[Closed] The Hateful Eight - Any good? (No spoilers please)

Jackie Brown is great, but it's not like that. But it is good.

I liked it. It is quite cartoon like.

it's good yes, excellent in fact.

'you'd be surprised what a man that cold would do for a blanket!'

Lost interest and switched off after 15mins. Wanted to like.

yep........or not.

Yeah, It's good . . . if you like that sort of thing.

Terrible.

But you may discount my opinion if you think Jackie Brown is rubbish as that film is jostling with Pulp Fiction for Tarantino's best work in my mind.

It's ok. You'll not be surprised by much of it tbh and it's very "Tarentino" if you catch my drift. Mrs hated it. You'd get chucked in jail for watching it with your kids. Pretty easy watch but don't expect to come out the other end having "learnt anything".

It's very, very good. Tarantino still knowing how to write dialogue and showing off his love for, and knowledge of, cinema.

Knowing Tarantino half the fun for me was trying to second guess when it would all kick off.

Jennifer Jason Leigh is awesome in it. Actually, the whole ensemble is pretty good.

Typical Tarantino, endless dialogue then ultra violence.

One of the dreariest films I've ever watched.
It reminded me of a Hale and Pace style cowboy sketch...which never ends.

Watched it last night & really enjoyed it. Agree it's very "Tarantino"! Not sure it will demand repeated viewing though unlike say Pulp Fiction. I've enjoyed all of QT's films, Jackie Brown is probably my favourite.

Must say that on my patented Film Disappointment Scale, 'The Hateful Eight' came in a solid [i]Prometheus[/i].

It is by far the weakest Tarantino film, especially so given the hype.

Jackson plays the same racial stereotype he plays in all Tarantino movies. Lots of long talking waffle bits and lots of ketchup.

Seen one Tarantino movie you have seen them all

I liked it, it's not his best work, and if you're not a Tarrantino fan then you'll more than likely hate it, but it's an enjoyable watch. It does feel slightly as though Tarrantino challenged himself to make a 2 1/2hr long film with only 2 scenes and a very limited cast, but as a result you get typical Tarrantino-esque back stories and depths to the characters. It's less predictable than you might expect too with twists and turns to the plot.

It's not Django Unchained, Pulp Fiction or even Inglorious Basterds, but it's a good fun film if you like Tarrantino already.

Watchable but only just, way to drawn out. Like tarrantino films usually, but found this towards the bottom of end of his work pile, to be honest.
Got "Rush" lined up for tonight's viewing, a couple of years old, but I've never seen it & that looks good 🙂

Yes it was excellent, far better than The Revnant. We laughed out loud in the cinema at one point which may have been totally inappropriate. IMO it wasn't as good as Pulp Fiction or Django but I'd happily see it again (edit: would agree totally with @mboy above)

@sutty we saw Rush for the first time a month ago and enjoyed it, they did a decent job of drama and historical stuff I thought

It's not Django Unchained, Pulp Fiction or even Inglorious Basterds, but it's a good fun film if you like Tarrantino already.

Aye it's good. Worth a watch. Only seen it the once, but I reckon it's a film I'll enjoy watching again.

Not good. But Jackie Brown is one of QT's best films...

It is a great reminder dear the Mr QT can write great dialogue, however overlong, in need of a good editand some more character development and some one to say enough silliness but wonderful performances almost all the cast.....kurtr , Jennifer JL exceptional....

Of all theQTfilms my least favourite are dj unchained and inglorious b, imho best are Jackie b, reservoir dogs. This sits in the middle.

We enjoyed it, I'd recommend it.

I thought it was awful.

Loved it!

Ok, would have been better if it was about an hour shorter.

I liked it, it's more of a western with some Tarantino scenes

Sam Jackson's warm Dingus steals it

As said before, if you like Tarantino films you'll love it and if you dont, you'll hate it.
We thought it was excellent.

What a shame for Tarrantino that he made his best film , Pulp Fiction early in his career and has been struggling to try and live up to that by slightly changing the formula with each subsequent film and hasn't really succeeded . I disagree with the comment that you are either a fan or not . I love Pulp Fiction , think some others are Ok , and think Kill Bill was real crap . For me Hateful 8was more at the Kill Bill end of the scale .

