re: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood opening day check in thread ***Spoilers Inevitable***

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And it's a nod to the Hollywood scandal of Natalie Wood's death. Robert Wagner still has people thinking that he was involved in her "drowning", and Christopher Walken was on the boat and had his own set of rumors. (Boothe's wife's name in the movie is Natalie... They made a point of her saying that.)

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that was my interpretation of the scene as well

just got out, enjoyed it. QT got a little self indulgent with the old clips and cutaways, but i didn't really feel the length. pure movie magic the way they can transport you to the period like that

the commentary while they watched the FBI episode was hilarious. "that guy's a frickin prick"

I'm not a Pitt fan but I loved his character here. Ranch scene was great. Funnily enough, DiCaprio's "fake acting" was far better than his "real acting." He really took me out of the first 3rd of the movie and then turned it around when they started filming Lancer

Been a couple weeks since I've seen it but I think that was just a friend, maybe one of the girls that was supposed to die

Gotcha.. Didn't recognize Rumer being blondish

I walked out thinking: beautiful movie with great actors in interesting various unrelated scenes with a dynamic ending, but what’s the story?

Later, I decided I didn’t need a beginning, middle, and end. It was good enough with a self indulgent QT flick with great moments and characters. Hell, most of them are that way anyway.

I walked out thinking I’d probably not watch it again. Now I want to see it on the big screen again. Fricking Tinseltown with recliners and bad arse audio is the shizzle.

Finally got around to seeing this one

I fricking loved this movie. The more I think about it, the more I like it.

I find myself thinking about the scene where Sharon Tate goes to the movies. She’s perfect, and it really makes you retroactively sad for her in a way that other depictions of victims never have.

Every actor involved just fricking kills their role. Everybody. Pussycat, Cliff, Dalton, the little girl in the saloon - it’s amazing to watch.

The world QT recreates makes you forget what year it actually is. I was completely immersed in the story.

All the usual “unintended” hilarity was there - I cracked up numerous times. “Don’t cry in front of the Mexicans.”

Their friendship was awesome, and I love that they never toyed with the usual Hollywood friendship tropes. No weird and unnatural conflict, just two great friends going to bat for each other over and over again. Leo almost made me tear up at the end when Cliff was in the ambulance.

That last overhead shot really sticks with you. I’m a fan of QT taking these horrible things from throughout history (Nazis, slavery, psychopathic murders) and turning them upside down in some beautiful and layered daydream of what should have been.

I can’t wait to watch this again.

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The world QT recreates makes you forget what year it actually is. I was completely immersed in the story.

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That really impressed me how well this was done. I was born in the late 70s, but this movie made me feel real nostalgic for the time period of this movie. I can only wonder how watching this would be for someone who was a teenager in 1969.

Saw it this past weekend.... I enjoyed it. It was good, but it wasn't the best Tarantino movie out there

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Really enjoyed the movie, I didn't think it drug at all

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It doesn't drag at all. Before going in, I saw how long it was and wondered how it would be sitting there that long. When it came on, it seemed to go by much faster than I thought. It does not feel like an almost 3 hour movie at all.