Tarantino (not my favorite)

Rating: 5/10 (16 November 2018)

I don't know what it's like to love Quentin Tarantino, so this review comes from the perspective of someone who has never really enjoyed his style. Yet, I was pleasantly surprised with how much I liked Django Unchained I decided to cue up Netflix and give The Hateful Eight a shot.
It didn't take long for me to realize I had a Tarantino flick on my hands. The first 30 minutes is the typical dialogue heavy stuff, the Tarantino blueprint. At one point about 45 minutes in I was so close to turning the movie off, but I stayed with it. It was just too much characters talking and nothing happening. I knew that at some point they would all be confined together in a cabin or house so I told myself to wait it out, perhaps it will get better. If these are my feelings to this point does it sound like a 10/10 movie?
Jennifer Jason Leigh's character was a bright spot. She didn't say much but I thought her mannerisms and facial expressions were perfect. I think in a way she kept me in the movie to see what would happen to her. Kudos to the makeup team that successfully had her looking beat to hell.
I was interested to see what would happen in Red Rock, but because it's a Tarantino movie they were never going to get there. All hell had to break loose first. The inevitable slaughter scene took place. Heads exploding, etc. I would have liked a little mystery twist at the end, but instead it was the girl just simply suspected of lying and so everyone dies.
I think ending with reading Abraham Lincoln's letter was supposed to......what was it supposed to do again?
If you're a Tarantino fan you'll probably(?) like this movie. If you're not, you probably won't. I gave this 5 stars because it was good enough for me to get through the almost 3 hours but not without me contemplating turning it off and also checking my phone and such during the movie.
Meh.