Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood"

[Fritzinger]

Probably my most anticipated movie of the year.

The trailer just dropped:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scf8nIJCvs4

What do you guys think?
I think I'll do it the way I do it with albums. Not watch anything before I can watch the whole thing.

[Adami]

That looked awesome. His last few movies were very....Western and often very serious. I'm liking the classic Tarantino feel of this one.

I really liked Hateful Eight, and I liked Django except for the last act. But Kill Bill, Death Proof and all of that did nothing for me.

[Phoenix87x]

I've been looking forward to seeing some footage for awhile. Its looks very cool.

[robbob]

Was just thinking how much I love almost of all of Tarantino's movies and came across this. Looks great, does seem to be more like his older movies.

My favorite is probably Inglorious Bastards then Pulp Fiction.
Got to watch Django again, haven't seen that in a while.

[El Barto]

Stylistically it looks great, and it's an era I love to see represented. I have no idea what to think about the movie though, as I have no idea what it actually is. I make it a point to catch all of his movies in the theater, and this will be no exception. His are the only movies I ever bother to see on big screens now.

And since this is clearly going to turn into a rank Tarantino movies thread, I'll give it a shot.

Kill Bill
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir dogs
Jackie Brown
Hateful
Inglorious
Django
Death Proof

I don't actually know if he considers Deathproof part of his 10 movies, or if he's counting Kill Bill as 2. OUaTiH is his 9th, so it's one or the other.

I enjoyed a good deal of Django, but I really thought it bogged down once they got to Candyland. Similarly, I liked a whole lot of Inglorious, but there were a couple of acts that didn't really do it for me.

[KevShmev]

I will definitely see this one in the theater.  QT never disappoints.

As for favorite movie of his, it is always a 3-way race between Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and Inglorious Basterds. If I had to list my favorite 20 films*, all three would be in there.

*talking non-comedies, since it is impossible for me to rank comedies amongst all other kinds of film.

[Phoenix87x]

Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill Vol 1 are the ones I love and are tied

The rest are as follows:

Reservoir dogs
Inglorious Bastards
Django
Hateful
Kill bill 2
Jackie Brown
Death Proof

[Indiscipline]

The Kill Bills, merged

Basterds / Jackie Brown
Reservoir Dogs / Pulp Fiction
Django

Hateful Eight

[KevShmev]

Kill Bill is impossible for me to rank because a) I have no idea if I should rank them as one film or two, and b) if they are two, there is no way I can decide which I like more. 

But hey, because of this thread, I made myself a nice playlist of songs featured in Tarantino movies.

[axeman90210]

Jackie Brown isn't my favorite Tarantino movie (though it is underrated compared to some of his other movies), but damn does it probably have my favorite movie soundtrack.

[El Barto]

Kill Bill is impossible for me to rank because a) I have no idea if I should rank them as one film or two, and b) if they are two, there is no way I can decide which I like more. 

He definitely considers it one move, and that's good enough for me.

[KevShmev]

Jackie Brown isn't my favorite Tarantino movie (though it is underrated compared to some of his other movies), but damn does it probably have my favorite movie soundtrack.

Across 110th Street is a killer song, and I like Street Life quite a bit as well. 

Kill Bill is impossible for me to rank because a) I have no idea if I should rank them as one film or two, and b) if they are two, there is no way I can decide which I like more. 

He definitely considers it one move, and that's good enough for me.

Okay, fine , if we are going with that, I'd probably put it 4th on my list, with Django 5th and Reservoir Dogs and Hateful Eight bringing up the rear.  For some reason, I have still yet to see Death Proof, but every single person I know who is also a QT fan has either not seen it as well or gave me the "meh, it was okay" non-recommendation. 

[Dave_Manchester]

1. The Hateful Eight
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Jackie Brown
4. Inglorious Basterds (the opening scene is his single finest moment in my opinion)
5. Kill Bill Volume 2
6. Kill Bill Volume 1
7. Django Unchained
8. Reservoir Dogs (great film but I don't enjoy watching it)

By the way that 'numbering' thing he's been doing since Kill Bill Volume 1 counts Kill Bill as two separate movies. He doesn't count Death Proof as one of his official '10 movies'. He's planning to retire from film-making after his 10th film, i.e the one after Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. He explains why here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfnNeM3VwOw

[El Barto]

1. The Hateful Eight
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Jackie Brown
4. Inglorious Basterds (the opening scene is his single finest moment in my opinion)
5. Kill Bill Volume 2
6. Kill Bill Volume 1
7. Django Unchained
8. Reservoir Dogs (great film but I don't enjoy watching it)

By the way that 'numbering' thing he's been doing since Kill Bill Volume 1 counts Kill Bill as two separate movies. He doesn't count Death Proof as one of his official '10 movies'. He's planning to retire from film-making after his 10th film, i.e the one after Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. He explains why here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfnNeM3VwOw

Everything I've seen is that for the purposes of the ten Death Proof counts as one, as does Kill Bill. Doesn't really matter much since the count's the same anyway, but he's pretty clear that KB is one movie.

