If only...

Rating: 10/10 (28 March 2020)

Once upon a time in Hollywood. There once was a night filled with utter terror. A night that lives in infamy. A night that drove fear into the hearts and minds of Americans. If only it didn't happen. What would have been, is anyones guess. I think QT is giving us the gift of that 'what if'.
Things could've gone right along and followed the events of history, but they didn't. This new story is great for so many reasons. It reminds us of the love affair we had with T.V.
Television was a journey to fantasyland. It entertained us all. There were trays invented so we could eat in front of the T.V., dinners invented to help us view our shows quicker. This reminds us where we started and now we watch things that are 100x worse without a flinch. Along comes A message from Sadie, that she wants to kill those that taught her to kill. A jab at our current voracious appetites. And now, now we want Quentin Tarantino's film to up the ante.
It starts pulling us in, it meanders and twists and changes our perspectives. It gives a new version without being obvious, although, I would say the first clue that we would be going the way Tarantino was guiding us was during the Bruce Lee scene. I was thinking, no way, no way. It didn't dawn on me til after the end that we weren't meant to be watching a documentary, or a dramatization of real events. We were watching a creation of an alternate evening. A gift of a new night, of what could have been. Thank you QT, I enjoyed it thoroughly.