THE HATEFUL EIGHT
(MOVIE REVIEW)
A
MOUNTAIN
OF A FILM
Written by
Bailey Giannini
(Film Buff/Film Critic/Movie Enthusiast)
Star rating: 4 out of 5
The Hateful Eight is a great film, it tells the story of four people who seek shelter during a snow blizzard, with two bounty hunters, one played by Samual L. Jackson, named Major Marquis , and the other named John Ruth who is played by Kurt Russel who is taking a female criminal named Daisy (Jennifer Jason Leigh) to Red Rock to be hung, and end up at Minnie’s Haberdashery. The rest of the film turns into a thrilling mystery of a who done what, and the viewer has to really take everything in to understand this movie throughout. Like the movie Pulp Fiction you actually have to watch this movie. It has a great story, but you have to focus on everything that’s going on. Quentin Tarantino does a great job blending in the genres of crime, drama and mystery. This movie has warmth, and even though the opening of this movie is set during a blizzard storm, there’s a welcoming feel to it that invites the viewer into the film and your immediately taken along for the journey ahead until the very end. This movie is for people who want characters who are fully developed and not
cardboard cut outs, much like the character development in Killers Of The Flower Moon for instance. This movie isn’t for children or for adults with the mindsets of a child aged ten and under, I would say. This movie is crafted with artistry and Tarantino delivers a mountain of a film that people should not pass up. This movie glows and stands out amongst the rest of his work, unlike Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Jackie Brown this movie doesn’t have a whole lot of scene changes. For the most part we are in one location once we’re at the point in the movie where the characters have taken shelter at the haberdashery, which is at the haberdashery. They stay there because the blizzard is so bad, and for those of you who haven’t seen the actual movie, when you watch it, you will see what I mean and how bad the blizzard actually is in the film. Which is extremely awful. When I watched this movie, and
learned that the temperatures were actually real and so was the blizzard I wondered if any of the cast and crew got worried about frost bite at all, and if they had any medical teams on set in case there was an emergency like or related to frost bite. One of the things that impressed me in this movie is how the camera operators were able to maintain great control of the cameras while they were filming in the conditions that they were filming in. That was very impressive work, and I would describe the cinematography as rich and silver. It had a silvery and rich look. It was very neat looking and very nicely shot. What I mean by silvery is sort of a Christmas kind of a look during the blizzard scenes. But the tone isn’t friendly at all, don’t get me wrong about that though, this is a very serious and violent film from start to finish. But the graphic violence is spread out through the movie. Don’t expect this movie to be fully action packed and loaded with shootout scenes from beginning to end. There is graphic violence, but it’s not throughout the whole movie, as long as you go in with an open mind and know that this movie is a drama, crime and mystery film, then you will be entertained to the fullest. I loved Samual L. Jackson’s performance and Kurt Russel’s Performance as well. Jennifer Jason Leigh was very good as well. To me though, there’s always an actor in a movie who makes the movie worthwhile more than the other cast members do, for an example, in Django Unchained if I had to pick between Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio, I would say it would be Jamie Foxx, and there’s a number of reasons
why. DiCaprio’s character was introduced way to late into the movie, which is the most important reason, and it caused the character to be less developed than the characters who came in at the beginning of the movie. DiCaprio’s character did have character development but not as much as Jamie Foxx’s Character (Django) . In The Hateful Eight the actor who made the movie is Samual L. Jackson, his character, Major Marquis, is the best character. I think he had the best lines and his performance out did everyone else’s. Samual L. Jackson’s character had great wardrobe as well, I think the style of clothing that they chose for him from top to bottom was perfect for what Tarantino had envisioned for the character to look like dressing wise. The music score is decent and it did keep me engaged with the movie. But the music is where the weak point is. I would’ve given this movie a five star rating, but the composition is a big disappointment. The music is very forgettable. It may set the mood and set the stage for what is going on, but it’s not as good as the music in Tarantino’s other movies like Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and Django Unchained. It doesn’t have that classic feel and tone to it. I did enjoy watching The Hateful Eight and during the action scenes there are plenty of great special effects that provide realism and I did like
seeing Channing Tatum in this film. I won’t spoil anything, but again, because of the weakness of the composition of the music I can’t give it a full five stars or even four and a half stars. Anyone who is looking for a Tarantino movie to watch, I would recommend checking out Pulp Fiction, Jack Brown and Django Unchained first. But this one is still a really good movie and is worth watching, despite the music being the only downside, another thing that I did enjoy was seeing Jennifer Jason Leigh sing a little bit at one point during the movie, while she played a guitar during a scene, it was very soothing and interesting. I am hoping that everyone will check out Quentin Tarantino’s new movie, The Movie Critic, once it comes out in the movie theaters.
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