But "The Hateful Eight" is really different. You no longer see characters or coincidence plots that are deliberately highlighted for believability or surprise. On the contrary, they are no longer a facial mask, but become a believable character, with a sense of success. There are bizarre plots such as naked snowfields in this movie, and there are also very exaggerated character behaviors, but the overall feeling is believable. For example, it is the same crazy behavior that portrays murderers. "The Hateful Eight" will make the audience feel that a murderer, since he has experienced so much in the past, and has experienced these at this moment, then he should indeed be this behavior. In "Pulp Fiction," it might be said that this murderer is too crazy, and these guys are too powerful.
The sound element is the driving force behind the film. The first is the sound effect. In the monotonous picture, the ringing of the copper ring, the wind and snow outdoors, and the change of the effect sound that is difficult for the general audience to detect, and the lens at the same time form this acousto-optic phrase. Clever use of the color change of the lens, the main scene is divided into many parts, respectively designed into the secondary scene, and given different color and light changes. Clever use of the characters' position, clever use of the suspense of the heart and dialogue to create tension, the truth of the good and evil of the executive, the strength of the light and shadow of the reflective gun, the color of the kettle, the black people sometimes come first and sometimes behind, the characters The group shots, suggestive additions, such as five black horses and one white horse in the first group; the virtual reality of the lens language, such as standing bullets, all firmly lock the audience's attention.
The script is too structured and too detailed. I don’t know how many brain cells it takes to build such a layered, perfect curve around the emotional flow, suspense back and forth, information updates repeatedly, revealing the right story script. shortcoming? I really couldn't find it for a while. For audiences who do not know the background of the Civil War, there may be some background understanding barriers? Maybe because too much information is conveyed through lines, it is not friendly to audiences who don't want to use their brains? This is actually a type limitation, not a disadvantage. Well, let's find these two for the time being.
In terms of the theme, because the middle section of thinking about hanging and killing, and the last section of hanging like a flag-raising, all lead people to such evil human nature, and how easy it is for humans to rationalize their evil behaviors. superior. Some db hot reviews think that evil is done through faith (or doctrine is more accurate), and think that the long shot of the cross symbolizes faith. I feel a bit biased. From the perspective of the lens itself and the amount of information, as well as the heavy snow on the cross, the lens does not seem to use the cross to represent faith itself, but to represent the heavy sin of mankind.
Although the theme is heavy, Quentin has always carefully limited the story of the evil eight to the camera, creating a sense of stage, and the audience can have a feeling of being separated from the scene. I didn’t make this film a meticulously scary film. After watching it, I can shake my head and say, yeah, fortunately, it’s just a story... Although this sense of separation is part of his own creative intention and form, it has achieved this. This result can be regarded as Quentin's conscience.
The film is a model of structure. In the past, Quentin often paid too much attention to violence itself, so it also created a feeling of excessive form. Quentin in "The Hateful Eight" uses violence to talk about human nature. Although he also uses various techniques, the techniques serve the theme. I like such a sincere Quentin.
Muyu’s fully subjective scoring
script 9
Director 9
actually focuses on the theme rather than the technique Quentin 8
is a low-cost film that relies on dialogue, the length is also long, the viewing experience is slightly depressing 7.5
total score 8.4
recommended to watch
Well, many people are wondering who poisoned it. (It seems that no one has pointed out the hot reviews...)
Give a hint: there is a deterministic answer. Looking back at the previous scene, paying attention to the color of the gloves, and eliminating the impossible, the answer is revealed.
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