ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (2019) - Movie Review
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In an interview with Paul Thomas Anderson, Tarantino said that he wrote Sharon Tate to not be a Tarantino character, and wanted to respect who she really was as a real person, representing normality, not putting her into a plot, because that was what was robbed from her.
Just living her life.
She has become an actress who has been consigned to history completely and utterly by her tragic death. He wanted people to think about her differently and save her from her tombstone.
I personally think that Tarantino's handling of Tate and Robbie's spectacular performance was brilliant, and shows some real maturity and growth on Tarantino's part.
I agree, and I almost feel if Tarintino had put his type of dialogue in her mouth people would be saying he was being disrespectful to her memory for turning her into a Tarintino character rather than the real person.
humm wish he could've done the same with Bruce Lee but well..😅
@@eYoWay Exactly
Yes he was super respectful by showing her dirty feet
i watched the movie 3 times ,and i was extremely entertained
must have been a slow week
"Extremely entertained" is not the lowest bar, but you can barely see "enlightened" from there.
The movie was brilliant … a retelling of Hollywood … with the ending we all have wished for, for decades
Your criticism is so pointed and sharp and well-thought out, and most people on CZcams who "review" things aren't as cogent and observant as you.
ANN TUMBLR She is very intelligent and articulate however, she seems a little too partial. She seems bias against QT, Leonardo and Pitt. Like she doesn’t want to like their work, no matter the offering.
@@natalydavidsmith3118 yeah it comes off very pretentious tbh haha she makes generalized statements and provides basically 0 evidence to back them up.
Agreed. She is incredibly thoughtful
I LOVE Tarantino's "revision of history" emdings--more satisfying than real life.
Right let's teach a whole new generation that Manson was some loser who didn't do much. He didn't kill a couple and ordered the murder of Tate etc. Great message
My favourite thing was Sergio Corbucci getting the recognition he deserves.
Yeah, as the second best spagetti western director of all times.
And all the posters for The Mercenary (1968).
Why is she so underrated? She’s excellent at what she does! I hope the future is bright for you!! She’s beautiful and smart... Have you ever considered making a film?
Best reviewer on CZcams imho. You have a fantastic way of conveying your opinion.
It's refreshing too that she isn't another tedious basement dweller with the standard issue annoying voice. But I agree she speaks about film very well
Brad Pitt is a great character actor
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One of the best movies of the decade. The atmosphere in this movie is on another level. I saw it three times, and every time is better. And no, Tarantino is way better writer then director.
Robert Lipski OMG thank you! So many people have said he is a better director than writer which to me is preposterous. He is able to direct the way he does and the actors can glean so much from or for their performances because of what is on the written page.
I strongly agree with you now.Tarantino should retire just because everything he makes is copying other people's works.
I love it's breezy summary vibes and the nostalgia ✌️
@@Thespeedrapso what's this copied off? Hmmm?
@@HaHaHaa769Bob and Carol, Alice and Ted (1969 )Cactus Flower,Easy Rider(1969),Arizona Raiders(1965),Getting Straight(1970)
Personnaly I really like Brad Pitt for making good career choices. He has been in a lot of outstanding movies and is always doing a good job. At worst he doesn't ruin a character. Yes he was great in The tree of life but what about Babel? I found him incredibly touching in this film!
it's easy (or easier) when you get offered the best scripts first
So happy to have discovered this channel. Very, very intelligent … I don’t always agree …
IMHO … “Once upon Time” was a masterpiece…..
as brilliant as you are, I don’t know how you can be more enthusiastic about the Over-acting, Scene-Chewing Nicolas Cage, and be so down on so many other accomplishments actors.
Nonetheless, You❤ are enlightened, and your videos are, for me, required insightful viewing.
Pretty sure it's his 9th film
Depends if you count Kill Bill as one film or not. He does.
@flmvdvsrg The problem is not just literal (he released two, roughly two hour films) but that the singular film will feel like a fairly different experience - sitting through the pacing of 4 hours verus 2 hours; the iconic fight scene remaining in colour rather than switching to B&W; the animated scene reaching Manga levels of peak violence; and discovering new information at the same time as The Bride rather than before her, halfway through. In reality, Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Whole Bloody Affair are three different movies and it's better to trust the tale rather than the teller.
