Tarantino = Overrated?? - Page 11 - Blu-ray Forum

SquidPuppet · 08-25-2009, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by pacificvibes

Why on earth would you bump a 6 month old thread just to say that you're still mad at him about the name he called you in December of LAST YEAR?!?!? Really dude?

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Originally Posted by drobswim13

I like how you think that the guy who called you an artsy type would be on this thread when a post hasn't been made for 8 months. Get over it.

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Originally Posted by pacificvibes

My thoughts and post exactly.

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Originally Posted by drobswim13

yea, I didn't see your post until after I posted. My fault.

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Originally Posted by pacificvibes

No prob. I didnt mean anything by it, just saying that its funny that 2 different people say the same thing

Uh....me three. LOL.

TheJesus · 08-25-2009, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by awongshing

I don't see how anyone that is truly a lover of film would not be excited and interested in a Tarantino movie. I can understand how it can be a bit much for casual movie goers, as for me I’m excited to see every Tarantino film (the ones he directs not just writes or produces). To me he has changed the way many films are made how can this be over rated?

I don't know if he has influenced the way films are made, but he has definitely changed the way I look at films, and that's the reason I admire him as a director. I have always liked movies, but Pulp Fiction was the first movie that really got me interested in film, so its more of a personal reason for me why I like his work.

SquidPuppet · 08-25-2009, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SonOfArathorn

Overrated? Not to me, I know enough about my own film making skills to know that neither I nor any of you people could do what he does. Yes unique doesn't mean good, but it means fresh, new, people will always like to see something fresh and new.
When he first came onto the scene his movies were like nothing else, when an entire genre is spawned because of you; you are not overrrated at all.

As a generality this forum is filled with people who have overrated themselves and the importance/impact of their own opinions, perhaps we should discuss that instead, would be funner, there a great number of buffoons who need to be taken down a peg, probably including myself.

Indeed.

surfdude12 · 08-25-2009, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

In fact, I'd say he's been pretty much screwing around and not taking himself seriously ever since Pulp Fiction.

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exactly put , and that's why he's not a "Great" director in my eyes. Sure, Pulp Fiction was a classic, but all the great directors I love never just made one great film, they never let up when the first one was done. That's why he's overrated IMO: his ambition-fed sloth. a pardox yes, but true.

Lacit170 · 08-25-2009, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by nathanp

If by "Overrated" you mean the most imitated and influential American filmmaker since Scorsese, then I guess he is, sure.

QT

HAHAHHA.... wow.... my point exactly... here come the fanboys.... that statement is a joke

drobswim13 · 08-25-2009, 06:09 PM

I haven't seen Inglorious Basterds, but the only movies that I have liked of QT is Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. I will have to see IB. To be honest I think he has a unique style (in which I don't believe he was the first to use it because I am pretty sure Asian directors have used it before, which would make sense since he is obsessed with Asian cinema) and his movies are an acquired taste, but I really think his only good movies, in my eyes, are RD and PF.

I also heard he isn't that nice of a guy though. Don't know if that is true or not.

Sponge-worthy · 08-25-2009, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Lacit170

HAHAHHA.... wow.... my point exactly... here come the fanboys.... that statement is a joke

It's not really a joke though. One example: how many times has Tomoyasu Hotei's "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" showed up in film and television since Kill Bill...not the least of which being Transformers?

Lacit170 · 08-25-2009, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ryan69969

It's not really a joke though. One example: how many times has Tomoyasu Hotei's "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" showed up in film and television since Kill Bill...not the least of which being Transformers?

um... since kil bill???

Battle Without Honor or Humanity" is an alternate version of "Shin jingi-naki tatakai", an instrumental piece by Tomoyasu Hotei, originally used in the 2000 film Another Battle (aka Shin Jinginaki Tatakai) by Junji Sakamoto, in which Hotei also performs as an actor. The original version was also available in Hotei's live album Rock the Future Tour 2000-2001.

kill bill---- 2003

Kyo28 · 08-25-2009, 06:22 PM

I wouldn't go as far as say he's overrated, but some of his are not as good as they are hyped up to be, especially the two Kill Bill movies, which in my opinion are nothing more than western movies who take some ingredients from Asian movies, executes them poorly, mixes it all and serves is the newest best dish in town (which, IMHO, it's not).

Red Hood · 08-25-2009, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

Uh....me three. LOL.

I've already made plans to be around for the reply in 8 months.

awongshing · 08-25-2009, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TheJesus

I don't know if he has influenced the way films are made, but he has definitely changed the way I look at films, and that's the reason I admire him as a director. I have always liked movies, but Pulp Fiction was the first movie that really got me interested in film, so its more of a personal reason for me why I like his work.

