The Hateful Eight

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Steven M. I am not a fan of this movie. Easily the worst Tarantino film of all-time! Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/29/21 Full Review STEVEN M Quentin Tarantino’s tribute to The Thing. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/21/25 Full Review Alex T. One of favorite movies of all time never gets old Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/18/25 Full Review Jackson S The Hateful Eight is a brilliant two hours of tense, witty dialogue in service of building a slow yet captivating escalation which is then immediately thrown out of the window by 30 minutes straight of absurd gore and violence which completely ruins any subtle tension the movie was trying to build. I loved Django: Unchained and really enjoyed Inglorious Basterds, so I came into this movie with very high expectations, and for the first two hours or so, this movie delivered. The performances are all very good, the dialogue is Tarantino's signature blend of biting wit and clever phrasing, the characters are interesting - though by intention not likeable in the least. This whole film is basically framed as a stageplay - it's divided into chapters, Tarantino provides narration at times, and most of the entire movie takes place in one cabin. I genuinely enjoyed the first two thirds of this movie. So why have I rated it only one and a half stars? Quentin Tarantino is no stranger to gore. Yet where in his best movies that gore is used with a greater purpose in mind, this movie is positively soaked in it. Heads get blown off, people get vomited on, a man gets his nuts blown off his body, so on and so forth. This is a grim, grim film, one that really revels in its violence, to an almost sexual degree. While that's not my cup of tea, I understand why people could enjoy it. However, when so much time is spent in service of these clever, low intensity dialogue dominated scenes, the sudden absurdly over the top gore comes completely out of left field. It's not that this movie becomes a bloodbath in the third act, it's that the bloodbath lasts so, incredibly long, to the point where the shock of the violence has faded and now you're just watching a bunch of blood-covered people kick around in blood covered environments and brutally murder other, equally bloodstained people. And this is such a travesty because earlier in the film Tarantino is able to rather brilliantly portray the same shocking violence without overstaying his welcome. It's like whoever was telling Tarantino no abruptly quit in the final act, as the quality of everything just plummets the moment the third act twist is unveiled. The ending scene is actually quite good, too - the movie's message of people coming together through shared hate is one that is able to land, at least in that moment. But the absolute gore-filled slog that the film becomes completely and utterly kills any and all enjoyment of the film's subtler aspects to the point that I found myself wishing for the film to just get it all over with and end. The way the characters were written ensures that you don't much care who lives and dies, which means that when everything devolves into a bloodbath, the only reason to watch is for seeing whose head gets blown off or to laugh at the guy whose screaming on the ground because his balls got shot. And those types of people are going to have to sit through two full hours of almost no action whatsoever. This is, in short, clearly a film written specifically for Quentin, by Quentin. All of his signatures are present in this movie and all extremely exaggerated. His indulgences are frequent. This is a depraved, gore-hungry film, but it loses itself in its excesses to the point of dropping the threads that carried people the two hours it took to get to that point. And while I'm sure that there is a specific subset of people who share his exact taste, it means that I really don't think I can ever recommend this movie to someone else, nor will I ever rewatch it again. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/15/25 Full Review Riley V A lot of the scenes were played out too long, but the action scenes are really good. So inconclusion, its ok, not his best work Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/03/25 Full Review Mourning K Really liked this movie. A pretty good western. Acting was good. The visual effects weren't great though. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/27/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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