Whatever happened to Quentin Tarantino?

With "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," Tarantino has proven beyond all doubt that you should never believe your own press. Since then, his films have become uneven at best. Gone are the snappy dialogue, the unexpected plot twists, the moments of visionary splendor.

What we have in their place is Tarantino showing off his command of moivie trivia and what he has in his record collection. He seems to even have forgotten the importance of plot, and he certainy doesn't care about history. The story takes a long time to end up nowhere. It could easily have been an hour shorter.

Tarantino is promising to stop after the next one. If "Hollywood" is any indication of what's next, we should all be grateful.