Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
trailer - looks like fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scf8nIJCvs4
Looks terrible to me. I just dislike Tarantino's current style and his casting of uncharismatic big names. I also can't believe how you can take such a real life tragedy and turn it into something like this.
sharethat would rule out a lot of movies.
shareWhat do you mean?
sharetragedies.
shareI didn't say I don't watch movies about tragedies.
shareThis particular tragedy has been covered in many movies. I will wait before prejudging it.
shareI'm not sure how it matters that other movies have covered it before. It's about the way this movie covers it. If it was simply a story set against the backdrop of Hollywood at the time of the Tate murders, then maybe. But this is something else. Like you said it, "looks like fun". That's definitely not what it was.
I know Tarantino by now, it's going to be farcical. I actually know how the plot develops and it's dumb.
Sharon Tate’s Sister Loved Margot Robbie in Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/07/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-margot-robbie-sharon-tate
Just seems like a creepy way to bring her sister back to life (although Robbie doesn't look a thing like her).
Tate was not Manson's only victim. I could see why relatives would like a certain aspect of the movie, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea. It's actually pretty tasteless. And just more of the same thing that he's been doing for years
Tarantino should also stop using big names. It does not fit the low budget style he supposedly tries to achieve.
But, to my knowledge, Tate was his most famous victim. I'm sure the average Joe moviegoer would want a film about a victim they already knew the name of than someone they didn't.
shareNo, I don't mean that this movie should have spent more on the other victims. I mean that the opinion of just one family member doesn't mean the relatives of all the other victims are okay with it.
With "big names" I actually mean the actors.
i'll leave it to smarter people than me to be the final judge on such matters, but i thought sharon tate was treated very respectfully in this film, in a way that surprised me and genuinely moved me.
shareSharon Tate wasn't the only victim of Manson and his followers, though.
Portraying her as beautiful and kind does not mean that the whole idea isn't tasteless and exploitative.
Have you actually seen the film yet? I haven't. But my buddy did and he loved it. Didn't seem to think it came across as exploitative.
shareNo, I haven't. I actually find the whole idea of turning this tragic event into a historical revisionist farce exploitative. I had hoped Tarantino had grown past such immaturity.
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