After a surprisingly subdued introduction by Quentin Tarantino who promises the book includes scenes that didn't make the cut due to time constraints, we meet Django.If this book wasn't merely a movie adaptation, it would have been better received. It's actually well done, with great art by great artists, and the unfortunately uncredited (on online venues) adaptor Reginald Hudlin also throws in his best effort.But if you've seen the movie... Quentin Tarantino excels in tension building. You can just feel it, cut it with a knife. One of my favorite scenes in this movie is right in the beginning when a Speck brother on his horse holds up a gun and says with a grin "Who's that stumbling about in the dark?" It was a perfect shot. The book, not so much. The book basically includes only one additional scene which I, if I were Tarantino, would've released as a teaser short or at least Blu-Ray supplementary material. It details Broomhilde's journey to Candyland. This book was still worth the read, and I'm very glad the characters weren't drawn in exact likenesses of the actors. This just ruins things sometimes. This was a very fun read. Complaints about the shifting art style seem overblown to me, as it seems to fit in with the narrative structure (flashbacks, scene changes, etc) and also each style and in turn each artist has delivered some beautiful work. The dialogue, however, is what makes this for me. In comics, big chunks of dialogue can be a detriment to the pacing and flow of a story, but here, it all seems so natural that I didn't even notice. Not much to complain about here at all, except for the fact that I wanted to know more about Dr. Schultz's back story. Oh well, perhaps Tarantino can tackle that in another script.
What do You think about Django Unchained (2013)?
I thought Django was cooler here than he was when played by Jamie Foxx.
—fer_1890
