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Her portayal in a new movie


I heard Margot Robbie is playing her. Margot Robbie is pretty, but she doesn't look like Sharon Tate. I'm going to go even further and say that she doesn't even compare to Sharon Tate. Miss Robbie is attractive, but Sharon Tate was an incredibly beautiful woman.

The strangest thing happened last week. Last Thursday was August 9th, the anniversary of when she was murdered. That Thursday I was going in for surgery and for some reason, I was thinking of Sharon Tate. I was shocked to learn a couple days after that August 9th was the day she was brutally murdered.

Knowing Tarantino and the sadistic nature of his movies, he's probably going to show Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) getting stabbed. Count me out. I don't need to see that beautiful woman, who was 8 1/2 months pregnant, getting butchered. All those maniacs that killed her and the others, deserved a fate worse than death.

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Yes, if it was any other director I would be okay with this film. But Tarantino is a sensationalist and I strongly doubt he's going to give this horrific event the sensitivity it actually deserves.

I feel like his interest in this is along the same sick and exploitative lines as when Trent Reznor set up studio in that house and took the door with him, too. And he later admitted an encounter with Sharon's sister left him feeling shamed.

I agree with you about the casting choices - none of the actresses convey an essence of Sharon Tate to me. Sometimes even when a physical resemblance is not spot-on, there is still a sense of the look and demeanor of the person. But I get none of that from the promo shots I've seen.

Joanna Pettet looked like Sharon, so much so that they could have been twins. http://fanpix.famousfix.com/gallery/joanna-pettet

Apparently they were friends, too. It's a pity Joanna is now too old to play Sharon, but she would have been perfect physically.

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Yes, if it was any other director I would be okay with this film. But Tarantino is a sensationalist and I strongly doubt he's going to give this horrific event the sensitivity it actually deserves.


Couldn't have said it better myself. Tarantino is sick. Not only are his movies sick, but even the movies he produces. He has the nerve to put his name on the sick, vile, crazy, depraved, disgusting movies that degenerate Eli Roth has made. That alone says something.

Joanna Pettet did look like her. What an uncanny resemblance. I wish they would've got someone better than Margot Robbie. To me, she's not a good choice. She doesn't do the role justice. She doesn't look like her or come across as her. And like I said, there's no comparison. Sharon Tate is miles above her. I hope, for once, Tarantino shows some class and some sensitivity and doesn't show her murder in graphic fashion. For everyone's sake.

You're absolutely right about Trent Reznor. He should be ashamed. I'm glad Sharon's sister gave him a piece of her mind. She said, "Are you exploiting my sister's death by living in her house?" He said he went home and cried that night. I read somewhere that Rob Zombie has some kind of obsession with the The Tate-Labianca Murders. What is wrong with these guys?

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They seem to have a really dark obsession rather than one coming from pure compassion. I think that type of person is disconnected from the human tragedy and more turning it into just another horror movie in their minds, forgetting that it's for real.

I'm glad too at how Sharon's sister said that to Reznor. It must have been like a total reality-check slap in the face, to actually meet one of Sharon's nearest and dearest and get that impact of how this was a real person who was killed in a horrible act of human cruelty. He claims that he did not know the history of the house but I've NEVER believed that claim. Everyone in LA knew that house and what happened there, and the address, etc etc.

I imagine that before this Reznor kind of thought it was all just a bit of macabre fun and would somehow assist the dark vibe of his music. It gives me shivers if I happen to hear anything from that album now, just knowing it was recorded in the living room with deliberate intent. I know people would say that is silly, but I kind of believe in energy left behind and by the same token he probably did too and recorded that album for the sickness of that, I kind of don't like hearing it for the same token.

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We're definitely on the same page. I agree with everything you just said. I too, won't listen to that album knowing where he recorded it. It's like going to Nicole Brown's house and recording music where she was murdered with Ron Goldman. Or it's like going to the top of the Texas observatory tower with a guitar and writing songs from where Charles Whitman, the Texas Sniper, shot everyone from.

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I really hope you decide to watch the film, and you eat your words.

Just watched the movie today, and it was really good! And I just want you to know you're wrong. Dare I say you'd be happy with how the "sadistic" Tarantino portrays Sharon Tate in his film, as well as her tragic fate.

Don't take my word for it. Watch the film.

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Interesting.

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I agree with Sur6432. I am quite confident that the original poster of this thread will be absolutely fine with the *entire* portrayal of Miss Tate in this movie. I too was leery going in, but it was handled perfectly. It seems like he was a huge fan of hers and this works as a tribute to her.

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