Let down

Rating: 6/10 (29 July 2019)

Had very high expectations but was let down by the lack of a plot and boring scenes. The movie is all style and no substance. I get QT wants to pay homage to Hollywood (and himself?), but constant pop culture references are a cheap pander to a certain audience that do not make a great movie. The few themes in the movie are spoon fed, the dialogue is not witty, the characters predictable and boring.
The acting, direction, and style are great but even Brad Pitt driving around for 3 hours is boring. I don't see a phenomenal movie here, I'm shocked at the reviews. The story had potential, the actors delivered, but the script and plot fell short. 5 minutes of gruesome violence do not make up for 2 and a half hours of boredom.
Sharon Tate's character could've been completely cut. Her big moment was being amused by people's reaction so that we feel empathy for her? Or that we thought she would get killed? Lackluster, given the 30 or so minutes developing her story which was not entertaining.
The girl Brad Pitt befriended was not in the final sequence. Wouldn't that have made for more interesting dialogue?
The first fifteen minutes setup a very interesting story but it winds up dragging on and on and on until over the top violence that somehow got cheers