In fact I thought the movie was kind of shit, yet I keep hear reviewers give this movie glowing praise and I have to wonder am I missing something or are all these movie reviewers [...] to afraid to admit that not everything that comes out of Tarantino's ass is a nugget of gold?
Personally my money is on the second one as I generally don't have a very high opinion of 'professional' art critics (whether it be movies, video games or paintings), however I am always willing to be proven wrong so I am opening to floor to hear compelling arguments as to why this film is a masterpiece and how I am a big dumb doo doo head for not appreciating it's brilliance.
Generally I have enjoyed most of Tarantino's work (Kill Bill and Inglorious Basterds being my favs) and while this film does have its moments and some good dialogue none of these moments really add up to tell a cohesive story of any kind. The whole film feels disjointed and pointless as it introduces plot points that go nowhere and are dismissed almost as soon as they are introduced, and yet despite the film going nowhere it takes a whole 2 hours and 45 minutes to get there, to be honest I have no idea what this film is even supposed to be about? Is it about the Manson family murders? Is it about the careers of Rick Dalton and his stunt double? What relation do any of the events in the film have to each other? What was the point of the Sharon Tate parts of the film other than the foreshadow the ending and what relation do Rick Dalton and Cliff Booth have to the Manson family murders other than being coincidentally at the right place at the right time in an alternate fantasy version of events? Just what exactly was the story that Tarantino was trying to tell here?
Now don't get me wrong, I don't feel cheated by the movie in any way and I was always going to see this movie regardless of what the reviews said or what the trailers showed as I am generally a fan of Tarantino's work and am willing to give the benefit of the doubt, in fact I had a feeling this film would not be his best work from the trailers but since it was Tarantino and I was curious I did decide to go see it. However while I am a fan of Tarantino's work I am not going to fan girl over everything he does and I will call out a nugget of shit when I see it, I am just curious as to why this film is getting such high praise when even the people who are praising the film can't even explain how the scenes fit together and what the film is actually about? Am I missing something here?
Edited. -Drac
Personally my money is on the second one as I generally don't have a very high opinion of 'professional' art critics (whether it be movies, video games or paintings), however I am always willing to be proven wrong so I am opening to floor to hear compelling arguments as to why this film is a masterpiece and how I am a big dumb doo doo head for not appreciating it's brilliance.
Generally I have enjoyed most of Tarantino's work (Kill Bill and Inglorious Basterds being my favs) and while this film does have its moments and some good dialogue none of these moments really add up to tell a cohesive story of any kind. The whole film feels disjointed and pointless as it introduces plot points that go nowhere and are dismissed almost as soon as they are introduced, and yet despite the film going nowhere it takes a whole 2 hours and 45 minutes to get there, to be honest I have no idea what this film is even supposed to be about? Is it about the Manson family murders? Is it about the careers of Rick Dalton and his stunt double? What relation do any of the events in the film have to each other? What was the point of the Sharon Tate parts of the film other than the foreshadow the ending and what relation do Rick Dalton and Cliff Booth have to the Manson family murders other than being coincidentally at the right place at the right time in an alternate fantasy version of events? Just what exactly was the story that Tarantino was trying to tell here?
Now don't get me wrong, I don't feel cheated by the movie in any way and I was always going to see this movie regardless of what the reviews said or what the trailers showed as I am generally a fan of Tarantino's work and am willing to give the benefit of the doubt, in fact I had a feeling this film would not be his best work from the trailers but since it was Tarantino and I was curious I did decide to go see it. However while I am a fan of Tarantino's work I am not going to fan girl over everything he does and I will call out a nugget of shit when I see it, I am just curious as to why this film is getting such high praise when even the people who are praising the film can't even explain how the scenes fit together and what the film is actually about? Am I missing something here?
Edited. -Drac
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