Same. I never thought he'd top Kill Bill for me. Not that I think Tarantino is slipping or any of that. I just really loved those movies and Asian cinema, so it spoke to me. But then Once Upon A Time... came along and it's easily his best work.
Right now, I’m on a huge Once Upon A Time In Hollywood kick. Masterpiece. It gets better every time I watch. And it has so much to analyze. Every little detail has its own backstory
The best thing for me is the fact that the first time I watched it, I was dreading the ending because I knew what was coming. And then he averts the story completely. Brilliant.
It really is a Goodfellas type movie. Yeah there’s a story kinda but it’s just about being in this world with these characters. The overall vibe, THAT’S the movie.
One of my favorite movies ever. And I have “wasted my time” with this one at least 30 times. 15 times in the theater. As Jellyfish once sang in a song by this title, “My Favorite Waste of Time”.
It's terrific. I haven't sped through a book that quickly for a while before or since. It's a totally different experience, ans yet it's the same story, and one enriches the other. It's great.
Absolutely, I was cautious at first, but that book is a proper deep dive and quite good for this era he was going for. Writing, directing, producing, character development, this man knocks it out of the park everytime. Well... except for his acting, his acting is comically bad imo, but the dude is a master of his craft otherwise.
Here's the heart of Quentin Tarantino, courtesy of this film: Sharon Tate's sister, Debra, was invited to the set of this great film. Got to see Margot Robbie perform some scenes. Story goes, after finishing one particular scene, this lady goes up to Margot, shedding tears, gives her a big hug, and thanks her for bringing her sister back to life. Debra really thought Sharon was back for a brief moment. That's the heart of Quentin Tarantino, folks!❤
@@naturesquad9174 The DARKER side of Hollywood, although I have to say that I *enjoyed* the revisionism of seeing the Manson family get char - broiled.
QT has probably stated his reasoning, but I feel like he didn’t give Margot Robbie more speaking time was that he didn’t want her to overshadow or be overshadowed by the real Sharon Tate. I think he wanted her presence to be felt more than heard. I don’t see how anyone can complain because she has an enormous presence in the film. It was very classy for him to leave the real Sharon Tate in those movie clips clips rather than using Hollywood magic to insert Margot Robbie playing Sharon Tate. It felt like a real tribute.
Man there are very few cinema moments more tense than the 1st time Cliff is @ the Spahn ranch insisting on seeing George. That slow, long walk 2 the bedroom was killing me. I saw the movie in theaters the 1st time and I was sitting there like “no…it’s too early 4 Brad’s character 2 die in this movie…isn’t it”??? The feeling of that 1st watch can’t be duplicated
Ayuh! I knew there was another murder that happened at the ranch that's not as well known. My father had prosecutor Bugliosi's book I flipped thru growing up. There were so many little accurate details right down to the weapons used. I was totally gripped the whole time. Using Neil Diamond's Hot August Nights as a foreshadow device was brilliant! My friends I went to the theater with had NO IDEA it was the Manson family! They still loved the movie too.
YES. This, for me, was the true moment I was fully immersed in the nail-biting suspense of the film's atmosphere. The way Tarantino made the viewer feel vulnerable in such a normally-benign situation was masterful.
Nicholas Hammond was the director that Bill loved. He's been in The Sound of Music as one of the Von Trapp kids and he played The Amazing Spider-Man on TV back in the 70's!
He was convincing as a celebrity. You could FEEL the midlife crisis coming off of his character. He was a white knuckle, a raw nerve, I thought we were watching the prelude to a meltdown of EPIC proportions.
that might have been the last time i had an actual belly laugh in the theater, when he looked his mirror image dead in the eye and threatened his own life if he couldnt nail his dialogue lines
My favorite QT movie and one of my favorite movies of all time now. And that’s saying something as I am 67, a life long student of film both formally and informally, have seen thousands of movies and own thousands. Like Bill says, every time I watch it, I see different things.
I was told I would appreciate it but I actually love this movie… Leo’s meltdown when he blows his lines is very relatable- I have verbally lost my shit on myself because I knew I messed up… he feels he is a has been and trying desperately to hold on. When he finally nails the scene and the little girl whispers in his ear that was the best acting she has ever seen it’s like there it is… he’s not done yet. I love Pitt’s character as well… the Bruce Lee scene where mocks Bruce is perfect! Steve McQueen explaining the love triangle thing is comical as well. Whoever the girl is listening to him is gorgeous too! Like Bill said - it’s another Good Fellas for sure!
Yeah, it is one of the most enjoyable filmlovers films ever made. It has a stunning amount of authentic details. Just the driving around LA and the valley in the 70s was amazing.
The first time I watched it I didn’t care for it too much. Thought it was just alright. For some reason i rewatched it immediately after, realized how much I loved it and watched it again. That’s 3 times in one night.
