Once Upon A Time In Hollywood - The 9th film from Quentin Tarantino

[drtoboggan]

What the hell is a kino?

 

[Y2K Baby]

What the hell is a kino?

/tv/ talk.

 

[Ihavetinyweewee]

What the hell is a kino?

Great...

 

[Marissa Moira]

What the hell is a kino?

Bloodborne

 

[Autocrat]

What the hell is a kino?

Kino is meant to convey a special type of 'good' in a movie.
I guess at this point, any piece of art.

Kino isn't always very easy to consume, but it is highly rewarding for those who do. Unless you're an idiot.

Bloodborne

NeiR: Automata is certainly kino

 

[Quijibo69]

Go see this movie if you like feet and movie filler.

 

[Stab You in the Back]

Midway through the second act, I was in bliss. This felt like Tarantino was doing something that felt less like a genre flick, which I don't think he's done since Jackie Brown. I was so happy to be experiencing it, and it is a great experience of a movie.
But the 3rd act turns into a pretty straightforward, revenge flick that is over as soon as the action starts.

I'd really love to see a director's cut or, at least, much more of this movie. They succeed in having the Manson family come off as absolutely sinister, but we only get to see a couple minutes of Charlie himself. I wish Tarantino ditched the 3 act thing, and given the Manson family their own act.

This mirrors my own beliefs. Hollywood reminds me a lot of Django and Inglorious Basterds in the sense that the third act is a noticeable step down from a brilliant second act. Brad Pitt at the ranch is the film's standout scene, but everything in the second act is gold.

Stray thoughts:
-I would fuck Margo Robbie so hard, but goddamn she is a terrible actress.
-DiCaprio is DiCrapio, as usual.
-I didn't recognize Lena Dunham until I looked her up after seeing the film. Turns out she was the character I thought was a middle-aged mother figure at the ranch. Whoops!
-This is Tarantino's funniest movie in a long time. Maybe I'm just an asshole, but I cackled like a loon at DiCaprio's "improv" with the little girl.
-FEET!
-As a straight man, I appreciate all the slow, gratuitous pan ups on the hippie chick. (and for the ladies, I assume the gratuitous Brad Pitt shirtless scene will be appreciated)
-This is one of the most beautiful movies I have seen in a long time. I've missed 35mm so much *sniff*

 

[ApatheticViewer]

God fucking damn why did no one like this? All these stupid faggots online (not here btw) are bitching there wasn't any action or tension.

It's about the golden fucking age of Hollywood. There isn't going to be gun fights and torture porn. Watching Rick struggle with his declining career was fascinating. The scene where he realizes he's been typecast? Finally breaking down over the state of his life? Its probably the most incredible look at film since Jean Luc Godards Contempt

But no. There wasn't any tension with Manson. Should have had them team up with Bruce fucking Lee to take down the Manson family. What's this shit about this being a love letter to Hollywood? Fucking boring. More explosions

Fuck you average movie goer

Edit: the end symbolism with Tex pointing his gun at Cliff who's pointing nothing at him was clearly a reflection of how Tarantino feels about violence in media

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

Kino is meant to convey a special type of 'good' in a movie.
I guess at this point, any piece of art.

Kino isn't always very easy to consume, but it is highly rewarding for those who do. Unless you're an idiot.



NeiR: Automata is certainly kino

Kino means "We pretend it's good to impress the other people pretending it's good"?

NeiR: Automata was utter shit, I refunded that garbage like 6 minutes in. I guess if you don't care about gameplay and just want to dig a mediocre short story out of hours of tedium...

God fucking damn why did no one like this? All these stupid faggots online (not here btw) are bitching there wasn't any action or tension.

It's about the golden fucking age of Hollywood. There isn't going to be gun fights and torture porn. Watching Rick struggle with his declining career was fascinating. The scene where he realizes he's been typecast? Finally breaking down over the state of his life? Its probably the most incredible look at film since Jean Luc Godards Contempt

But no. There wasn't any tension with Manson. Should have had them team up with Bruce fucking Lee to take down the Manson family. What's this shit about this being a love letter to Hollywood? Fucking boring. More explosions

Fuck you average movie goer

Edit: the end symbolism with Tex pointing his gun at Cliff who's pointing nothing at him was clearly a reflection of how Tarantino feels about violence in media

Ah, thank you for this review. Now I know it's pretentious garbage that sucks, nobody fiercely goes in like this for actual good media. It's media that if you like it, it proves you're smart. Like season 3 of twin peaks.

 

[8777BB5]

God fucking damn why did no one like this? All these stupid faggots online (not here btw) are bitching there wasn't any action or tension.

