It glorifies violence, as do most Tarantino movies. The hippies are already the bad guys before they have done anything. This is not even believable, since the most striking feature of their worldview is to be against violence. I guess this bothers Tarantino. But instead of giving a sensible take on violence, he straw-mans them into being the bad guys. The message being that there is good and bad violence. The three character groups are not even related, besides being neighbors are somewhat around each other. This is very artificial and bad screenwriting. DiCaprio and Pitt are doing solid acting throughout, but the purpose they serve is just the worst. The plot leaves no place to nuance. The good guys have to be the good guys despite doing terrible things. They are presented in a way one wants to relate to them, albeit being incredibly superficial and vain. The main thing everyone is doing is driving around. One could say it is a movie about commuting, smoking, drinking, spitting, and killing. Why can't people make movies about something else interesting, for once? I knew it was terrible before watching it, that's why I put it off until now. Even when characters try to reflect on themselves, they can only be concerned by how they look to others. Why else would they be obsessed by TV and movies? The meme with DiCaprio pointing at the screen reflects this attitude quite well: the greatest delight one can attain in Tarantino's mind is to be seen on the screen (and to look decent). To sum things up in one sentence: even if you are getting older and weaker, you can still be cool by killing people.