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Russ Troutt (291 KP) rated Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) in Movies

Jul 26, 2019

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

2019 | Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.4

(64 Ratings)

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Once upon a time there was this amazingly talented writer and director from Tennessee that created pure cinema magic every time he put pen to paper, finger to keyboard, eye to camera. That time was and is now and his name is Quentin Tarantino. His ninth and newest film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has as many stars as one might see spread across the night sky lighting up the Hollywood Hills, actually that light might just be from the spotlights at the newest dirty movie premiere. Every actor delivers what one might say is some of the greatest acting they've seen in their whole life. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is more tasteful than a can of Wolf's Tooth dog food, as crisp and refreshing as an Old Chattanooga beer, and as smooth as a Red Apple unfiltered cigarette with a drag that you want to keep pulling from and never want to end.

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Barry Newman (204 KP) rated It: Chapter Two (2019) in Movies

Mar 14, 2020

It: Chapter Two (2019)

2019 | Horror, Thriller

7.5

(55 Ratings)

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I wasn’t the biggest fan of the first part, it had its moments but way overdone the cgi and just wasn’t scary.I was curious to see the second part but was put off by the 3 hour running time , but being stuck at home during a pandemic it seemed like a good excuse to catch up on long films like this.

Unfortunately I was as underwhelmed as part one, the casting for the grown up losers was pretty good and it has a powerful opening scene but the narrative was very incoherent, consisting mainly of random jump scenes and descending once again into a mess of cgi monsters. The origins of Pennywise was all very poorly done. My God did it drag in the middle as well , I found myself checking my phone on several occasions (never a sign I am enjoying a movie) and was relieved when it was over. It was at least half an hour too long and really didn’t need to be.