The western epic in the rain of blood

Rosanna 2022-04-20 09:01:06

Every time the gunshots sounded, what we saw was not blood flowing out slowly, but blood plasma like flowers, blooming in our field of vision in an instant, and then withering in a few seconds. Of course, there is no way to verify whether it is true or not, because I have never shot anyone in the head with a gun. But such a scene is enough to make our blood vessels swell and adrenaline soars.

Coincidentally, I remembered the blood column that shot into the sky in "Swordsman: The Undefeated in the East". Quentin and Tsui Hark are undoubtedly masters of blood plasma.

It is also about the fate of black slaves before the American Civil War. "Twelve Years a Slave" is a tragic realism, while "Django Unchained" is a typical romanticism. Luckily Django meets a German Schultz, a bounty hunter. Under his tutelage, Django grew into a new bounty hunter, a sharpshooter. Because of this, he has the capital of revenge.

Humans have two goals in life: to keep themselves alive and to keep their genes alive. So Django started looking for his lost wife after he had enough food and clothing. And his wife is in the hands of Calvin Candy, the owner of the candy manor.

When the tyrannical village owner turned around, the slight dissatisfaction I had been feeling since watching the movie was calmed down at this moment. Actually, I came here just to see you.

With Leonardo around, I would never feel like a play.

The scene of punishing the fugitive slave is the first confrontation between Django and Candy. Candy wanted to humiliate the fugitive slave D'Artagnan as much as he could, in order to kill him. And Django and Schultz told him plainly: You're just pretending. This upset Candy.

But Candy remained polite, because the other party represented a big business. No matter how hard you act, you won't have a hard time with money.

At the banquet, Candy's loyal old slave discovered the true intention of Django's side, so Candy and Django's side had a second exciting confrontation. It was a wonderful one-man show by Leonardo. On the surface, he dashed his opponent dashingly, and Django's side was almost a complete defeat.

In fact, Django managed to buy back his wife, although the price was a bit high. But to apply a common sentence in our idol dramas: Our love is not measured by money!

The third confrontation, in Candy's study, was provoked by Schultz. Starting with the writings of Alexandre Dumas, Schultz debunks Candy's disguise. What a French fan, it's purely a pretender! Candy must have Schultz shake hands with him to complete the deal, and tell him clearly: On my turf, I'm the boss.

So the confrontation turned into a bloody battle. Both Schultz and Candy were killed, and there were countless casualties in the hall, with only Django surviving and being captured.

When the witty Django returns, he has become a cowboy hero. He draws his gun handsomely, kills the enemy smartly, and then saves his wife calmly, all in one go. We don't know where Django ends up far away, but at this moment, he's the real winner in life.

A sad love story, a tragic western epic.

Throughout the history of film, Lao Mei never shy about those ugly chapters in his own history. The reappearance of those unbearable stories at the time is also a wake-up call to the present, after all, the issue of race is still acute at the moment. But only by facing up to the past can we absorb experience and face the future. Otherwise, such a country has no history at all, and some are just similar reincarnations.

So, we still have to improve our posture level!

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Django Unchained quotes

  • Amerigo Vessepi: [Franco Nero played the original Django] What's your name?

    Django: Django.

    Amerigo Vessepi: Can you spell it?

    Django: D-J-A-N-G-O. The D is silent.

    Amerigo Vessepi: I know.

  • Django: [as Schultz prepares to pour the beer] What kind of dentist are you?

    Dr. King Schultz: [smiles] Ha!

    [Schultz fills the beer glasses from the tap]

    Dr. King Schultz: Despite that cart, I haven't practiced dentistry in five years. But these days, I practice a new profession...

    [Schultz grabs the glasses filled with beer and gives a drink to Django]

    Dr. King Schultz: Bounty hunter.

    [Schultz sits down with his own glass]

    Dr. King Schultz: Do you know what a bounty hunter is?

    Django: No.

    Dr. King Schultz: Well, the way the slave trade deals in human lives for cash, a bounty hunter deals in corpses.

    [Schultz clinks his beer glass to Django's]

    Dr. King Schultz: Prost!

    [pause]

    Dr. King Schultz: The state places a bounty on a man's head. I track that man, I find that man, I kill that man.

    [pause]

    Dr. King Schultz: After I've killed him, I transport that man's corpse back to the authorities. Sometimes that's easier said than done. I show that corpse to the authorities, proving yes, indeed, I truly have killed him, at which point the authorities pay me the bounty. So, like slavery, it's a flesh for cash business.