@flmvdvsrg he went to shit after pulp fiction tbh
The art direction was spot on & really captured the 60's era.
I did think the film was a lot of fun and I will buy it on DVD when it comes out
I love Cliff Booth. Brad Pitt has never been cooler. For me 1969, actually 1967, was the beginning of the Second Golden Age of Hollywood. The time when the studio system broke down and directors did what they wanted. You wouldn't have The French Connection or Bonnie and Clyde, or Deliverance (and many others) a few years before.
he isn't a great writer? talk about an original opinion here. not saying that it's a bad thing or anything, just unexpected
her opinion is stupid as fuck
illTANK idk dude, his writing style is certainly original and back in his 90s movies it seemed pretty cool but it’s grown a little played out and really doesn’t work sometimes, Death Proof for example and some of hateful eight. It might also be the fact that it’s been copied so often and done poorly but he’s definitely somewhat overrated as a writer sometimes
@@cultmoss4482 he's a great writer because his dialogue is realistic and fun. other writers get praised for complexity and how well they hide exposition, but QT has a simplicity to his work that makes it easy for anyone to understand whats going on and have a much more fun time. it's like you are hanging out with the characters he created whereas with most other writers you would be begging them to move onto the next big plot point. my favorite quality of his is he isn't a "type" writer.
@@TankLCDx I think she's talking about the narrative aspect, not the dialogue. I agree with her in that sense. His stories are usually interesting because of how he narrates them, and not so much for the story itself. To me, at least.
@@letmonge good point, but i dont think one negates the other. i feel like he sets his films up on a smaller scale so you are spending more time with characters and not thinking about whats taking place. the fact that he can literally take any plot and make it interesting is great in and of itself for me. i dont see me sitting in front of a screen for half of tarantinos movies if they were done by anybody else, which might work to your point. sorry if my interpretation is a lil bias, idk if im just being a fanboy at this point lol
Leo really didn’t come into his prime till the 2010’s. His performances of the decade are far better than those of the 2000’s
Love the way you articulate film. Can't wait to hear what you think of this one. I liked it, but didn't love. It had some excellent scenes throughout though.
I would recommend that you watch Brad Pitt in Assassination of Jesse James. It is a masterpiece with great performances from Pitt and Casey Affleck, along with a stunning Deakins cinematography.
I loved the film. Honestly it's in my top 5 favorite films of all time.
I could see why people would think Margot Robbie was wasted. I don't feel that way though. Now I am biased a bit I love QT. But the way I see it is everyone sees Tate as a tragic figure because of what happened. Rightly so. I believe QT wants to depict who Tate was. A young beautiful full of life woman. This plays into the ending we love seeing the Manson Family getting what they deserved. In real life Tate unfortunately is gone. But this film like you said creates happiness.
Overall I loved the film so much. I am a history buff so the whole 1969 feel had me invested. The classic cars, the amazing music, the feel of California, etc. I love when Cliff Booth just rides his car and we see the city. I also loved the ending and the relationship between Dalton and Booth.
@@MusaShinwari Nice low IQ you got there mate.
I love Quick Trip too
If you thought Margot Robbie was wasted what about Al Pacino he was totally wasted he should had been given more meat with his character.I like Brad Character very suspenseful I thought his character was going to get killed off when he went to Spahn Ranch.
Great film. I would love to see an extended version with more "Manson" scenes (The actor said that they filmed more of them) though. I don't know about all of you, but I could sit through a Tarantino film that is about three hours long. At the same time though, I also wish there were more "Bruce Lee" scenes (even just a couple more) but that is okay. The film is great how it turned out, but it seems like he did leave a lot of stuff out. Hopefully there is an extended edition. As much as I loved it (I give it an 8.5 out of 10) the editing seemed rushed.
Koka Kola yes, the actually original cut was over 4 hrs long.
