"The Hateful Eight" tells the story of bounty hunter John Ruth escorting prisoner Daisy to collect the reward, but on the way encounters Major Marquis and newly appointed sheriff Mannix Chriss in their carriage and arrive together. Minnie's grocery store, and long before they arrived, the four villains who rescued Daisy had already killed all the people in the grocery store. After John Ruth and his party arrived, the two sides began to fight. However, the most wonderful thing about Quentin's story is the structure. The structure of Pulp Fiction is a pioneering work. Although the structure of this one is not so brilliant, it is still worth mentioning. In the first half, the story revolves around Marquis and his party, until after Major Marquis was shot, the story of Minnie's grocery store being bloodbathed by the people who rescued Daisy. On top of that, there's a minor twist, and that's when John Ruth is poisoned by poisoned coffee. When all eyes were on Major Marquis talking about how he killed the son of an old man in the shop, Daisy was the only one who saw the coffee being poisoned, which became her own secret, when there were two After an innocent man is poisoned, Marquis begins torturing the rest of the shop, and Chris becomes his sidekick because he, too, nearly drank poisoned coffee. It is really clever to let Marquis take the audience's questions and slowly solve the mystery. A film is a chapter-like structure, just like a novel, and each chapter drives the film.
The title of the film is "The Hateful Eight", and they each have their own positions, and their attitude towards black people has been throughout the film. Many whites have a discriminatory attitude towards blacks, but there is an important object here, that is, Lincoln's letter to Major Marquis. He also got on John Ruth's carriage with this letter. John Ruth also read this letter, and it can be seen that he was a little moved, although he also suspected that Marquis might be here to rescue Daisy. , but they still agree on interests when necessary. At Minnie's grocery store, he was provoked, saying that the authenticity of the letter was doubtful, but Marquis did not defend it at all, and they lost trust. We also don't know what was written in that letter until the end of the film, when Sheriff Chris offered to take a look at the letter, Marquis showed it to him, and he read it in its entirety. However, we still don't know if the letter is true or not, but we want to take it as true, because the content of the letter is so believable and the hope for peaceful coexistence between races is so real. Therefore, this letter may also be the director's attitude towards black people.
I think a film that can be interpreted from multiple angles is not bad, because it offers us a lot of places to interpret. Another example is the discussion of good and evil. Of course, this film didn't come out directly for discussion, otherwise it wouldn't be a good film. Can Major Marquis be summed up simply as good guys or bad guys? In the beginning, he did show a lot of kindness, such as his attitude towards Daisy. In the case of heavy snow, he helped the groom to tie the horse and feed the horse. He was also very smart and cautious. And when he beat a dying old man to death, he was also a bad guy who used violence to control violence. At the end of the film, he believes that Daisy should not be killed directly, but should be hanged to fulfill John Ruth's wishes. It is also difficult to judge him with a standard here. He executes justice, but his behavior is extremely cruel. The rest of the villains are relatively pure, they are the villains who never stop to achieve their goals in the true sense.
In addition, the character dialogue is very common. Everyone has to convince others to do what is right for them. Marquis persuaded John Ruth to let him ride in the car. Seeing that the sheriff could not persuade John Ruth, he used the coachman to indirectly persuade him to achieve his goal. Daisy wants to convince the sheriff to kill Marquis, and then the two of them live in peace. This part is very exciting, because it sold several times.
The characterization is also very successful. Major Marquis is smart, bold, and kills without blinking an eye. Daisy is vicious and seems to be at a disadvantage all the time, but actually controls a big game of chess. Moreover, the whole play was washed with blood. At first, her eyes were beaten into panda eyes, then her nose was bleed, and then blood was splattered on her face. The bloodiest scene was when her brother came up from the cellar and was beaten by a horse Quess shot her head violently, and the blood and flesh dregs washed her whole face, only her eyes could see it, really...
Amway is over, go and see for yourself. highly recommended.
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