Jamie Foxx was the reason I didn't love this film.

You wanted him to act humble like Old Ben with the three dimples in his skull? He was told to act like that since he wasn't meant to be humble.

I agree precisely, this is my main complaint too. I don't think he did particularly well in this movie. He was pretty wooden and his only expression throughout the entire movie was looking arrogant and cocky. There was no variation there at all. It actually took away from the realism when he had this vaguely aggressive, disgusted sort of look the entire time he was talking to pretty much any other character in the movie and they didn't react negatively to it.

If an actor doesn't "nail" a part in a big budget movie, I tend to blame the director rather than the actor. If the director is satisfied, that's what you get.

Having said that, I think QT stretches what we are supposed to accept in his films and characters. Either we are caught up in the inventive, novel quality or are left rolling the eyes at anachronistic references and behavior. Perhaps Django falls in the latter?

I wish I had seen it uninterrupted on The Big Screen, but on TV I really wasn't captivated with it. Re-watched it after almost finishing it the first time just to give it a serious viewing (thought my interest had wandered at points), but when it was over I didn't feel like I had experienced anything remarkable, except for all the blood spurting everywhere, which was ugly.

I blame director Quentin Tarantino more than Jamie Foxx, I think he was in love with the character of Dr. Schultz and let him run away with every scene he was in. Tarantino has had Waltz play the same sort of character in two films, and I suspect that he plays the guy Tarantino would like to be: The mouthy, charming, clever bastard, the one who can outsmart anyone and who can talk his way out of anything.

So as long as Dr. Schultz is alive, Django is given little to do but glower, and doesn't do much more once he's dead. It's pretty clear that the director of this film feels more understanding and interest towards the white supporting character, than the official star of the film.

You hit the nail on the head. I didn't see Django, all I saw was Jamie Foxx. He was too sure of himself in every scene for someone who has grown up as a subjugated slave all his life. Not believable at all.

I think he was just trying to act tough on camera and wasn't able to pull it off convincingly.

There have been lots of Djangos over the years but no one, including Foxx, can take the place of Nero.