Tarantino Strikes Again

Rating: 8/10 (17 January 2018)

Quentin Tarantino, the man that has yet to make a bad film strikes yet again. The Hateful Eight is arguably up there with some of his best work. The reasoning that this film is up with his best is because he finally used an original score. The problem I have had with some of Tarantino's previous films is the soundtrack that is provided has acted as a, "Best Hits" put on shuffle. But no, this time around Tarantino hits on all categories. The performances that he gets out of his actors, especially Samuel L. Jackson reminds us what cinema is all about. Getting lost in the world that is provided. For not one second did I think to myself, "Man, Kurt Russell is killing it!". This never appeared in my mind because the costume design, makeup and script gave all these actors a new identity. Because of this, I was lost for the entirety of the 3 hour film. Not to mention, shooting this on 70mm was a nice touch and gave the film some beautiful wide shots. The issues that I have with this film are little but bother me because if you erase them, you could have a potential masterpiece. For one, a song that is not apart of the original score is played towards the beginning of the film and because of how 21st century it felt I was taken out of the setting. Along with that, towards the end of the movie where Samuel L. Jackson gets shot I was a little disturbed. Not by the blood, but by the heavy usage of slow motion. He used the same slow motion in Django Unchained and it bothered me there too. If he changed these details I would have been even happier leaving this film.
Besides the little knit-picks, Tarantino shocked me yet again with another brilliant film. I would recommend this film to only few people because of the long run time and "R" rating that it is. Sit back and enjoy yourself if you are a movie geek like me.