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| Year of first release: 2015 | |
| Director: Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterds, Kill Bill) | |
| Actors: Samuel L. Jackson (The Avengers), Kurt Russell (Bone Tomahawk, The Thing, Stargate), Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Roth (The Liability, Reservoir Dogs), Walton Goggins (Sons of Anarchy TV-series), Michael Madsen (Kill Bill), Bruce Dern | |
| Country: USA | |
| Genre: Western | |
| Conditions of visioning: 04.02.2016, Mathäser Kino | |
| Synopsis: Bounty Hunter John Ruth (Russell) is on his way to bring a prisoner to justice when he meets two strangers on the road (Jackson, Goggins) before being forced by a blizzard to stop at a guesthouse where the presence of more strangers make him wonder about who to trust. | |
| Review: I am so glad Quentin Tarantino decided to go on and make this movie, in spite of his initial reaction to cancel it when some idiot leaked his screenplay on Internet and many more idiots shared it, read it and commented on it. Seriously, who wants to be deprived of the pleasure of watching one of his movies by reading the story beforehand?? This is his 8th and so much emphasis is put on this number because he plans to stop movie-making after the 10th. As usual with Tarantino I liked the dialogs between some very strong characters, and there are many of those dialogs in the course of this 3-hour movie, and the characters take a lot of time to say what they have to, but why hurry anyway when you have days of coach trip ahead of you? The outside shots are beautiful (like in The Revenant?) and accompanied by a wonderful music from Ennio Morricone. Once in the guesthouse I found the movie to look very much like a stage play with its single location, long shots and slow camera travellings. Also the acting of Russell in particular, all in exaggeration, reminds of a play. By the way Russell plays a very different character that in Bone Tomahawk in spite of a similar look and historical period, which is a sign of great actor. The discussions about who people really are are of course well written and then, without spoiling too much, I can say that it gets deliciously bloody. I didn't rate it better because even if it was a nice movie and the three hours did not feel like it, The Hateful Eight doesn't contain memorable moments that would stick to the mind like in other Tarantino movies. And the pace was a bit too slow, half an hour less wouldn't have hurt. But hey, how often do you get to see a stage play by Tarantino? |
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Rating: 7 /10
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Monday, February 8, 2016
The Hateful Eight (2015)
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As I usually like the dialogues in Tarantino's movies, I decided to take the opportunity to watch it in German and in English. Friday 05.02 in German and Sunday 07.02 in English.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed both versions for different reasons. In the English one, some dialogues are simple, true and told with such a manner that they become strong words. The acting is really great! In the German version, the translation is good and where the English version calls the characters always the same and develops the melody and enhances the acting, the German version invents some nicknames that end up being very funny. Like "Du, Matschauge!". This silly word made me laugh for days.
The first scene is epic thanks to the music of Ennio Morricone that reminds me something from "Città violenta" and "Once upon a time in the West". The scene is long but sets a great atmosphere for the fans of Western.
The break is done at the perfect moment, so that everyone can imagine the rest of the movie. At least the ones who are not checking their smartphone :/
I found the second part a bit long and one surprise not only unnecessary but also longish. With the trend of the first part, it could have become a good 9/10, but my rating would be 7/10 as well.
In addition, one scene along a stream in the mountain is exactly like in the last fight scene of The Revenant. Same snow, same stream. A bit strange for two movies released almost at the same time.
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