If you have seen Quentin’s other movies, you may be a little uncomfortable with "The Hateful Eight". Because firstly, this film has a historical background, secondly, there are places where it is not true or false, and thirdly, the environment of this film is simple, and the entanglement of the plot does not seem to be as complicated as the fans demand, but it is still a good film worth watching. It can be said that although the scene is limited to a simple inn, Quentin still mixes in the elements he was good at before, and it is very bloody. Of course, if you watch it for the first time, at the end of the film. At the time, you may be a little shocked: It's the fucking end? But if you look back and watch it again, or if you just go over it in your head, you will find this film very thoughtful. Next, I will try to sort out the film briefly according to my own understanding, but I will not interpret too much in some details, because I think that wherever the director may not care, the audience interprets things forcibly. It's very boring. It's like playing a game. The programmer didn't try to develop a certain area, but just built a few models at random. You occasionally walked in and sighed in a hurry. Oh, there is really no heaven. Ding...It's like a mother accidentally poured a glass of water on the table, the child saw it, picked it up and drank it, and then wrote a thousand-word article praising mother's love. Is this really necessary?
We continue to return to the film. At the beginning of the film, two bounty hunters met: an old black and an old white. The old black wanted to ride the old white carriage because of his dead horse. The two were also considered to know each other. The black brought a few corpses to receive the bounty, and the white took a female robber to the hang in Redstone Town. As for why the white man has to hang the prisoner instead of getting a bounty after death, there are many explanations in the film, but from the character of the character, the reason is very simple-this white man is a naive, stupid, old man, although he is rude He treated his female prisoner, but in his heart he liked to follow the rules very much, thinking about putting the prisoner to death according to the procedure. In addition to being crude, this man is also a brainless Lincoln fan. Hearing that Old Hei took Lincoln's autograph letter, he carefully borrowed it again, put on his glasses, read carefully, and enjoyed it. After reading it for a while, he returned to his father's love. Dafa, kindly showed it to the female prisoner, and taught her that it was a holy object, but the female prisoner spit on her mouth and exploded Lao Hei with anger. She punched the female prisoner out of the car and threw Lao Bai with her. Got out. At this time, he met another protagonist, the son of a certain general of the former Southern Army (because it was a southern rebellion, so the subtitles are called rebels), this son said that he is the new sheriff of Redstone Town, and he is also a dead horse. In the carriage, Lao Bai didn't trust him, but knew him, so he told Lao Hei to point his gun at it and allowed him to get in the carriage. It’s worth mentioning that this guy owes a lot of mouth, so he got into the car and revealed the bottom of the old Hei. He said that he joined the Northern Army and set off a fire in order to escape from the Southern Army’s prisoner of war camp. As a result, he was smoked. It got dark and ran away, but burned to death the other comrades in the camp. Old Hei was very angry and argued with him, saying that you and your father robbed the black village and did nothing good. Then the group arrived at the inn, and the blizzard also came. A Mexican came out of the inn, saying that the boss and his wife were not there and he had returned to his family. Lao Hei was suspicious, so he offered to go to work in the barn with the Mexicans. He deliberately made a mistake about the cigarette that the proprietress smoked. The Mexican said that the proprietress didn’t smoke that, but only smoked the apple brand, and rolled it herself. Hei has nothing to say, but still feels suspicious. Then Lao Hei went back and saw a sugar ball in the crack of the floor. He looked up and found that the sugar ball jar that had been on the shelf was gone, so he was even more suspicious. Besides, Lao Bai, he also doubted, after all, the blizzard had come, and now he was going to live with the female prisoner in this inn for several days, giving everyone doubt. But Lao Bai’s handling method was much rougher. He stood up directly, took everyone’s guns, and put them on himself. Only then did he sit down to eat stew and drink coffee. The long-mouthed sheriff mentioned that he had heard about Lao Hei. Have a letter from Lincoln? Lao Bai was right, and the sheriff said how it was possible! How old are you black? As a result, Lao Hei really admitted that the letter was
Next, because of the Changkou sheriff, the story turned again-this guy discovered that there was an old general of the former Southern Army in the inn, so he went up to say hello and salute the soldiers excitedly, as if the Civil War was not over yet. , In short, when he pretends to be B, the old black also came up and started chatting with the general. However, the old black didn’t really want to chat. He found that the old general in front of him was the enemy on the battlefield during the Civil War and killed himself. Many black comrades wanted revenge. They said that the son of the general who disappeared many years ago was killed by himself in a very dirty way, and then he gave the old man a gun. As a result, the old man was furious and was about to shoot him. The faster old black was killed. Because it was the gun that the old man picked up first, the old black became a legitimate defense and didn't have to bear legal responsibility.