@@brianshaker1885 I remember I watched inside lewyn Davis and called my friend who recommended to berate him. As I’m ripping the movie I realize holy crap I love this movie
Learn more about the Manson Family murders. It makes it even more astounding! So many details that were so accurate right down to the weapons they carried. There was another less well known murder at the ranch. The scene at the ranch was so spot on accurate including how the family "took care" of old man Spahn. I thought Brad Pitt was going to be killed off early to shock the audience. I was gripped the whole time.
@@edm781what gets less mentioned about the Manson family is they were really anti-hippies, were a heavily armed gang that veered towards a paramilitary death squad, they had dune buggies with machineguns mounted on them, Charlie himself was a big acolyte of neonazi writers, and law enforcement basically let them go on a rampage while they were under surveillance.
I saw it three times at the DGA theater (Directors Guild) when it was released and got to see a QT Q&A after one of those screenings. Might be my favorite film of the last two decades.
I LOVE this film so much. I think what makes it extra special for me is that I can go back to the late 60's once again when I was just 7 or 8 years old and life was so simple compared to today. The breeziness of great music and the coolest cars ever made. And that just touches the surface.
I consider the movie one big vibe check. To me the story isn't really that deep/dynamic. But it's like, sit back, relax, and experience what it's like to live in late 1960's Hollywood through the lens of working actors. That's it, that's the vibe. Feel like if you watch it through that lens you'll enjoy it for sure
Absolutely. But the story is VERY deep if you know the Manson family murders details as well. I was on the edge of my seat the entire film. MY friends I saw it with had NO IDEA it was the Manson Family & they enjoyed it too.
1:56 That was where I realized I loved the movie. After I finished it, not being really up-to-date on cult weirdos (even famous ones, I don't give a shit about them), I looked up Margot Robbie's character and why she was in the movie because it puzzled me and then found out "oh, 'Charlie' is Charles Manson and this is like Quentin Tarantino's wish-fulfillment of what should have happened". From then on, I loved it. I was in the middle a little before. Entertaining, but not an all-time favorite. I still wouldn't call it an all-time favorite, but it's at least high up on the list and one I'll definitely watch again someday. People obsess over cult leaders and serial killers throughout history, particularly recent history in the past half-century or so, and they watch all these movies and they talk about how sick they are while practically fangirling over them and I like how Quentin's just like "nah, these people sucked. Fuck 'em." and proceeded to rewrite history for his movie and we got to see those pieces of shit all put in their place.
My father had the prosecutor Bugliosi's book Helter Skelter. I knew a lot about Manson. Knowing that made the movie absolutely incredible. The detail QT had was astounding. The locations. The Weapons. Using Neil Diamonds Hot August Nights as a foreshadowing device in the soundtrack was pitch perfect, (murders on August 9th). The ranch scene was beyond perfect. Including how the family "took care" of Old Man Spahn. I thought Pitt's character was going to get killed off early as there was a less well known murder at the ranch.
I was shocked at how good this movie was and it was not atall what I was expecting. I agree that this easily Tarantino's best film and it it almost doesn't even have a plot!
Sure it does. It's the totally factual events of how Sharon Tate's life was saved by Rick Dalton and his stunt double, Cliff Booth. It's the reality I wanna live in, but can't. Where egotistical sociopaths are a footnote on the wikipedia pages of the better people they tried to murder.
This is what makes BB great. And why we need more BB. QT took a tragic moment in this history of LA, in the history of the US, in human history and re wrote it to make it stick the landing. Same as he did w Nazis, same as he did w slavery. We need this kind of imagination. Not to hide from the past, but to redeem ourselves from the past.
SMH. California will barely allow its citizens to own a plastic straw, but in their dreams they flame-thrower roast all the bad guys and restore justice?
Damn, i still remember walking out of the theater and not liking it much the first time I saw it. Fast forward years later and multiple views later, and honest... I think it's QT's best. It's a modern movie classic.
was already out of the theaters in my town when I wanted to see it, So I drove an hour out of town, loved it. went the following 2 weekends to see it again and again...love evrything about it. Black and white scenes to the Playboy mansion, Hennessey XO on the rocks, Norman Fell, 1966 Batman, Eye-talian movie clips. My kind of movie for sure....
