Chris Shimp

I was excited to see it. Was. Once I went in, and it started off like a retro box TV showing an interview with Rick and Cliff [Leonardo and Brad] I had hopes for it up til that point. After that, and I know Quentin does this a lot, it just keeps jumping around from person to person, and half the time you don't get who they are. It's a movie that does put piece and piece together, and you discover some things along the way. I will put spoilers down below. Quentin basically had the ending where you were excited of how it'd unfold. To be fair, it was my favorite part of the whole movie. Everything else besides the last 5-10 minutes was just slow, dull, and most of the time was too drawn out or didn't make any sense. At least not to me in a 'viewer' standpoint, I can't speak for others who are more professional and can see the film aspect rather than the ride aspect. Spoiler Warning from this point forward. Like, massive detail, don't read if you haven't seen the movie yet. . . . . . . . After the whole 'interview' part, we get a woman going through an airport. Once you saw Sharon Tate [Margot], the name itself would definitely ring a bell, but you wouldn't even guess that's who it is half way into the movie. It just follows a woman, driving, etc.; no dialogue 95% of the time. Just showing her every day life. She then arrives at a movie theater, and watches herself on the big screen. Cool, an actress people definitely know, but you wouldn't guess Margot is playing her until it's literally pointed out to you. We also get a literal 30 second showing of Charles Manson going up to the house, and Sharon [Margot] answering the door. You also wouldn't even guess it was him either unless you knew the history itself, as well. You do, however, piece it together during this next part. We get Cliff driving around a lot in Rick's car, these hippy girls make a few appearances, then boom. Cliff is at 'the farm' or an old film lot now used by hippies. The one girl he gave a ride to always mentions 'Charlie is going to love you!' but unless you've been following the movie thus far, you wouldn't put that piece of the puzzle in at all. He meets up with a man who owns the property, then leaves. The parts with Rick are, just not fun. They're boring. At most it's an old actor becoming washed up, and you feel bad for him, but near the end of the movie is where the best part happens. The hippies, led by Tex, show up at Rick's place and mistake it as Sharon's [or the 'old tennants'] that Charles meant to kill. They run into Cliff, who'd been high, and was getting his dog some food, instead of the ones they meant to invade. He click his tongue and sends the dog after Tex, and the other girl rushes Cliff, who he then incapacitates with a dog food can [directly into her face]. This part of the movie the one girl is just screaming incoherently, and it does get annoying quickly. Cliff then gets stabbed by the 3rd home intruder, but quickly takes care of her too. The one with the broken nose can't see where she's going through the blood all over her face, and she runs into the pool, starting Rick. He then brings out a old flamethrower from his days as an actor, and torches her. We get an ending with the neighbors at their gate, asking Rick what happened, while police and ambulances run down the road. Rick gets invited in, and the title of the movie washes the screen. Roll credits.