And this week's Friday night movie has been...Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood!
During my teen years I really did not like Brad Pitt and Leonardo Di Caprio as they, to me, represented this 'pretty boy' image that i had no hope in hell of matching. Who would've guessed that they would end up starring in a movie together? And not only that, but prove to be such a formidable duo?
Stars aside, this is advertised as a Quentin Tarantino movie and, as such, has some of what we've come to expect from a Tarantino movie: References for the movie geeks, a passion for film history and veteran cast members being handed unique roles. It also has the ultra-violence and the cussing but that isn't the point....
So what this is is Tarantino recreating Hollywood in the sixties. The recreations are fun, the attention to detail is superb and the familiar faces are interesting to spot. As mentioned above, Leonardo and Brad make a great partnership but for me the real star is Margot Robbie - she never disappoints and her role as Sharon Tate is interesting as Margot does so much with so little.
All in all, it's another gem from Tarantino which, considered his extensive oeuvre, is saying something.
Who would've guessed that hippies would be so dangerous?
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