The cast were spectacular. Cristoph Waltz was my favourite in particular - he bought both humour and suspense to a character who was actually quite serious.
Leonardo Di Caprio was great too - his character was so different to other roles I have seen him in; he's not the protagonist for once, but the antagonist. His character was truly evil but he still managed to make you feel empathetic for him.
The cinematography was amazing. Certain shots where Quentin would quickly zoom into the characters face were stunning, for example the one of Leonardo below:
That shot of Leonardo was actually my favourite in the film.
The way blood was used was brilliant - rather than being dark and sticky looking like in most films, it was a bright red liquid which would explode like a Coca Cola & mint bomb - it was great. The deaths in themselves were great too as characters would actually react when shot or injured, shouting/screaming/swearing in the most hilarious ways.
That leads me onto the language - that was probably the most controversial part of the film. Nearly every other word was a swear word, and the N**** word must've been used 100+ times. However I think this also made the film quite authentic to the time as that's how it would've been towards black people in the time of slavery in America.
Finally, the soundtrack was great - it really kept the film uplifting and sounded very Mexican - most of it was in Spanish.
I would definitely suggest this film to anyone - 5/5!!
I really enjoyed the film as well, a little problematic with the N word I agree. Great performances by everyone one criticism would be a lack of Kerry Washingtons character being developed in greater detail
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