A very good movie

(I have seen this movie twice, first in digital version, and the second time in 70mm)

When I was first planning to watch this movie, one of my colleagues pointed out that I might actually want to see it in 70mm, as intented by Quentin Tarantino. He definitely had a point but, to my surprise, only one single movie theater in the whole Benelux was showing this movie in this particular version. Of course, it turned out to be very difficult to get some tickets and so I decided to watch instead the digital version with my film club. However, afterwards, I discussed this matter with some other colleagues and it turned out that many were interested to see this movie in 70mm. So, eventually, I went to see it again, this time, as it was intented to be seen and, once again, I had quite a blast. At the end of the day, you wonder if there was any value in this 70mm gimmick but I thought it looked really neat, I really enjoyed this super wide screen (It was slightly too dark for my taste though but, maybe, it was the projectionist who messed it up) and I think it was a nice experiment from Tarantino. My advise is that if you can choose, go for the 70mm version, but if you manage to only watch the digital version, don't feel too bad about it, you won't be missing so much after all. 

Concerning the movie itself, at first, I actually had some doubts about this flick. Indeed, even though I have enjoyed everything released by Quentin Tarantino, in my opinion, all his recent releases ('Django Unchained', 'Inglourious Basterds', 'Kill Bill') have been seriously overrated. Well, at last, the guy has made an amazing come-back, delivering his best movie since many years. I mean, this time, even though it was maybe not perfect, it surely came close. Basically, not only it was a gorgeous Western with a great soundtrack by the legendary Ennio Morricone, it was also combined with a spellbinding thriller, some kind of mystery that could have come out of an Agatha Christie novel or an Alfred Hitchcock movie and this combination was just really spellbinding. Indeed, even though everyone talks during this movie, you are never sure what's actually their agenda and, during the whole thing, the only thing you can be sure is that none of them can be trusted. Eventually, what impressed me the most was how well written the whole thing was. Obviously, Tarantino has quite a reputation in this area but, recently, I thought he took himself really for granted with some half-baked results. Here, it was totally focused with some really hilarious dialogues, some very well developed characters and a tale that finally kept me on the edge of my seat until the very end. Anyway, to conclude, I really loved the damned thing and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you're interested in Quentin Tarantino's work.