Once Upon a Time in Hollywood The Rewatchables
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

What’s Aged the Worst?

Murder-twist shock value; Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen; Spahn Ranch tension on rewatch

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  • The shock of the murders not happening only works once; on rewatch you know it is coming.
  • Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen does not work because he carries the baggage of Billions and Homeland; another voice agrees he is miscast and written as an exposition character.
  • Whether McQueen would have made a run at Sharon Tate is disputed.
  • The Spahn Ranch scene peaks the first time and is never the same once you know what happens.
  • On what might age the worst, the Bruce Lee scene is floated with uncertainty; the defense of it given earlier is restated as acceptable.