It warms my heart once upon a Time in Hollywood is finally getting respect. 🗣️I loved this movie from the very beginning.. To the classic soundtracks 🎵 To the amazing character interactions, the back in time vibes, the camera work. 🎥 This is also in my personal opinion the most quoted movie of Tarantino. The list just goes on with so many hilarious dialogue moments that everyone uses in the comment section over and over again it’s so goddamn funny. Leonardo DiCaprio is playing a character. That’s an actor and when the camera is on him, you can’t tell if you are watching Leo act or are you watching Rick Dalton act in character as Caleb Dakota. XD. I don’t think this was intentional, but it’s a Mind screw. XD! 👀 An actor playing an actor acting in Character. 😂
As cliche as it sounds, it will be the end of an era in film-making and storytelling for generations of people. I've been a fan of Quentin Tarantino since True Romance. When I saw that film when I was 17, it changed how I felt about cinema. In a world devoid of quality Hollywood films, he will be missed.
Never a massive Tarantino film and came to this one quite late, but absolutely loved it. The twist on the Manson family and Sharon Tate at the end was delicious, especially given we all know what tragically really happened.
Same. I saw it three times at the DGA theater (Directors Guild) when it was released and got to see a QT Q&A after one of those screenings. Might be my favorite film of the last two decades.
I really enjoyed seeing this movie because it is a sort of love letter to Hollywood from the late 60's and although Brad Pitt played Leo's stuntdouble, he became the movie's star. Furthermore, if you realized this, Tarantino did the same when he made Inglourious Basterds, changing the course of history basing on the hypothesis if these characters had been existed, things would have been different.
Just listening to how much attention QT paid to getting the radio right and the music just right. Watching how meticulously detailed he was with the cars, and the background scenery, the advertising, the television shows and promos, etc. QT put you back in late 60s Los Angeles like a time machine. And the revisionist history was soooo satisfying. You can so easily imagine a world where these victims did not die.
One of my fav Tarantino movies. Just recently re-watched it again; found something new. There is talk Quentin will be releasing a 4 hour version in the future. Can't Wait !
The idea of the Manson family bursting into the same house as a TV/Movie action star & his legit war harden buddy he hopes to emulate seems right & works.
I wasn't even born in that time period, but I was transported and believed every second of it. My co-worker who lived that time, that's exactly how it was.
I get how some may not love this movie as much if you don't enjoy chill relax films about film making (very specific) But I love this film, masterpiece and so rewatchable. It's a top 3 Tarantino film in my opinion
It badly needs to be trimmed. Take the scene of Margot Robbie seeing own movie: first she walks by the theater and doesn't go in; then she buys book (totally pointless); then she wants free entrance into the theater 'cause she's a star (vanity!); then she puts her bare feet up on the seat framed by the movie screen to check the Tarantino foot fetish box. Embarrassing crap.
My first quinton tarentino movie in theaters and it was amazing I loved it and I wish I could have been old enough to see all of his others in theaters
I have seen this movie at least ten times because whenever I’m channel surfing and run across it, I can’t seem to look away! It’s so visually addicting! Maybe it’s because I grew up in LA in the early 70’s, and the scenery is so freaking spot on! I love every minute of it, every dam time! Besides that, it has the best movie ending of all time! QT is pure genius!
Indeed, those who didn’t get the Sharon Tate character aren’t familiar with the ethereal-blonde device, which I suspect Tarantino was satirizing/homaging. Likely a European cinematic trend, in the late ‘60s and very early ‘70s, movies would feature a blonde who seemed like she was in her own world, outside of everything else, yet very alive and coveted by other characters. Another example actually can be found in a “Night Gallery” vignette featuring Tate’s actress friend Joanna Pettet (played by Rumer Willis in “Once Upon a Time”), in which she plays a similarly evanescent, almost otherworldly blonde who mesmerizes everyone she comes into contact with. Hitchcock touched on this in his films, particularly "Vertigo," "Rear Window," "North by Northwest," "Psycho," and "The Birds."
The scene that kills me every time I watch it is when he’s learning his lines and he has the audio recording playing as a cue for his lines, and he does the Mexican accent saying “she’s asleeeep” Brilliant 🤣
Qt is single handedly keeping old cinema alive. This was how I felt when my dad would take me to see movies . That my mom didn't want me to see 😂 good times .
Burr is right about this and Goodfellas. Great movies can transport you to a certain place in time. Both nail their respective eras and the sub cultures in which their characters live so well you forget you are watching a movie and just experience the story. Both nail it.
Bill is completely correct, it will go down as one of the greatest movies ever. It few like your in a parallel dimension and you get to see an alternate reality where life seems more intense, happy, and scared
I agree with EVERYTHING Bill said in fact not exaggerating I’ve seen the movie in it’s entirety over 10 times. I loved this movie and I truly appreciated and enjoyed all the actors performances. I felt it was an alternate happy ending for Sharon Tate and the folks murdered that day. Bratt Pitt and Leo did an excellent job.. just a great movie all around…
This losing out best picture oscar to parasite, a freaking foreign film (which has its own category, and won that too) will forever be insane to me. Don't get me wrong, Parasite in an amazing movie. But its not this.
