Gotta Know What You SIgned Up For

Rating: 8/10 (6 December 2019)

People consistently made the mistake of approaching this movie with the idea that it would possess any structural similarities to Tarantino's previous films. It doesn't. Tarantino disclosed numerous times prior to its release that the story was a character development piece, focusing primarily on the relationships between the main characters and their interaction with the setting he created.
What makes Tarantino's films so great (including this one) are his abstract approaches to storytelling. Rather than designing a conventional movie plot, with an easy-to-follow story line and an easy-to-identify central themes, his movies are designed in a manner that enabled individualized interpretations.
This movie is not intended for the viewer to follow a story, but to enjoy the interaction between strongly constructed characters, and to immerse yourself in the astounding recreation of Woodstock era Hollywood.
Too many people are desperate for easy entertainment, when they should be searching for unique methods of storytelling and exploring the possibilities of history.