Django was alright, definitely one of his weaker films. I liked the Hateful Eight a whole lot.
At least Once Upon a Time's ending was good, but sitting through that shit for two hours just for 5 minutes of fun isn't exactly what's to be expected from a Tarantino flick.
The acting was good and the final scene was great, but I have to agree
1) It was fucking boring.
2) It had a ton of random story arcs that seemed ultimately to lead nowhere
3) The themes and the plot were all over the place and never really came together in any meaningful way.
That's basically it. It was just a long, boring movie with a lot of buildup for very little payoff. If Tarantino's name wasn't behind it this movie would have been ignored entirely.
I don’t think I would have enjoyed it if I knew about the Tate murders.
How do you NOT know about the Tate murders? The Tate murders are implied knowledge, you're supposed to be watching her with the knowledge that she will get murdered in the end along with the knowledge of Tarantino's history if phantasmagorical violence and the rewriting of history. The movie is literally predicated on that.
Qualley's ass
Imagine thinking that a meandering nostalgia-driven wank fest is patrician. You Armond White-worshiping fuck ups really make me laugh.
I was generally aware of who Charles Manson was but wasn’t aware of exactly what murders he was involved in. I wouldn’t have enjoyed the conclusion as much if I knew it was just a bait-and-switch, not knowing kept me engaged
Pleb filtered. Love it when plebs get put in their place, stick to capeshit.
The fact that I knew about the Tate murders made it much more interesting. Knowing that this naive and overall good person would be brutally stabbed by the end of the movie, which thankfully didn't happen.