Review of The Hateful Eight (2015) by A T — 29 Apr 2016
The best way to sum up The Hateful Eight is said in the movie as "The name of the game is patience.". After an excruciating hour long set up, the film picks up telling the story of John Ruth and his journey to bring Daisy Domergue to hang.
For some reason, John suspects someone doesn't want him to get the bounty, so the film unravels into a mystery. And I think at that point the film finally grabbed me. But to take that long is sadly just not worth it to the payoff at the end.
Sure, in pure Tarantino style, bodies explode and expletives fly. But also in pure Tarantino style if you hate the "talk before action" type films he is known for, this won't win you over.
In fact, there is so much monologuing it is nauseating to the point of almost wanting to cut the film down from it's "slim" 2h47m run time. The actors, nothing really stands out too much beyond maybe Samuel L.
Jackson who gets a really meaty monologue and just carries the film. And Tim Roth seems like he screams "let the Christoph out!" Still I wish Tarantino would move away from the historical spaghetti western, especially if he wants to be done after 10 films, 3/10 of his films are now in the genre! For die hards, I'd recommend, but for the average movie goer, I don't know if this is the Tarantino film worth your time.
This review of The Hateful Eight (2015) was written by A T on 29 Apr 2016.
The Hateful Eight has generally received very positive reviews.
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