Lacking a strong story

Rating: 5/10 (5 December 2019)

Ok, so I'm not a Tarantino fan. The guy loves film, and loves references to film and to 20th Century pop culture. So, the film meanders around for 2hrs, with lots of extended scenes of people driving too fast to parties or home in tiny stylish open top cars. It seems like most of the scenes were irrelevant to any story line but were a self-indulgent delve in to some semi-historic events so that Tarentino could reminisce. The final ten minutes were a twist on an actual event in Holywood, and was probably the nub of an otherwise plotline free film. Had Bad Pitt and Leonardo de Caprio not been the stars, it would have been an exceptionally dull film. However, this film showed they both have an amazing screen presence with Brad literally being engrossing even when he's just opening a can of dog food.
The question is, was it a film? If I had been editing it, it would probably be 20 minutes long, the rest contributes nothing to the story. Thus, it's more like an extended mockumentary on 60s Hollywood but with no real thread.