I watched it the first time and was disappointed because I was expecting an action flick from the trailers. I watched it a second time for what it is and actually enjoyed it. Not his best but for anyone else it's a pretty good flick. I laughed a lot more the second time I watched it and there are some good jokes in there that I missed the first time because I was bored since I was expecting action. One of my favorite moments is when the Italian wife jumps up after the girl with the knife is about to charge. You put it in this video so thank you. I don't know why it's so funny but it's really funny and really cute at the same time. And also the chick at the end that has the gun that won't stop screaming and holding the gun in the air. She just keeps coming back for more, over and over again lol. That was so freaking hilarious.
Brilliant piece of self reflection by QT. The 2 leads are entering their final years of work and know their best is in the past. At age 60, QT BP and myself all are facing that grim reality. We all want to be cool Cliff Booth, but most of us are fuc... Rick Dalton. And don't forget it!
One of my favorite movies, I did not expect this to be so special, I can watch it over and over
Same. I never thought he'd top Kill Bill for me. Not that I think Tarantino is slipping or any of that. I just really loved those movies and Asian cinema, so it spoke to me. But then Once Upon A Time... came along and it's easily his best work.
@@PaulDozierZZoMBiE13 I just wanna keep coming back to that world
@@DistantLightsThat sounds like a great idea Kato!
Same
It brings me back to my young adult years.
Right now, I’m on a huge Once Upon A Time In Hollywood kick. Masterpiece. It gets better every time I watch. And it has so much to analyze. Every little detail has its own backstory
Did you read the book? It’s an excellent follow up if you’ve enjoyed rewatching so much
@@pilamcnu Good call. I have not, but will now do so.
The best thing for me is the fact that the first time I watched it, I was dreading the ending because I knew what was coming. And then he averts the story completely. Brilliant.
I watched it 10 times upon it's theatrical release in 2019. I couldn't get enough.
Some movies are great on their first watch but great movies are better on their 10th viewing.
It really is a Goodfellas type movie.
Yeah there’s a story kinda but it’s just about being in this world with these characters.
The overall vibe, THAT’S the movie.
Waste of time
HEAVILY AGREE 👍👍👍
One of my favorite movies ever. And I have “wasted my time” with this one at least 30 times. 15 times in the theater. As Jellyfish once sang in a song by this title, “My Favorite Waste of Time”.
@@ferise1I can say that about any movie . It was good don’t be such a hater
Cop out, it sucks, and Im' a huge QT fan
QT wrote a book as a companion with an expanded story and character development. Worth a read imo.
It's terrific. I haven't sped through a book that quickly for a while before or since. It's a totally different experience, ans yet it's the same story, and one enriches the other. It's great.
Absolutely, I was cautious at first, but that book is a proper deep dive and quite good for this era he was going for. Writing, directing, producing, character development, this man knocks it out of the park everytime. Well... except for his acting, his acting is comically bad imo, but the dude is a master of his craft otherwise.
He did ? Sheeit I’ll have to check that out
I believe I read he made the book first! Don't quote me on that though
@@dobson. he did not. He wrote the book afterwards
“I’m not gonna sit here and try to talk you into that masterpiece.” I’m gonna start using that.
The last half hour of Once Upon... is master class in absolute dark humor!!! The way QT turned history on its head!
"And you....were on a horsey!"
After inglorious bastards ending, I totally predicted this set up
Great revisionist history ! Every sane person wanted to see these whack jobs punished.
Here's the heart of Quentin Tarantino, courtesy of this film:
Sharon Tate's sister, Debra, was invited to the set of this great film. Got to see Margot Robbie perform some scenes. Story goes, after finishing one particular scene, this lady goes up to Margot, shedding tears, gives her a big hug, and thanks her for bringing her sister back to life. Debra really thought Sharon was back for a brief moment.
That's the heart of Quentin Tarantino, folks!❤
Kinda morbid tbh, but also extremely Hollywood
@@naturesquad9174 The DARKER side of Hollywood, although I have to say that I *enjoyed* the revisionism of seeing the Manson family get char - broiled.
Malarky.
the heart of QT is cha-ching
Not even 10 years old and it's a classic
Not even 5 years
@Something29292 July, 2019 was when it was released.
@@lancegoodthrust546 Still got 5 more months
@@Something29292 Don't be autistic about it lol
@@lancegoodthrust546 You could have just wrote "true" or something when someone wrote that it wasn't even five years old... too bad
QT has probably stated his reasoning, but I feel like he didn’t give Margot Robbie more speaking time was that he didn’t want her to overshadow or be overshadowed by the real Sharon Tate. I think he wanted her presence to be felt more than heard. I don’t see how anyone can complain because she has an enormous presence in the film. It was very classy for him to leave the real Sharon Tate in those movie clips clips rather than using Hollywood magic to insert Margot Robbie playing Sharon Tate. It felt like a real tribute.
good points. i dont mean this disrespectfully but i considered her presence that of a ghost or specter. An angelic apparition, by design
Um, that's one way to look at it, I guess. Robbie's part was void of anything. She dances, she buys a book, she sees a movie...yawn.
