I agree that this was an okay movie that should have been much better. The performances were all great, the plot twist(s) was/were good. I guess the violence was typical Tarantino but it just seemed unnecessary here.

But really the part I had the biggest problem with was the "flashback" scene of dude giving Sam J a BJ.

I mean I know why it's in there, but the result is that it left the audience without a character to like or root for. Maybe that was kind of the point for a movie called The Hateful Eight, but at least in the other Tarantino movies the awful characters are still entertaining to watch. Here it was mostly just a full cast of characters I didn't like all killing each other.

I guess Jennifer Jason Leigh was okay in it though. But then again, just like almost every Tarantino film, things don't turn out very well for the female characters.