The Hateful Eight

I really enjoy Tarantino's films. I really wanted to attempt at writing the script in Iambic Pentameter after Pulp Fiction. However I didn't realise how challenging writing the script would be. Just getting a clear idea of the story was really difficult. Really it was perfect timing that this film came out when it did, as a modern western I thought it vital to watch in research.

For me this film although this film is a western, and is in the right time period, is more of a 'whodoneit'. I think although some of the shots are very slow and it is generally a slow film, much of a Tarantino signature the similarities end there.

I think the use of race is interesting in this film, because it was such a big thing back in this time period. And maybe this has somewhat influenced my project, I don't really know why I decided to make the Verne character black, mainly because it fascinates me, however I have stayed clear of having any reason of making a point of his skin tone, because I think in this day and age it's just not an issue that's noteworthy so it's completely ignored. Racism is a key theme in this film and there's a lot of dialogue that is quite rich in slander and I felt like that it was interesting Tarantino chose the good guy capturing the bad guys to be Samuel L Jackson, I felt this is a turning point for our society and it's good that we still raise awareness about what it was like in the past, it just shouldn't be a big deal in today's cinema and I think that's something that let the film down because there's so much more Tarantino could have done with the character development in this film.

Another interesting factor about this film is the setting, a lot of the film is inside a cabin, in a small space, encapsulating the claustrophobia of it. This meant there was more emphasis on the character development and is why i made note of it in the point above.

Overall it's a good film, worth watching the extras Zoe Bell and Channing Tatum play their parts in the film really well:

Seven out of Ten Would Tarantino Again!