Was just wondering, what’s your opinion on Leo’s performance in what’s eating Gilbert grape?
It sucks in fact the whole movie sucks. When I saw the trailer before the feature presentation of Wayne's World 2 on Vhs tape I new the actual movie was going to be awful.
A very young Dicaprio as Arnie in What's Eating Gilbert Grape is not only one of the worst acting performances I've seen in a movie but also one of the most annoying. He tries to be funny but hes just not.
Your thoughts on the ending were exactly how I felt in the theatre. Such a hopeful ending was sweet but knowing the actual outcome made me so sad.
I think Margo’s character was meant to drive home her innocence to contrast the tragedy that is/was awaiting her. I found myself thinking repeatedly that she didn’t deserve the violence that she suffered. That she should have been free to just enjoy her life. So, in that for me she represented the innocence of the time, more symbol than character.
Exactly.
Interesting. I went back & watched your initial reaction to Inglourious Basterds because I was curious what your criticisms were. At the time you seemed to love the film and Tarantino himself as a director. I’m just curious what changed.
I personally think Inglourious Basterds is Tarantino’s most masterful film among a career of mostly excellent work.
I would definitely be interested to hear a sort of updated re-review of Inglourious Basterds, just to see if maybe I’m missing something.
I really enjoy your vids by the way. They’re always very thoughtful and thought provoking. I’m definitely not trying to be confrontational at all, just genuinely interested. ✌️
What a really nice, thoughtful comment and great way to say “bitch you confused”
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is ultimately defies expectations. There is really no plot, it's a series of interconnected skits. It's also kind of a hang out film. Tarantino wants you to chill back and enjoy the scenery, thus why the pace is so tedious, there is no quest for revenge or big score, it's a nostalgia fix. It's not Tarantino's greatest film but it's an incredible achievement. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Wow. Such an insightful analysis. I think you’re quite right about the post-Jackie Brown films, but I noticed myself finding reasons to forgive him each time simply because I found the films to be campy and entertaining. For Kill Bill, I remember thinking, “well, this is his cross-genre love letter to films that inspired him” expecting he would go back to relative seriousness after. He didn’t.
Hi Maggie it’s a classic review. I want ask you a question my favourite actors are those who can express every emotions through their eyes and subtle facial expressions which male actor according to u stands out in this criteria
Maybe my favorite Tarantino movie. A movie that I find more realistic and not so heavy with dialogue and style, even though it has both. Another thing that I can practically guarantee you, and this is a Tarantino speciality, it that it gets even better the 2nd time around and is totally re watchable for a fairly long movie. To do something with film that is fresh, is probably the hardest thing to accomplish, even more so than being just a brilliant movie. Loved it, had a subtlety to it that I really dug, and then it also gives you those hit you over the head moments.
I feel the same way about Babylon. I didn’t really like it the first time I watched it, but 8 months later I’m wanting to watch it again for reasons unknown.
Only just catching up with this review and have to say it’s spot on once again. You always make me consider things I may have missed in your reviews. Incisive, insightful and hugely watchable. Kudos 🙌
Spot on, my ass. You need therapy too
Your commentary is fascinating and articulate.Looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Yes! The way he utilizes tone and the audience's expectation building towards the end is brilliant!
couldn't agree more with your assessment of DiCaprio. I've never been a fan of his, and you've articulated why very well. However, his two performances for Tarantino have been very compelling and enjoyable.
You missed the point of the film... It was a fairy tale with a happy ending that didn't happen in reality... which is the way fairy tales are.... And Margot Robbie's Sharon Tate embodied all the luscious innocence and promise of that era, brought to an abrupt end in by the Mason killers... That's the poignant subtext of this film... And that's why its ending, with a very pregnant Sharon Tate still alive and hopeful to greet our heroes, resonates with me. It's the melancholy of beautiful dream that fades away into the waking world.
Excellent review. Your criticism of the shallow presentation of Sharon Tate is a relatively common one and I have seen very few who have complimented this choice. But Tarantino can give a character one line and with it an encyclopedic knowledge of who they are ("garcon means boy"). He also wanted this movie to be a "tribute" to Tate, so one would have to at least consider that if he has not gone insane, then this was not accidental.