Before Pulp Fiction I don’t remember films not going in chronological order with the expectation that the audience would to be smart enough to put the time line in order. This is something that has been done in several films since Pulp Fiction. I’ve been a film lover for a long time and I can’t think of another American director to impact the way other movies are made like him, other than Scorsese. Also he’s not even my favorite American director.

drobswim13 · 08-25-2009, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Kyo28

I wouldn't go as far as say he's overrated, but some of his are not as good as they are hyped up to be, especially the two Kill Bill movies, which in my opinion are nothing more than western movies who take some ingredients from Asian movies, executes them poorly, mixes it all and serves is the newest best dish in town (which, IMHO, it's not).

+1

Couldn't agree more on your Kill Bill opinion

Lacit170 · 08-25-2009, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by awongshing

Before Pulp Fiction I don’t remember films not going in chronological order with the expectation that the audience would to be smart enough to put the time line in order. This is something that has been done in several films since Pulp Fiction. I’ve been a film lover for a long time and I can’t think of another American director to impact the way other movies are made like him, other than Scorsese. Also he’s not even my favorite American director.

while Tarantino did make it widely used.... it had been done....

In the United States, Robert Altman carried the nonlinear motif in his films, including McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Nashville (1975), The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993), and Gosford Park (2001).[12] Woody Allen embraced the experimental nature of nonlinear narrative in Annie Hall (1977), Interiors (1978), and Stardust Memories (1980).

TheJesus · 08-25-2009, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Lacit170

while Tarantino did make it widely used.... it had been done....

In the United States, Robert Altman carried the nonlinear motif in his films, including McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Nashville (1975), The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993), and Gosford Park (2001).[12] Woody Allen embraced the experimental nature of nonlinear narrative in Annie Hall (1977), Interiors (1978), and Stardust Memories (1980).

Wikipedia makes everyone on the internets so smart!

awongshing · 08-25-2009, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Lacit170

while Tarantino did make it widely used.... it had been done....

In the United States, Robert Altman carried the nonlinear motif in his films, including McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Nashville (1975), The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993), and Gosford Park (2001).[12] Woody Allen embraced the experimental nature of nonlinear narrative in Annie Hall (1977), Interiors (1978), and Stardust Memories (1980).

I've seen of 4 of the 8 films you listed below but honestly I can't remember them really well. I'll take this list as few recommendations for me to check out. I'll try to get some of these in the next few weeks. Thanks.

Lacit170 · 08-25-2009, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TheJesus

Wikipedia makes everyone on the internets so smart!

not smart.... informed... yea.... like i actualyl type like that ya re re

thePhoenix · 08-25-2009, 07:09 PM

Inglorious Basterds is the siznit!!!

His movies are hit or miss. You either like him or hate him. There's no middle ground.

Pondosinatra · 08-25-2009, 07:25 PM

Not as overrated as The Dark Knight that's for sure.

Ernest Rister · 08-25-2009, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by awongshing

Before Pulp Fiction I don’t remember films not going in chronological order with the expectation that the audience would to be smart enough to put the time line in order.

Citizen Kane, dude. Trust me, it's been done.

Lacit170 · 08-25-2009, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

Not as overrated as The Dark Knight that's for sure.

its a close tie i think

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08-25-2009, 06:09 PM	#206
drobswim13 Power Member Member since:May 2008 Blu-ray collection:178 Blu-ray reviews:1	I haven't seen Inglorious Basterds, but the only movies that I have liked of QT is Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. I will have to see IB. To be honest I think he has a unique style (in which I don't believe he was the first to use it because I am pretty sure Asian directors have used it before, which would make sense since he is obsessed with Asian cinema) and his movies are an acquired taste, but I really think his only good movies, in my eyes, are RD and PF. I also heard he isn't that nice of a guy though. Don't know if that is true or not.

08-25-2009, 06:22 PM	#209
Kyo28 Power Member Member since:Jun 2008 Blu-ray collection:446 Blu-ray reviews:12	I wouldn't go as far as say he's overrated, but some of his are not as good as they are hyped up to be, especially the two Kill Bill movies, which in my opinion are nothing more than western movies who take some ingredients from Asian movies, executes them poorly, mixes it all and serves is the newest best dish in town (which, IMHO, it's not).

08-25-2009, 07:09 PM	#217
thePhoenix Power Member Member since:Aug 2009 Location:Believeland Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray collection:106 Trading Score:11	Inglorious Basterds is the siznit!!! His movies are hit or miss. You either like him or hate him. There's no middle ground.

08-25-2009, 07:25 PM	#218
Pondosinatra Blu-ray Champion Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Calgary, Alberta Home Theater Gallery:45 Trading Score:2	Not as overrated as The Dark Knight that's for sure.

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