Wanting to see different actors portray the characters he's created is actually a really nifty idea.

For some reason, I have still yet to see Death Proof, but every single person I know who is also a QT fan has either not seen it as well or gave me the "meh, it was okay" non-recommendation. 

It's pretty awkward. I can listen to Tarantino dialog all day long, so I dig it. The movie's too long, though, and dialog is really all there is. The problem is that he essentially tells the story twice. You spend 45 minutes getting to know these hot chicks, and then they promptly die. Then you spend another 45 minutes watching the next group of hot chicks hopefully not die.

[KevShmev]

It's pretty awkward. I can listen to Tarantino dialog all day long, so I dig it. The movie's too long, though, and dialog is really all there is. The problem is that he essentially tells the story twice. You spend 45 minutes getting to know these hot chicks, and then they promptly die. Then you spend another 45 minutes watching the next group of hot chicks hopefully not die.

Duly noted.  I don't watch movies as much as I used to, and that one is really low on the list of ones I still want to see, so who knows if I will ever get to it.

1. The Hateful Eight
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Jackie Brown
4. Inglorious Basterds (the opening scene is his single finest moment in my opinion)
5. Kill Bill Volume 2
6. Kill Bill Volume 1
7. Django Unchained
8. Reservoir Dogs (great film but I don't enjoy watching it)

Regarding the two things I bolded...

I agree about the opening scene of Basterds.  Just an amazing scene in every way possible. 

I love Dogs, but it doesn't have the rewatchability of his other films, at least not for me.  And call me a wuss, but the "Stuck in the Middle" scene is not one I like watching.  I can handle just about anything, but there are a handful of scenes in TV or film that I simply do not like re-watching, and that is one of them.

[Fritzinger]

1. The Hateful Eight
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Jackie Brown
4. Inglorious Basterds (the opening scene is his single finest moment in my opinion)
5. Kill Bill Volume 2
6. Kill Bill Volume 1
7. Django Unchained
8. Reservoir Dogs (great film but I don't enjoy watching it)

By the way that 'numbering' thing he's been doing since Kill Bill Volume 1 counts Kill Bill as two separate movies. He doesn't count Death Proof as one of his official '10 movies'. He's planning to retire from film-making after his 10th film, i.e the one after Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. He explains why here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfnNeM3VwOw

Everything I've seen is that for the purposes of the ten Death Proof counts as one, as does Kill Bill. Doesn't really matter much since the count's the same anyway, but he's pretty clear that KB is one movie.

Wanting to see different actors portray the characters he's created is actually a really nifty idea.

For some reason, I have still yet to see Death Proof, but every single person I know who is also a QT fan has either not seen it as well or gave me the "meh, it was okay" non-recommendation. 

It's pretty awkward. I can listen to Tarantino dialog all day long, so I dig it. The movie's too long, though, and dialog is really all there is. The problem is that he essentially tells the story twice. You spend 45 minutes getting to know these hot chicks, and then they promptly die. Then you spend another 45 minutes watching the next group of hot chicks hopefully not die.

Duuuude don't spoil everything for him!

I like Death Proof quite a lot. It's not a "masterpiece" like most other Tarantino movies, but it's a kewl, weird little movie. And as has been pointed out, the dialogues are awesome in this one.

[KevShmev]

This is out now...

Went and saw it today.  It's good.  Very stylish as expected, and both Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio were awesome in their roles.  I had never seen or heard of Margot Robbie (I am sure someone will tell me I am living in a cave ), but she is my new crush.

[Adami]

This is out now...

Went and saw it today.  It's good.  Very stylish as expected, and both Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio were awesome in their roles.  I had never seen or heard of Margot Robbie (I am sure someone will tell me I am living in a cave ), but she is my new crush.

I’ll let Stadler answer that.

[jammindude]

This is out now...

Went and saw it today.  It's good.  Very stylish as expected, and both Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio were awesome in their roles.  I had never seen or heard of Margot Robbie (I am sure someone will tell me I am living in a cave ), but she is my new crush.

Harley Quinn of Suicide Squad

[KevShmev]

Heard of that, but never saw it.  I rarely watch new films anymore, but will always make time for QT's.

No clue if they were advertised, but there were too major (older) stars with smaller roles in this film that I didn't know would be in it beforehand.  I won't mention who they are, so as not to spoil it in case anyone else is as clueless as I was.

[The Walrus]

Margot Robbie was also in the fantastic Wolf of Wall Street.

I was supposed to see this tonight with some friends but backed out to take care of some personal errands; the cast looks fantastic certainly but most of Tarantino's recent work I have not enjoyed at all, so I think I'll just wait til it's on Blu-ray.

