With Once upon a time Quentin Tarantino brings a fairy tale to the multiplex. He sets it in 1969, sprinkles it with with real people and real news stories, and saturates it with upbeat, bouncy '60s music.
The story involves two buddies (Brad Pitt & Leonardo DeCaprio) who fulfill their roles on and off the screen. A diva of an actor and his stunt double, who doubles as his cleanup guy and heavy lifter in real life.
Like many fairy tails, this one has some grim, dark moments and some characters who mess
with our heroes.( Boo.) But Tarantino does not give us a Grimm's fair tale ending. Thank you very much, Quentin.
The Movie Slut loved the ending. Sure it was alternative history. So were the endings in Inglorious Basterds when he killed off all the Nazis and in Django Unchained when he massacred the slave owners. The difference here is that he showed some restraint and maturity. While there are violent scenes in Once..., it's not an over-the-top gore-fest.
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