Django Unchained Review: Memorable, but Not Classic

I've been meaning to see Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained for a while now, and, yesterday, I finally got the opportunity. Critics promised it would be violent, controversial, shocking, and more classic Tarantino. I had fairly high expectations, and, though the film did not quite meet them, I have to say it was a good movie. Beware there are some minor spoilers ahead

4/5 Stars

Honestly, it felt more like a 3.75/5. I was surprised to have such mixed feelings about the movie. It started off great, with superb interaction between Jamie Foxx and Christopher Waltz. The early scene in a small Texas town in which Foxx rides in on a horse and both bounty hunters encounter quick resistance from the racist townsfolk was quite entertaining, and as was the Ku Klux Klan's unlucky raid on the good dentist's wagon. Both scenes had some memorable laughs while still incorporating the trademark hyper-violence present in most Tarantino films.

However, fewer laughs are found in the far darker second act of the film, which pits Foxx and Waltz's characters against plantation owner Calvin Candie, played with some distinction by Leonardo DiCaprio...

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New Year's Eve 2012

New Year's Eve was a bit of a mixed bag. Arkham Horror is a fun game, but people had a hard time following the game's complicated rules. Still, some fun moments were had before we decided to call it quits and commence with more enthusiastic drinking and celebrating the impending new year.

I am pretty impressed with my camera's ability to capture some of the following images at ISO 12800 in particularly dark (and cold!) conditions. I'm still learning to use it, but it's been pretty great so far. I've already sold my old Canon Rebel XS and am ready to continue to invest in this profession after I've saved a bit more money.

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Much Ado About Something
Much Ado About Something

As the New Year is almost upon us, I'm taking some time to produce this website to further my interests, and hopefully advance my career. Since I've been working in online marketing for over four years now, it seems a bit silly for me not to have my own website. So, here it is - I'm trying out Squarespace due to a coworker's recommendation, I hope it looks professional!

Also, on Friday I received the Canon 5D Mark III in the mail. While I have already taken some pretty nice pictures with it, I still have to delve into the most-likely several hundred page manual to figure out things like, say, how to shoot continuous photos. As this camera set me back quite a bit, I'm hoping to utilize this website to make money and turn my passion into a job. Thus, in the coming weeks after New Year's, I will be starting my own company, Keil Productions LLC, and working on all the intricate details that entails, like purchasing business insurance to cover all my photography gear.

Read more about my New Year's Resolution: launching KeilProductions.com!

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