Well, that was a bloated self-indulgent piece of garbage. Technically, it was a superbly crafted film. Production design was top notch. But I could give you five scenes off the top of my head that could be cut and no one would know the difference. Do we really need to see Margot Robbie and her dirty feet watching the Dean Martin 'Matt Helm' film? The answer is no. We don't need to see that. Or Brad Pitt feed his dog? So much bloat. And yet there are still deleted scene. Tim Roth was completely cut from the film.
I watched some of the Behind the Features. The theme the cast said was it was a love letter to Hollywood. Okay, so you spent a lot of money to decorate Sunset Blvd to have a nostalgia fest about your child hood. I did like the use of Musso & Frank's restaurant, because that was my go to old school Hollywood restaurant. And I did spend a lot of time peering at the edge of scenes to see if I could catch any anachronistic elements, which I did not see. But at the end of the day, there wasn't a very good story at the heart of this picture.
And how does a love letter to Hollywood include the Manson Family? And what was the point of changing the actual story of the Sharon Tate murders? If you know anything at all about Hollywood, at the end of the day, Sharon Tate did not survive that night. So, why let her live? It makes me scratch my head. A lot. Someone explain that part to me and I'll revise my review.
I watched some of the Behind the Features. The theme the cast said was it was a love letter to Hollywood. Okay, so you spent a lot of money to decorate Sunset Blvd to have a nostalgia fest about your child hood. I did like the use of Musso & Frank's restaurant, because that was my go to old school Hollywood restaurant. And I did spend a lot of time peering at the edge of scenes to see if I could catch any anachronistic elements, which I did not see. But at the end of the day, there wasn't a very good story at the heart of this picture.
And how does a love letter to Hollywood include the Manson Family? And what was the point of changing the actual story of the Sharon Tate murders? If you know anything at all about Hollywood, at the end of the day, Sharon Tate did not survive that night. So, why let her live? It makes me scratch my head. A lot. Someone explain that part to me and I'll revise my review.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm