The Bruce Lee scene was my favorite of the whole movie.

Me too, very funnny :D

I thought the best acting in the whole movie was the guy playing Bruce Lee and the little girl in the Western. Other than the weird Manson bit, I thought it was a very fun movie and interesting.

Minor issue with "the Bruce Lee scene".
IMO - There was way too much damage to the blue car's doors after he was thrown into them.

Other than that it was great. I think they did a really good job of capturing Bruce Lee's attitude and accent.

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So you thought the fight itself was plausible? Um, ok...

This is precious! Never lose that innocence Peter! :D

Just an OK movie to me - too bad the movie ending was not reality. IMO that little girl actor was really good however, surprised that I am saying this about Leo, but he carried the movie IMO. Astounding that Pitt won an award (his acting is horrible) and Leo did not.

So you're OK with this level of damage? IRL Bruce would have a broken back but yeah you got me. ;)

I'll try.

Pitt plays fun characters but they are caricatures, they are rarely plausible.
Like how he played that General in A'hole'stan

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I thought the whole scene was a send up. I enjoyed it immensely.

^ totally agree. Not only was the damage excessive (which I perceived as exaggerated and funny), but I have serious doubts that the real Bruce Lee would have gotten spanked like that.

I've seen fatal t-bones that weren't much worse than that as far as collision damage. So yeah, totally cartoonish. I also enjoyed the scene.

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No, not surprising. IMO DiCaprio is this generation's Jack Nicholson (from an acting ability point of view, so calm down you guys sheesh). He was great in The Revenant, Great Gatsby, and The Aviator. Unbelievably, he was co-staring Johnny Depp in What's Eating Gilbert Grape. You'd think Depp would have taken the movie, but DiCaprio totally stole the show. I hate him in his biggest blockbuster, Titanic. Also hated Wolf of Wall Street, which I feel he just hitchhiked his way through the script.

The Bruce Lee scene was movie satire. It was SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY, not 'realistic'. Think of a Cheech and Chong bit. Like that.

I'm with you Greg - when I started recognizing names and locations - then in the end I was like - that's not the way that it was supposed to end.

It is what it is - but I'll never get those 2 hours and 40 minutes back

I went to enjoy the movie - which I did. Not spend the evening faulting it and pulling it apart. Nothing is promoted to be correct or factual.

Well, lets see how it does at the Oscars. Can't be all that bad if it got nominated. Lots of Pelicans like to complain about art it seems....

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There is no script in this movie. DiCaprio really delivered some outstanding acting.

And I just realized that LUKE PERRY is in this movie as "Scott Lancer".

As far as it being a 'love letter' to movie making, no it is not. Just because the movie is set in the past from the time it was made, it is not historic in any way. It is not MEANT to be accurate, or in any way a documentary, or any kind of nostalgic celebration of any kind. It is a satirical op-ed piece. A biting, almost critical take on the types of people who participate in TV and movie production. The only happiness in the entire movie is portrayed by a shallow ingenue.

Tarantino was never good at physics. :D

I hate art. It's so .. so creative. I hate creative. ;)

I don’t know what I like but I know art.

Watched the movie last night. It was ok. I'm not quite sure what the huge fuss was about but I enjoyed the cars and scenery and Pitt's characters attitude. I had heard Bruce Lee's family was pretty upset with the way he was portrayed as a blowhard who Cliff easily beats the crap out of. Other than going for a laugh it made me wonder if Tarantino had something against him given this guys testimonial about him being very capable in a fight.

After reading this thread a few times I finally rented last night. It's the first 2:40 movie that I enjoyed watching non-stop, straight through in a long, long time.

Maybe it's my age, the music, the cars (all the ones that would come into the Shell station when I worked there), even the whole Spann's Ranch and Manson scenario, but I would say Tarantino was very successful bringing me along in a time machine back to the 1960's to ride along. And maybe that was it. I felt like I could have actually been there, the way these guys were not portrayed at great stars... Just a couple dufuses trying to survive.

If you aren't from that era, too young or too old, then I might get why it wasn't for you.

My favorite scene wasn't Bruce Lee but when he humiliated Clem? at the ranch. An enjoyable pummeling.


Margo Robbie is the newest, hottest, bestest Australian on the scene - not that she did a lot in the movie....


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Ah yes, the beating of Steve "Clem" Grogan!
(You'd think anyone with the surname Grogan would change it at some point.)

So they want him to leave and yet one of them slashes his tire? Anyway it made for a good scene.
Very old school and considering "Cliff Booth" was a war veteran actually realistic IMO.
He knew exactly how to handle the people at the ranch.

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The humor in that film is just sublime.

Speaking of the cars, I grew up in the mid-70s to mid-80s, just after this era, but very similar look in Fresno, which lags L.A. by a few years. Drive in movies were still popular, as were the 3 martini lunch, and smoky bars.

I remember when we had maybe 3 or 4 McDonald's, and they were not as popular as Frosty Freeze or Lesterburger.

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This is similar to my Mom's Buick Regal, which my dad bought because Mom would accidentally burn rubber and crash. Her previous car was a bad-ass 1968 Buick Riviera, that's why. She looked like some sort of 1960s soul sister.

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Easily the best Bruce Lee impersonation that I have ever seen.

Certainly, his whole attitude and demeanour was without fault.

That line... "Did I say something funny stunt man?" Perfect delivery and then the trash talk.
I loved that scene. (ignoring the damage to the car)

And where can I get a replica of that bottle of mezcal

Saw it last night. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Classic Tarantino.

Read that some take offense about reliving the Tate tragedy, but to me it feels like an homage to the ones that were lost. The overhead shot of Tate and friends in the driveway had a very positive affect. Looked like beautiful friends meeting new friends.

What year Gaia was that? Looked older than I thought it would for 1969.

McQueen was great. Loved the “rear seat” camera angle. Being born in ‘64, that took me right back to sitting there as Mom drove and sang along with Elvis on the radio.

Looking forward to rewatching it in the years to come.

Can you say, Reservoir Dogs?

:)

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Just watched it on FX cable. Thought it was great - best part being the ending - as many here have already said.

Unexpected and gratifying as HELL! Brandy the pitty saved the freaking day! Such a good girl. And so well trained and behaved!

Brad Pitt was fantastic, as he usually is. Leonardo was Leonardo.

I guess that little boat scene is when Brad Pitt's character "Cliff" kills his wife?

Yes... You don't get to see it but I think she got the spear! And then he threw her overboard but how did he get way with it? Maybe they never found her body?

What I really liked about that scene and the rest of the movie was the wardrobe. Somehow Quentin's team was able to find authentic looking 60s and 70s clothes. That may not sound difficult but it actually is. Wardrobe is often a thing that lets a movie down.

They should have phoned me.

I would think all period costumes are made for the movie?