Review of The Hateful Eight (2015) by Smoothoperator — 02 Jan 2016

Most people who don't like this movie have grown up in a time of over-produced, lifeless films who lack anything close to entertainment and they are missing the point of what Tarantino is doing here. He is trying to revive a long lost art of film, Westerns.

Everything in this movie is extremely well done. The cinematography is second to none, set and costume design are fantastic, the characters are excellent and well-developed which gave me zero problems enjoying this film for three hours as I appreciate films created with intent over profit. Westerns move slowly and today's society cant handle that, they need constant explosions and action to satisfy their endless ADD.

People who flame the movie for being racist are just asinine, the point of the movie is to make you BELIEVE that it took place in the time and place of which the story is told and I cannot believe people have such a hard time understanding this is actually how it was, much worse actually, and it takes place right after the civil war...some of you people are just ridiculous, stick to your transformers and hangover movies and don't even waste your time seeing a movie that is a work of art.

It is a sad reality that QT is essentially the only director not afraid to stick to what film should be, it should evoke emotion and keep a viewer engaged through dialogue and story and the Hateful Eight does just that. It is amazing he could write a movie that could keep interest for over 3 hours when it occurs in essentially one location. He once again proved he is an expert at picking cast members and writing dialogue; Samuel L Jackson is truly phenomenal in this movie and Goggins is absolutely spectacular.

This movie will be loved by those who understand its intent and lost to those who know little about what a movie, especially a western, is supposed to be. If you saw this movie and think poorly of it, I recommend you go watch a handful of the great westerns and re-asses your opinion.