Can't get it out of my mind

Rating: 9/10 (4 April 2016)

I had seen the trailer about a month ago and couldn't wait to see the film. The Ultra Panavision 70mm format looked absolutely stunning and there was no way I would miss this for the world. Not a die-hard theater-goer by any means, I thought I would wait for the Blu-Ray version to come out or see it pop up on my Bell Fibe account, whichever came first. So Bell it was (incredible 4K quality, by the way, if you have a 4K TV). So I started watching it. I have every Tarantino film in my collection and like so many others, felt disappointed with this one, finding some scenes ridiculous (the bloody gore scenes involving the tainted coffee, for example), over- indulgent, redundant, boring and a bit long. And yet, I couldn't get the movie out of my mind. After my first viewing, I came here and started to read reviews for over an hour, which I've never done before. And look at me now, I've opened an account at IMDb and writing my first one. And it's not so much a review on the film itself but my experience with it. After reading the reviews by other members, I decided to watch it again the next night (available for 48 hours on Bell when renting) and not be so stuffy about its flaws. Let's face it, it has quite a few. I did have more fun with the second viewing, especially with Walton Goggins who in my opinion, should have won for Best Supporting Actor (Mark Rylance was deserving too in Bridge of Spies, but Goggins just blew me away). On Saturday, I went out and bought the Blu-Ray edition and watched it again. And this time, I took it all in, enjoying every stitch, even keeping an eye out for more goofs in continuity (posted 2 under that section yesterday). I connected with Ennio Morricone's score only on the 3rd viewing (didn't care much for it on the 1st). I enjoyed every bit of screen time Bruce Dern got, forgave Tim Roth's emulation of Christoph Waltz and took his offering for what it was, and enjoyed the 70mm extravaganza indoors which at times gave me the impression of watching Opera on stage. (The lighting was masterfully done, by the way). Bottom line, it's a great movie with flaws, one I can't get out of my mind and will want to see over and over again.