Oscar Best Picture Rundown #4

DJANGO UNCHAINED 

With Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds receiving award love upon their release, the Academy has shown they are adept to a hint of Quentin Tarantino. It will come as no surprise that Django Unchained has been nominated (although, perhaps a surprise that it comes as no surprise – Django is, after all, everything you’d come to expect from a Tarantino film about slavery. Violence, use of racial slurs, etc. and what with the Academy seeming a little stern considering their anger at Zero Dark Thirty, you'd be mistaken for thinking they would have been offended by many elements from this film) It is the anti-Lincoln, and although Tarantino hasn’t been nominated for Best Director, don’t be surprised to see him pick up a statuette for Original Screenplay.

Will it win?

I doubt it very much. As I mentioned, it’s the anti-Lincoln, depicting a rather different reaction to slavery in an alternate universe presented to us in a brilliant way by Quentin. It’s tough to even say whether Django Unchained would have been nominated if the category hadn’t extended its number of nominees back in 2009, so a win is unlikely.

Film: 4.5/5
Chances of Winning: 2/5


Read my Django Unchained review here