Glad I went to discounted theater and not wasted too much $$$

Rating: 5/10 (2 January 2016)

Hateful Eight was more like a stage play than a movie. Have nothing against theater,appreciate good dialogue and films that are character driven but I had no staying power in this case,lasted 1 1/2 hours including previews. Rare for me to exit a movie.
You'll be disappointed if your expecting a "classic" Western. This film was shallow and boring. It has a very slow pacing and drags along with pointlessly extensive dialogues,shameless use of the 'N' word. The story-line too inconsistent with no particularly likable character.
The scenery is beautiful,cinematography stellar to say the least.
There are eight bad guys that find shelter at Minnie's haberdashery in the middle of a blizzard. Characters played by Samuel Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern and James Parks. All are scoundrels in one way or another determined to ride out this blizzard and fulfill whatever dirty deeds they have in mind. For sure greed,merciless revenge,racial tensions are abounding.
Early on there is one scene that replays 3 to 4 times where different characters have to use two pieces of board to nail shut a door that would otherwise blow open during the blizzard....Boring. No wonder the film was 3 hours long.
In any event I certainly don't regret my decision to leave especially since hearing of the extremely bloody carnage. Although I did enjoy "Django Unchained" and "Inglorious Bastards". At least the plots and storyline were interesting and entertaining.