Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (6 January 2016)

You know you go to a Tarantino movie for cinematographic delight and something with a very specific edge.
To my disappointment, this movie failed to deliver. While the whole "it's filmed Ultra Panavision 70"-buzz thrown around - it hasn't been necessary for the few scenes that stand out more.
The movie is slow and dreadful. And is divided in chapters, which makes it come off as a book that is half-assed put into film.
Nothing worthwhile happens until the before-last chapter where the entire movie is compressed into this 1/6th segment of the film. While 4/6th you see Samuel Jackson as this "withdrawn and righteous man", 2/6th you get to hear him babble on and on so much and in such a cocky know-it-all way, you long lost interest in this character and really want him to get shot in the balls. The character and Samuel Jackson.
The acting performances are very good. I'm not that much of a Samuel Jackson fan, so the camera orbiting him most of the movie just is... Boring.
The movie is watchable, the scenes are pretty and the set looks authentic. Some details in the movie are well done and cross referencing. Although, sometimes they're too obvious and "restated" it loses subtlety.
The characters are interesting, but everything gravitates around one character. While the story is stretched out with "impression shots" and dialogue to come to a short, high paced conclusion. As if it could go on and on and on and then everything rushed to a hasty finale. Where most characters jump out of character, really. And all dimension in the buildup is completely lost. Leaving you with the feeling it's really a political view rammed down your throat - instead of "a story around the civil war". The fact the movie seems to be a lecture that "white to black racism is BAD and only stupid people do this" but "black to white racism is justified. And black to Mexican racism is a-OK!" just wtf?
tl;dr: The concept, "locked in a hut with strangers, what will happen" has also been done. And arguably a bit more exciting.