Big big disappointment

Rating: 2/10 (26 December 2015)

Quentin Tarantino surely must rate as one of the most dissipated directors of all time, and his latest piece of cr@p is called "The Hateful Eight". No it's not as bad as Django, Grindhouse, or Jackie Brown, but from a man who gave us "Pulp Fiction", "Reservoir Dogs", and "Kill Bill" this is a big big disappointment. Tararntino's best work is now more than 2 decades old, and the only half decent film he's made in the last decade was "Inglorious Basterds" (2009).
The film itself is far too long and too much in love with itself, as are the actors who in other films can be quite engaging. Tarantino trots old his old band of reliables (Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Samuel Jackson) but even they go down under the weight of the script and self-conscious direction.