Tarantino Has Run out of Ideas

Rating: 2/10 (4 April 2016)

Since there is absolutely just about NOTHING to watch on television anymore, a friend and I decided to check out Tarantino's latest offering, "The Hateful Eight" last evening. I should have read a book.
This was one of the most stomach-turning assault on the senses I have ever witnessed. You are treated to several characters that no one could ever like, much less "pull for" in any situation. They are all indeed hateful, yet what Tarantino did to his characters induces more than just hate from its viewers.
John Ruth (played by Kurt Russell), an infamous bounty hunter, is on his way to Red Rock, WY, with his prisoner, Daisy Domergue (played by Jennifer Jason Leigh) in tow. He is going to make sure she hangs and he gets the $10,000 bounty placed on her head. Traveling by stagecoach, they are trying to outrun a blizzard. Along the way, Ruth picks up Maj.Marquis Warren (played by Samuel L. Jackson), and newly elected sheriff of Rock Ridge, Chris Mannix, (played by Walter Goggins). They travel as far as they can but have to hole up in a haberdashery with four other curious fellows. I will not go any further into the plot.
Tarantino is well known for his excesses in his movies, and this one is no different. That being said, I believe Tarantino needs to be told by someone that sometimes less is more. This movie, which lasts close to three hours, is chock full of the "N" word (it seemed at one point, it was every OTHER word), the "F"-bomb, G-d's, MF's; you name it; it's in there. I have said on many occasions that Tarantino is living out his biggest fantasies in his films, and one of those fantasies is being a misogynist. Daisy, it would seem, is only in ANY scene in order for her to either get punched in the mouth, pistol whipped, or to have her teeth knocked out. How Leigh ever got an Oscar nomination for this role still has me puzzled. And a flashback story the Major tells was simply nauseating. Also, someone please explain to me how Ennio Morricone received an Oscar for best musical score.
This movie is rated "R" and contains male on male sodomy, full nudity, graphic violence, and language. Adults (especially parents) are STRONGLY CAUTIONED about who they may let view this. I would say it should not be viewed by anyone under 18. For all of his movies, Tarantino has finally gotten his point across: He has absolutely nothing to say.