# Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (SPOILER THREAD) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 25, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-spoiler-thread/837646 "2019-07-25T23:57:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-spoiler-thread/837646/8 "2019-07-26T02:46:37Z")
I have been a huge Tarantino fan since PF, have caught all of his films since on opening night, but surprisingly only _loved_ 2 of them as I was walking out of the theater (KB1, PF)… because, like much of Monty Python, much of the experience is in the _after_, the discussions, the quotes, the things you notice a second time. My daughter and I were driving home tonight and our conversation was as such… :chuckle: (grins) “What, Dad?” (still chuckling) “When Brad Pitt snapped his fingers.” “That was awesome. I liked how she wanted to watch herself in the movie.” “Shit, I would too, wouldn’t you?” … nods … “Was it one of the Manson girls who sold him that cigarette?” “I don’t know. We’ll have to see it again - Tarantino showed him buying it twice, which hints at a stronger connection than usual. He does stuff like that.” “That was a weird movie.” "It was a weird movie. _All_ his movies are weird. They cut in time. They change styles in a flash. There are always homages and references. Sophia, I think there was a time when we went from the movie into a documentary then into a TV show, watched that for a minute or so, then pulled back out into the documentary, finished that, and then returned to _our_ movie. I mean, who the fuck does that? “But you never, ever, ever lose track of what’s going on.” "Hey, yeah! I noticed that, Dad! There was this long sequence that was Leo only and then a couple of quick shots of Bruce Lee appeared. I just started wondering what was going on with Brad Pitt when the film cut to his story. … pauses… “… Damn, that’s good movie making.” “Did you notice just how much of the film was spent driving?” “… Yeah. Now that you mention it…” “Very Los Angeles, 1969. You drove everywhere and a good chunk of your life was in the car. The feel of living in that city, at that time, was very immersive.” “Mind if I play my music?” “Sure, Sophia,” disconnecting my phone from the bluetooth. “Look, there’s a OUaTiH playlist on Spotify!” … one of the songs starts playing, Sophia starts laughing… “That was when the…” … and, continuing, we drove home. It was awesome, the 3rd QT movie I loved coming out of the theater, and for far fuller, richer reasons than the first two could ever be. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-spoiler-thread/837646)._