Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

[Marvolo]

The ending of this film was extremely underwhelming. Tarrantino should have went all in and had them kill Manson and all of his followers.

 

[Sawyer]

Quentin Tarantino might write novelization of 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'

 

[TheVileOne]

The ending of this film was extremely underwhelming. Tarrantino should have went all in and had them kill Manson and all of his followers.

I was kind of underwhelmed with how little Manson and his followers really mattered in the film. Now granted, I thought that one scene on the ranch was actually pretty well done and suspenseful. It sort of felt like a horror film, and it seemed miraculous Cliff made it out alive. IMHO the best scene in the movie. Ultimately, I was surprised he made it out of there in one piece.

 

[Da-Scribe]

I liked the ending. Rick mentioned he was one pool party away from getting in good with Polanski and Tate. He was kinda right in the end haha.

 

[chamber-music]

Quentin Tarantino went all in with his foot fetish in this film.

I don't think I've ever seen so many unnecessary shots of women's feet in a movie before.

Tarantino usually puts some bare feet shots in his movies but this film had some many foot shots that it felt like I was looking at Tarantino's browers history.

If Tarantino put himself in the movie then it probably would of been another dusk till dawn foot in mouth scene

 

[Sawyer]

Quentin Tarantino Sets Two-Book Deal with HarperCollins | Hollywood Reporter

“In the seventies movie novelizations were the first adult books I grew up reading. And to this day I have a tremendous amount of affection for the genre. So as a movie-novelization aficionado, I’m proud to announce Once Upon a time in Hollywood as my contribution to this often marginalized, yet beloved sub-genre in literature," Tarantino said of his novel treatment of the earlier movie in a statement.

 

[Sawyer]

Intriguing as QT writing a novelization of his own film is, I’m probably more hyped for his book on cinema in the 70s.

 

[Sawyer]

A classic look. Can’t wait to get my hands on it.

 

[Sawyer]

See new footage from 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' in trailer for Quentin Tarantino's novelization

Can’t wait to get my hands on this thing.

 

[Drizzle]

I completely forgot this was coming out. I'll be reading it. I wonder if we'll find out if Cliff actually killed his ex-wife.

 

[weezerspider]

I completely forgot this was coming out. I'll be reading it. I wonder if we'll find out if Cliff actually killed his ex-wife.

I hope not. That’s what makes the choice so interesting.

 

[Captain Tired]

From the way he expertly and mercilessly killed those Manson family kids, I presumed he had.

 

[KevTravels]

Rewatching and noticing Luke Perry's role. Must have been a wonder for him to be cast in a QT role.

Reminded me of his 3 min role in the beginning of The Fifth Element.

 

[TheVileOne]

From the way he expertly and mercilessly killed those Manson family kids, I presumed he had.

At the very least I think what happened to the wife was probably a case of legal manslaughter, though it was left ambiguous.

 

[weezerspider]

From the way he expertly and mercilessly killed those Manson family kids, I presumed he had.

He served in WWII. Perhaps that’s why he killed them so easily. We don’t even know how his wife died. Seeing how it’s a nod to Natalie Wood, it’s possible she drowned and the framing of the harpoon in the shot is just a red herring.

 

[DarkKnight88]

 

[weezerspider]

Finished the book. Loved it. Definitely is it’s own thing. A perfect exercise to prove “the book is always better” is a dumb point. They are vastly different mediums and what makes a great book doesn’t always work cinematically and visa versa. Tarantino handles every “cinematic set piece” in the film completely differently in the book.

Spoiler

Cliff does kill his wife, though it’s possibly an accident. He also maybe kills a few more people. Also the film’s climax is barely in the novel at all. Oh, and a young six year old Quentin Tarantino makes an appearance.

 

[Sawyer]

Picking the book up tomorrow. Can’t wait.

 

[weezerspider]

Oh also!! He announced he wrote a stage play version of OUATIH(or more like side material) that is mostly Rick in Italy, including a scene with Rick and Sergio Corbucci at a Japanese restaurant in Rome.

 

[antsman41]

Bought the paperback today.

 

[OutOfBoose]

I said earlier in the thread that I doubt I will watch it again despite liking it, but I decided to give it another watch recently and I enjoyed it a lot more this time. Maybe because I knew what to expect and I could just see it for what is. It definitely grew on me.

Thinking about trying the book.

 

[Captain Tired]

On the flipside to that, I've since cooled off on the movie just a tad, and now alternate between it and Reservoir Dogs as being my favourite Tarantino.

 

[Drizzle]

I downloaded the ebook version, which I somehow doubt Tarantino would approve of in this case.

 

[Kane52630]

If you guys want to hear QT ramble for 2 hours, here you go.

Quentin Tarantino on ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ ... the Book!

 

[Prison Mike]

I remember watching the movie and thinking it was decent but didn’t feel the same amount of praise that everyone is giving it here. Maybe I need to rewatch it again to see if I’m missing anything.