1969 but not as i remember it! - yet this movie hits all its marks in one take!

Rating: 9/10 (19 August 2019)

1969, ah yes i remember it well. Apollo 11, the Vietnam war and the anti war protests, Civil rights in the USA, the troubles in Ireland, the return of Elvis Presley, John And Yoko love in, the Beatles split, release of Abbey Road LP, get back, honky tonk woman, sugar sugar, suspicious minds singles, progressive rock, and at the movies Easy Rider, Midnight Cowboy, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid while counter culture was everywhere and then there was the Woodstock festival, nudity, long hair, drugs and sex lots of sex. Tarantino drops pop culture references all over the film, way to many to remember and while the great big TV thing goes way over my head, that box in the corner has never been that big a deal for me, but this is a hugely entertaining movie that despite it's lengthy running time simply fly's past thanks to Brad Pitt & Leonardo Titanic shear old fashioned movie star presence, that thing called star power. With 20 minutes to go suddenly there is this major shift in direction and suddenly shockingly and surprisingly the flick becomes a Tarantino movie after all. Brilliant! So far the only Tarantino film that resonated with me has been Jackie Brown, so this film is for me, by some way his masterpiece, Fantastic 9/10