@@JB-ti7blif you see it that way you're missing the performance
Everyone I know who isn’t a QT fan still enjoys this one and Jackie Brown
As a Tino hater, Death Proof is where it's at
Y u lie tho
Exactly
You know people who don’t like Pulp Fiction?
@@Dapryor yeah some friends who don’t like the dialogue or style. Mostly people who are into more arthouse stuff
Man there are very few cinema moments more tense than the 1st time Cliff is @ the Spahn ranch insisting on seeing George. That slow, long walk 2 the bedroom was killing me. I saw the movie in theaters the 1st time and I was sitting there like “no…it’s too early 4 Brad’s character 2 die in this movie…isn’t it”??? The feeling of that 1st watch can’t be duplicated
Yes! When it dawned on me, the situation he was in, I thought, Holy Crap! The rest of the movie was so satisfying.
Ayuh! I knew there was another murder that happened at the ranch that's not as well known. My father had prosecutor Bugliosi's book I flipped thru growing up. There were so many little accurate details right down to the weapons used. I was totally gripped the whole time. Using Neil Diamond's Hot August Nights as a foreshadow device was brilliant! My friends I went to the theater with had NO IDEA it was the Manson family! They still loved the movie too.
YES. This, for me, was the true moment I was fully immersed in the nail-biting suspense of the film's atmosphere. The way Tarantino made the viewer feel vulnerable in such a normally-benign situation was masterful.
That was a tense scene, but Tarantino chickens out by having Spahn say he's fine, then Pitt beats up the tire-slasher with no counter-attack.
@@JB-ti7bl 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ You clearly have no idea what you're talking about... and I'll leave it at that. Go read the book.
Nicholas Hammond was the director that Bill loved.
He's been in The Sound of Music as one of the Von Trapp kids and he played The Amazing Spider-Man on TV back in the 70's!
I worked in Hollywood in the 70s and Tarantino got it perfectly
The scene when Leo’s character is in his trailer and he’s pissed of about everything that was all improvised .
He was convincing as a celebrity. You could FEEL the midlife crisis coming off of his character. He was a white knuckle, a raw nerve, I thought we were watching the prelude to a meltdown of EPIC proportions.
that might have been the last time i had an actual belly laugh in the theater, when he looked his mirror image dead in the eye and threatened his own life if he couldnt nail his dialogue lines
This is the movie that seals Tarantinos status as one of the best to ever do it.
Inglorious Bastards already nailed that
Truth
I totally agree with Burr on this and I love that you made this compilation!
It’s better everytime I watch it
I really enjoy Bill Burr talking about movies
Definitely top 3 of my fav QT movies
My favorite flick too. Hands down. The flame thrower scene is epic.
My favorite QT movie and one of my favorite movies of all time now. And that’s saying something as I am 67, a life long student of film both formally and informally, have seen thousands of movies and own thousands.
Like Bill says, every time I watch it, I see different things.
I was told I would appreciate it but I actually love this movie… Leo’s meltdown when he blows his lines is very relatable- I have verbally lost my shit on myself because I knew I messed up… he feels he is a has been and trying desperately to hold on. When he finally nails the scene and the little girl whispers in his ear that was the best acting she has ever seen it’s like there it is… he’s not done yet. I love Pitt’s character as well… the Bruce Lee scene where mocks Bruce is perfect!
Steve McQueen explaining the love triangle thing is comical as well. Whoever the girl is listening to him is gorgeous too! Like Bill said - it’s another Good Fellas for sure!
Bruce Lee family did not appreciate that.
Leo lecturing himself in the mirror is the best 4th wall break ever. Rick Fuck¡n' Dalton!
Bruce Lee would've whooped Cliff's a55.
Di cap is hilarious and drives the story. Superb acting in the trailer scene
It’s a such a FUN movie. I know that may simplify this great film. But it’s hard to name a film that’s just a great time from the beginning to end.
Yeah, it is one of the most enjoyable filmlovers films ever made. It has a stunning amount of authentic details. Just the driving around LA and the valley in the 70s was amazing.
I agree. I’ve seen this movie 3 times and seeing the tables turned on the Manson family was very cathartic.
The first time I watched it I didn’t care for it too much. Thought it was just alright.
For some reason i rewatched it immediately after, realized how much I loved it and watched it again. That’s 3 times in one night.
