re: Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

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Right - since a huge unseen character throughout the film is "The Manson killings" - as we get closer and closer to the time, it builds sort of an organic form of tension that is hard to describe. Folks who are unware of the Manson Family at all don't experience that and that mutes the impact of the entire film

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I finally got around to watching this last night. The pending Tate killings looms over the entire movie. My wife won't watch it because she is afraid of how those killings will be portrayed.

When the alternate reality ending happens, there is a sense of relief and good bit of revenge; similar to how I felt when Hitler had his face blown to pieces in Basterds.

I can tell my wife she can now watch the movie without having to worry.