For example, many of the complaints about it say that we didn't get to know Sharon, and you specifically called it a "waste". But both of those things apply to the real Sharon Tate, who was cut down so brutally at the age of 25. It was a waste. And we didn't get to know her. Given Tarantino's actual IQ and writing IQ, and the fact that she "lives" in this movie, it's too much of a coincidence to not have been intentional.
I like your mention of ("garcon means boy") line in Pulb Fiction and how Tarantino could make a character out of a tiny bit of a scene. That's called a great attention to details. re Sharo Tate depiction in the movie, Tarantino said exactly what you've just said in interview with director Paul Thomas Anderson.
MOFOSmackdownTheater I think I can help you find it. It was more of a recorded audio conversation. Here is a link: www.indiewire.com/2019/08/quentin-tarantino-paul-thomas-anderson-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-podcast-1202168301/
I think maybe the issue you have with this film and maybe other reviewers is that he trades his usual Tarantino heady, philosophical dialogue between characters for visuals. In most of his films it's the banter between the actors that becomes the narrative, or the basis for a storyline. Instead we see the fading glory of the city, the rise of violence in movies and in a sense a loss of innocence. I disagree about the Margo Robbie portrayal of Sharon Tate. Her presence in the movie is more about symbolism than a literal presentation or a biopic of her. Instead she represents an idealized personification of beauty and perfection. It plays like a fable or a fantasized version of a memory. To me there's this theme of an era fading being exchanged for another one.
I didn't know talking about what Big Macs are called in Europe or who played Christie Love was "heady, philosophical" dialogue.
@@yournamehere6002 I did notice when I ordered a Royale Burger with cheese at Mickey Dees they assumed I was dipping into Descartes or Schopenhauer!
Thanks for discussing this. I've caught "Once Upon a Time ..." a few times on satellite television. I enjoy it. For me, the film picked up steam about an hour in, when Leonardo DiCaprio is filming the TV Western and goes on that self-loathing rant in his trailer. I love his use of period music in this. He picks great tunes and avoids the obvious tracks that Hollywood loves to use for period pieces set in the late '60s. I like the dialogue, too. It works for me. Shawn R., Mo-Mutt Music
Watched this for the first time last night and it was my first Quentin Tarantino film and I loved it and I'm hooked no matter what you had to say
My wife & i saw that on a date night and we both loved it.
very intelligent and well-thought-out review. I'm a huge hater of Tarantino movies as I find them to be hackjobs of older movies that he's seen. That said, I LOVED "Death Proof," and I absolutely LOVED "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood." I would go even further to say that Once Upon A Time is my favorite movie of 2019 thus far. I loved the way he captured this time period, and the two main characters were extremely exciting to see everytime they appeared on screen. Such an epic movie, and I can't believe this was Tarantino's work. I'll always give him a chance (even though I hate most of his movies)
they're not hackjobs of other movies, he's just influenced by alot of movies he's seen like every director is. even to be original you have to be influenced by something. also deathproof is his worst movie
@@jmckeev765 dude, it's one thing to be influenced by other movies...but he literally takes things out of other movies (direct songs and movie props) and inserts them directly into his movies. That's not being "influenced." That's a 100% hackjob from another movie. For example, the Iron Duck in Death Proof was taken directly from "Convoy." The Shaw Brother intro in some of his movies is the SAME intro from the Shaw Brothers. The music, names, even the same actors, were taken directly from other movies and put directly into his movies. That's not "being influenced." That's directly using other material from other movies.
I disagree with your opinions on Leo and Brad but a great review I subbed.
I see Leo & Brad like this: Professional actors putting in a solid day’s work.
Nothing wrong with admiring an actor for just doing his job well even if you are constantly reminded that it’s Brad & Leo.
@@BingoNamo-gb8pz Yeah I agree, nothing wrong with an actor being themselves.
I love Dicaprio but what you said about his grimace is spot on. There are permanent lines on his face due to the fact that he's always grimacing.
