Quentin Tarantino

Discuss Quentin Tarantino and his works here.

I couldn't find a thread about this topic after searching the forum a bit. So I figured, might as well as make one now.

I watched pretty much all the Tarantino films except Jackie Brown, From Dusk Till Dawn^note  I know it's directed by Robert Rodriguez but it's written by Quentin and from what I heard has enough signature points (including foot fetish) to qualify as a Tarantino film , The Hateful Eight, and Death Proof.

While the movie that I find the most impressive is Inglorious Basterds, my favorite will always be Pulp Fiction.

Edited by dRoy on Sep 3rd 2023 at 11:20:32 PM

Is it because of the meme factor by the motherfucking Samuel L. Jackson?

I never understood the appeal of his movies. Granted I've only seen a handful. But I remember being really pissed off after watching Once Upon a Time . . . In Hollywood

I've never seen any of his movies (apart from the CSI episode "Grave Danger"), and know almost nothing about his work.

I know he's into feet though.

I've seen most of his movies besides Jackie Brown and that's mostly because it's super different from anything else. I feel like my favorite ones are his two Westerns (Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight).

Reservoir Dogs is his most straightforward film, which makes sense as it was apparently originally designed as a chamber play. Still see the hallmarks of what he eventually became known for.

His best film is probably Inglorious Basterds, largely because of taking his typical Seinfeldian Conversation and violence while ratcheting the tension to insane levels.

Edited by EmeraldSource on Sep 4th 2023 at 9:47:59 AM

I'd call Jackie Brown the most straightforward one - while it has a couple scenes in Anachronic Order, it's not nearly to the extent of Reservoir Dogs.

Inglourious Basterds is my most favorite World War II movie.

Actually...I don't know why Pulp Fiction is my favorite QT movie. But Jackson's performance certainly didn't hurt, yeah.

While it isn't my favorite WWII movie - nor favorite Tarantino movie, as noted above - I can totally see why.

IB is such an amazingly well-made movie that I genuinely believe that it warrants a spot among the best of the best WWII films, such as Saving Private Ryan (my favorite WWII movie, because I'm boring like that) and Dunkirk.

Pulp Fiction is easily the best because it's a clockwork film of fantastic characters and interlocking stories that he never quite reaches again.

No one is forgettable in that movie.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Sep 5th 2023 at 10:52:18 AM

I've seen everything but Death Proof and I don't think there's a bad film in the bunch.

, Agreed with both points about Pulp Fiction and Tarantino's filmography.

My least favorite so far is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. And even then it wasn't a bad movie, just really not my taste.

Welp, I gotta fix this whole "watched ALMOST all the Tarantino films" bit right today.

I'm gonna start with Jackie Brown and then From Dusk Till Dawn.

The only flaw in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood is that it needed Bruce Lee to be invited over to have Brad Pitt's character apologize (because he's being forced to) and he ends up joining in fighting the entire Manson Family that gets called in.

And then Charles Manson himself gets his head kicked off.

Edit:

And I'm not sure I'm kidding.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Sep 6th 2023 at 10:25:29 AM

Aight, just finished Jackie Brown. As noted already, unsurprisingly due to it being an adaptation it really feels very un-Tarantino.

There were scenes that I felt went on a bit too long and the whole movie doesn't have as much gunfights/bloodshed as I hoped. But all around it was still a good film and the titular character might be one of my favorite Tarantino main character.

Okay, with that marked off, now onto From Dusk Till Dawn and The Hateful Eight...then I will finally have finished all the Tarantino films!

(Yes, I will be skipping Death Proof and I'm pretty sure Tarantino would thank me for it )

There's a lot of impressive stunt work that you’d be missing out on.

Unless they are superior in every way than those from the likes of Mad Max, Bourne series, etc, I won't be.

Just finished about the first third of From Dusk Till Dawn. Oh God, this is just unbearably painful to watch please get to the vampires already.

EDIT: Annnnnd finished watching From Dusk Till Dawn.

-sighs-

Why did I even bother. What a waste of time.

If nothing else, though, I absolutely loved the whole (former) Pastor Jacob's character arc. I'd much have preferred if he's the one who survives till the end instead of Seth.

Edited by dRoy on Sep 8th 2023 at 1:10:49 AM

I love From Dusk Till Dawn. "I don't believe in fucking vampires, but I believe in my own two eyes, and what I saw was fucking vampires!"

Edited by GrandmasterKiramidHead on Sep 7th 2023 at 11:34:18 AM

did QT ever talk about Black Crows again? because i find it curious it was a full script and now he wants his next film to be his last; i wouldnt be surprised if he thought it was a betrayal and that die-hards would know the story from leaks

i wonder how he would handle a biopic on Kael/a Kael-like figure. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood felt like he was really clawing his way into Literary Fiction and while the ending was great and definitely not a token "ugh i have to do this even though i outgrew it" scene, it did feel a bit tacked on

maybe lots of pastiches on the films kael reviews? kinda like grindhouse or the minimovie of Inglourious Basterds

So how would you guys rank his filmography? My personal favorites - in order - would be:

1.) Inglorious Basterds

2.) Pulp Fiction

3.) Jackie Brown

4.) Reservoir Dogs

5.) Kill Bill Vol. 2

6.) Kill Bill Vol. 1

7.) Django Unchained

8.) Once Upon a Time.. in Hollywood

9.) The Hateful Eight

For me it's probably:

1) Pulp Fiction

2) Hateful Eight

3) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

4) Django Unchained

5) Inglourious Basterds

6) Jackie Brown

7) Reservoir Dogs

8) Kill Bill 2

9) Kill Bill 1

But they're all really very good.

Films he wrote but didn't direct:

1) True Romance

2) From Dusk Till Dawn

3) Natural Born Killers

I can see that Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood is quite divisive.

You either enjoy essentially just hanging out with the characters for three hours or you don't.

Besides Jackie Brown, here's my ranking. They're pretty much clumped together for me. Django Unchained and Hateful Eight are my favorites, followed closely by Inglourious Basterds. Then I think Kill Bill 1, Pulp Fiction, and Kill Bill 2 bring up the middle. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Reservoir Dogs bring up the rear.

All riiiiiight, just finished The Hateful Eight...meaning now I more or less watched every single Tarantino movie!

I should get my ranking as well in a bit.

One thing I find a bit remarkable is that it is quite easy to find people who are not big film watchers, but who have watched 90% (or more) of what Tarantino has directed. I don't think many directors achieve that (unless they have directed like three films or fewer).

(As for myself, the two Kill Bill films are my favorite and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is the one I liked the least. I am not claiming that it is a bad film, but it didn't work for me and I even liked Death Proof better).

Edited by gropcbf on Sep 10th 2023 at 3:32:30 PM