Good, not great.

Rating: 7/10 (27 July 2019)

Coming off of such amazing films like Inglorious Bastards and Hateful 8, I fully expected to see QT in prime form and there were bits and pieces of the Tarantino brilliance but I would rank this work right above Jackie Brown. He is clearly a fan of the long master shot aka spaghetti westerns and we thought we got our fill with Hateful 8 but he continues this ode with Once.
The production was on point with the time references and the soundtrack was like the Greek chorus and serves as a mini narrator with tone, mood, and foreshadowing. And as great as actors Brad and Leo are, they play the roles exactly as you'd expect them to. Still it was so cool to see these two finale make a film together.
The ending was pure Tarantino. But if you're expecting the plot(s) of Pulp or character dynamics of Django, or the script of Inglorious, you may be disappointed.
Like I said it was good and I enjoyed it. Not a 10 by any stretch. Like most of his films, they are very polarized by fans and that in itself is a sign of a great filmmaker which Tarantino absolutely is. But this particular story could have been told in 90 minutes maybe 70.