Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
All Tarantino movies are different and interesting. Most aren’t subtle, you can see exactly what he is trying to achieve, and that ruins them a bit – you see the filmmaking instead of experiencing a movie.
I loved the acting, story, settings, soundtrack – like all of his films. But this one didn’t work as a cohesive whole. I wasn’t emotionally invested in any characters.
The story of an ageing has been would have been great as a serious movie, like A Star Is Born did it.
The Bruce Lee stuff, historically accurate, felt wrong.
For a little while the Manson Family were genuinely creepy and I wanted more of that.
The dog food was awesome. The tracking shots of feet got repetitive. The young female actor was brill, as a sign of the times. Brad Pitt is looking physically amazing for his age.
It was good to see Sharon Tate being something other than the murdered pregnant actress, but all we saw was an airhead.
This might be the last slowly-paced (like moves from back then), fun movie ever made.