Having seen it for the second time, this is definitely one of last year's best films and better than Django. I firmly believe that in some years it will be re-evaluated as one of Tarantino's finest.

It probably ties Death Proof as my least favourite Tarantino film but I'll definitely give it a rewatch when it hits blu-ray. Maybe it'll grow on me.

man if only ya'll saw this before our nominations process lol

Thanks guys. This helps. I'll still see it in 70mm though as my local theatre looks to still be showing it in that format for another couple of weeks at least.

Agreed

Amazing film that just keeps getting better nrepeat viewings. It will go down as one of Tarantino's best, most complete films when time passes.

Only three small gripes:

1. Why was Tim Roth playing Christoph Waltz?
2. Michael Madsen was underutilized
3. The entire plan of Channing Tatum and the others was unnecessarily elaborate, but whatever.

It would have made more sense if there was a real Oswald played by Waltz who Englsh Pete killed at one point for his identity.

Oswaldo was written for Tim Roth. It's not like the role was offered to Waltz first (or written with him in mind).

I know. Which is why it is even weirder that Roth is playing Waltz.

Oh, this was much better than Django Unchained. Walt Goggins was brilliant, and Ennio's score is masterful. This is in the top three Tarantino films with Death Proof and Inglourious Basterds. B+

I imagine Algren is John Ruth the Hangman if he were a Tarantino character

Hard choice to make. None of them are very nice people. Ruth is probably the best.

This is the first Tarantino film I've watched, and to be honest, the first hour and a half are torture to sit through. So fucking boring. If I watched it again, I'd probably see they're laying clues for the mystery in the second half of the movie. I actually didn't plan to watch the rest, but I'm glad I did. Once Jackson tells Dern about how he raped and murdered his son, it got good, and the rest of the film is thrilling to the end. And it is beautiful to look at and the music is good. I like how it feels like a play; I would love to perform in this. They should totally bring it to Broadway. Could be a Sweeney Todd type show.

First half D
Second Half A

The ending was so good I will overlook the terrible beginning almost entirely.

A-

You should watch Pulp Fiction, interested in how you'd like it. Oh, and Kill Bill.

I certainly plan to watch all of his movies at some point.

A "D" first half and an "A" second half gets an average score of an "A-". How does that work?

I said I was willing to almost entirely overlook the first half. Try reading.