User blog comment:Mikemacdee/So Much Hate for Hateful Eight?/@comment-27838637-20160725104614/@comment-4715955-20160726025429

That makes sense. The third act is kind of a shambles.

I don't know that the mystery aspect falls flat, but it does miss the opportunity to be truly great. The script could've used another couple of drafts to build it up to a more satisfactory climax instead of just going nuts for the last twenty minutes or so.

I thought this was an interesting aspect, too: it's true that basically all these guys are bastards, and Jackson is probably at the top of the list. Despite being one of the few with any sense of honor and probably the smartest guy in the room, he does the vilest thing in the movie in flashback, to a guy who may or may not have been as evil as his dad. But just as everybody has sinned, every sinner gets their judgment, including Jackson who fittingly gets shot in the genitals. So the term "white hell" in reference to the blizzard becomes pretty apt.

I'm rambling again.