| Tango01 | 25 Dec 2015 11:56 a.m. PST |
"Let's start with the snow, as it's everywhere you look in The Hateful Eight: Sneaking in through floorboards and half-opened windows; clinging to fur-covered jackets and wide-brimmed hats; swirling around the characters like an unapologetic eavesdropper. It's hard not be distracted by all this wintry build-up in Quentin Tarantino's latest, opening today—partly because it looks so vividly ethereal, but mostly because, about a half-hour through the director's blood-basted, fun-free, gorgeous bore of a movie, you realize all that snow got off easy. After all, it'll hit the ground and dissolve in just a few seconds. We viewers, on the other hand, have at least another hour and a half to go. Hateful finds Tarantino operating at the peak of powers—at least in terms of cultural cred. His last film, 2012's Django Unchained, won him a screenwriting Oscar and made more than $400 USD million worldwide, making Tarantino not only a mushroom-cloud-laying-mother er, but a mushroom-cloud-laying-motherer with tenure. That may be why he was able to convince longtime backers/enablers Bob and Harvey Weinstein to release Hateful in wondrous-looking 70mm, and to allow for a special 187-minute "roadshow edition" that includes an opening overture (from wide-vista Italian composer Ennio Morricone) and a lengthy intermission. As such, Hateful belongs to a rare and relatively nascent film genre, one that includes this month's other outlier spectacle—Star Wars: The Force Awakens—and which is simply known as The Kind of Movie They Don't Make Anymore. And for that reason alone, it's a must-see: How often do you get to watch one of the world's most playful and genuinely movie-obsessed directors get to indulge his every on- and off-screen fantasy—from casting to scoring to film processing—with near-unlimited financial resources and seemingly no corporate intervention?…"
Full review here
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| CorroPredo | 25 Dec 2015 4:02 p.m. PST |
Sorry. Quentin Territino. That's all that needs to be said to put it in the "No GO" list. |
| jpattern2 | 25 Dec 2015 4:18 p.m. PST |
Most reviews I've read say pretty much the same thing, to one degree or another, but it's still on my "GO" list.  |
| Ragbones | 25 Dec 2015 7:24 p.m. PST |
Generally not a fan of Tarantino's work. |
| Oddball | 25 Dec 2015 8:37 p.m. PST |
I have no reason to watch any Quentin Tarantino movie. |
Dn Jackson  | 25 Dec 2015 10:21 p.m. PST |
I won't be going to see it. Aside from his anti-police statements at a BLM rally a couple of weeks ago, I can't stand his over the top violence. |
| Early morning writer | 25 Dec 2015 10:41 p.m. PST |
Quentin Tarantino, the most overrated screenwriter in the history of overrated screenwriters. Nothing but gratuitous violence and foul language – with little to no regard for character or story. His films are permanently off my list – even for Redox films. |
| jdginaz | 26 Dec 2015 2:37 a.m. PST |
I agree with al the replies to this point |
| bandit86 | 26 Dec 2015 3:20 a.m. PST |
Can't wait to see it …Love his movies :) |
| KTravlos | 26 Dec 2015 7:26 a.m. PST |
I like many of his films. Terrible human being , but so were some of my favorite authors. I believe this one is going to be a good one. |
| nazrat | 26 Dec 2015 8:36 a.m. PST |
I'll see it and judge for myself. |
| Tango01 | 26 Dec 2015 10:28 a.m. PST |
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| Solzhenitsyn | 26 Dec 2015 1:25 p.m. PST |
Should I see this movie or the new Michael Moore film? Which one will be a bigger waste of my time? I think I will save my money for figures instead. |
| Raynman | 26 Dec 2015 9:50 p.m. PST |
I agree with everything you all say about Tarantino, but it's got Kurt Russell. I like Kurt Russell films! |
| Long Valley Gamer | 27 Dec 2015 10:52 a.m. PST |
I like Tarantino films due to his interesting characterizations. HOWEVER,due to his recent unfair rant about police at about the worst time he could do it(recent cop killing) I have chosen to ban his movies. |
| jpattern2 | 27 Dec 2015 11:30 a.m. PST |
"When I see murders, I do not stand by. I have to call a murder a murder, and I have to call the murderers the murderers."
