TonyWatchesMovies Movie Review: The Hateful Eight: 10 out of 10

What do you want in a movie? Mystery? Beautiful scenery? Violent execution of your fellow man? If you said yes to one or all of those things AND MORE, line up to see The Hateful Eight, the 8th movie by Quentine Tarantino, and by far my personal favorite. This film gave me a warm feeling that I seem to lack from watching other movies, and it isn't the psychotic side of me that likes watching gallons of blood stream from multiple gunshot wounds and lacerations. It's that the focus of this movie, like the focus of all his movies, is a good story. Like Resevoir Dogs, Kill Bill Vol. 1&2, Django Unchained, Pulp Fiction, and Inglorious Basterds, this movie is a wild rollercoaster, and at the end you can't help but smile.

TonyWatchesMovies Score: 10 out of 10

Rarely will I give a 10/10 score, but The Hateful Eight deserved it, because it was amazing on all fronts, simple as that. The actors, the scenery, the screenwriting, the blood effects, everything was a treat to watch. However, one thing made this whole movie an incredible thing, and it was because of the presentation. When I saw it in the movie theater, there were no commercials. A red screen came up with a stagecoach on it with the word "Overture", and immediately the music began to play. I don't know if my dad or brother saw this, but I was smiling so hard I looked like the Joker. How long has it been since a movie had an overture? It was so refreshing. Then, midway through the movie, there was an intermission?! I had some thoughts about this as I watched, and this was my conclusion; Quentin Tarantino wanted this to feel like a stage play.

I don't know if anyone else felt this, but hear me out. How many settings do we have in the movie? The stagecoach and Minnie's Haberdashery. That's the sum total, and that can be easily done in a theater, you would just have two setpieces. Did this make the movie better? DEFINITELY. I thought it actually was the reason I liked it so much, because it was evident that more thought was put into this than most movies. Why is that you ask? Because so many movies these days don't mind crossing the international date line 32 times to make it seem like the story is moving forward. This one only needed one location, and more happens in this one room than many movies have that span over multiple countries.

I'm not going to spoil anything, but I rated this movie 10/10 for a reason.

Cheers,

-TonyWatchesMovies