C'mon Quentin

Rating: 8/10 (5 January 2016)

Let me just start by saying that this film is just like boiling a pot of water. It may seem like an odd analogy, but it sums this movie up perfectly. You put it on your stovetop and patiently wait for it to come to a boil. Its boring and uneventful, until those bubbles begin to appear. Except with The Hateful Eight, the pot never reaches its boil. The bubbles begin to appear after a while, but that pot of water never comes to a full boil. Let me just say that I opted for the 70mm screening, which looked beautiful no doubt, and was a cool experience. But man oh man. You better bring a good pillow and a blanket, as this sucker will set you back over 3 hours, 3 hours of boring dialogue and characters with a try too hard plot. Not to mention, the whole thing takes place in a room, minus the first 15 minutes. This would work if the story, script and characters were better. Things do start to sizzle a bit in the third act, but it's still very underwhelming. This movie is so long, there's an intermission. Thats right, you heard it, AN INTERMISSION. This isn't The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. It's The Hateful Eight. Which is a pretentious, boring, 3 hour long opus that screams "Quentin Tarentino trying too hard."
And OK, all of you are going to say "you just don't appreciate good cinema" or "you just didn't get what Quentin was trying to capture" blablabla. I'm just as much of a cinema buff as the rest of you, but The Hateful Eight is easily Quentin's worst movie. Stay home, rent it, save the trip and your money. This movie is not nearly as good as his previous movies. In my opinion, maybe Quentin should give his head a shake, dust off ye ol' ego of his, and get back to making great movies that don't rely on hipster 70mm projection gimmicks and roadshow theatrical releases.