Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

Sooo.. people didn't like this movie? Why? I thought it was pretty good. In fact, with a healthy trim, there's a masterpiece located inside of Bad Times at the El Royale. Perhaps that's what's most frustrating to people. Sequences of amazing quality stick out in my head. The opening vignette, the AMAZING sequence with Jon Hamm inside the secret Hotel tunnel, the intense final act. Drew Goddard nearly made his masterpiece, and yet through over indulgence, that masterpiece is squandered. This film didn't need to be 2 and 1/2 hours to tell it's story. Plot wise, it's delightfully convoluted. This is Twin Peaks meets The Hateful Eight. Purposely, you begin to have trouble connecting the dots and figuring out what in God's name is happening at this hotel. You can pay as close attention as you can, or zone out. Either way, the atmosphere keeps you in there. The performances from all are pretty strong here too. You can tell Goddard wanted to make a strange little movie, with multiple nods to Quentin Tarantino. In fact, Tarantino seems to have liked this homage to him, because he borrowed at least 3 songs from this movie to use in the amazing soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. You wouldn't think he'd be inspired by one of his copies, but then again, he'd totally do that.