What am I missing?

Rating: 3/10 (28 August 2019)

Why do we watch Tarantinos movies? For the violence, the sharp and interesting characters and the satisfaction of seeing a well thought out story and ending. This movie is none of those things. It plods along, like an tired, over trained circus elephant with no real ending in sight. I'm probably not woke enough or bright enough, to comprehend the deeper meanings behind this movie, but we nearly walked out after two hours. Some people did, and I've never seen that with his films before. At one point my husband and I were participating in a thumb war, and rock paper scissors we were so bored. There were some good moments, like the Bruce Lee scene, but other than that, it was a great sea of nothingness. My youngest son just didn't get the references and the whole love letter to Hollywood thing, and us oldies just didn't care. I understand that the Manson murders were a clear point in history that signalled the end of innocence and free love, and yes it's interesting to wonder what life would have been like had they gone the way Tarantino portrayed. But not interesting enough to sit for three hours of endless character portrayal and development.