Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: The Red Apple Cut

Althought a few shots didn't seem to fit (The long cowboy speech and added Olyphant scenes) and the Green Door went on a bit too long, this was thoroughly enjoyable.

I finally got to watch it and Macmilln are you sure you not actually Quentin Tarantino because your version is by far the superior version of the movie. My God is it excellent and it flows brilliantly. Somewhere Tarantino is blushing profusely at your editing of his film. I love how you incorporated all of the special features into the actual film and these old Chattanooga Commercial Red Apple commercial was masterful. Thanks for allowing me to view your superior edit of this movie this should be the definitive one indeed.

Straight out of the gate, I want to say that this will replace my store-bought version as the go-to copy of OUaTiH. The additional scenes add depth, character, immersion, and more of the same: actors really good at spinning Tarantino's too cool to be real lines into palatable, enjoyable content. I highly recommend it. So, this review from here on out is going to be nothing but griping that really doesn't detract at all from my point: this version is great.

Most of the additional scenes are extensions and seamlessly integrate, with two notable exceptions:

First, all of the Red Apple commercial takes are now part of the prologue. I guess there was nowhere else to put them, and they bookend the film. I like them, I don't mind that they're kind of detached and not really part of the narrative. Is there a way to make them part? Maybe? Crop them? Add television filters? Make it seem as if a channel is being switched between clips? I don't know if any of that is necessary.

The second notable exception is during Dalton's western shoot. There's some new footage (the cinematic version of the western set, v.s. the flimsy, Hollywood backdrop) where suddenly a character that had been sauntering right, is coming is now riding in from the opposite side of the screen, and it's a jarring reversal. We're now in the film v.s. watching the film being made, and I think a camera trick-transition, some kind of footage cut, or cigarette burn, would probably sell this just fine since Tarantino uses that kinda stuff plenty. But since there's nothing, it's just a cut that doesn't work quite well. I'd timestamp it, but honestly I'm nitpicking. It wasn't that big of a deal.

And, honestly, the movie could do with an intermission sequence now, ala It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Layer in some radio audio or...just don't do any of that all. Why am I making suggestions for a version 2? Sorry.

Anyway, I really dug it. It adds texture, it's really well put together. Thank you very much.

More like "Once Upon a Great Time Watching More of this Excellent Movie," am I right?

Granted, these extended bits are superfluous to an extreme degree, so adding them isn't necessarily improving the movie. Arguably the film needs a trim to begin with, cutting down some of the extended moments of the movies and TV shows within the movie. THAT SAID, part of the fun of the movie is that it doesn't really care that much about plot, and these diversions are a lot of fun in their own right. The Red Apple Cut offers even more diversions, which mathematically means it's actually more fun.

Is this one of those extended cuts that makes the movie better? No. Is it one that makes me somehow like it more? Maybe.

I loved the original and this gave me more of it, simply done. Very well edited, some cuts were visible but this has never bothered me. I'm just amazed how many scenes were able to be added! Definitely my go-to version.