"The D is silent."

I've been loking forward to the trailer for Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino's latest flick, since I heard the title and that it was a Western. We got a glimpse of spaghetti western influence on Tarantino in Kill Bill, Vol. 2, but a full on Western? Count me in. If you haven't seen the trailer, which I'm surprised at if you're reading this, or you've only seen it 11 times, it's below.

This psychs me up for the movie, but doesn't do nearly the job that the Inglourious Basterds teaser did years ago. Maybe it's because there's no main character with a mysterious scar on his neck like Brad Pitt, or maybe it's because this trailer has no Nazis. Although there is one character that peaks my interest, and that is M.C. Gainey's character. In the trailer, he appears to be shot while having pages of The Bible pinned to him. I'm assuming it's The Bible, but whether it is or not, the fact that pages are pinned to his clothes are very interesting. Plus, there's the brief glimpse of Don Johnson as the Colonel Sanders-looking man. I read that people who saw scenes with him, said he was great. 

The scene I know I'm already looking forward to is the Saloon scene where Christoph Waltz makes his pitch to Jamie Foxx. It seems to be just the two of them in the bar. It makes me think of the Superman/Clark Kent speech in Kill Bill, Vol. 2 and the Waltz-stolen scene at the opening of Inglourious Basterds. 

We also get a nice look at the character Leonardo DiCaprio will be playing. Very interesting character and I love that he was introduced with a spaghetti western-style jarring zoom. The character looks "fun." After seeing DiCaprio in a string of serious roles (The Departed, Shutter Island, Inception) I'm really looking forward to seeing what he can do in this role.

My absolute favorite shot though is the spray of blood across the cotton. The trailer for the most part isn't the hyper-violence you would expect from Tarantino, but this shot reminds us that it will be there. And I can't fucking wait.