Nothing "unfair" about his rant, if you ask me, and not "anti-police."
The Fraternal Order of Police response was interesting, though: "Something is in the works, but the element of surprise is the most important element. Something could happen anytime between now and (movie premiere)." – FOP executive director Jim Pasco
"To Protect and To Serve" – right.
You need to read more than just the headlines, boys. |
| Inkpaduta | 27 Dec 2015 11:42 a.m. PST |
Rotten Tomatoes gives it an approval of 80%. Two reviews I read raved about he film. Think I will go and see it. |
| jowady | 27 Dec 2015 11:54 a.m. PST |
I saw "Pulp Fiction" and enjoyed it and the "Kill Bills" had their moments but after reading how much fun and how great "Inglorious Bastards" was I don't think I'll be trusting reviews of QT's works anymore. I've tried to make it through "IB" at least four times, still can't do it. I get that it isn't historical, I'm actually okay with that, what bugs me is that, to me at least, it should have been named "Ingloriously Boring". I think I'll wait till it's on TV. |
| Long Valley Gamer | 27 Dec 2015 1:23 p.m. PST |
JPattern…then why are the NYC police unions banning his picture under protest?
Did they just make it up? Looks like your not reading the whole story in North Carolina…. |
| jpattern2 | 27 Dec 2015 2:02 p.m. PST |
JPattern…then why are the NYC police unions banning his picture under protest? Did they just make it up? Looks like your not reading the whole story in North Carolina…. Well, Long Valley Gamer, bless your little heart! Looks like you need to read a more recent newspaper up there in New Jersey.  From Vulture: link Police Unions, Realizing They've Been Acting Like Comic Book Villains, Cease Boycott of Tarantino's The Hateful Eight
New York Patrolman's Benevolent Association spokesperson Albert O'Leary said, "We're not giving this guy anymore free publicity. We have nothing to say about it." From The Wrap: link Quentin Tarantino‘s "The Hateful Eight" hit theaters without a peep from nationwide police unions and their supporters despite threats of a boycott since late October. From CBS in LA: link KCAL9's Political Reporter Dave Bryan was outside the ArcLight in Hollywood Friday evening. He saw no protesters, no signs. . . The director has maintained he never said "all" officers, just the ones who shot unarmed civilians. No protests here in little ol' North Carolina either. Look, see the movie or not, as you choose. But don't base your decision on false outrage ginned up by those whose entire livelihood depends on ginning up false outrage. |
| Long Valley Gamer | 27 Dec 2015 2:42 p.m. PST |
Police unions…comic book villains…hardly
Pattern…if you want to defend this pampered Hollywood putz it's your call.
Everyone knew what he was talking about at the time and was criticized strongly for it.
If the unions want to back down…up to them. IMO they shouldn't have… |
| Chuckaroobob | 28 Dec 2015 8:46 a.m. PST |
Quent has a problem with excessive dialog, most of which serves no purpose. I'm not sure I'll go see this movie. IMHO his best work was 10+ years ago, like Pulp Fiction and True Romance. |
| Old Jarhead | 28 Dec 2015 6:06 p.m. PST |
Tarantino, Neither talented nor pleasant never seen his films never plan too. |
 mmitchell  | 29 Dec 2015 6:40 a.m. PST |
jpattern2: On behalf of everyone on the planet who took offense at QT's comments, I apologize. You see, they forgot that ONLY the left-wing has the right to express outrage. Everyone else who does it only has "false outrage." How could we be so foolish as to forget that there might be more than one valid opinion on any issue? Now, moving along… This is not the sort of movie I feel the need to watch at a theater. I like some of his work, some of it I don't. |
finally dips his toe into the world of Aeronef.