In another video she said it always looks like he’s taking a shit
Makes me wonder if Shutter Island would be even better with a different actor. Never really thought about it since I love the movie so much just as it is. I actually think Mark Ruffalo was just as important as Leo & is the reason I can rewatch it so many times. You get the feeling that those 2 really are close partners with a history.
The idea of insulating and compartmentalizing roles in filmmaking to where writers are writers and directors are directors tended to result in a stagnation in variety and creativity. By the time Tarantino, Richard Linklater and Kevin Smith came along many film critics noticed how film schools produced people who read all the same textbooks about how to write a film, same 3-act structures beat-for-beat hundreds of times over. Some filmmakers, they get to a point where they constitute every aspect of what they create. As with the Coens and other auteurs, it is beside the point after calling them auteurs to say their career would've been better or worse if they just picked a lane and stayed with it. It's disconcerting hearing anyone at this point talking about Tarantino as separate from his writing. Only Tarantino makes Tarantino films, for better and/or for worse.
This review completly missed the point of the movie. It was not self mocking, it was a valantine.
Hi Maggie. I love seeing you again.
Now, I disagree with Margot Robbie’s character complains (which is not only yours).
***SPOILERS***
I don’t think this movie is about “Leo & Brad” (as many describe it). Those two go separate ways for a big portion of the movie.
From my point of view this movie is about 3 different stories: Rick Dalton’s, Cliff Booth’s and Sharon Tate’s.
The first story is about a middle age actor’s struggling to survive in a transitioning Hollywood, and a beautiful rendition to “western” and “spaghetti western”.
The second story is an exploration into a “tough guy” stuntman, an amazing visual time-travel to the 60s LA streets, to the “Americana” culture and a mystery story involving the Manson Family.
The third story is shown from the perspective of an observer. It’s not an exploration into Sharon Tate’s personal life and problems. It’s not study of character. Tarantino decided instead to make her character “minimalist”: graceful, warm-hearted, innocent, Tarantino places the camera behind her while she takes us wherever her impulses decide to make her go: to the middle of a dancing floor at The Playboy Mansion, crossing the street to watch a movie theater posters, to a bookstore, to the theater again to see herself in awe listening to people reaction to her movie. All those scenes involve little dialogue but a lot of walking. She’s like our host and guide through the film. Her character is shaped not so much on what she says but on what she does, and her constant smile and optimism. She moves freely without any restraints or regrets, wherever she wants.
That’s why at the end of the movie I felt a little relief on knowing that she was safe and nothing bad happened to her.
I agree with you, the movie seems like the representation of the life that Tarantino wanted to live, and the nostalgia about the old ways of deaing with cinema. That's why it feels like a very ''personal'' movie but not in the way that you say this is a TRADEMARK Tarantino movie, it doesn't have many of his own touches in it cause he wanted to keep that world untouched i guess. Although i didn't go crazy for it, i enjoyed it, especially the two characters Rick and Cliff and their great relationship. It left me with an urge to rewatch it at some point.
I'm reading the novelization of this film right now because I want to see if it's better to read a Tarantino film than it is to watch it. I've no plans to see the movie because I swore I'd never watch a Tarantino film again after seeing the last half of Inglorious Bastards on TV.
Margot Robbie's one-note character is one of the things that left an impression on me. By having her this way, Tarantino let us invest our own ideal into her. In a sense, then, she belonged to no one and all of us. He was absolutely objectifying her, but I think in a way that was meant to memorialize her. I think he felt a real sorrow for her.
I really love this review. I completely agree with your feelings of Brad and Leonardo. They have potential, but never knocked me out. Brad is better. Tate was nothing in the picture, but it was about people around her. I'm a Helter Skelter fanatic and it did veer my expectations. I like that. I was thinking it was going to be this Manson murders thing, but it's completely other. If it was all about Tate, that would be predictable. It's all about outside of it and that is really interesting.
