that. When Candie slams the hammer and pretends to smash Hildi, just look at Schultz, he's cowering like a baby.

The next scene is us seeing him fully engulfed in his downfall. He even loses it and tells the harp player to stop playing. This man is gone. Logic escapes him now. He's not the cool-cat he was in the beginning. In many ways, saving Django caused him to bring himself down and ultimately his own life. I see Django as not only a tale of slavery for black people but slavery in general. The whole portion of Act II is Schultz learning what it's like to be in a slave-like world, being paraded around by Candie and having to oblige him and act like everything is fine despite all the torment he witnesses along the way. He's no longer in charge like he was in Act I.



The point of this post is...how can you still ask the same question of, "Why did Schultz let himself die?" or "Why did Schultz kill Candie and just stand there?" HE'S A MADMAN I TELL YA! :)

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