Old Hei avenged his revenge, but he also caused misfortune. It turned out that when he was taking revenge, someone had poisoned the coffee, and then Lao Bai and his coachman were poisoned to death, the sheriff almost drank coffee, and Lao He immediately joined forces with the sheriff who was nearly poisoned to death. The gun drove everyone to the corner and asked who had poisoned it, so naturally everyone didn't say anything. So the old black gave his reasoning: The boss and his wife have been away for a week, but the stew tastes exactly like the craftsmanship of the boss; the boss hates Mexicans, but finds a Mexican to work. So the Mexican lie was exposed and immediately beaten to death by the old black. There were two people left. Because the Mexicans were playing the piano when the old black killed the general, there must be an accomplice poisoning him. Just when the old black was not sure who his accomplices were, someone under the floor said: kiss your bastard goodbye Bar! Then he shot under the floor and exploded Old Hei’s eggs. He screamed and fell to the ground. The man calling himself the Hangman (Tim Rose) who was forced to the corner also suddenly took out a small gun and wounded him. The sheriff himself was shot in the leg by the sheriff. (Just like the part where he was shot in "Falling Dog", Quentin may think he is very suitable for this kind of role)
Then the movie flashed back to the morning, and sure enough, there were no good people in the inn, all of them were robbers, and the leader was the brother of the female prisoner. They brutally killed all the people in the inn early in the morning, leaving only an old general who claimed to be willing to cooperate, and then one went under the floor, and the other three installed B on it, just waiting to save the female prisoner. Then back to the present, the old black and the sheriff were still alive stubbornly. The two ran to the edge of the house, so the man in the basement couldn't beat them. The two men threatened and killed the female prisoner if they didn't come out again. People raised their hands and just smiled at the female prisoner, they were headshot by the old black (two eggs for one). After that, the robbers tried to resist and tried to deceive them, but to no avail, the two robbers were killed, the female gangster He was also hanged on the beam of the house by Lao Hei and the sheriff in accordance with Lao Bai's last wish.
In the last scene, the former Southern Army sheriff covered in blood said to the former Northern Army old black covered in blood, show me Lincoln’s letter, and the old black showed it to him. The sheriff read it through, crumpled it up and threw it into a ball. Drop it, what is it, and then the story is over.
The main line of the film is as mentioned above, and of course there are many small details. For example, the sheriff once fainted and was almost snatched by a female prisoner; for example, the female prisoner saw someone poisoning and took a guitar to play. Divert everyone's attention; for example, "The Hangman" talked about his understanding of hanging and so on. But these are the icing on the cake on the main line. There are two confusing things in this movie: 1. Is Lincoln's letter true? If it is true, why does the sheriff question that the black person admits that the letter is not true, but if it is not true, why did you believe it? He was so distressed that he was spat on. 2. Did the Negro really kill the old general's son, or did he make up a story to provoke the general? These two points, only relying on the details in the movie, may be unclear through textual research. It is worth mentioning that in previous film reviews, it was said that the film hinted at the composition of the United States, the Southern Army, the Northern Army, the law enforcement, and the robbers... If you look at it from this perspective, it is also very interesting (but Quentin himself It's hard to say whether you really think so.) Because once the macro background is connected, the whole story is easier to summarize. We can think of it as a short story that happened after the Civil War. Southern Army generals, Southern Army non-commissioned officers, Northern Army blacks, and white people who worship Lincoln. If it is In the war years, these people were two factions that were not at the same time. But now the war is over. These people have encountered an inn where they could not leave, and they have to fight with five hidden robbers, but Quentin did not take it. It was made into a vulgar movie of "KMT and CCP united, together to fight against Japan", but each person's character and position were carefully shaped, so that the plot naturally controlled the character's destiny. You kill or kill, everyone finishes playing together. In the end, the white sheriff of the Southern Army and the black bounty hunter of the Northern Army were both wounded and forced to kill by robbers. After the war, the sheriff asked for Lincoln's letter, read it and rubbed it up, please pay attention : At this time, whether the letter is true or false will not affect the ending: If it is true, the sheriff rubbed the letter, just saying: Oh, man, we are almost going to die, and what the fuck North and South? What Lincoln? If the letter is false, then the meaning of the sheriff can be understood as: Why do you use this letter to gain the favor of white people? We are in a fateful relationship now, isn't it enough?
Finally, after watching this movie, I think Quentin is actually similar to Kurosawa (please don’t always regard Heishi as a rigorous master, so that you can look up. He is actually very angry and youthful, so his movie is only Great), to summarize:
Kurosawa: Look! It was you bad guys who forced my protagonist to death!
Quentin: Look! Although my protagonist has a bad side, I just want him to kill you bad guys! (Even if his teammates are dead, he will be blown up.)
The characters in Quentin’s movies, no matter what their looks are, will always be unexpectedly killed or injured, but he will always keep a few relatively "just" characters alive. Finally, "The Hateful Eight" is no exception, except that the characters he left are rather miserable this time: an old black who has exploded and a little white with a broken leg. However, if Lao Hei had really forced the general's son to lick himself, then the egg would burst so badly that he would die.
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