Some people don't seem to understand it...

Rating: 10/10 (31 July 2019)

This is definitely a film made for fans of classic cinema and nostalgia. The scenery, the cars, the music, everything brings a special sort of feeling of Hollywood's Golden Age. There's a specific scene towards the end, a montage of various restaurants and businesses turning on their neon signs, that really captures that feeling. The Batman and Robin radio ad during the credits was a nice touch, especially as a fan of the Adam West TV show.
All the actors do a superb job in this film, Leo is definitely Oscar bait for best actor.
I'm reading a lot of negative reviews from Tarantino fans. They were expecting violence and gore throughout, a staple of Tarantino films. They didn't get that in this film. All the violence takes place the last 20 or so minutes. So I can understand why some would be upset by that. But it's the reason I like this film over other Tarantino films. It gave us a suspense. We all know what happened on August 8th, 1969. We were anticipating it. So when it came time, it was a nice payoff. I understand some others are upset because Tarantino tries to "rewrite" history by depicting the 2 lead characters (+ a cute pit bull) killing the 3 Manson Family members in a very gruesome and satisfying way. I understand the past still happened and the reality of the actual situation is sad and horrible to say the least. But I did feel a bit of poetic justice seeing the 3 family members taken down like that, and so did the rest of the audience who cheered during the whole scene. At the end of the day, this movie isn't for everyone. But for the people it is for, like myself, I was entertained beginning to end.