A bit much, but still good!

Rating: 9/10 (14 August 2018)

I'm not the biggest fan of Quentin Tarantino. However, this isn't bad.
Performances were good, as expected. Jamie Foxx was great as the title character, brining a silent gusto of sorts that worked. Kerry Washington was good. Leonardo DiCaprio was a bit crazy, but I believe that was the intent. If it was, well done Leo! Sam Jackson was interesting and played his part well. As always, Christoph Waltz amazes. Not as much as in Inglorious Basterds (2009), but still a stellar performance.
The writing was... interesting. I don't know if it deserved the awards it got. The characters that were crafted were quite good. The main writing that made it was the relations and dialogue between the characters. I just don't know.
The direction was not bad at all. It felt a bit more like Inglorious Basterds (2009) than Pulp Fiction (1994), in a cartoonish kind of way, but was still solid. The pacing made it seem slower than it should have been and therefore made me feel as though I was in a movie for about an hour longer than I should have.
One last thing that deserves praise: the environment that was created seems very much like the 1800s. From the production design to the props to the costumes, this felt like it was taking place during one of America's most difficult times.
A bit much, but still good! 7/10