It's about the golden fucking age of Hollywood. There isn't going to be gun fights and torture porn. Watching Rick struggle with his declining career was fascinating. The scene where he realizes he's been typecast? Finally breaking down over the state of his life? Its probably the most incredible look at film since Jean Luc Godards Contempt

But no. There wasn't any tension with Manson. Should have had them team up with Bruce fucking Lee to take down the Manson family. What's this shit about this being a love letter to Hollywood? Fucking boring. More explosions

Fuck you average movie goer

Edit: the end symbolism with Tex pointing his gun at Cliff who's pointing nothing at him was clearly a reflection of how Tarantino feels about violence in media

I have some friends who are huge Tarantino fans who have refused to see it because they "don't want to see another 'Hail Caeser!' I also think that a lot of people are sick of Hollywood at the moment and seeing another film about it has made them not bother. It's also worth noting that Hail Caesar! had roughly a similar reception

 

[ApatheticViewer]

Ah, thank you for this review. Now I know it's pretentious garbage that sucks, nobody fiercely goes in like this for actual good media. It's media that if you like it, it proves you're smart. Like season 3 of twin peaks.

Bet I can guess your top 5

5 Transformers
4 Star Wars
3 Back to the future
2 Avengers
1 Dude where's my car


Am I right?

 

[Cloacan]

Bet I can guess your top 5

5 Transformers
4 Star Wars
3 Back to the future
2 Avengers
1 Dude where's my car


Am I right?

#1 on a list like that would probably be 'Indiana Jones and the Nazi Slapschtick Adventure'.

 

[Stab You in the Back]

I have some friends who are huge Tarantino fans who have refused to see it because they "don't want to see another 'Hail Caeser!' I also think that a lot of people are sick of Hollywood at the moment and seeing another film about it has made them not bother. It's also worth noting that Hail Caesar! had roughly a similar reception

That's understandable, but I never got the feeling from watching Hollywood that its nostalgic or celebratory in the way Hail Caesar was. And I don't think Tarantino is sentimental in the way the Coen brothers are.

 

[Autocrat]

This mirrors my own beliefs. Hollywood reminds me a lot of Django and Inglorious Basterds in the sense that the third act is a noticeable step down from a brilliant second act. Brad Pitt at the ranch is the film's standout scene, but everything in the second act is gold.

Stray thoughts:
-I would fuck Margo Robbie so hard, but goddamn she is a terrible actress.
-DiCaprio is DiCrapio, as usual.
-I didn't recognize Lena Dunham until I looked her up after seeing the film. Turns out she was the character I thought was a middle-aged mother figure at the ranch. Whoops!
-This is Tarantino's funniest movie in a long time. Maybe I'm just an asshole, but I cackled like a loon at DiCaprio's "improv" with the little girl.
-FEET!
-As a straight man, I appreciate all the slow, gratuitous pan ups on the hippie chick. (and for the ladies, I assume the gratuitous Brad Pitt shirtless scene will be appreciated)
-This is one of the most beautiful movies I have seen in a long time. I've missed 35mm so much *sniff*

I recognized Lena. Dakota Fanning was an interesting addition. In general, the hippie girls were actually full of famous peoples' daughters.

From Rumer Willis to Maya Hawke: All the Famous Kids in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Quentin Tarantino‘s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood takes place in Tinseltown and brings to life some of Hollywood’s most famous personalities. From Steve McQueen to…

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Kino means "We pretend it's good to impress the other people pretending it's good"?

NeiR: Automata was utter shit, I refunded that garbage like 6 minutes in. I guess if you don't care about gameplay and just want to dig a mediocre short story out of hours of tedium...

You're judging a game from 6 minutes of gameplay. The first 10+ minutes are a ship sequence, with gameplay you only encounter for maybe 3% of the game.

You're a moron. Play it all the way through, then come back.

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

I recognized Lena. Dakota Fanning was an interesting addition. In general, the hippie girls were actually full of famous peoples' daughters.

From Rumer Willis to Maya Hawke: All the Famous Kids in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Quentin Tarantino‘s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood takes place in Tinseltown and brings to life some of Hollywood’s most famous personalities. From Steve McQueen to…

people.com

You're judging a game from 6 minutes of gameplay. The first 10+ minutes are a ship sequence, with gameplay you only encounter for maybe 3% of the game.

You're a moron. Play it all the way through, then come back.

Lol, keep playing until its too late to refund. But I got past the stupid shitty bullet hell wannabe section, the stupid shitty twin stick shooter section, and to the stupid shitty 'ground fighting' section of the game.

Naw, after my quick session of realizing it wasn't what I thought it was (a decent beat-em-up with some weird gun stuff) I read a little more online, and saw, yeah, this is the game. Penis shaped robots shooting glowy orbs at you. Also there's some lame anime story or something.

Good games realize you should start off with the good stuff, not some shitty half assed game mode that isn't how the majority of the game is played.

Bet I can guess your top 5

5 Transformers
4 Star Wars
3 Back to the future
2 Avengers
1 Dude where's my car


Am I right?

This is off the top of my head and subject to constant change, but I'll try:

5 Blades of Glory
4 The Matrix
3 Iron Monkey (The original dub, not the tarantino shit version)
2 Ip Man
1 Terminator 2

I mean, I watched pi and amelie, blue velvet, mulholland drive (ugh).. Fire Walk With Me (Enough with the lynch!)

