A Long And Boring Movie

Rating: 1/10 (5 August 2019)

Quentin Tarantino in his 9th film tries once again to apply the elements of two of his films - "Inglorious Basterds" and "Django Unchained" - in "Once Upon a Time.. in Hollywood". In it,we get to see a dream-come-true pairing of Leonard DiCaprio and Brad Pitt together with an all-star cast. It tells the story of Rick Dalton and his stunt double Cliff Booth in their day-to-day journey in Hollywood as the latter tries to relive his acting career as the genres that he well-known for is dying out of fashion. Basically,it tells their day to day activity in Los Angeles until Sharon Tate shows up.
Being familiar with Tarantino movies, he once again tries to change events with Tate surviving the Manson murders. Too bad that he falters in here unlike in the two movies that I have mentioned considering that Tarantino is not dealing with history but with a criminal event. Some may say that he might try to sort of diminish the "legacy" of Charles Manson just like he did with Nazi Germany and the white slave owners. Too bad that the criminal event happened 50 years ago - 1969 to be exact - and a lot of people below 40 would not get the subtleties of the film considering that Tarantino is assuming that everyone watching it is familiar with it.Added to that,he also falters considering Margie Robbie,who portrayed Tate, has minimal presence in the film as it was all about Dalton and Booth. So Tarantino cannot assume that the sympathy for Tate is obtained. Finally,the meandering plot only provides more confusion to one watching this film as it zigzags from one scene to another that have no connection to the conclusion of the story.
While the idea was great,I felt that many will feel disappointed with it.A 1/10 rating is expected and not something unusual especially for someone wanting a good film just like a Leo fan or Brad Pitt fan who will give it a 10/10 rating despite the fact that they felt some boredom watching it.
And yes,it is a long,boring,and confusing movie. A new genre indeed. LOL