Earlier this morning I thought of the lame title for this post and then had to work and debated about whether or not to even try and write about it but then, with numbers on my mind (considering the title) my last three posts (as of the time of this sitting) all had “number of comments” at Prime Numbers – 19, 37, 53 – so I figured I might as well go after it. Those numbers might change by the time this posts – if it ever does – but here we are. Also, number wise, for some reason my MAD MAX TRILOGY is getting a lot of hits today and then – by a lot of hits – for some reason it has 67 hits right now which is very strange, my individual posts rarely look like that and, by the way, 67 is also a prime number. With all of that nonsense, I guess let’s see what we thought of this movie that doesn’t even know it’s own name – or maybe it’s marketing doesn’t. Or maybe it’s the fans. Or the fucking Weinsteins. Or maybe Tarantino doesn’t give a fuck.
(1’m, th1nk1ng th4t 1t’s th3 l4tt3r)
Also – I did really like the movie – the movie was good and well put together – but I am probably going to focus on what I thought derided from this three hour mother fucker.
The poster at the top has the 8 in the Hateful. The one just above has it at the end. What the fuck? Remember – I did like the thing despite it being so long but let’s talk about some of the things I didn’t like real quick. The first thing that totally annoyed me (aside from the constant and incessant talking – which I expected, being a Tarantino movie) was the constant use of the big N word. I get it. OK. You made your point and that shtick is over. YAWN. Next up was Tim Roth. I’ve never been a fan of his at all but the use of him and his Tea Sipping Englishness felt REALLY out of place here in the American Old West. Then there was Michael Madsen. I actually do like the guy but anymore all he does is smoke cigarettes and growl. Fine, son, but his hairdo in this really fucking irritated me. Someone once told me that it’s not rational to not like a character because of their hairdo but I can’t fucking help it. It bothered me.
That poster doesn’t have an I in the Eight *tic tic. I’ve said it before out here and in comments elsewhere that nothing grates my last nerve more than seeing Tarantino in his movies. He’s the worst fucking actor ever and he needs to just give that shit up. There’s also not much more that I hate than voiceover. Soooooooooooo – somehow Tarantino found a way for me to hate his acting skills even more by, instead of appearing in his movie, he fucking does a few minutes of pointless voiceover. And he does it in some sort of idiotic 70s style lady-radio-DJ style. Like that chick in The Warriors. UGH. The pain!!
But – again – overall I liked the thing. Some of the shit in here is actually hilarious – I think any part involving that door (above) is absolutely classic and Kurt Russell was fucking perfect – even better than he was in Bone Tomahawk. What else? The cinematography was FANTASTIC, the blood work around all of the goddamned talking was gruesome and gross and Bruce Dern didn’t bother the life out of me. I also liked the Mexican character. Here’s a random picture of Jennifer Jason Leigh for you:
Oh – you know what else bothered me???? Do you care??? There’s a line in Inglorioius Basterds where someone yells “Say auf wiedersehen to your Nazi balls!!!!” and then proceeds to stab this dude in the nuts. Most people probably missed that quick bit of dialogue but I caught it and I thought it was hilarious. In this one, QT has someone say the exact same thing: “Say adios to your cajones” and it totally ruined the auf wiedersehen one. Cry cry cry. Oh well. Again – I enjoyed this but never need to see it again and, if you plan on giving this a try, be sure to block out a window of about five hours to make it through this. I’m glad I didn’t see this in the theater because I probably had to pee three times during the run time.
Earlier I mentioned not liking a character’s hairstyle. That was in reference to the miserable Nightcrawler movie that I hated. If you were to click that link you could see what I had to say but, most notably, for some reason I put a nice gif of Jamie Lee Curtis doing some sort of Jazzercise or something (if you’re old enough to remember that). So – we’ll keep tradition up and here’s a weekend parting shot of Curtis doing some more moves:
I think I am going to have nightmares about Jamie Curtis now…
On 8 April 2016 at 11:02, Isaacs Picture Conclusions wrote:
> theipc posted: “Earlier this morning I thought of the lame title for this > post and then had to work and debated about whether or not to even try and > write about it but then, with numbers on my mind (considering the title) my > last three posts (as of the time of this sitti” >
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Nightmares or sweet dreams?????
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Aha! You mentioned Mad Max. I watched Fury Road yesterday. I found it really boring. I thought the costumes and makeup were good but that’s about it. And I thought the soundtrack was truly awful. 😦
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SAY WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT???? I LOVED Fury Road!
