The 5th Wave (2015)

The film stars Chloe Grace Moretz. I personally like this film…. Wait, am I seriously reviewing this film? This is the #cough# worst #cough# film of the month. Alright let’s get to the next film.

THE HATEFUL EIGHT (2015)

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Quentin Tarantino’s back guys! Turn on the motherforking music and jam baby! The motherforker is in the town, BEACH! The last film he filmed was Django Unchained (2012) – a western action film about a slave saving his wife. This time he’s back with another western film. With many ensembly cast, such as Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Tim Roth. The film was shot with the Ultra Panavision 70 – using an old 65 mm film camera which produced a 2.76:1 aspect ratio – which was handled by Robert Richardson.

Tarantino always plays with his movies – just like Jean-Luc Godard. Well you can say that Tarantino is Jean-Luc Godard in steroids… and red bulls… and cocaine… you get the point. But, I think this film was using the same formula as Resevoir Dogs (1992) – that broadway/theatre staging. He added a lot of things so it became something new. I was happy to see a film like this, but surely the motherforker can do more than just this. I mean, he only adds a western genre in it and it became a new film. Seriously?

The next thing I want to talk about is the cinematography. The set was basicaly set like a theatre stage, because you can count how many ‘stage’ there were. It was a talkie film – so it didn’t have to worry about the visuals very much. The film was also narrated as well – by the motherforker himself. So why did they want to worry about what they were shooting with very much? Clearly they used the old Ultra Panavision 70 – which is not cheap and rare. Damn! Even the last film who used the format was Khartoum (1966). I didn’t see any great views or whatsoever. But, Tarantino said to the American Cinematographer Magazine, that the use of the format was for the faces, so the emotions can be preceded fully. I don’t think I can agree with that.

Casting Samuel L. Jackson was a great decision. I like how he acts and reacts. Kurt Russell was great too. As well as Jennifer Jason Leigh. But what I like was the secret character. It made me laugh and surprised. I’m not gonna tell you the secret character.

And the last forking thing I want to talk about was the scoring, which was made by the master himself, Ennio Morricone. That son of a beach composed the scoring for The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966). You know the cowboy western duel theme song, yep, he made it and he’s BACK!

I don’t hate this film, actually I like it. The thriller, the mystery, the black-comedy, the staging, the cast, the scorng, and of course, the dialogue. The film still is a Tarantino film. You can’t deny that Tarantino haven’t entertain you in some ways, right? But still, it’s not his best film.

The verdict:

Tarantino can do better than this, but surely it was great to watch and feel the suspense – IF YOU CAN!

Sorry for having some words altered, because I have to keep this fucking review PG.