A New Look At The Old South

I don't think I have to tell you of my love for Quentin Tarantio's take on WWII in Inglourious Basterds.  Now, it seems Tarantio has turned his skilled camera lens on the Old South.  No, this will not be a tale that includes a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South...where the pretty world of Gallantry took its last bow... where it was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave...We should look for that only in movies (one in particular), for it is no more than a dream remembered. A Civilization gone with the wind...  Yep, ripped that one right out of the most famous tale of the Old South, a piece of Southern heritage as rich as pecan pie served with sun tea...sweet, of course, Gone With The Wind.  And while you will never hear me say a harsh word against that wonderful movie, I do look much more forward to watching Tarantio's newest take on the Old South than rewatch the four plus hour epic that brought us a sassy girl named Scarlett and a dashing rake named Rhett.

Django Unchained will arrive this Christmas.  With it, Tarantio brings to life the story of a slave-turned-bounty hunter who sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.  It stars the memorizing Christoph Waltz as a bounty hunter who becomes the mentor for that slave-turned-bounty hunter mentioned above who is played by Jamie Foxx.  The two set off on a quest to bring down Waltz's latest bounty and, in doing so, win Foxx his freedom and the help he needs to find his wife who was kidnapped.  Also in the mix is Leonardo DiCaprio who, I think, serves as the brutal Mississippi plantation owner that has Foxx's wife.

Released last week, the first full trailer makes me wish Christmas could be in July.  Take a look...

That has classic Tarantio written all over it.  I can't wait!  If it is as good as this trailer hints at, then this flick will proudly go on the shelf beside Gone With The Wind...and Inglorious Basterds.  Yes, my movie collection, if anything, is unique.

One of these days I will get around to writing about (read gushing over) The Avengers.  Let me just say, if you haven't seen it at least once or twice, you are missing out!  It too will be on my movie shelf the day it comes out!  In closing, I'll just throw out one of my favorite lines from that great summer flick..."Loki's a full-tilt diva. He wants flowers, he wants parades, he wants a monument built in the skies with his name plastered...sonofab*&$#!"  Yep, Tony (aka Iron Man) just figured out where Loki's hiding out! Don't understand?  Go see it!  You will not be disappointed!  

See you at the movies...