it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Before seeing the hateful eight, if you were to offer me a Tarantino movie, set in western times about a group of characters trapped inside a cabin and having to bounce off each other with signature Tarantino dialogue and writing, I would have bitten your hand off! Unfortunately, the Hateful Eight doesn't get good until the second half of the movie, where Samuel L Jackson delivers an iconic, hilarious monologue that rivals the likes of Jules' "vengeance" speech in pulp fiction. After this point, the Tarantino-isms truly kick into gear, and the suspense, the wit, the gore, and the characters truly shining and being some of Tarantino's best work, with Warren and Mannix being the stand-outs. However, what makes this film so frustrating is the incredibly tiresome, boring, and irrelevant first half, which definitely should have been cut down, not only to make the film better over all, but to increase the rewatch value. Out of all the Tarantino movies I've seen so far, I feel I am least likely to revisit this one, with its nearly 3 hour run time and monotonous first half, which feels like another writer trying to imitate Tarantino's style, rather than an actual Tarantino movie. If you were to take one thing from this review, I would say completely skip the first hour and 20 minutes or so to where Samuel L Jackson delivers a speech about his "big black pecker" and watch the chaos from there! But because of that first half, I feel the Hateful Eight is one of Tarantino's weaker projects, or at the very least the most frustrating.

Now, I'm not writing this review to be "helpful". I'm just voicing my opinion on it as a whole. I stumbled upon this title on Netflix with hardly any knowledge of it, the actors involved, or even its plot. The beginning was somewhat strange, but the setting was somewhat immersive to me, so I stuck with watching it. As the plot thickened and the characters became more involved with each other, I found it kind of hard to get out of my seat for the nearly 3 hours that the movie was on.The suspenseful events that unfold during the movie (especially when it came down to the mystery aspect) really kept my mind focused, and got me involved with the character portrayal and each of their roles in this tiny cabin that most of it takes part in. The gruesome and "expected-but-unexpected" things that happen during this film didn't distract me from the rest of the plot, and kept engaged and focusing on what would happen next. I will say that if you're just looking for a shoot-em-up western that involves a team of heroes, this is not a movie meant for you. If you can grasp hold of what's going on in the film and take the tiny details into consideration given the fact that it's a mystery that revolves heavily around the characters, I think you'll like the movie.

Watched on Neflix. I just clicked play, having a toothache in the wee small hours I couldn't have cared less about the details , anything to concentrate on would do. The psycho of Hollywood Quentin Tarantino is the director so I knew I was in for a crimson tide of gore, instead I got a tsunami. Shock factor always disappears with Tarantino's films the more gore he adds the less it effects, it says more about his mind than mine. Starting hours before a huge blizzard is due a bounty hunter (Kurt Russell) has is prey , a female worth 10 grand dead or alive, on the way to look for the safety of Minnie's Haberdashery, the coach and six picks up another bounty hunter (Samuel L. Jackson) then a would be sheriff (Walton Goggins) on his way to the town were the female Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is to be hanged. Arriving at Minnie's Jackson notices a lot is wrong, Minnie, her man and three employees aren't there. A lone Mexican man has been put in charge of the Haberdashery. The Haberdashery is the stage for the story. Inside the sprawling one room, is a confederate general, An English hangman and a gunslinger who's writing his autobiography. Agatha Christi's ten little Indians came to mind. With devil may care racism, needless murder etc., the story unfolds. Leigh's face has so much done to it , elbows in it, fists, hot stew, bloody vomit and a spatter of brains, she looked worse than Carrie on prom night by the end. 3 stars because the toothache eased by the end of a long boring pointless movie.

I haven't seen many Tarentino films, only the two Kill Bills and now this one, but I can say that if all the rest of his films are like this one, then I'm forever a fan. This is a fantastic film, it does everything right. The storytelling and the acting is what really stands out here. This film is told in chapters, and each chapter is essential to the overall story. Samuel L. Jackson gives an incredible performance here, ofcourse he never phones it in, but this performance is especially strong. The other one that really shines here is Jennifer Jason Leigh, she really shows her great acting abilities here as Daisy. Very deserving of that Academy Award nomination. The other cast members do great too, very focused and committed. The film is a claustrophobic western mystery film. I love that the film is vague and doesn't give you much to go off of. I was thoroughly entertained and never bored. How could I be bored with such great writing and such great acting? 10/10!