A collection of "things"

Rating: 5/10 (16 December 2019)

I just can't take a QT movie serious anymore, it's like they have become a horrible pastiche of other QT movies (which, let's be honest only rip-off far better films).
It's clear to see Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is QT once again indulging himself and just feels like a collection of "things" rather than a coherent movie. Utterly cringe worthy at times (the Bruce Lee and Steve McQueen scenes are so tacky) the film making seems to take a back seat to the played-out "spot the obscure reference" game that QT likes to play in his movies nowadays.
I honestly didn't mind the slow burning pace of the movie that many people have criticised it for, the runtime was not the issue but rather the lack of actual substance to the film. One thing I would also like to note is I believed the ending to be in really bad taste, not the violence but the actual ending where Tate is alive and they casually joke about these crazy hippies, I couldn't even imagine what Tate's family would think of this!?