Lacking in areas

Rating: 7/10 (3 August 2019)

The film all together was really Tarantino's love letter to old Hollywood. And I enjoyed so many elements of it. But, personally, I found myself on a couple of occasions deep into the movie thinking "where is this going". I didn't feel a strong narrative guiding me through, rather a compilation of scenes (some entertaining) carrying little substance and not furthering the story.
Yes the writing was good, the dialogue was good. But the characters just for me weren't as interesting as some other Tarantino films (take out Pitt and DiCaprio and you would notice that more). Personally, didn't think it stood up anywhere near close to Django; Despite a superb ending scene - but one jaw dropping scene can't rescue an entire movie.