My favorite movies are ones like this, they get better for some reason with age.
@@brianshaker1885 I remember I watched inside lewyn Davis and called my friend who recommended to berate him. As I’m ripping the movie I realize holy crap I love this movie
Learn more about the Manson Family murders. It makes it even more astounding! So many details that were so accurate right down to the weapons they carried. There was another less well known murder at the ranch. The scene at the ranch was so spot on accurate including how the family "took care" of old man Spahn. I thought Brad Pitt was going to be killed off early to shock the audience. I was gripped the whole time.
@@edm781what gets less mentioned about the Manson family is they were really anti-hippies, were a heavily armed gang that veered towards a paramilitary death squad, they had dune buggies with machineguns mounted on them, Charlie himself was a big acolyte of neonazi writers, and law enforcement basically let them go on a rampage while they were under surveillance.
I saw it three times at the DGA theater (Directors Guild) when it was released and got to see a QT Q&A after one of those screenings. Might be my favorite film of the last two decades.
I LOVE this film so much. I think what makes it extra special for me is that I can go back to the late 60's once again when I was just 7 or 8 years old and life was so simple compared to today. The breeziness of great music and the coolest cars ever made. And that just touches the surface.
Nowadays you'd have Just Stop Oil protesters blocking Sunset Blvd.
“That guy” who played director Sam Wannamaker was Nicholas Hammond, who played Spider-Man in the 1977 live-action show❤
I consider the movie one big vibe check. To me the story isn't really that deep/dynamic. But it's like, sit back, relax, and experience what it's like to live in late 1960's Hollywood through the lens of working actors. That's it, that's the vibe. Feel like if you watch it through that lens you'll enjoy it for sure
A lot of filmgoers are too impatient to watch vibe movies like this, I think. Too bad, it's probably in my top three of QTs films.
Absolutely. But the story is VERY deep if you know the Manson family murders details as well. I was on the edge of my seat the entire film. MY friends I saw it with had NO IDEA it was the Manson Family & they enjoyed it too.
Everything you said and more. To go from the glorious hysterical fight right into the reality of how it should have been but wasn’t. Emotional.
Even the trailer for this movie was sick
1:56 That was where I realized I loved the movie. After I finished it, not being really up-to-date on cult weirdos (even famous ones, I don't give a shit about them), I looked up Margot Robbie's character and why she was in the movie because it puzzled me and then found out "oh, 'Charlie' is Charles Manson and this is like Quentin Tarantino's wish-fulfillment of what should have happened". From then on, I loved it. I was in the middle a little before. Entertaining, but not an all-time favorite. I still wouldn't call it an all-time favorite, but it's at least high up on the list and one I'll definitely watch again someday.
People obsess over cult leaders and serial killers throughout history, particularly recent history in the past half-century or so, and they watch all these movies and they talk about how sick they are while practically fangirling over them and I like how Quentin's just like "nah, these people sucked. Fuck 'em." and proceeded to rewrite history for his movie and we got to see those pieces of shit all put in their place.
My father had the prosecutor Bugliosi's book Helter Skelter. I knew a lot about Manson. Knowing that made the movie absolutely incredible. The detail QT had was astounding. The locations. The Weapons. Using Neil Diamonds Hot August Nights as a foreshadowing device in the soundtrack was pitch perfect, (murders on August 9th). The ranch scene was beyond perfect. Including how the family "took care" of Old Man Spahn. I thought Pitt's character was going to get killed off early as there was a less well known murder at the ranch.
I was shocked at how good this movie was and it was not atall what I was expecting. I agree that this easily Tarantino's best film and it it almost doesn't even have a plot!
Sure it does. It's the totally factual events of how Sharon Tate's life was saved by Rick Dalton and his stunt double, Cliff Booth.
It's the reality I wanna live in, but can't. Where egotistical sociopaths are a footnote on the wikipedia pages of the better people they tried to murder.
I loved it man. I've watched if at least 10 times. Love it more each time
Amazing film and my favorite Tarantino film overall.
This is what makes BB great. And why we need more BB. QT took a tragic moment in this history of LA, in the history of the US, in human history and re wrote it to make it stick the landing. Same as he did w Nazis, same as he did w slavery. We need this kind of imagination. Not to hide from the past, but to redeem ourselves from the past.
SMH. California will barely allow its citizens to own a plastic straw, but in their dreams they flame-thrower roast all the bad guys and restore justice?
Bill Burr is on target with this. Tarantino got this perfect.
Just watched it AGAIN last night! Great movie!!
