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It's just Hail Caesar except it's in the 60s, not the 50s.

posted 5 years ago by HarlemEagle42 (18433)
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It's well acted and directed. But nothing's going on for the first two hours.

[–] Knish (1721) 5 years ago

Movies don't need to have a plot. It's just a couple of days in their life. That's why it's called once upon a time..

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18433) 5 years ago

"..Movies don't need to have a plot."

The mantra of many a hack writer these days.

[–] DracTarashV2 (4497) 5 years ago

Slice of life films is what they call many of those seemingly plotless films like Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time. And they’re by no means a new “hack” thing — they’ve been around since ‘em olden days.

But plotless or not, the story Once Upon a Time in Hollywood tells is fascinating/engaging in its own right.

And...
OUATIH> Hail Caesar (I am a bit fond of the latter, though I wouldn’t say that QT’s film is identical to it)

[–] liscarkat (19427) 5 years ago

Nothing's going on for the first two hours? So, unless people are being beat to death and torched, there's nothing going on? How do you even watch movies, being that stupid?

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18433) 5 years ago

Excuse me? I can't complain about a meandering plot?

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21721) 5 years ago

You could fill up pages summarizing about all the things going on in it. Read all the post here if it went over your head.

[–] Daggerboard (581) 5 years ago

What makes it interesting is that we, the audience, know the story. The history of the Manson Family murders. The history of Hollywood. They history of a changing culture. We know the story and presumably how it ends. That's what makes the film suspenseful, wistful, and ultimately satisfying. It could not be further from Hail Caesar.

[–] degree7 (821) 5 years ago

It’s literally just another Tarantino historical revisionist revenge fantasy. Except instead of Jews killing Nazis, or blacks killing slave-owners, it’s movie stars killing hippie cultists.