My favourite film of all time.

Rating: 10/10 (9 December 2019)

Ive been seeing a lot of reviews on here claiming the film is slow with sparse action and some even saying its pretentious... and two of those things, yeah... kinda... but it is a film lovers wet dream.
Everything feels deliberate in this film. The pacing is slow, but it also builds the story minute by minute.. There's sparse action, but it isn't meant to be an action movie.
Is it pretentious?
I dont think so, Tarantino knows his craft and he poured everything he had into this one. He didnt do this for the sake of being artsy fartsy about it. Everything matters in this film, even the minute details that might seem like they were just thrown in.
This is the kind of film in which every little movement of the camera has intention and meaning behind it.
It might be slow, it might be like a slice of life rather than a high octane action/drama, but it has those moments too. It presents the audience with every emotion under the sun to feel.
If you watch it expecting kill bill, youre not going to get that. Its a paced, measured and deliberate love letter to the golden age of hollywood.
After seeing this film it became my favourite film of all time immediately.
Now, i tried to watch this with my girlfriend today. She didnt take to it the way i did. We got about an hour in and she fell asleep.
Take from that what you want.
I still think this is a 10/10 film.