Tarantino back to his originals

Rating: 8/10 (5 September 2019)

If your looking for Tarantino violence throughout this film you will be disappointed!
This is a film that centers around 2 guys on their day to day life, nothing special as most life's that people lead in 1969 Hollywood apart from 1 fateful day. The 2 pillars of a Tarantino movie are the dialogue that will question every word, either humor or sinister intent and the violence. The dialogue between characters is masterfully put together for an experience that you always expect something round the corner but the tension gathers to a head when the Manson family show up on Ricks (Leonardo DiCaprio's) quiet dead end street. The story winds until this point but if your expecting the story of how the Manson family is formed and the reason behind the choice of murders you'll be disappointed.
The movie is slow, this is the only downside but can also be the main driving force behind such an interesting tale of a man and close friends life at the end of an acting career. Rick's losing his touch on action packed movies and is jumping from bit part to bit part trying to survive in the new wave of Hollywood and his own dwindling career. And the only change that should have been made during the closing parts of the film should have been Samuel L Jackson voicing the narration, from Inglorious Bastards style narration would have been a great additional and added stardom to a great cast.
Both DiCaprio and Pitt turn in great performances of broken has beens and someone whos always been along for the ride, respectively. To put Margot Robbies name on the posters is a bit over kill but always have to have a leading lady. Shes turns in a quick yet memorable take on a career that is taking off for Sharron Tate. As the film nears the climax and the expectation to see those gruesome murders played out in topical bloody violence you wont be disappointed and with a twist that you wont see coming its a good way to end a directorial career if its to be believed.
The film as a whole isnt perfect but a thoroughly enjoyable story of bromance and a career that can take you anywhere if you know the right people.