Damn, i still remember walking out of the theater and not liking it much the first time I saw it. Fast forward years later and multiple views later, and honest... I think it's QT's best. It's a modern movie classic.
glad to hear one of my favorites loved another one of my favorites
was already out of the theaters in my town when I wanted to see it, So I drove an hour out of town, loved it. went the following 2 weekends to see it again and again...love evrything about it. Black and white scenes to the Playboy mansion, Hennessey XO on the rocks, Norman Fell, 1966 Batman, Eye-talian movie clips. My kind of movie for sure....
It warms my heart once upon a Time in Hollywood is finally getting respect. 🗣️I loved this movie from the very beginning.. To the classic soundtracks 🎵 To the amazing character interactions, the back in time vibes, the camera work. 🎥 This is also in my personal opinion the most quoted movie of Tarantino. The list just goes on with so many hilarious dialogue moments that everyone uses in the comment section over and over again it’s so goddamn funny.
Leonardo DiCaprio is playing a character. That’s an actor and when the camera is on him, you can’t tell if you are watching Leo act or are you watching Rick Dalton act in character as Caleb Dakota. XD. I don’t think this was intentional, but it’s a Mind screw. XD! 👀
An actor playing an actor acting in Character. 😂
I agree with Bill 100%! I can't believe this movie is not more beloved.
7.6/10 on IMDB with 825k ratings. Don't think the score will move that much. Solid 'C' grade.
As cliche as it sounds, it will be the end of an era in film-making and storytelling for generations of people. I've been a fan of Quentin Tarantino since True Romance. When I saw that film when I was 17, it changed how I felt about cinema. In a world devoid of quality Hollywood films, he will be missed.
Never a massive Tarantino film and came to this one quite late, but absolutely loved it. The twist on the Manson family and Sharon Tate at the end was delicious, especially given we all know what tragically really happened.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is hands down my favorite Tarantino film...
Yes! 😇
Same. I saw it three times at the DGA theater (Directors Guild) when it was released and got to see a QT Q&A after one of those screenings. Might be my favorite film of the last two decades.
So good, I’m glad bill burr liked it like I did
This is one of my all time favorite movies period.
Masterpiece
I really enjoyed seeing this movie because it is a sort of love letter to Hollywood from the late 60's and although Brad Pitt played Leo's stuntdouble, he became the movie's star. Furthermore, if you realized this, Tarantino did the same when he made Inglourious Basterds, changing the course of history basing on the hypothesis if these characters had been existed, things would have been different.
Just listening to how much attention QT paid to getting the radio right and the music just right. Watching how meticulously detailed he was with the cars, and the background scenery, the advertising, the television shows and promos, etc. QT put you back in late 60s Los Angeles like a time machine. And the revisionist history was soooo satisfying. You can so easily imagine a world where these victims did not die.
One of my fav Tarantino movies. Just recently re-watched it again; found something new. There is talk Quentin will be releasing a 4 hour version in the future. Can't Wait !
The idea of the Manson family bursting into the same house as a TV/Movie action star & his legit war harden buddy he hopes to emulate seems right & works.
I saw this in Hollywood, in one of the theaters they retrofitted for the film. They had some of the characters’ cars on display outside! So damn cool
I'm at 22 times. Love it sooooo much!!
Check out the OUATIH novel that QT wrote too!
Q's themes of what might have happened and what should have happened were brilliantly researched for the time period. It's a great movie.
This is my all time favourite movie. I’ve seen it so many times.
It’s so fun to rewatch
I wasn't even born in that time period, but I was transported and believed every second of it. My co-worker who lived that time, that's exactly how it was.
Great movie! Great characters played by great actors!
I agree. Watched it 4 times in the theatre
Masterpiece.
Tarantino's "I can do whatever the fuck I want" with shots of feet was 10/10 editing
I get how some may not love this movie as much if you don't enjoy chill relax films about film making
(very specific)
But I love this film, masterpiece and so rewatchable.
It's a top 3 Tarantino film in my opinion
Right! Once you realize the horror you're being led into, the rest is bliss!
It badly needs to be trimmed. Take the scene of Margot Robbie seeing own movie: first she walks by the theater and doesn't go in; then she buys book (totally pointless); then she wants free entrance into the theater 'cause she's a star (vanity!); then she puts her bare feet up on the seat framed by the movie screen to check the Tarantino foot fetish box.
Embarrassing crap.
My first quinton tarentino movie in theaters and it was amazing I loved it and I wish I could have been old enough to see all of his others in theaters
Aww it’s good to know Burr loves it, I love it too.
I have seen this movie at least ten times because whenever I’m channel surfing and run across it, I can’t seem to look away! It’s so visually addicting! Maybe it’s because I grew up in LA in the early 70’s, and the scenery is so freaking spot on! I love every minute of it, every dam time! Besides that, it has the best movie ending of all time! QT is pure genius!
It's up there with Back to the Future for me, that if it's on, I sit and watch it.
