Wake me up when it's over

Rating: 1/10 (22 December 2019)

Guys, we don't have to pretend we like this because Quentin wrote and directed it. Maybe it's so brilliant that I personally missed the point of it, but my family and I, we love Quentin's movies, and I kid you not, we all took turns falling asleep during the movie (and we watched it at 6pm-not even bedtime). We now collectively know the cure to insomnia. The only reason we kept pressing on was because we were hopeful that the best was yet to come; unfortunately, the movie was pretty one-note and hardly felt like it belonged to him. I compare the experience to watching The Godfather 3, which I wouldn't even consider part of the franchise. It's just better to believe it never happen. I don't want to say Quentin has lost his touch because as expected, the soundtrack was smashing, the aesthetics were there, but I would say he had a major off-day. It had the right formula of romanticizing Hollywood stars of the past. He could have done so much more with it knowing how creative he is, but he didn't do anything that was impressive or unique. Inserting Leo in old movie/tv scenes was very Forrest Gump. It didn't have the usual edginess and stylishness of a Tarantino film...except maybe the foot fetish. I'm sorry because it's such a dismissive thing to say, but this was truly a waste of time. And I know that Bruce Lee scene was supposed to be some sort of highlight, but it was predictable and just not funny.