Tarantino grows up

Rating: 10/10 (2 January 2016)

Tarantino grows up
More mature cinematography: The cinematography in the outdoors scenes (first 20 minutes) is thoughtful and evocative.
More mature dialogue: The best dialogue Tarantino has written yet, thanks to a more nuanced political awareness than ever before.
More mature plot: The forces at work in the Hateful Eight are more complicated than the usual "Tarantino's revenge story". The Hateful Eight keeps us guessing until the end, and this means there's more room for the viewer to think, rather than just feel.
I had thought that Tarantino was slowly winding down as a filmmaker. Now I can't wait to see where he goes next.