Good review. I wonder how you might feel after seeing it again. Sharon Tate is more of a spirit that inhabits this movie, but she has significant parallels with Rick Dalton’s development. The pay off at the end is not just that Sharon lives and that her baby is born, but that Rick is born as a real person and not just a self-absorbed TV actor. Or at least he’s busy being born, as Dylan might say. And yes, this is Tarantino reflecting on his own life, getting married and having a baby. I think he’s actually saying that we can’t change the past, but we can change the future by changing ourselves. It’s more about where Hollywood and culture are going. It’s inly his 9th movie. We’ll see if they let him make a 10th.
There is nothing wrong with preferring film over digital. It’s just his personal taste....
Great review!
Watch Brad Pitt in the WW2 film Fury and you will see he fits the hardened veteran role perfectly going from North Africa, Sicily, France and Germany.
Brilliant as always, Maggie. Thanks.
I think you may have overlooked the point behind how Sharon Tate is portrayed in this film.
Margot Robbie's Sharon Tate is supposed to be uneventful. You're watching what it's like for a normal, unassuming, person who's in the middle of her glory days. She's carefree in a throuple, she's naively picking up a hitchhiker, she's dancing while doing laundry, she's going to the movies in the middle of the day and using her newfound B-list celebrity status to save a measly 75 cents on a movie she's in. It's all done as a constant reminder (for viewers aware of her tragedy) that this woman will be murdered in the prime of her life.
It's not until the title of the film is shown at the very end, that you get the point of it all: This entire story is Quentin Tarantino's version of a fairy tale. Hence "Once upon a time...".
Our gallant heroes are two men in the twilight of their careers who avert the Manson murders and save the damsel before she's in any distress. The rise of movies made by guys like Polanski helped push out shows/movies helmed by guys like Dalton and thrusted him into having to do small TV roles and spaghetti westerns. If not for that, he and an acid-tripping Cliff Booth (with his vicious dog) wouldn't likely be both at Dalton's house that night, nor awake at midnight.
We're left to believe that innocent, unassuming, Sharon Tate gets to play out the remainder of her life (and rise to stardom) as she should.
The End 🙂
I really thought this movie was crap, just a nostalgia piece, like something teenagers would put together: Batman vs. the Manson family. Lancer as a tv show was average at best but because QT thought it was good we should like it to.
Have you seen The Basketball Diaries ? Even today I think it's one of DiCaprio's best performances and he was like 16 years old! One of the best portrayals of heroin addiction and I love Jim Carroll.
why have I listened to this at least ten times? Dear THIS review summons up totally your art and your dialectic. You speak like no one else. B=R=A=V=O
I would love to know what you think of Werner herzog??
"Tarantino is not a great writer" what a statement
I agree, he isn't.
Maggie i recommend you see it again in the theatre it does get better on second viewing
@@MusaShinwari settle down theres no need for talk like that
I didn't enjoy it at all. Everything that made his earlier works like Reservoir Dogs so great are in complete reverse here. The pacing is glacial, there are so many inconsequential filler scenes, the dialogue is not particularly memorable, the stories don't particularly intertwine in any clever way. It's just all incredibly bloated and safe.
This film is a masterpiece. Such a great feeling walking out of this movie... I just wish we had a movie with this much love of pure cinema and not Disney fast food trash, reboots, remakes and sequels weekly.
no where near masterpiece, not even better than Jackie Brown
his music soundtracks help his movies huge and his dialog. Bastards my fav. Once Upon intro the best as it captures the times. then devolves into mindless violence. of course Bastards does too. Pitt was wonderful in A River... yes Leo is good as a cartoon character, but good in Blood Diamond. the actress portraying Tate is a sad small copy. you're right on! Tate is the focus of the movie and yet she is just a void in the movie with all playing around this void. and the real darkness of the hippy era was the cia involvement in it not at all touched on in the film.
I really liked the ending because Tarantino was showing one way out of the end or the era, which was the Leonardo character following Clint Eastwood's trajectory of going from TV western to spaghetti western success and subsequently branching out. When he meets the neighbors it shows him realizing he could do more.
You nailed it. Self-indulgence. The best distillation of what he does best is True Romance---directed by someone else.
