Pitt yes Movie no

Rating: 2/10 (27 July 2019)

What was the point of this movie? I almost walked out before it was over because I thought I was going to die of boredom. There was no story at all. It was like watching a bunch of scenes that didn't quite mean anything. By the end I was convinced that Tarantino only made this movie so he could get together with his favorite people on set and have fun. I saw the film with other people and they all felt the same way. To put it bluntly, except for Pitt's watch-ability and maybe a moment or two from Decaprio, this film stunk. Other people pretend to be falling all over themselves to praise Once Upon A Time, which leads me to wonder if we saw the same film. Sure, different people like different movies but this is not really a movie. There is no story. It's just a collection of scenes that were edited too long. I really wanted to love this movie since, as we all know, the state of film making in America is in the trash and has been for a couple of decades. All we have is special effects. Story telling is dead in America. We wait for film makers in other countries to come up with good stories then we rip them off.. I was counting on Tarantino to deliver something that only he is capable of doing. He has his own special brand that says "Tarantino" but this movie of his, well, it kind of explains why he is planning on retiring. He made some very good movie that he can be proud of but this one is sad. It shows that he is out of steam. I wish him well and I will always speak highly of him as film film maker and a film fan but when I list the films that he has made, I will purposely leave this one off the list.