Going into this, I knew that Tarantino was famous for a lot of violence and just over-the-top performances from everyone in his movies. That being said, no amount of knowledge on his other movies could honestly have prepared me enough for it. The Hateful Eight is probably the single most gruesome movie I've ever seen. At first glance, it seems like it's going ot be a movie where 8 people become trapped in a cabin and bond because they can't leave. I can't stress enough how much it isn't that. They start off getting along, but when suspicion rises about where Minnie and Sweet Dave are, the movie quickly turns into a whodunit shootout, as the men slowly pick off each other in order to either collect a bounty, or to kill the men who killed Minnie and Sweet Dave. The movie is violent, vulgar, and some of the best usage of suspense I've seen so far. It's a masterpiece of tension between the characters, and it's genuinely frightening to see who's going to get killed off next, and I never could have guessed the direction the movie was going to go. One thing I love about this movie is the setting. For a majority of the movie, the characters all spend their time in Minnie's Haberdashery, a lodge on the way to Red Rock. The story, and all of its arcs, take place in this lodge. I love when movies keep the setting the same throughout the movie. It feels like the story is far more unique and in-depth when a movie's setting is consistent. Films like Rope and Vivarium also make use of this technique, and it's these films that easily stand out in a roster because of the way they're performed. I liked Taraninto's The Hateful Eight a lot, and I think it masters the one-setting movie. 9/10
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