Directed and Written by : Quentin Tarantino
Starring : Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Tim Roth, Demian Bichir, Bruce Dern, Michael Madsen
Release Date : December 25, 2015
Director / Writer Quentin Tarantino makes his movies with a particular style, and "The Hateful Eight" is no exception. Tarantino's films can be polarizing; even among his fans, and this movie will probably be that case once again. What you're getting into here, is an almost 3 hours long movie, set in only two primary locations, that's 95% dialogue and 5% action. It's very offensive, vulgar, and the violence it does have are usually graphically bloody. It has that post-civil war Western genre backdrop, that's mixed with a whodunnit type mystery, with a good variety of politically incorrect characters. If that sounds like something you wouldn't mind seeing, then you might just enjoy this.
The movie plays out in six chapters, with the first half of that specifically dedicated to character introductions and backstories. There's a lot of seemingly innocuous information that Tarantino tosses into the many conversations and monologues that are littered throughout the movie, which may seem pointless and boring for some audiences to put up with. I however found them absolutely engrossing to listen to, and only made me even more invested in what was going to happen to these characters. I also appreciated it's dark sense of humor, as well as the almost wacky comedy bits and running gags (like one involving a door).
As for the characters in the movie themselves, I thought that they were all pretty fantastic. Well, maybe one or two of them weren't exactly on par with the rest, but I enjoyed what each character brought into the story. I loved the fact that each one of the characters had distinctly unique personalities and characteristics. Samuel L Jackson and Kurt Russell were easily the actors who stood out the most, but to my pleasant surprise it was actually Walton Goggins who I think steals this movie as the major highlight of the cast.
Filled with conversation topics that ranges from the historical, political, and social, with tons of story telling, and characters making monologues of deduction, "The Hateful Eight" is very much a "talky." Despite some scenes that I thought could have been edited down, I was not bored at all with this magnificent Tarantino movie.
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