Reinvention Of The Crime Instead Of Revision Of History

Rating: 5/10 (4 August 2019)

Quentin Tarantino presents Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt together with an all-star cast in his new movie entitled,"Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood". In it,we get to see an aging actor Rick Dalton and his stuntman Cliff Booth as they try to get roles for the former and to re-invent himself as an actor as the genre of roles that he is well-known for is getting old-fashioned.Both goes to Hollywood to acquire new roles. Added to that,we also get to see Sharon Tate in the background of the story. Overall,we get to see a re-invention of a crime that happened involving Charlie Manson and his "family" in 1969.
No question that the movie will definitely divide the audience as it presents no plot at all.It only presents the day-to-day life of Dalton and Booth at Los Angeles exposing what Hollywood was all about during the 60's. It features what the era was all about from music,movies,costumes,Hollywood, and the lifestyle.This basically consists its long hours - 2 hours and 40 minutes to be exact. But things get interesting in the end as Tate in the hands of the Manson "family" appears to be main figure of the story instead of Dalton and Booth. It was evident that it was a reinvention of a crime with elements of "Inglorious Basterds" and "Django Unchained" - Tarantino movies - in it.
Overall,I have mixed emotions of the film as I do not belong to the 60's era being born in the 90's.So the nostalgic effect is not enough for the film to provide any interest at all. Added to that,the reinvention of a crime isn't as effective as other films with revision of history that Tarantino made in the past.Finally,the reinvention of the crime falters as the movie basically centers of Dalton and Booth rather than Tate herself.