"No one beat the sh*t outta Bruce!"
Quentin Tarantino's ninth feature film is a story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood. The two lead characters are Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), former star of a western TV series, and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). Both are struggling to make it in a Hollywood they don't recognize anymore. But Rick has a very famous next-door neighbor...Sharon Tate.
Agreed. Cliff Booth is the coolest movie character in years.
My daughter RAVED about “Parasite.”
I just saw “1917” in the theater a week ago. What a tour-de-force that is! It shows WW I like it’s never been seen before.
I’m not a big Tarantino fan, but I really liked this movie. I agree, it’ll ring truest with folks who were in high school and college during the 60’s.
It’s rather a parallel-universe Hollywood. Things are what they were, only more so (as befits a Hollywood movie) and not _quite_ as you remember it.
25 Things You Missed In Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNJQmcOSnpA
I’m waiting for Harvey Weinstein to come out with a movie about Fatty Arbuckle and the infamous champagne bottle incident.
You may have read earlier, that Burt Reynolds was slated to play George Spahn at the Spahn Ranch. Well Burt died so Bruce Dern got the nod.
I guess when you are working with those old time actors, you have to move fast.
Most of those actors burn the candle at both ends.
And now apparently they’re going to make 5 episodes of Bounty Law. Great movie. Certainly Tarantino at his best.
the ending is just fantastic....ive watched it at least 20 times. This is the ending anybody familiar with those crimes wished had happened...
The runtime is 2 hours and 40 minutes, I think, but it passes by very quickly. It's the kind of movie that you want to re-watch immediately after it's over--so many details that I missed the first time through.
The story is loosely based on the relationship between Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham, and it's their movie more so than Sharon Tate's.
Burt was actually going to play the George Spahn role, but died before filming began, but even so, the movie is perfectly cast. Brad Pitt deserves every award he's won so far for playing Cliff Booth.
There is a LOT of cursing--that's to be expected with any Tarantino movie, but otherwise I have no complaints. The ending is unexpected, hilarious, brilliant ... and bittersweet.
great film and the soundtrack was terrific!
we also saw and enjoyed Richard Jewell, 1917, Bombshell and want to see Uncut Gems.
I thought it sucked. For the first, I don’t know, 90 minutes or more, we were all trying to figure out what the freaking thing was about.
The best part was the end with the flame thrower. I laughed so hard I was crying. Other than that, it was waaaaayyyy too long, too disjointed and slow.
Fantastic movie. Not a single wasted scene. Right up there with Unforgiven in that regard. Watched it twice now myself, first time in the theater. Rare I’ll pay to see something but that was worth the price of admission.
On topic, Brad won another award last night for best supporting actor for that role. During his acceptance speech he said, “Let’s be honest, it was a difficult part. A guy who gets high, takes his shirt off and doesn’t get along with his wife. It was a big stretch. Big”. Then just about lost it as the auditorium erupted in laughter.
I saw that movie and really enjoyed it. I love Tarantino.
I saw 1917 last weekend and it was an astounding film of great weight and the acting by George McKay was simply stunning work. That movie really stayed with me.
Marriage Story is competing but I don’t see how it can compare with 1917.
I saw once upon. A time and I agree with everything you said. But, I have to say that Ford vs Ferrari was also an amazing movie and I would put it side by side with the others you mentioned. Just my 2 cents.
Also Richard Jewell is a must see for all. Really riveting and captivating movie. Great performances.
Thank you for posting this! Will check it out!
Mr Kitty and I saw it in the theater. First move in years that we have gone to the theater to see.
We also got the disc through Netflix and watched it several more times. I believe that Mr Kitty is buying me a copy for our anniversary this month.
I’m not a Tarantino fan, but I loved this movie! Who would’t love watching Bruce Lee get his butt kicked? (I won’t say anymore because I don’t want to give away the ending but I wanted to cheer when I saw it)
I watched it. It had me thinking WTF all the way to the end. I did enjoy it though.
Story was dual-fold. Alternate universe of the Manson murders, but I loved the under storyline of an aging hollywood actor being put out to pasture, while at the same time what it was to be a man was being challenged culturally. Even in movies, with the rise of anti-heroes, think easy rider. And it delves into Cliff’s own work when the director wants to dress him up in that style of long hair, drabby clothing. On the set of a western no less.
So much subtlety, I could watch Brad drive through old hollywood for 30 minutes, listening to the old radio program, the old neon signs, not a care. The scene when he is stopped at the stop sign, his own world changing, and the girl crossing the street looks at him and smiles. He knew in that moment everything was gonna be fine. Like the universe was giving him a nod. That 5 seconds personifies his character.
Tarantino nailed it.