I'm sorry I really didn't like it!

Rating: 6/10 (2 February 2020)

Tarantino is like family to me, I will ferociously defend any dumb criticism directed his way, he has a direct line to my entertainment bone and that's why this stings to say but this was not... ugh damn it... this was not a good movie. Or even a Tarantino movie.
Where was the story man? When have you ever not had a GREAT story, or several in a movie? It felt like a bunch of scenes ineptly stitched together, like a new director trying to show everyone how cool and different he is, not the amazing storyteller we all know and love. Nothing about this was interesting or entertaining or fluid. Never in my life have I got bored watching a Tarantino movie.
Manson killings told through a sad, washed up, neighbour actor's life? Hollywood in the 60s? Brad Pitt and Leonardo Dicaprio? How do you manage to make it bomb so bad? If you just told the real story it would have written itself to be a masterpiece. If you really wanted to make something different out of this story, look into the latest (imo very reasonable and probable) theories about this tragic case and show everyone that maybe all this happened because they were too scared of going to jail for another murder.
Constant clips of movies and shows the Rick Dalton appears in? Okay to watch but so bad for the pace. That pointless 20 minute suspense at the ranch? Why? Endless driving around? No real dialogue. And that dumb ending? Tate doesn't die? Wow! So interesting! Why even include them in the story if they're gonna end up as background characters in a completely different, action movie heroes save the day, everybody's happy type of reality which doesn't even look real or make us feel anything?! We all wish they didn't die but you don't go ahead and make a 3 hour movie just to lead to that wish so lazily. No real interactions between the characters, no crazy turn of events told in an intricate web of "what if it happened this way". Bad bad hippies get what's coming to them in a hilarious ending that's supposed to be shocking. A flamethrower as a weapon? What in the b movie hell was that?
I mean Leo was great, I really felt his character's pain, that was about the only interesting thing about the movie. But even that didn't go anywhere, sudden revamping of his career told in a five minute montage and narration... I don't know, I just didn't get what QT was trying to do with this. I didn't like the ending of Inglorious Basterds either but every single scene up to the ending was such a joy to watch that you don't care about that silly turn of events at the end that could not have happened that easily. But this movie, I just kept waiting for it to get into gear but it kept sputtering fumes and ended on a really sad dying sound of an engine. 6 stars only because I can't score a Tarantino movie any lower.