To each their own, right : ) : )
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Yep! I’m sure I’m in the minority. Nothing new about that. 🙂
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: ))))))))))))))))))))))
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loved this movie Eric! thought it was done so well. I didnt mind the length because thats what one needs to expect from QT. MM’s hairstyle didnt bother me, but his little hat did 😉
the pic of JLC from True LIes bothers me much more than what QT did here
keep on truckin!
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Why does the pic of JLC bother you?
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Too complicated to explain
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Oh Rob!!!! What a swizz. Can’t you put it into an email to me? 🙂
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Just sent u one (not abt this tho)
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Thanks 🙂 got it!
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If he tells you, tell me and don’t tell him you told me : )
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Agreed 🙂
Don’t tell him but I’m sending you a message now!!! O _ O
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OOOOOOOOOO LA LA that was juicy!!!!
*whistle whistle*
#whistle
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*whistle whistle*
I know so many secrets now!!!!
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We’re like the Illuminati!!
*Secret Handshake*
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Haha! Like the one they do in Freaky Friday?!!! PLEASE! #pens
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YOU KNOW IT!
#clams
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The pic of Jamie Lee is what bothered you most about this???
: )
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Everything else was IPC perfect!
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LOLOL
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I actually thought Michael Madsen came across a bit camp! He reminded me of an old drag queen at times – probably not the effect QT was going for. I really hope someone else in the world thought that too!!
But I did love this movie!!!!! One of my favourite things was the uncurling of Samuel L Jackson’s character, going from ‘possibly the most trustworthy person’ to ‘oh my god he’s the most evil son of a bitch there!’
And Kurt Russell was undoubtedly my favourite character. I LOVED his style!!! When he just went around the tavern ordering people to give him their guns LOL. Who did her think he was?!! And you know when he broke the guitar as well? That was a real old guitar from a musical museum. He was supposed to smash up a replica but didn’t get the memo. All the other character reactions are genuine because they were like “WTF are you doing, that’s the real fucking guitar!!!!!”
I thought the voice-over was a little lame as well. When Jackson did the one in Inglourious Basterds it worked pretty well but it seemed out of place in this film.
HAPPY FRIDAY!! #filmswithfriends
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HAHAHAHA!! He DID remind me of a drag queen!!!! HAHAHAHAH!!!!
O _ o o _ O
#queens
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Really?!! No fooling???? 😉
If he did really remind of you a drag queen too that is pretty fucking awesome 🙂 I haven’t had the guts to tell anyone that until I read your review!!!!! 😀
#pens O _ o o _ O
P.S will review Exorcist III at some point, not sure if you saw my tweet but I watched it and really enjoyed it and I think George C Scott is just about the coolest mofo ever 🙂
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No fooling!! I was like – is he supposed to be this feminine???
#pensandclams
I DID see that!!! I LOVE that you liked it!!!
#itisverylate
#kevin
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Haha! I’m so pleased 🙂 I should have guessed!!! O _ o o _ O
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Ankle Clicks!
O _ o < 3 o _ O
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I read this while pooping. Gr8 j06!
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Congrats!! It’s always good for a man of your age to make a doody!
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Here’s my review for “Hush”. Go to netflix and watch this weekend!
https://garygreg828.wordpress.com/2016/04/08/hush-is-the-best-horror-thriller-ive-seen-in-years/
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I’m going to try and knock it out this morning before I have to go to Denver – I dig Flanagan’s work —
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check out my review and let me know what you think when you get a chance. I think you’ll like it! 🙂
*I’m shelving your Hateful 8 review for the time being since I have yet to watch it and figure I may see it sometime; i’ll try to come back if I do. Kurt Russell is one of my favorites, so there’s a good chance I’ll see it.
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will do, senor
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That was fantastic! I’ll go check out your post now : )
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The Warriors!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 I can’t read this review since I haven’t seen The Hateful Eight yet. Then again, this is an IPC review so it’s quite possible that you don’t talk about the movie anyway?? 😉
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Well – as you stated – this is my site and I do barely discuss much of the movie, you tosser!
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Bwahaha! #knewit 😉
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#yousosmart !!
#yousohorny !!
#!!
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#meloveyoulongtime
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#starbursts
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“like the chick in The Warriors” really cracked me up! 😀
Nice review Eric.
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Excellent!! I think my favorite part was the “Tea Sipping Englishness” hahaha : )
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That was a good one too 🙂
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*smooch!
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😀
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Dear SSC,
I very briefly skimmed this because I still (sadly) haven’t seen this yet.
IJB
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Kindest JJB,
I really didn’t get into too many of the particulars if you ever get a chance to stop back by. Have a nice weekend!
