Good movie, but slow pacing

Rating: 8/10 (3 March 2020)

Cinematography: If you loved the 60s era, then you would love the setting/cinematography of this film. Quentin does a great job at capturing that 60s style perfectly through the music, the vehicles, the clothing, the everything. It's pretty perfect in my opinion. In addition, Quentin (at least for the most part) knows whats he's doing in terms of framing and shot selection, but the beginning of this film-aka about the first two hours-was very slow and I think a lot could have been done in editing to condense the whole first part.
Acting: The acting was spot on. I thought that all of the lead actors played their characters very well, that was, of course, when the characters actually had dialogue and were able to develop. Like they take tons of resources to cast freakin' Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate, but then just show some clips of her laughing in the movie theater and then try to develop her character in the last 15 minutes of the film like it was gonna help. Overall, though, I thought the acting was fantastic, but I guess that's kinda what you'd expect nowadays when going to see a movie starring Leo and Brad.
Plot: The plot was slow. Period. When I first heard about the movie, I was pretty excited to see Quentin's take on the Manson case, but it was kinda a mood killer that the plot was so stretched out, and by the end of the film I wasn't crazy interested like I was prior to watching it. I think that the plot overall was strong, but again, the beginning setup of the story was way too spread out and the end felt more like I was doing a Super Mario speed run instead of watching a movie.
Takeaways: While it might have seemed like I didn't enjoy this movie based on my previous comments, I truly did like this film when I watched it for the first time. As shown in the past, Quentin likes to take events and sort of alter the endings to be different from the true conclusion. In this case, he sets it up so that the twist is that Sharon Tate doesn't actually get killed like in real life, but instead the Manson attackers end up being murdered. To me, this whole movie is playing on the idea of a "fairytale" or "Hollywood" ending, but it coming in an unorthodox way. By the end of the movie, you might not say that it is a happy ending, as multiple people were killed/injured, but when compared to the real events, one might say that this twist would be the "Hollywood" ending had it actually happened this way.