Hollywood's Greatest Shine Bright but Good Not Great Story. Oh and lots of feet.

Rating: 7/10 (12 June 2020)

OK so... Something we all knew, the acting in this is simply superb. Hollywood's finest really excell with Leo, Brad and Pacino showing off why they're the elite actors in the business.
One scene stood out in particular where Leo gets incredibly angry with himself for forgetting his lines and has a mini breakdown over it and the emotion Leo shows is amazing to witness. Margot does a fantastic job also especially in the theater scene where she shows her excitement and joy at watching the film.
The acting is second to none but the story however is not. It focuses on Leo's or "Rick Daltons" career as a fading actor who is doing what he can to keep his name and fame alive. This just didn't draw me in enough and I found very little to keep me watching except 2 plot points, one was who was the mysterious guy who showed up to margots house 30 minutes in and the second was the girl who takes a liking to Brad. The first one goes absolutely nowhere and ends as quickly as it began but the second became the main reason I kept watching. This hippie girl who eventually gets a ride (no not that way) from Brad turns out to be a vital part of the story and it done enough to stop me reaching for my phone.
Side note as with all Tarantino films the kinky old dog who has a well known foot fetish gets his young actresses to show their feet in any given opportunity and yet again you see plenty of the same. Margot shows her dirty feet off in the cinema scene which feels unnecessary and doesn't fit but old Quentin is doing it for his own satisfaction, then within minutes you have the hippy girl called pussy put her dirty feet on the dash of the car. OK quentin we get it, you get turned on by feet but can you stop showing me them every 2 minutes please. Several other scenes showing off feet which makes it half annoying half funny that he gets away with doing this in every film. It's became his watermark.
The last 20 minutes were for me the best as everything goes from slow and steady to so completely over the top its funny, but in a good way. From Brad taking an Acid dipped cigarette and tripping out to 3 hippies attempting to kill him but completely failing and end up being a dog chew. The flamethrower was madness but it made perfect sense given the over the top scene. In the end the last 20 minutes made me bump the rating up a notch as it makes this film somewhat memorable but I have to say this is one of the poorer Tarantino films I've seen. Still an experience, but more of a timid one.