Worse than I expected

Rating: 7/10 (14 August 2019)

My biggest complaint with this movie was the pacing. Tarantino has always been an expert at pacing but this movie seemed to drag during many of the scenes, and it seemed like entire sections could have easily been cut out without affecting the story (like the endless scenes of people driving around listening to the radio, and Brad Pitt feeding his dog). Tarantino should have used a lot more discipline in the editing room.
Besides the pacing problems, the movie was very lackluster, and most of the "jokes" fell flat, at least for the audience I watched the movie with. The audience (it was a packed theater) was mostly silent throughout 90% of the movie.
I also dont understand the concept of completely altering events that happened in real life. Especially when it comes to a relatively minor event like a few people being killed in the Hollywood Hills. I dont mean to sound coarse or insensitive, but its not like Sharon Tate was running for president or trying to solve world hunger. The fact that Tarantino changed the outcome of that night just didnt do anything for me, and I would have rather seen a more accurate portrayal of the events (surrounded by interesting fictional characters), like Spike Lee did with Summer of Sam. I think that would have resulted in a much more potent and hard-hitting movie.
As you can see I still gave the movie a 7/10, so I didnt think it was terrible by any means, but overall it was just lackluster... thats the best way I can describe it.