re: Re-watching "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" right now

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My wife and I both thought the Manson/Tate angle was unnecessary and exploitive. There's something almost psychopathic to me about using the grisly, horrific, brutal real life murder of a woman and her child to drive the narrative beat of your movie then pulling an okie-doke and using slapstick violence to punish the real life villains.

"Nah man, this isn't Adam Walsh - it's just a piñata !Ole!"

I would have watched 3 hours of DiCaprio alone. His subplot was that good and his acting was masterful.

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I couldn't agree more. The ending was really fricking stupid and the performance of the two leads was the best thing about the movie.