[jammindude]

Heard of that, but never saw it. 

You're not missing much.   But you didn't have to see it to know her.   Her face (and that outfit) were freakin EVERYWHERE when that movie hit.   

[KevShmev]

Just googled it and I had never seen that before (and wish I hadn't just now ).  That is not a flattering look for her.

Then again, I was so hypnotized by her legs today, that I am still not thinking straight.

[SystematicThought]

Went and saw it yesterday. It’s really good! Three hours flew by very quickly. Brad Pitt steals the show in my opinion. He’s hilarious! Everyone is really good. It’s amazing how many big name there are in this movie and many are in it for a few minutes. Like Al Pacino, he’s in it for like 5 minutes

[Phoenix87x]

Just saw it. Didn't like it.

I've loved QT for as long as I can remember but I thought this new one was very underwhelming. It felt like a patchwork of random scenes/ideas instead of a solid cohesive story. And up until the last 10 mins, its just meandered all over the place, none of which was all that engaging. There was no reason that it needed to be almost 3 hours.


Some of this part might be spoilers

The ending was my favorite part, probably cause it became totally different movie. Despite that, the ending was a farce. I loved it, but it solidified the film as fan fiction. Being revisionist about history in Inglorious Bastards worked fine for me, despite being jarring. But here, it felt way off, despite being incredibly satisfying for what it was.

Besides Jackie brown, I've either liked or loved every single QT film, but this one was definitely not for me.

And for anyone that doesn't know QT has a foot fetish, get ready see feet all over the place 

[jingle.boy]

I was kinda in between liking it, and being 'meh'.  I don't mind the multiple plot-line / interconnected stories as a premise (2 Days in the Valley is one of my favorite all-time movies), but this was a bit of a mess, and the multiple threads didn't seem to serve much purpose.  DiCaprio and Pitt were fantastic performances; Robbie was captivating, the climax was over-the-top - ok... acid trip... got it.  Still over-the-top.

I could've waited to see it on Netflix or something.

[cramx3]

I've got no interest in stepping into a movie theater, but I'll check it out one day.

I never knew he had his own 10 film list and I guess that means movies he not only wrote but directed, but I love From Dusk Till Dawn which he only wrote and acted in.  I haven't seen all of his movies, but the ones I have I really have enjoyed so I totally would check this out, someday.

[The Walrus]

Acid trip?

If it's anything as compelling as the Quaalude scene at the climax of WOWS then that sounds awesome.

[MinistroRaven]

Heard of that, but never saw it.  I rarely watch new films anymore, but will always make time for QT's.

No clue if they were advertised, but there were too major (older) stars with smaller roles in this film that I didn't know would be in it beforehand.  I won't mention who they are, so as not to spoil it in case anyone else is as clueless as I was.

She is the hottie of Wolf of Wallstreet and had some GREAT scenes on that movie

[MinistroRaven]

Bruce Lee's daughter:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-07-31/bruce-lee-tarantino-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood

[The Walrus]

RedLetterMedia had this up at the end of their video discussion on Once Upon A Time In Hollywood:



 

[El Barto]

Bruce Lee's daughter:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-07-31/bruce-lee-tarantino-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood

With one movie left Quentin's getting out of the business just in time. In four of five years people will tear his next movie to shreds for all of the racism, sexism, and every other -ism they can make a case for.

In this case the scene actually was played for laughs, but who gives a fuck? To me it's more insulting to think that Bruce Lee can't be made the subject of humor. I'd hope he'd have been just fine with it, and if he would take offense then he's not really deserving of the adulation heaped upon him.

[El Barto]

I enjoyed the movie, but it's definitely second tier for me (and even the bottom of the barrel is still entertaining as all get out, AFAIC). QT's movies have a very definite style to them. There's never any mistaking what you're watching. Until the final 20 minutes this didn't have that style. It certainly wasn't bad, and I liked the BP/LD characters, but it just seemed pretty ordinary.

On the bright side, every Tarrantino movie I've seen has at least one thing that makes me LOL in the theater. This one had a couple.

You, I don't remember you name.
I'm the devil, and I've come to do the devil's work.
[long, bewildered pause] Nah, it was something stupider than that.

[KevShmev]

Haha, yep, I think that got the loudest collective laugh when I saw it last weekend.

[El Barto]

Haha, yep, I think that got the loudest collective laugh when I saw it last weekend.

Brad Pitt really was the highlight, I thought. Particularly after the apocryphal acid-dipped cig. It would have been easy for QT to take a Terry Gilliam approach and do the full-blown acid trip experience (and I can confirm that Gilliam was terrifyingly accurate with Fear and Loathing), but instead he just let Pitt sell it, and it worked quite well.