A real mixed bag, this one...

Rating: 6/10 (15 August 2019)

Tremendous style, cinematography and acting, but ultimately, I was bored.
Engagement or the act of engaging the audience, is a film's number one objective, and I don't believe Tarantino's latest film does too well on that front. There will be people who disagree and state that this film is a 10/10 masterpiece, but for me, that is ridiculous. The MANY will likely find this film too long, pretentious and have an insufferable plot with a number of random scenes and characters that ultimately have little to do with the conclusion.
On the flip side, all the scenes are separately engaging, as of course are 'Tarantino-esque '. Also Dicaprio and Pitt are great throughout. And 1960's Hollywood is captured magnificently. But it just didn't add up very well for me.
Also the very OTT violence at the end. It feels like Quentin suddenly realised his story was lacking bloodshed, so pencilled in as much brutality as he could in the final ten minutes. Yes it's tongue in cheek and meant to be comic, but it is also very, very violent and inflicted on young women. This violence, perpetrated by Pitt's and Dicaprio's characters, also did not add up or make sense based on their behaviours through the earlier film.