A rough diamond

Rating: 6/10 (21 August 2019)

There was so much I liked about this film but, and it's a big but, it TRULY felt like a rough cut edit of a final film.
A sharper more satisfying film was so close to the surface I felt - especially in the first 2 hours. In many ways it reminded me of how I felt about Death Proof (or my 'recollection' of how I felt about Death Proof - I watched that a long time ago!) which was that the preamble was just about worth sitting through to get to the climax.
Anyway, I'd read enough to know the first two hours were slow so I prepared myself for it, expecting I could withstand a meandering love letter to Hollywood, but even with this knowledge I genuinely struggled with some of the longueurs.
Having said all that it is still worth seeing and there's many moments that show Tarantino can still surprise and delight. I just wish he had more trust in an editor at this stage of his career. It would do him the world of good I feel.