A Goodbye to All That

Rating: 5/10 (4 April 2020)

When Pulp Fiction was released, it was as if the natural Heir to Sam Peckinpah's Kingdom had been crowned.
I guess we all were expecting things to simply get better, but after Jackie Brown, things took a turn. When you watch the Trailer for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, you'll think, "Yeah Ok Hateful Eight was too too far, but this honesty looks like a return to the Pulp days...". Sadly, it isn't. I mean, it is, for the first 3/4 of the film, but it retains a beat down tone, going nowhere with the material. And then the most unbelievable brain fart begins.
I never imagined that Tarantino would pen a nostalgic, not quite completely edited, love letter to the Boomer Generation: not the Boomers who fought in Vietnam or in civil rights movements, but those who remained at home and who felt threatened by the dramatic cultural events around them, rather than inspired or enlightened.
I honestly don't know what to make of it, except to say it wasn't a satisfying watch. You should probably watch it as a curiosity, but not as a great moment in film making.