08-25-2019, 06:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-25-2019, 06:04 PM by TM2YC. Edited 1 time in total.)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
If you're into the history of movies and the behind-the-scenes details of movies you are going to dig Quentin Tarantino's love-letter to 1969 Hollywood. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt have rarely been as good as they are as the co-leads. Scenes like the one at the ranch crackle with dangerous tension. Every shot looks fabulous. I think like many, I was worried about the subject matter being in poor taste but as usual never fear, QT knows exactly what he is doing. I appreciated him dropping many of his perhaps overused stylistic ticks, for his most conventional (in a good way) film since the superior 'Jackie Brown'. 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' is close enough to perfect that it's not worth mentioning a few minor blemishes.
(FYI: Be sure to stick around for a wonderful mid-credits bonus scene).
An excellent review from Robbie Collin:
Yeah, I did wonder that too. A subversion of one's exceptions, doesn't work if you don't have any expectations. Several of the scenes could feel like characters just hanging out but when I think about it, I can't remember any that weren't essential character scenes, or essential building blocks to the story.
If you're into the history of movies and the behind-the-scenes details of movies you are going to dig Quentin Tarantino's love-letter to 1969 Hollywood. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt have rarely been as good as they are as the co-leads. Scenes like the one at the ranch crackle with dangerous tension. Every shot looks fabulous. I think like many, I was worried about the subject matter being in poor taste but as usual never fear, QT knows exactly what he is doing. I appreciated him dropping many of his perhaps overused stylistic ticks, for his most conventional (in a good way) film since the superior 'Jackie Brown'. 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' is close enough to perfect that it's not worth mentioning a few minor blemishes.
(FYI: Be sure to stick around for a wonderful mid-credits bonus scene).
An excellent review from Robbie Collin:
(08-22-2019, 04:51 AM)TMBTM Wrote: But I can totally see how some people could not like this movie. If you don't know the story of the real Sharon Tate, if you don't really care about the behind the scene stuffs of cinema, if you prefer story driven movies rather than characters movies... then you will probably get bored.
Yeah, I did wonder that too. A subversion of one's exceptions, doesn't work if you don't have any expectations. Several of the scenes could feel like characters just hanging out but when I think about it, I can't remember any that weren't essential character scenes, or essential building blocks to the story.
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