Two Things...

First, like the Prez, I joined the great unwashed masses to check out the new film by my favorite director. Simply put, Django Unchained was one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. In my opinion, this is Tarantino's best movie since Kill Bill I, and you could even argue it was his best since Pulp Fiction. Django Unchained was the movie that Inglorious Basterds should have been.  Like all of Tarantino's films, the dialogue and banter between the characters was incredibly entertaining and well written. I think this was easily his best scripted film since Pulp Fiction. Not only did the writing shine through, but this film was fundamentally successful on every level, especially the acting. Christoph Waltz gave the best performance I've seen by any actor in a long time. Samual L. Jackson played his best role (and played it superbly!) since Jules Winnfield. And for the first time in my life I was actually impressed Dicaprio!

A couple side notes, without giving too much away, I loved that Dicaprio's character was a Francophile much like myself, who can't speak a word of French. 

And,  was I the only one that thought Rick Ross was rapping about needing a 100 black golfers?

Finally, I think you could make the recommendation on seeing this film based on the Tupac and James Brown mashup alone.

Second, to finish up my 'best of posts', here is what I consider to be some of the best songs I listened to in 2012. Enjoy it here.