Tremendous Work

Rating: 9/10 (26 December 2019)

I haven't seen a Hollywood movie in a theater in 20 years. Most of what gets produced and makes money since the advent of CGI and the entire Marvel.DC/sci-fi/fantasy genre as the only thing that makes money for studios, leaves me cold. But I made a point of seeing this. Yes, it was long. Yes, it moved slowly in parts. Yes, there were scenes that made you wonder why he included them. Yes, there was gratuitous violence in parts. All that is typical Tarentino. But this is so good otherwise. The sets, the wardrobe, the throwbacks everywhere. It is glorious. If anything I wished he had shown us even more of the L.A. street scenes that the production designers so brilliantly rebuilt. I'm not a DeCaprio fan, and this started out with me not liking his character, but by the end I got him. Pitt is great throughout. Margot Robbie is simply sweet and adorable. Julia Butters' scenes with DiCaprio are lovely. Margaret Qualley does a fine job as one of the Manson gang. It is likely the only film released this year that I will see this year. I may catch a handful of others later on, but since Hollywood doesn't make movies for people like me these days, it's no loss. But I had to see this, and I'm glad I did.