#lowfives
SSC
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“Lady-radio-DJ style” lol Best line ever! Also, #noboobs? Wtf! I still haven’t seen this but it is pretty high on the list to get watched. Great review!
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THANK YOU!!!
#noboobs but someone does get a #blowie
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Argh! I’m #54 on my library’s hold list for this. 😦 And that scene with JLC has always made me squeamish.
#happyfriday
#loveeric
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Hahahaha!! Jamie Lee has been very divisive on this post!!
#happysaturday
#denvertomorrow
#lovekim
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Denver?! That’s different!
#hugs
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Greetings from the Mile High state!!
#altitude
#happymonday
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Better than NJ Eric?
#happymonday
#hugs
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It’s a million times fucking better LOL!!!
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Awesome! I hope you have time to take in some sights!
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Whoo hop!!
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🙋🏻😚😚
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< 3 < 3 < 3
I like to leave the space in there because that looks more funny to me : )
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Ha!
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Still have to catch this one. There hasn’t been a Tarantino movie yet that I haven’t liked. That pic from ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ really confused me for a moment.
Great review!
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I hope you like it!!! Thank you for the comment!!!
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Looooooooonnnnngggggg movie.
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It’s longer than that night I spent in jail for public drunkenness.
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It’s longer than my you know what. Actually, it’s not.
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH
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Jamie Lee Curtis is SOO not hot in that movie. I dun curr what people are gonna say to me but fuck that bitch man
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Soooooooooooooooooo…….. you don’t want to bang her in that one????
: )
Love,
Ipes
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I wouldn’t touch her with an Arnie-sized stick 😉 😀
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You mean Weenus??
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Yeessus
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Fair enough, dear Itch.
FYI – I was going to comment on your The Witch post but the comments are closed : ( : ( : (
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Ah, shit man yeah sorry about that! Heh, I’ve set it to where comments close after two weeks, it helps me with keeping up with comments cuz i felt bad when I browsed back in my history and saw a lot that I never responded to. But . . . what’d you think about The VVVVVVVVitch?
-Itch
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I was just going to say that I can’t wait to see it and that I think Kate Dickie is fucking awesome!
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My sweet Pappy
I haven’t seen this yet, but it looks good. Though not sure if anything Tarantino does will reach Pulp Fiction/Inglorious Basterds for me.
Love,
Kidney
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Sweetest Kidney!!!!
1st – hello from Denver Colorado!
2nd – IB is easily his best work.
3rd – miss you loads!!
Love,
Sugar Pappy Giuseppe
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My sweet Pappy!!
1) What are you doing in Denver, Colorado of all places? and Hello from Johannesburg, Gauteng!
2) I love IB way too much!
3) missing you most!
Love,
Kidney G
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Sweet Kidney!!!
Just put here doing some fucking work!!
#norest
#needsomejager
Love!!
Sugar Pappy!
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Great review and very funny as always Eric.
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I need to watch this again, I didn’t like it the first time around. I didn’t mind Tim Roth though…. but what I thought was the weakest part was the violence. QT movies usually have uber-stylised violence but here it was almost always in slow motion. And I fucking hate slow motion!! I’m pretty sure SMJ actually speaks during one of these scenes, so his voice is all deep and half speed. I fucking hated that!!!
Glad you enjoyed the movie though mate
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I actually really love slo-mo but that scene you reference was fucking stupid.
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I couldn’t believe it. Slo-mo shootouts are one thing, but having a character talk during that period…. weird. I didn’t get that at all. You’re lucky if you like slo-mo, cos that’s pretty much all he used. I don’t recall him resorting to it in any other films
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Say adios to you cajones was my least favorite part…
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and that is actually a reused and slightly re-written line from one of his older movies!!
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I loved this movie but actually wished Michael Madsen had a bigger part. QT probably could have freed up some screen time for him by cutting the use of the N word in half, you’re right about that.
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About a fucking hour!
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I really wanted to like this, but it’s at least an hour too long, and I would totally CHOP the first 60 minutes. Plus the cinema we saw this in was utterly FREEZING which made it kind of unbearable and made me want to pee in quite a big way.
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Dear fn,
Yes, everything in the fucking stagecoach can go away. Forever. And I’ve always loved Kurt Russell.
#poison
Love,
ei
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Dear ei,
Kurt Russell kind of gives me the creeps. Didn’t you fall in love with him after Big Trouble in Little China?
Love,
fn
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My dear fn,
I actually kind of fell in love with him in Escape From New York. Big Trouble in Little China didn’t hurt things.
Love,
ei
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