The end of the '60s

Rating: Null/10 (26 July 2019)

Manson, Woodstock, and Altamont ended the 1960s as we knew them. The next several years of the 1970s were a pale reflection of 1964 through 1969 and then Disco ended it all. I watch shows to see how closely they come to the actual time period and I'm invariably disappointed. Man From Uncle tried but got 1962 through 1969 hopelessly muddled. Once Upon A Time did a better job of recreating 1969 but still missed it. It seemed I was watching 2019 people trying to act like it was 1969 and, as they weren't alive then, not getting it. In 1969 the country and indeed the world was being run by people born from 1900 to 1920 and they were still around but not seen in this movie. There were hats, and wide ties from the 50s and narrow ties from the 60s and short sleeve white shirts and black ties with silver tie clasps and there were still 1950s cars on the street. Watch Bullet or some of the other movies from the 60s or even newsreels and you'll see what I mean. It wasn't the nostalgic trip I was hoping for but I'll still see it again. Brad Pitt was great and the rest did just fine also. The ending was pure Tarantino. UPDATE: Saw it again. It's even better the 2nd time because you've had time to digest the ending and can pay more attention to the details before the ending.