Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

[Anonymous]

Anyone else see this? Anyone else think it was....mostly boring? I though Pitt did a great job, as did DiCaprio. But most of the movie, I kept thinking "point, pls?"

Felt like it was a loose series of vignettes that meandered and was just...blah.

[Anonymous]

Beyond the Trailer youtube crituc thought the same. Also that it was sexist
I didn't watch it yet.

[Anonymous]

I loved it!

[Anonymous]

I agree it was sexist but that was probably reflective of the time period in which it was set. So sexist but accurate. I thought Brad Pitt was amazing. I will be surprised if he's not nominated for an Oscar. DiCaprio was good but his character was so annoying to me that I couldn't get past that. Which means he played his role well.

It was definitely slow but that's pretty typical for Tarantino. I didn't like the fictionalization of the Manson story. It just didn't seem right to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Beyond the Trailer youtube crituc thought the same. Also that it was sexist
I didn't watch it yet.

Wait for it to be released to video. I don't know about it being sexit, it's set in 1969. THe whole world was sexist then. Well, still is, but more so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree it was sexist but that was probably reflective of the time period in which it was set. So sexist but accurate. I thought Brad Pitt was amazing. I will be surprised if he's not nominated for an Oscar. DiCaprio was good but his character was so annoying to me that I couldn't get past that. Which means he played his role well.

It was definitely slow but that's pretty typical for Tarantino. I didn't like the fictionalization of the Manson story. It just didn't seem right to me.

Guess it's been a while since I watched Tarantino--don't recall his movies being slow. (Pulp Fiction?)

I thought the Manson story was pretty close to reality until the end. I would have like to see more of the backstory on Pitt. And more of Pitt and DiCaprio together, and less time with DiCaprio acting in the westerns.

[Anonymous]

I enjoyed it. It wasn’t manic like a lot of Tarantino’s films (aside from the regulation bit of gore at the end), and I liked that. If most of the characters hadn’t been based on real people I don’t think I would have found it very engaging.

I could take or leave Brad Pitt generally, but I thought he was an excellent fit for his role and he carried it off well.

[Anonymous]

The story was ponderous and felt disjointed. Tons of star-studded cameos in small roles.

I thought Leo and Brad were pretty great, they both turned in fun performances. Their relationship and interactions reminded me a bit of Mark Walberg and John C Riley's characters in Boogie Nights.

I honestly didn't enjoy the Sharon Tate story-line, I thought it was just odd. I know it's supposed to be a "alternative history" type of story, but I still couldn't get over it.

The movie is an homage to the late 60s in Hollywood, as conjured through the proto-typical "buddy film." Probably Tarantino's worst film, quite masturbatory.

QT is doing the next installment of the Star Trek franchise. I have mixed feelings about this.

[Anonymous]

Also, Margaret Qualley (daught of actress Andie McDowell and male model Paul Qualley) turns in a scene stealing performance as a manic pixie hippie who is part of the Manson Family. In addition, she's gorgeous.

Lots of kids of celebrities in this flick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, Margaret Qualley (daught of actress Andie McDowell and male model Paul Qualley) turns in a scene stealing performance as a manic pixie hippie who is part of the Manson Family. In addition, she's gorgeous.

Lots of kids of celebrities in this flick.

I had to look it up to see who she was in the movie. I disagree about the "scene stealing performance". She's good, but not that remarkable IMO. She is very pretty though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The story was ponderous and felt disjointed. Tons of star-studded cameos in small roles.

I thought Leo and Brad were pretty great, they both turned in fun performances. Their relationship and interactions reminded me a bit of Mark Walberg and John C Riley's characters in Boogie Nights.

I honestly didn't enjoy the Sharon Tate story-line, I thought it was just odd. I know it's supposed to be a "alternative history" type of story, but I still couldn't get over it.

The movie is an homage to the late 60s in Hollywood, as conjured through the proto-typical "buddy film." Probably Tarantino's worst film, quite masturbatory.

QT is doing the next installment of the Star Trek franchise. I have mixed feelings about this.

Definitely ponderous and disjointed. I'm not normally a huge fan of either actor, but I thought both of them were great in this. WOuld have been a better movie with both of them in more joint scenes. Just too much time watching Leo do western scenes. Blah blah blah.

[Anonymous]

Brad Pitt is a phenomenal actor. Because of his looks and his personal drama that often gets overlooked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, Margaret Qualley (daught of actress Andie McDowell and male model Paul Qualley) turns in a scene stealing performance as a manic pixie hippie who is part of the Manson Family. In addition, she's gorgeous.

Lots of kids of celebrities in this flick.

I had to look it up to see who she was in the movie. I disagree about the "scene stealing performance". She's good, but not that remarkable IMO. She is very pretty though.

I read an interview with her where she talked about how horrified she was that she had to flaunt her feet in the car scene. Apparently she was a ballet dancer and is embarrassed by the state of her feet. Brad Pitt and Tarantino had to convince her that they aren’t so bad.

I thought she was fine, in the same way that a million other pretty girls would have been fine in that role. She’s yet another young actor who got where she is thanks to her famous parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brad Pitt is a phenomenal actor. Because of his looks and his personal drama that often gets overlooked.

He's so jacked in this movie. Like, similar to his Fight Club days.

When he took his shirt off on the roof of the house, all the women (and a few of the men) in the Georgetown theater said "Daaaaaaaaaaamn"

I had a good laugh about that. But yeah, he looks incredible for a man who is 55.

[Anonymous]

I enjoyed Leo's scenes in the westerns. He was sinister in the scene as the bad guy holding the little girl hostage - absolutely fantastic in that moment.

The movie was a bunch of vignettes, some more poignant than others. But the parts were greater than the whole, IMHO.