It's a tarantino...
To borrow from kemode he needs an editor who can tell him to cut it... Bit too long, utah apart from that great fun. Jackie Brown is an excellent underrated film though and at some point he will get over being able to use the n word...

As a follow up to @Ramsey I love some Tarantino and think others are poor. Pulp F/Django/Inglorious/Hateful all excellent, Kill Bill 1 dire and didn't bother with 2, Resevoir Dogs I switched off halfway through. Jackie Brown not seen.

Total garbage, an hour too long, not as dreary as Kill Bill which was a disgrace to spread over 2 films. Pulp Fiction & Jackie Brown were excellent, the soundtrack for JB is one of the best.

Fantastic film ranked as easily one of his best, not like Jackie Brown which is pretty poor compared to his other work.

It's a right frame of mind film. If you go in knowing that the dialogue is going to be indulgent and that it follows a certain Tarantino coda - and you see it on a big screen you'll have a buzz. That said it could've been a better film if the beginning was trimmed back.

That said it could've been a better film if the beginning was trimmed back.

Amazed that so many people think Jackie Brown is a poor film/his worst. It's easily his tightest film, brilliant performances, snappy dialogue, great story and an awesome motown style soundtrack.

Hateful 8 reminds of Reservoir Dogs but set in a log cabin. The dialogue and action are typical Tarantino. It's not as good as IB or Pulp Fiction, but it's very obvious who directed it. The character development and cinematogphy are also off the chart. f you're a fan of the dialogue then you'll enjoy it. If you like a bit more going on that lots of talking (a la Dogs, Kill Bill Vol 2, Death proof) then you'll not enjoy it so much.

@ramsay, I agree -
dogs was great
PF was great
JB was pretty good
and then it all went a bit wrong

sorry, no comment on hateful eight, back to the thread...

and then it all went a bit wrong

I thought Django and Inglourious Basterds were every bit as good as his early stuff. Not see Hateful Eight yet.

Tarantino's best character?

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I think Tarantino hit a low point with Kill Bill to be honest, the only films of his I don't actually like at all. (Actually Death proof is to be ignored)

Since Inglorious Basterds things have got better. But actually Django wasn't that great either especially with Tarantino taking up the scene at the end.

Jackie Brown is a sterling work, rewarding patience. And I think the only film that's not his source material which is why it's different and more restrained - to an extent.

Pulp Fiction remains the one to beat, purely because of its freshness at the time. It revitalised cinema.

It's funny - maybe I need to watch Inglorious Basterds again, but I thought it was his worst. Almost unwatchable.
Love Jackie Brown. Especially Robert Forster as Max Cherry.

Enjoyed Hateful 8, but I'm not in a hurry to watch it again, whereas I have watched Dogs/JB/PF a few times and enjoyed every viewing.

Enjoyed Django too - haven't seen it a second time yet though.

I think maybe I've seen enough of Samuel L. Jackson in Tarrantino movies now though.

I really enjoyed it, it's a bit of a departure for him, it's longer and slower and more artfully shot than any of his previous films. He decided to film it all in this massive 70mm film format which supposedly gives greater detail, especially in the HUGE widescreen shots of snow covered horizons and all that, yeah it looks lovely, but how much you can actually see if all that effort I don't know, especially at home.

The dialog of course makes a Tarantino film and this is no exception, SLJ gets most of the best lines, but there's some good characters in it.

Sorta spoilers below,

In the way that a lot of his films are linked in some way - I think I read Hateful 8 started out at a sequel of sorts to Django Unchained - Marquis (Jackson) originally was going to be an older post-civil war Django and the story would fit, but it wasn't to be.

He decided to film it all in this massive 70mm film format which supposedly gives greater detail, especially in the HUGE widescreen shots of snow covered horizons and all that, yeah it looks lovely, but how much you can actually see if all that effort I don't know, especially at home.

Haven't seen it on a home cinema or TV screen but the 70mm showing that I went to looked ****ing fantastic. The outdoor scenes especially but it gave an extra wide view of the indoor stuff so you can see a lot of the other characters in the background. Thought it worked really well. Almost gave it the feeling of watching a 2 scene play.