Half finished movie

Rating: 1/10 (3 September 2019)

Nice images, I will say that. I was in LA recently so I enjoyed seeing it again and this time in the '60's.
But you don't go to the movie to watch pictures, certainly not with today's prices. With an all-star cast, you can play out any story. But in this movie, no story was played out. Yes, many stories were started, none were completed.
The all-star cast I am sure was handsomely paid to play. They have to ask themselves if this was truly a worthy step in their career. I saw no added value for having Al Pacino in the movie, though I generally like watching him. I even saw early in the movie some BAD acting from Pitt/Di Caprio. That should be unthinkable for these people, directed by such an icon.
Then suddenly, at the end, a gory fight scene. There were some enjoyable twists in it, but the main question that remains is "Why?". Even Pulp Fiction, which is commonly scene as a collage of story lines, leaves the viewer with a better after taste. This scene did just not add to the movie. You could have seen it outside of the movie and enjoy it as is, without ever having to wonder what went on before or after.
A unique feature here is the weaving of fiction into reality. We meet famous people, acted by other people. I particularly liked Bruce Lee's scene. Here again, it would be a lot more enjoyable if this was used somehow. Part of the movie is reserved for Sharon Tate, Roman Polanski's wife, visiting the movie theatre to see a movie that she starred in. Good for her. But not for the audience (I mean IRL, watching the audience of an LA theatre). There is nothing to see or learn or enjoy, or at least not in the context of the rest of the movie. There could have been, if it was offset against the decline of Risk Dalton's career, but that didn't happen. If QT wants to make a movie, he should make it for the people he wants to have paying for the movie. That's you and me. This movie was made for him to view in his own private cinema and keep it there. And that's a shame, because it could have been a wonderful experience of shots, sound, music, gimmicks, fight scenes, twists, turns and great acting.