Good point about Tarantino's use of actors. Shawn R., Mo-Mutt Music
My biggest gripe is how he white knights on behalf of other racial or religious groups, takes me right out of the film.
Yet, Jackie Brown is his best film.
I haven't seen the movie but if had to guess Tarantino doesn't see it as white knighting but what feel right to him. I can relate up to point if can help or do what is right. Shouldn't I?
@flmvdvsrg Gets away? He gets castrated and bleeds out.
Honestly like this movie more each time I see it.
Which is your favorite actor of all time ?
Although not much happens, this movie is definitely happening!
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I enjoyed it overall, despite it not being perfect. Seen it twice, & look forward to owning it to my Tarantino collection. What makes me love this movie so much, is that it's NOT a sad movie! It's a feel good movie to watch when your feeling down on your luck. I ate nachos & popcorn & drank my Dr. Pepper & felt joy watching it. It didn't bring me an ounce of sadness😊
Plus Let's ALL give a round of applause for Cliffs Pitbull for helping save the night from a psycho massacre!
CHOMP!!!😌😂🐕
The brotherly love from Rick & Cliff, the 1969 backdrop, the SOUNDTRACK!! I've been listening to the soundtrack without end. Margaret Qualley is SUPER cute, even though she's in it briefly. Just GREAT fun!🤗
Your TOTALLY gonna like this comment. I can feel it!
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Was there a lot of feet in the film?
@Skungy Jones lovely kissable tootsies
it's Tarantino...sooo
I'm gonna support you on the 10th film thing - but if he wants to release Kill Bill Whole Bloody Affair on Netflix, I'll happily renumber that list.
Shit glad I found this channel, really solid review.
What did you think about DiCaprio's performance in Revolutionary Road?
Don't forget about Sayuri. She should get the academy award for her role as Brandy. ;) All kidding aside I think your evaluation of the ending was spot on.
Tarantino is not a great writer? Lady, you've got it all wrong. It's fact it's the opposite of what you said. He is a great writer and a good director.
What's your favorite actor and actress?
I'd love to hear your take on Brad Pitt's performance in Ad Astra.
will you review natural born killers? or JFK? or Platoon? from Oliver Stone?
Can you define what you mean by "a cerebral performer"?
Also I went to see the movie without knowing who Sharon Tate was and as such found her character totally redundant since her true history was changed.
Same here, I didn't make the assumption that she was a plot device, and she felt a little out of place. I really enjoyed the movie, though.
tarantino did was he captured thr essence of 1969 the freewheeling breezy feeling of the time , Brad pitt speeding along with cool music, the sun was in those days hot, the sky had a bright hazy quality to it, no worries seemingly as hollywood was wrapped up in the times of late 1960s. Brad Pitt was a stand up guy in the film and you felt you were watching not an actor but the real guy. i thought it was a wonderful film as i said capturing hollywood perfectly that summer when long hair ruled girls and guys hitchhiking up and down the strip, things like the vietnam war, racism,sexism just was not on the minds of people in 1969 hollywood. so many other things i could say but another time. great video thanks.
You're review is ''KIND OF'' interesting but i like how Quentin Tarantino's historical revisionism kind of makes his movies ending better ,in a movie you don't want to see HISTORICAL facts followed on point because it is a movie not a documentary , i love how he's kind of making fun of bruce lee in this movie ,i consider bruce lee arrogant to...
I love me some Brad Pitt and leonardo DiCaprio but I fully understand your critiques of them and have had similar thoughts. But, for me, when it comes to film I personally try not to be too critical in terms of examining all of their parts individually. I want to hear the music and not the instrument. Its what helps me deal with weaker or misplaced acting performances. I wonder how you felt about Brad pitt's performance in the assassination of Jesse james by the coward Robert ford.
i reject your hypothesis
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I see what you did there. ;) XD
Goddamn brilliant review.
4:23. Honestly Ive always kinda thought that too, his early performances especially, titanic and Romeo and Juliet 🤦♂️. But even in performances later on like Shutter Island and low key even in inception he’s not my favourite. He’s just too dramatic and plays the roles too strong I guess. I do like him in the Departed and I also think he deserved his Oscar for the Revenant, he’s definitely a good actor but seems overrated.