I'm not sure if it's his best movie but it might be. It's definitely his best work since Pulp Fiction. Loved every second of it.
Definitely one of the top ten movies of my life, and I’m really old!
Bill talking about films makes for great listening
Amazing film- great commentary!
My favorite movie of all time. Masterpiece in my eyes.
Indeed, those who didn’t get the Sharon Tate character aren’t familiar with the ethereal-blonde device, which I suspect Tarantino was satirizing/homaging. Likely a European cinematic trend, in the late ‘60s and very early ‘70s, movies would feature a blonde who seemed like she was in her own world, outside of everything else, yet very alive and coveted by other characters. Another example actually can be found in a “Night Gallery” vignette featuring Tate’s actress friend Joanna Pettet (played by Rumer Willis in “Once Upon a Time”), in which she plays a similarly evanescent, almost otherworldly blonde who mesmerizes everyone she comes into contact with. Hitchcock touched on this in his films, particularly "Vertigo," "Rear Window," "North by Northwest," "Psycho," and "The Birds."
The scene that kills me every time I watch it is when he’s learning his lines and he has the audio recording playing as a cue for his lines, and he does the Mexican accent saying “she’s asleeeep”
Brilliant 🤣
Qt is single handedly keeping old cinema alive. This was how I felt when my dad would take me to see movies . That my mom didn't want me to see 😂 good times .
Burr is right about this and Goodfellas. Great movies can transport you to a certain place in time. Both nail their respective eras and the sub cultures in which their characters live so well you forget you are watching a movie and just experience the story. Both nail it.
This was so awesome!! I also loved this movie and it's my favorite Tarantino movie
One of the best Feel-Good endings ever. Sharon Tate got the ending she deserved, and so did Krenwinkle, Watson, and Atkins. My favorite QT Movie.
Changing history in a movie is a cheap trick. It worked once in Inglorious Basterds, but not a 2nd time.
I saw it as soon as it got on HBO in 2020. LOOOOOOTTTTTS O Time to re-watch that bad boy in 2020.
Bill is completely correct, it will go down as one of the greatest movies ever. It few like your in a parallel dimension and you get to see an alternate reality where life seems more intense, happy, and scared
Margaret Qualley is my favorite character in this film!
Once upon a time I’ve watched the most I can’t say it’s the best but it’s the most accomplished
I agree with EVERYTHING Bill said in fact not exaggerating I’ve seen the movie in it’s entirety over 10 times. I loved this movie and I truly appreciated and enjoyed all the actors performances. I felt it was an alternate happy ending for Sharon Tate and the folks murdered that day. Bratt Pitt and Leo did an excellent job.. just a great movie all around…
Sounds like you need to read the OUATIH novel that QT wrote too 😃
I noticed that '67 Eldorado right away! One of the most beautiful cars ever made!
Listen to the audiobook too! It’s so amazing- all the stuff QT wanted to put in the movie but couldn’t and he narrates it too
Such a good movie
This losing out best picture oscar to parasite, a freaking foreign film (which has its own category, and won that too) will forever be insane to me.
Don't get me wrong, Parasite in an amazing movie. But its not this.
ABSOLUTE MASTRRPIECE OF A MOVIE AND LA
I watched it the first time and was disappointed because I was expecting an action flick from the trailers.
I watched it a second time for what it is and actually enjoyed it. Not his best but for anyone else it's a pretty good flick. I laughed a lot more the second time I watched it and there are some good jokes in there that I missed the first time because I was bored since I was expecting action.
One of my favorite moments is when the Italian wife jumps up after the girl with the knife is about to charge. You put it in this video so thank you. I don't know why it's so funny but it's really funny and really cute at the same time. And also the chick at the end that has the gun that won't stop screaming and holding the gun in the air. She just keeps coming back for more, over and over again lol. That was so freaking hilarious.
Flame thrower!!! "nuff said!
I haven't watched this yet I don't know why but I will tonight.
I could see this movie being made in the 60s/early 70s w bob redford and Steve McQueen in Leo’s and brads roles respectively
Bill Burr has built an empire on comedic genius that exposes ridiculousness.
Rarely does he show appreciation.
In this instance, I’ll agree 💯
I'm not a big Tarantino fan, but I LOVE "Once Upon a Time . . ." It's one of my top-ten all-time favorite movies.
Tarantino really makes movies everyone really can love
Brilliant piece of self reflection by QT. The 2 leads are entering their final years of work and know their best is in the past. At age 60, QT BP and myself all are facing that grim reality. We all want to be cool Cliff Booth, but most of us are fuc... Rick Dalton. And don't forget it!
Great movie
Great movie. I’m was born in Hollywood in the late 60’s and it rang true to me.
QT wrote a book to movie. Goes into Ricks’ backstory more. Awesome.