Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

[Angie]

Can confirm, I watched with my wife last night and she was bored and hated it. I thought it was okay. I like QT a lot, but this wasn't my favorite film of his.

Wow, that's surprising - this was my favorite of QT's movies since probably Pulp Fiction, and I had sort of assumed that was because I was a female. I thought this movie was more about the relationship between DiCaprio and Pitt, with lots of humor and their emotional insecurities mixed in. I don't like "chick flicks" in general, but I thought that this one was much less action-driven and more subtly nuanced than his other recent movies, and that was why I liked it. (I should clarify - I have liked his movies in the interim right up to the point when they become gratuitous gore-fests, which I 100% get is his thing but is not mine.)

 

[Rabbuk]

Wow, that's surprising - this was my favorite of QT's movies since probably Pulp Fiction, and I had sort of assumed that was because I was a female. I thought this movie was more about the relationship between DiCaprio and Pitt, with lots of humor and their emotional insecurities mixed in. I don't like "chick flicks" in general, but I thought that this one was much less action-driven and more subtly nuanced than his other recent movies, and that was why I liked it. (I should clarify - I have liked his movies in the interim right up to the point when they become gratuitous gore-fests, which I 100% get is his thing but is not mine.)

I like QT but this and pulp fiction are my least favorite of his. There must be two groups of QT supporters.

 

[Angie]

I like QT but this and pulp fiction are my least favorite of his. There must be two groups of QT supporters.

I definitely prefer his dialogue and the interpersonal stuff, which is why I like both of those movies so much - I am not a huge action/gore fan. I think for sure it's two different camps!

 

[HFCS]

It's his best movie since the first two...even though I really enjoy Inglorious Basterds.

I'm really fascinated comparing reactions of people like me who are nerds about 60s Hollywood and reactions of people who have no idea which characters are real and which are invented.

 

[HFCS]

I like QT but this and pulp fiction are my least favorite of his. There must be two groups of QT supporters.

Its funny I agree with almost all of your opinions, but I just posted that this and PF are his best. So....you may be right.

 

[Angie]

It's his best movie since the first two...even though I really enjoy Inglorious Basterds.

I'm really fascinated comparing reactions of people like me who are nerds about 60s Hollywood and reactions of people who have no idea which characters are real and which are invented.

I'm sort of a 60s nerd, especially around Hollywood - I am honestly surprised to hear that so many people didn't know this story intricately. I'd already read "Helter Skelter" and some of that stuff by the time we started studying it, but we did an in-depth study of it in high school psych class. I sort of figured it was just a part of everyone's HS curriculum!

 

[Rabbuk]

Its funny I agree with almost all of your opinions, but I just posted that this and PF are his best. So....you may be right.

I like his Kill Bill, Django, Hateful 8, inglorious, grindhouse, reservoir dogs type of movies the best. They seem less plodding to me. I still like PF and i enjoyed this one.

 

[HFCS]

I'm sort of a 60s nerd, especially around Hollywood - I am honestly surprised to hear that so many people didn't know this story intricately. I'd already read "Helter Skelter" and some of that stuff by the time we started studying it, but we did an in-depth study of it in high school psych class. I sort of figured it was just a part of everyone's HS curriculum!

I was born in '78 but something about the 60s has always connected with me more than the 80s and 90s when I grew up. It went into overdrive moving to LA 6 years ago when almost everything you see was built in the 50s and 60s. I sat at a diner booth a few weeks ago where the Beatles sat when they played the Hollywood Bowl, stuff like that blows me away and I really couldn't care less about Nirvana like someone my age is supposed to.

I love the scenes in OUATIH where I can look at the streets and see what's real and what they created with special effects. When they mention the two mexican restaurants, one is near where I live now and the other is pretty close to an area I'm probably moving to. Some things like those restaurants look identical to the movie, but other buildings and signage had massive post production work. I haven't even seen a "making of" but I know it would be incredible to watch.

 

[Angie]

I was born in '78 but something about the 60s has always connected with me more than the 80s and 90s when I grew up. It went into overdrive moving to LA 6 years ago when almost everything you see was built in the 50s and 60s. I sat at a diner booth a few weeks ago where the Beatles sat when they played the Hollywood Bowl, stuff like that blows me away and I really couldn't care less about Nirvana like someone my age is supposed to.

I love the scenes in OUATIH where I can look at the streets and see what's real and what they created with special effects. When they mention the two mexican restaurants, one is near where I live now and the other is pretty close to an area I'm probably moving to. Some things like those restaurants look identical to the movie, but other buildings and signage had massive post production work. I haven't even seen a "making of" but I know it would be incredible to watch.

I'm a little younger than that, but not much - and I have always loved the 60s. The innocence and yet the expansion of everything. It's fascinating. I remember in, like, 8th grade, our class was all able to choose a decade from the 20th century to cover. Some chose the 1920s, some chose the 1980s, I firmly was entrenched in the 1960s. It's just when so many things began, or (conversely) ended. It's really interesting.

It's been probably 15 years since I've been to LA, but I think it is fascinating - I can only imagine how surreal it is to live out there! A "making of" would be amazing - I remember looking at the photos of the post production stuff before/after. I am thinking you maybe posted some?

 

[SCyclone]

I thought it was ok. Was a little slow, overly long, and lacking of things actually happening for my liking. Really enjoyed what they did with the ending though and left me super intrigued to research more into the Manson murders. Pitt and DiCaprio were great. Glad I didnt watch with my wife as she would have been bored to death and hated it.

Be sure to read "Helter Skelter" by Vince Bugliosi, who prosecuted that case. The definitive book on both Manson and the murders. The book that hooked me on true crime stories.