Some of them were alright, but hardly qualify as favorites. But then, I don't choose to enjoy movies based on what other people will think of me. That's actually what I was accusing you of, so your pretentious listing of low brow movies proves that point fairly well.

Dude where's my car was surprisingly funny for how stupid it looked. They just took the premise and ran with it so much harder than expected. It was so stupid, but it wasn't a stoner comedy, although it seemed that way at the beginning.

 

[Autocrat]

5 Blades of Glory
4 The Matrix
3 Iron Monkey (The original dub, not the tarantino shit version)
2 Ip Man
1 Terminator 2

You're a fucking pleb

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

You're a fucking pleb

I don't nervously check the group consensus of what entertainment is acceptable to enjoy.

Is it hard when someone asks you what movies you like, having to get the highest ranked art pretentious jackass's opinion so you make sure to only like the highest brow art?

Anyway it was fun trading jabs but I'm derailing your topic so I guess that makes me the asshole.

 

[Secret Asshole]

God fucking damn why did no one like this? All these stupid faggots online (not here btw) are bitching there wasn't any action or tension.

It's about the golden fucking age of Hollywood. There isn't going to be gun fights and torture porn. Watching Rick struggle with his declining career was fascinating. The scene where he realizes he's been typecast? Finally breaking down over the state of his life? Its probably the most incredible look at film since Jean Luc Godards Contempt

But no. There wasn't any tension with Manson. Should have had them team up with Bruce fucking Lee to take down the Manson family. What's this shit about this being a love letter to Hollywood? Fucking boring. More explosions

Fuck you average movie goer

Edit: the end symbolism with Tex pointing his gun at Cliff who's pointing nothing at him was clearly a reflection of how Tarantino feels about violence in media

NEVER EVER EVER go to /tv/ or /v/. 4channers are next to plebbit tier when talking about shit like this. 4chan is cucked to hell and back, filled with losers.

Once Upon A Time in Hollywood is meant to resemble a Fairy-Tale, in a Fairy-Tale era. That's exactly what it plays like. A love letter to the Golden Age of Hollywood and LA. As well as hating gross fucking hippies. Ignore them. They're all faggots. The tension was right there because there's this dread over Sharon Tate. The movie itself is made for cineophiles and people who love movies. Margot didn't have many lines because there was this feeling of dread about her throughout the entire movie. That's where the tension comes from. We know in history something horrible happens to her.

Spoiler

Except it doesn't, because its a fairy-tale. When Bradd Pitt gets stabbed and that ginger bitch loses her weapon, I was laughing my ass off as he was just brutally just smashing her face everywhere. I give Tarantino credit: He does NOT let up on the violence even with women. He treats them equally as the men. And in his era, I give him major props for that. Also great when he gave the smelly hippie the curb stomp.

I think the most hilarious moment is when the hippie ends up in the pool and Leo runs for the shed. You think he's going to hide but then he brings out a fucking flame thrower and roasts the bitch. Its amazing. The last scene of hippie murder is worth the entire movie.

 

[Commander X]

Armond White, of all critics, has written a rather positive review of OUATIH, considering he's criticized Tarantino before, and does so in this review. White has some reservations about the film and closes his review with the following statement:

Once Upon a Time gets at Hollywood’s seamy underbelly in ways I never expected. It is easily Tarantino’s best film, but we still suffer his fundamental problem of poisoned nostalgia.

He is not the first person I've seen who generally dislikes QT and his oeuvre but has been sympathetic towards this film (including myself here), and frankly it's hilarious to me all sorts of people on the internet, the sort of people you'd expect hated this movie because 'muh women' or some such sort of wokescold whimpering. If you go see the read all the hate from the clickbaiters to the wokescolds going on about how Tarantino needs to be CANCELLED, just to see how much of a reach the reasons these people have to cry CANCELLED are, before they're invalidated by audiences.

 

[Fatrick Hamlinson]

I enjoyed the parking lot scene with Bruce Lee ("the dent in the car suggests otherwise"), the ranch showdown, and the hippie hate. This movie had plenty of cute moments, even though it lagged in the middle. Right at the end, there's gratuitous violence, but I've come to expect that from Tarentino. I was hoping that gratuitous violence would include Lena Dunham, but casting her as a smelly, brainwashed, and ultimately irrelevant lesbian seems fair.

Once Upon A Time in Hollywood is meant to resemble a Fairy-Tale, in a Fairy-Tale era. That's exactly what it plays like. A love letter to the Golden Age of Hollywood and LA. As well as hating gross fucking hippies. Ignore them. They're all faggots. The tension was right there because there's this dread over Sharon Tate. The movie itself is made for cineophiles and people who love movies. Margot didn't have many lines because there was this feeling of dread about her throughout the entire movie. That's where the tension comes from. We know in history something horrible happens to her.

You hit the nail right on the head.