It wasn't bad, and the shooting of the film was done in an unusual fashion. Still, the story was a little thin, and there were a few "WTF" moments in there. I was taken aback when one of the main characters was killed (partly his own fault, I thought) halfway through the movie. The ending was a nice turn, though not totally unexpected. I'd give it a B.
As far as "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" and "Richard Jewell": Saw both, liked them both, but I'd give the edge here to Tarantino. Much like his "Inglorious Basterds" movie, he took actual events and turned them on their ears in a kind of "what if?" vein. Very effective and a nice twist on the dreck emanating from Holly-weird lately.
That's not to say that "Richard Jewell" was bad. I just had a real problem with Jon Hamm as the FBI agent, an "amalgamation character" who was just a real Richard end to end. I also was not happy with how Clint tried to make the little reporter beyotch who started the whole sham into a tragic character who was just "doing her job".
Loved Richard Jewell.
Hey, did anyone pick up on the scene where the hippies are sifting thru the garbage, and Pussy Cat finds the jar of pickles?
Then later when she finally talks to Cliff Booth, (Pitt) he says, “How were the pickles.” I don’t recall Pitt watching them in the garbage, but I’ll have to go back and see.
The problem with 1917 was the plot was as thin as a Hollywood Musical. Zero character development, you didn’t really care about anyone in the movie.
Surely you don’t believe that anything close to this really happened?
And the ending...it just ends. That’s just how movies are made these days with very little of anything of value and clearly not a humorous moment.