Julie Butters stole her scenes. Next, she was in Rhe Fabelmans and she was good. Excellent actor.
One of my Favourite movies!!
Last movie I watched in theaters before the quarantine. Miss going to the movies
This film is a great example of it being about ‘the journey’. I enjoy letting it unwind for me. It ended too soon
Your opinion od DiCaprio is spot on!!!!!
Sadly, I don't get excited about Tarantino films these days. Despite there being much to admire, ultimately his films (post-Jackie Brown) are kind of hollow being nothing but a post-modern wrapper or gloss.
This was such a great review. Tarantino has always been stuck in the past which always irked me haha.
I’ve been wanting to see this film for the longest I love DiCaprio
Great review
@deepfocuslens - there are actors who are aware of the camera. This includes Leo. There are actors who forget the camera. This includes Anthony Hopkins. I met Anthony Hopkins and I did the Elephant Man. He will never forget me.
Yeah.
I feel like DiCaprio is a very technical actor.
But emotionally he feels kinda blunt.
Still tho, as you said. When he's satirical and funny.... He's amazing.
I always enjoy hearing your take on films. The first time I saw the film, I felt the tension and dread as the Manson family murderers ascended Cielo Drive. I was afraid Cliff would be too high and Rick would be too drunk to intervene, and tragedy would strike and both the audience and characters would be helpless witnesses. (My uncle who has lived his entire life in California and was a Sharon Tate fan at the time of the murder even left the theater because he couldn't bear to watch what he thought was going to happen; when he heard laughter while standing in the lobby, he ended up returning, somewhat confused.)
What ended up happening was far more interesting as I saw Tarantino getting his revenge on cultural critics who want to villify entertainment-makers for their depictions of violence. The gal who gets the flamethrower is not coincidentally the one who offers up the rationale for why they should kill Rick Dalton, one of the TV personalities who "taught them how to murder."
The first time I saw the film, the ending and the title appearing on-screen made me see how Tarantino was making a "true" Hollywood, happily-ever-after, fairy tale of an ending. When Maurice Jarre's “Miss Lily Langtry" starts playing, and the gates to the Polanski-Tate household are opened, there is that ascent of Dalton and Sebring, and the camera pans over the darkened trees, it looks like something from a Grimm's fairy tale. This is the historical happy ending, the way we wish history could have gone. (Much like the 2016 election...)
The second time I saw the film, I noticed the slow zoom on Dalton as he is standing in the cul-de-sac, looking up at the stars. There is a zoom-cut to the back of his head and shoulders and then Jay Sebring asks, "Hey man, what happened?!?" My theory is that this final two minutes of the film is the fictional fantasy/fairy tale for Dalton. Despite his Italian film sojourn, he is planning to return to TV once pilot season begins, but after the most messed-up experience of having his home invaded, it seems to me he is thinking, "Hey, maybe with all the commotion, the violence, the noise, and hubbub, maybe my famous neighbors will be curious about me and ask what happened. Wouldn't it be grand if they invited me over to hear about all this messed-up stuff?" And then it does happen. He's instantly invited into a castle in the Cielo/sky, presumably to become part of a Hollywood elite.
What a beautiful ending. I don't find it cynical, but rather aching poignant and bittersweet because both the historical revisionism and the fictional character's fantasy point to a deep yearning within people to wish that historical and personal tragedies could be averted and history changed, although once it's done, we know it never can be.
I would welcome your thoughts on this interpretation.
Whether she admits your analysis is correct, it absolutely is. The Fairy-Tale is HIS and Cliff's. It's not complicated. It's right there staring everyone in the face. The fact that she considers the end 'sad' , was enough for me to discount her entire outlook on the film. She didn't 'see' it correctly and therefore cannot understand it correctly. You did and do.
I agree with you on Leonardo DiCaprio, BEFORE the Revenant AND Django Unchained; Leonardo's roles were always EXTREMELY REPETITIVE