Pure Tarantino

Rating: 3/10 (8 July 2016)

One either loves or hates his movies. This one falls in-between. Good premise that goes on much too long. OK acting by most, but a 'little-over-the-top" by Jackson and Leigh.
Two large plot holes or shortcomings mar the movie. SPOILER ALERT: Earlier in the day section when the baddies kill the people at the Haberdashery, how and who could have cleaned up all the blood stains so fast? Except for the covered chair, no way could they have washed and cleaned the whole place. Even worse, at the end, you have two guys to age weak and can hardly move, yet they are able to make a great looking noose, with nary a blood stain from the girl or themselves on the rope. They are actually able to get up on the rafters to sling the rope around, get down, put Leigh in the noose, again, nary a bit of blood, and able to pull the noose? Incredible feat which defeats the whole film. I aghast that Tarantino himself, or the crew or even the actors didn't think about the implausibility of all this. A mess, for sure.
Since about 90% of the film takes place in a stagecoach and the interior of the cabin, why the wide screen, 70 MM? Should have been filmed in black and white with just an old-fashion 1.33 camera lens. The more I think about the film the less I like it.
Another factor that doesn't make sense is the lie that the Jackson character tells the Dern character. Very offensive scene, and the blood-shed that follows is also overdone. Tarantino would be ashamed of himself for this one.