Hateful Eight is 'Hatefully' Slow

Rating: 7/10 (24 December 2015)

I'm a HUGE fan of Tarantino, from Reservoir Dogs to Pulp Fiction, to even his newer stuff like Inglorious Basterds & Django: Unchained. After Django, for obvious reasons I was excited for this as it was hyped as a 'Western' styled movie much like Django and it was kept under wraps for quite a while. The Big names are a plenty, however even all the star power can't save this flick from how hard it is to follow. I found that it took way too long for anything exciting to happen. The character development was not as strong as some of his earlier films so for that reason, you really didn't feel like you cared all that much when they started killing off characters. I felt it took way too long to get to the point which ultimately left you wondering 'is this it'? Obviously there is a climax and action in the movie, but because it took so long to get us there as viewers, much of the anticipation was gone by the time the fun started. If you can handle sitting through an hour and a half of 'slow burn' before anything that resembles real action takes place, then by all means check it out. I give it 7/10 stars, it is definitely not his best work.