Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)
A movie that takes its sweet time to get to the point. It's about Leo and his stuntman Brad and the stuff they have to deal with in Hollywood in the 60's. Leo's career is going down the drain and Brad is forced to drive him around from job to job and do other meaningless chores. Then we have Sharon Tate who's enjoying her movie star life. There's also the Manson family cult who live on an old movie ranch. Leo gives us another phenomenal, Oscar worthy performance. Brad Pitt was great too. Margot Robbie was okay as Sharon Tate. Al Pacino's role basically is an extended cameo. The movie gets more tense when the Manson cult finally gets into the picture and the final 30 minutes is another hilarious piece of history rewriting like QT showed us before in Inglourious Basterds. But it really could've been trimmed down by a good thirty minutes. I love QT's slower paced movies like Jackie Brown and The Hateful Eight, but the problem I have with this movie is that the interesting parts are few and far between. Especially in the first hour I was dozing off a few times. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is not a bad movie at all, but it's certainly not his best either. 7.5/10
The Beach Bum (2019)
A stoner comedy where they forgot to put in the comedy. Matthew McConaughey plays washed up hippie writer Moondog who's wasting his days with drugs, booze and women. For some strange reason everyone loves this asshole so he gets away with almost everything he does. When his rich wife dies in a car accident his estranged daughter orders him to write a new book before he gets access to the money she left him. I'm not a fan of Korine's movies, although I liked Spring Breakers. His film does look great thanks to cinematographer Benoit Debie and the music is spot on too. McConaughey does the best with what he gets, but he's not a likable character. Zac Efron also does a good job portraying a violent pyromaniac. The less said about Snoop Dogg, Martin Lawrence and Jonah Hill the better. They are terrible. If you want a fun stoner comedy you're better off watching The Big Lebowski, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or Pineapple Express. The Beach Bum is a movie about unlikable characters being the worst human beings they can be all day. 5/10