Watched Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood and largely enjoyed it. Until the utterly ridiculous final scenes full of gratuitous violence.
There you have Brad Pitt's likeable, well-drawn character, a man full of restraint and self-control throughout the film, calmly sorting out the gunman, decking one knife-wielding woman but suddenly going apeschit and violently pummeling the other knife-wielding woman. And don't say he was high on LSD. Smoking that stuff doesn't have the slightest effect. I know.
Or you have the slightly inept, insecure Leo DiCaprio character expertly using a flame thrower. Huh?! If only they'd played that scene for laughs, it would have worked.
The whole finale was set up to have some proper fun with and still provide the same outcome and Tarantino spits on the audience with this bloody, over-the-top nonsense (yeah, I know, he's got previous). Otherwise, such a nice tribute to Hollywood of a past era, a well crafted yarn that is a visual treat, just for the clothes, classic TV and movie references, sets and cars of the era.
