emotionally captivating picture in the purest Tarantino style

Rating: 10/10 (5 August 2016)

this review is meant for the people who have not watched this film yet. Think a lot of people will find it helpful.
when watching a movie my intention is to see a story that somebody created. It's his or her creation, so I don't approach it like "I would have liked it better if...". That to me is a wrong approach to watching movies, because it is never your film and it can never perfectly match your personal preference.
My approach is "I take the story as it is" and I wait to see if it captures my attention. Does the movie take you on an experience that flows from one scene to the next building a coherent and congruent story. Like a book you choose to keep reading. Is there anticipation what would happen next?
I rarely like films because I can clearly perceive the "patches" - the moments where the story is not credible, it "breaks" or becomes plain boring, or somehow it is not coherent and does not make sense in its own way, or is too naive and predictable-a "popcorn movie".
Why did I give it a 10?
It matched all my criteria above.
Two particular aspects need to be shared:
1) the film takes you on a unique emotionally engaging experience. It's perfect the way it is - the way Tarantino chose to tell the story. The characters, the pace, it all made perfect sense to me and it was all congruent.
2) given there are NO special effects in the sense of no car chases, explosions, robots, aliens, etc I found it fascinating how Tarantino managed to make a long film that easily kept my attention for its full duration. Pure art. Rare to see.