–Huffington Post movie critic Leslie Sisman
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“this season’s bloodiest movie…”
–Chiderah Monde, New York Daily News
“Django Unchained” is classic Quentin Tarantino: blood, guns, and violence:
Django was so cool. They killed horses, showed beautiful mountains, and shot guns at each others crotches. My kind of movie.
— josh flinn (@Josh_Flinn) January 6, 2013
https://twitter.com/NVTEZILLV/status/287812012090748928
For all the talk of guns in this country, django basically glorifies them and makes them cool. #pennyforurthoughts
— Jonathan O'Reilly (@Jonathanoreilly) January 6, 2013
Just ate spaghetti sauce with a white jacket on. I look like a scene from #Django. #Fail.
— Viviana Chavez (@vivianachavez) January 6, 2013
None of which seems to bother gun control advocate / pacifist Michael Moore one bit:
"Django Unchained" is one of the best film satires ever. A rare American movie on slavery and the origins of our sick racist history. Wow.
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) January 1, 2013
Plantation owner: "All these slaves! Have you ever wondered why they just don't kill us?" In Django, they do.
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) January 1, 2013
Happy New Year everyone! May 2013 bring u the peace & passion you're looking for and deserve to have. Have u seen Django? Omg watching now!
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) January 1, 2013
Is violence acceptable if the victims are evil white people?
Some people seem to think so.
https://twitter.com/drewxblood/status/287985545240510464
Django was so good, I'm going to go beat up a white person.
— Zach Bartz (@ZachBartz) December 31, 2012
Go see Django and look at all the white people's faces when that hoe is over. PRICELESS. LMFAO!
— COTTO MATAY (@2Flyyy_Tank) January 6, 2013
https://twitter.com/jazouttacontrol/status/288013830221611009
https://twitter.com/Holhol10620/status/288004093509791744
It’s a line of thinking with which Moore seems to agree:
"RT @Hamilton_ghouse: @MMFlint spoiler alert?!?!" No. Django starts killing white people early on. Won't tell u how it ends!
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) January 1, 2013
Guns … they are so cool! That is, if they’re used in a Michael Moore-approved way.
As we wrote last month, we’re not saying that violent films and video games are to blame for the mass shooting that took place in Newtown, Conn.
[W]e know who pulled the trigger there, and it wasn’t director Quentin Tarantino or the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre.
If we are going to have a national conversation on guns, though, can we at least ask why those in Hollywood who are so appalled by them can’t seem to find a movie prop they love more?
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