(The first film I walked out of before it ended obviously)

Rating: Null/10 (23 August 2019)

There used to be plots. Characters that the audience could invest in.
Don't get me wrong the cinematography was spot on.
Nice production values and set design.
Very Good "Acting" from the leads but the child star may have stole the show, granted it was technically a tie between her and the Brad Pitt's Pit bull terrier, but the dog won as it had more purpose.
Walked out of the movie after before the ninety minute mark as I was thoroughly bored.
Reminds me of that scene from Planes, Trains and Automobiles, where Steve Martin talks about John Candy's anecdotes,"
Honey I'd like you to meet Del Griffith. He's got some amusing anecdotes. Here's a gun so you can blow your brains out. You'll thank me for it."
"I could tolerate any insurance seminar, for days I could sit there and listen to them going on and on with a big smile on my face"
-"How can you stand it?"
"Because I've been with Del Griffith"
When you're telling a story, have a point. It makes it so much interesting for the listener.
Now I truly know how Steve Martin's character felt.
Tarantino was obviously messing with the audience by having us watch the making of the Western Show (pretending to be meta and all that guff).
Uninteresting anecdotes. Check.
Unfinished or events of non closure told in flashbacks to ransom the audience. Check.
Unnecessary scenes. (Party in the playboy mansion (sans nudite), buying an expensive first edition of a book, repairing a tv aerial) Check.
Glorification of smoking. Check.
Foot/Shoe fetishism. Check.
Watching scenes from older movies in a movie "The Wrecking Crew" as a vain effort to be meta or break the fourth wall. Check.
Undoubtedly, I am sure that all the Tarantino fans/sycophants will of course down-vote this review. Regrettably I am not in the habit of drinking the cool-aid so to speak.
Hope that Jerry Seinfeld sues him for ripping off his idea of comedians in car getting coffee. Minus the coffee, comedy and any significant dialogue.
I've heard and engaged in better conversations whilst in a dentist's chair.
Dull, pointless and disrespecting Bruce Lee was very uncool and unnecessary on so many levels.
Thank goodness it is his last film.
Pity that he could have retired a lot sooner.