![]() But, things take a turn for the worse when Hugh is mauled by a bear requiring his men to carry him the rest of the way to the disdain of his fellow trapper John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy) whom thinks of Hugh as a traitor for having a half Native son on the trail with him. The group’s only option is to trek to their destination by foot up mountains and through Native territory. During a routine expedition their team is attacked by a clan of Native Americans who kill half of the team forcing the rest to flee and abandon their pelt and boat. A fur trapper by trade, Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a wilderness expert helping a team of trappers collect pelt on a month’s long journey to sell. On the opposite end of the spectrum is Iñárritu’s brutal tale of one man’s fight for survival in the unsettled freezing wilderness of the Louisiana Purchase territory. There the story’s momentum continues to build with the inclusion of four other men all with their own tales and journeys ultimately leading to a guaranteed blood bath that takes place in the most gruesome, humorous ways possible. The four travel through blistering cold and dangerous political conversation in a stagecoach together until they arrive at a well-known lodge called Minnie’s Haberdashery. Along the way to their collective detestation, Red Rock, the group run into another stranded civilian with the same destination, Confederate militiaman Chris Mannix. This leads to one hell of an adventure for Marquis Warren, an African-American former Union Colonial.Īfter his horse succumbs to the frigid cold of the land, Marquis must rely on the kindness of a gruff bounty hunter, John Ruth (Kurt Russell), who’s apathetic to anyone except the $10,000 reward chained next to him, fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh). ![]() Each person possesses their own journey and secret intentions, but as their paths cross they must confront each other’s backgrounds and beliefs while dealing with how these harbored opinions will affect them personally. There, a group of men and one woman find themselves stuck together in a cabin as blizzard bares down around them. In The Hateful Eight Tarantino uses the motif of classical westerns to tell a new tale of dirty rotten scoundrels in the post-Civil War era northwest. ![]() Both of these men prove they possess the ability to impress and shock viewers in their newest projects by bringing their well-known tropes to new and improved heights. Tarantino, on the other hand, focuses on language making films with heady dialogue infused into body genres that focus on the excess of blood, guts, and tears while somehow still prompting laughter. Iñárritu is known for his gripping emotional tales and fantastic visual cues that extend shots into seamless long takes with impeccable movement. Mutually, Tarantino and Iñárritu are exceptional visual storytellers who use cinema as a means to advance the medium in unprecedented ways. Hearing their names involved in a project is like hearing the word “fried” used for a meal description, or “Beatles” attached to a song-you know it’s going to be good, even if it isn’t great. My loving devotion to each director has been long, steady, tried, and true. When you hear Quentin Tarantino or Alejandro González Iñárritu’s name attached to any project, you can’t help but have your heart skip a beat in excitement and let out a squeal of pure delight… well at lease that’s my reaction to both men. Despite being two completely different tales depicted by two different directors, The Hateful Eight and The Revenant have an awful lot in common. This year two films focus on the power of hate and the lengths that people go when fueled by it. ![]() Take the Kellogg brothers for instance, their bitter rivalry changed the nature of breakfast into what we know it as now. As Radio Raheem once taught us, love and hate are always battling each other and sometimes it looks like hate wins. At opposite ends of the spectrum both emotions create an energy and potential within those who choose to focus on one or other allowing great achievements to get accomplished with either power source in their corner. Love breeds a powerful force that can change the world, unfortunately so can hate. ![]()
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