Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a brilliant rewriting of history by Quentin Tarantino.
IMDB describes Once Upon a Time in Hollywood like so:
“A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood’s Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.”
I never wanted to watch the movie – but discovered – a few weeks back – that threads of the Manson Family ran through it – decided to give it a look-see – but not for long – DiCaprio comes off like a hack & the last thing I need is an 8-year-old twit talking down to me – so I quit watching – but after the conversation with my Favorite Son and Favorite Grandson over the weekend – decided to give it another try.
First off – figured out that DiCaprio was supposed to come off like a hack.
Second – a real writer & real director created the movie – Quentin Tarantino.
Third – the first four words of the title are the key – Once Upon a Time – what do the words “Once Upon a Time” usually conjure? – that’s correct – a fairy tale – and that’s exactly what Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is – a fairy tale.
Quentin Tarantino creates a fairy tale by taking a true story about the Manson Family – then rewriting history – I won’t ruin the plot for you – but his ending never happened in real life – but since this is fiction – Tarantino created a perfect ending for his fairy tale – that, ladies & gentlemen, is creativity & talent in action.
Brad Pitt (83 credits) and Leo DiCaprio (58 credits) play the aging actor and his stunt man.
Margot Robbie (40 credits) – the Aussie who plays Sharon Tate looks good in the movie –– although she doesn’t do much acting – I remember Sharon Tate in real life – but never saw her in anything – the fact she married a sawed-off pedophile speaks volumes.
For some reason Tarantino displays Margot Robbie and Margaret Qualley (26 credits & the daughter of Andie McDowell) with dirty feet – sending some sorta message.
Qualley plays a hair-under-the armpits fictional Manson girl who offers to suck Bard Pitt’s cock while he’s giving her a ride to the Spahn Ranch – and she plays the part well.
For some reason Al Pacino and Kurt Russell appear in the movie – don’t know why – I like them both but they added little – musta been some sorta payback.
I didn’t recognize Dakota Fanning (67 credits – daughter of former ESPN sideline reporter Jill Arrington & granddaughter of former Eagles QB Rick Arrington) – she plays Squeaky Fromme – or Bruce Dern (186 credits) playing George Spahn – owner of the Spahn Movie Ranch.
Great sequence with Brad Pitt kicking Bruce Lee’s ass – guessing Tarantino didn’t like Bruce Lee – Mike Moh (24 credits) plays Bruce Lee.
Julia Butters (15 credits) plays the 8-year-old twit – IMDB goes out of its way to tell you how important she is to the movie – ???
I see that Luke Perry (96 credits) is also in the movie – know his name but never saw him in anything.
As it works out – I liked the movie.
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