A Western or sorts, too long, talky, but still good

Rating: 7/10 (31 March 2016)

In the dead of winter with a snow blizzard coming up fast, Bounty Hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) takes Daisy (Jennifer Jason Leigh) to Red Rock for hanging. On the road, the stage coach meets up with another Bounty Hunter, Major Warren (Jackson) and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins) who claims to be the new Sheriff in Red Rock. Of course, no one trusts anyone. They stop for shelter at Minnie's store where we see other characters of ill-repute. Why are they there? This can't be good.
We just know all this will result in terrific shootings. Kind of reminded me of the Smoking Aces movie where there was a shootout within an elevator. So I bided my time. The problem here is that it takes too long to get to that point. John Ruth takes guns away from everyone (except from the Major) to insure his and Daisy's safety. In the meantime we get to hear everyone's story and this is where talky, talky, talky comes into play. All this could have been shortened without losing any of the story.
I see you are looking for the twist. Well, here's the thing: about Chapter 4 or so we come to see what happened before the stage coach with John Ruth and company arrived at Minnie's store. Now the real story begins.
Notables: Michael Mardsen as Joe Gage who says he is going home to see his mother; Tim Roth as Oswaldo Mobray, the Hangman going to Red Rock; Bruce Dern as Confederate General Sandy Smithers going to Red Rock to see the grave of his son killed in the Civil War; James Parks as O.B . the stage coach driver; and Demian Bichir as Bob, the Mexican who tells everyone he is just minding the store for Minnie who left for a while. Channing Tatum as Jody: comes in really late. Can't say more.
This can be considered a classic WESTERN WHO-DUN-IT and we follow Major Warren's logic and see that he makes a lot of sense. I know in the past I have always accused Samuel L. Jackson - many times – of playing a character who likes to pontificate. So true in here as well. But truth be told, he is extremely good at it. Kudos. You almost expect him to ask you "what's in your wallet?" from an ad he's in. Ha! The telling of the General's son who performed fellatio on the Major was quite unnecessary.
The shootings are what we come to this movie to see. Hey, this is a Quinton Tarantino movie! Ever see a watermelon blown away by a shotgun? That is what you will see when shots are fired at the heads of some characters. The CGI is unforgiving and there will be blood everywhere.
The cinematography is so good that you wished you could take a picture of some scenery, put a frame in it and hang it on a wall.
Although this is quite talky for most of the movie, the acting and dialogues are spot on and quite engaging. It's just that too many characters have too much to say. Ha! (7/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: Yes.