I'm positive I'm bored

Rating: Null/10 (19 August 2017)

This movie should have been Tarantino's foray into horror. If only!! I know some fans will disagree, but this movie was incredibly boring. Good acting. Good film making. Dialogue is interesting. But what would have made this movie a complete change of pace is if all these dangerous characters meet up in the first hour and in the second hour they find out they are holed up in a place that has a bloody history, maybe a twisted haunting or maybe even some kind of wendigo or something sinister that makes itself known and how it tries to get in there at different times. Slowly they all go crazy during this ordeal. In between the horror and the suspense scenes you have your trademark Tarantino dialogue that sets these characters. Yeah. All that. As I was watching this movie I kept thinking, what if something was trying to get in? Something they had to keep out. Something more dangerous then all of them. Cause lets face it. There is nothing more dangerous then being bored. However that is merely a matter of opinion. The cold grizzled fact of the matter is that, The Revenant was a similar bleak mood in some ways, but far superior. Betwixt these two well made movies, go with Revenant. What is truly interesting is that rumor has it Tarantino got the idea for Hateful 8 from The Thing. Its a fascinating and brilliant idea that does not register the way I wanted it too. But I commend the man for his setups. He knows how to keep us in suspense. Tarantino is a master craftsman with an obvious love for his source material. Its just my opinion but Hateful 8 would have been the perfect opportunity to make a superior western horror movie. A nice cross genre art piece with his trademark style and vitality. I tried hard not to expect too much. I tried hard not to fall asleep. Worth your time if you are a die hard fan. But most die-hard fans will agree its not his best. I think its better if your holed up inside with a storm going on outside, as you curl up and watch it. Because those kind of situations seem to make a movie play out better. Kurt Russell, as always, is the real reason to watch.