Tarantino = Overrated??

[Lacit170]

Is Tarantino really that good? Very overrated IMO... Besides Resevoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.... Why do you think he is overrated? Why do you think he is so great?

[VinnAY]

I don't like his style as a filmmaker, many others do, but there's something about it that I just don't find appealing. I don't think I've seen one film that he's done that I care for. Pulp Fiction got shutoff and returned to the rental place at 20 minutes into it...lol
Deathproof stunk, too. Good thing he merely appeared in "Planet Terror" and even then his appearance was pure crap.

[Red Hood]

He acting is worse than his directing.

[brett_day]

he has made some of the best movies from recent times imho.

Resevoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill
Kill Bill 2
Natural Born Killers

All greats in their own rights

always controversial, his movies always come together really well. I like him! just wish he would quit the cameo roles

[tommyboy81]

I loved both Kill Bill's, Pulp Fiction, and True Romance thats it. Thought Death Proof was alright. Reservior Dogs is overrated. Never watched Jackie Brown or Natural Born Killers. To me he's like a white Spike Lee. Love a couple of things of his but not anything else

[SDon1969]

I'd call True Romance a Tony Scott movie (Quentin wrote the screenplay) and Natural Born Killers (again Q wrote the screenplay and I read he didn't care for the way the movie turned out) an Oliver Stone movie, but maybe that's splitting hairs. His over-rated-ness came from Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction & Jackie Brown, and I gotta admit I really like those three films.

[Nameless Evil]

Originally Posted by brett_day

he has made some of the best movies from recent times imho.

Resevoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill
Kill Bill 2
Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers.. was not Tarantino... that's Oliver Stone

[brett_day]

Originally Posted by Nameless Evil

Natural Born Killers.. was not Tarantino... that's Oliver Stone

Q wrote the screen play

[Aerodude73]

Originally Posted by brett_day

he has made some of the best movies from recent times imho.

Resevoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill
Kill Bill 2
Natural Born Killers

All greats in their own rights

always controversial, his movies always come together really well. I like him! just wish he would quit the cameo roles

Natural Born Killers was pretty much Totally Re-Written by Oliver Stone, which is why the credits say "based on a story by" QT. "True Romance" he wrote the screenplay but did Not Direct it. (Tony Scott did that one).

*** SORRY -- I just went back and saw that my above info has already been posted. I started to read page 1 and then wrote my reply. ***

TARANTINO - By Jim Smith - http://www.amazon.com/Tarantino-Virg...0003228&sr=1-1 - IF you are a fan of his and want to learn more about his beginnings and style, etc, the above is a very good book and the writing is excellent as well. I'm 75% thru it (at the KILL BILL Vol I section). It goes over his casting choices and why, storylines, use of musical choices, and is just a good read if you Enjoy his Films. It also goes over his acting roles he's done. Plus it has reviews, good & bad, from mostly reputable sources.

Anyway, I Love Pulp Fiction, Great screenplay, and love how the Incredible cast are used in all the different parts of the movie, yet they're all tied in really. True Romance, really enjoy that movie as well, excellent Cast also. Reservoir Dogs: Love that one also, great writing, great performances by the cast, his usual great music, etc. Jackie Brown was okay on 1st view, but after seeing it a few more times, I've grown to really Enjoy that one as well. As for everyone here who doesn't "Get Tarantino", that's fine. Everyone has differing opinions, but when the BLU RAY's for Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2 were coming out, I saw Tons of posts on that, so obv. a Lot of people either liked them and/or QT himself.

Deathproof was perfect for what it was supposed to be: an "homage" (look it up - lol) to the cheesy 70's low-budget type movies that you loved to hate, or hated to love. Tell me that Car Chase at the end isn't one of the best all-time in film history! Not THEE Best, but one of the best. And, like the 70's movies it was going for in style, it was done REAL. Yes, Real Girl On Hood of Real Car. No CGI in that sequence. I like also how a lot of his Females are not just the Girlfriend or arm candy for some guy. (The Bride: Kill Bill 1 & 2, Uma's character in Pulp Fiction, Pam Grier: Jackie Brown, Rosanna Arquette: True Romance, the 3 Females in Deathproof). They're strong characters and written as such. Also, if you are a True fan of his, the 2 part season ender to CSI (the real one, from Las Vegas), he did a couple years ago (wrote/directed it) was Incredible. He also did an episode of ER back in the day also that had his usual Atypical directorial style intact.

As for his acting... Well, did I mention I love his directing?! (for the most part).

I love most of his writing, his casting, & choice of music in his films---which is usually used to Enhance a scene.

[Belloche]

Tarantino's films are loving tributes to the films he loved growing up. I love the same kind of movies. I know it's not everybody's cup of tea ,but when I watch his movies it feels like they're being made just for me.

[jtwise]

Originally Posted by aerodude73

Natural Born Killers was pretty much Totally Re-Written by Oliver Stone, which is why the credits say "based on a story by" QT. "True Romance" he wrote the screenplay but did Not Direct it. (Tony Scott did that one).

*** SORRY -- I just went back and saw that my above info has already been posted. I started to read page 1 and then wrote my reply. ***

TARANTINO - By Jim Smith - http://www.amazon.com/Tarantino-Virg...0003228&sr=1-1 - IF you are a fan of his and want to learn more about his beginnings and style, etc, the above is a very good book and the writing is excellent as well. I'm 75% thru it (at the KILL BILL Vol I section). It goes over his casting choices and why, storylines, use of musical choices, and is just a good read if you Enjoy his Films. It also goes over his acting roles he's done. Plus it has reviews, good & bad, from mostly reputable sources.

Anyway, I Love Pulp Fiction, Great screenplay, and love how the Incredible cast are used in all the different parts of the movie, yet they're all tied in really. True Romance, really enjoy that movie as well, excellent Cast also. Reservoir Dogs: Love that one also, great writing, great performances by the cast, his usual great music, etc. Jackie Brown was okay on 1st view, but after seeing it a few more times, I've grown to really Enjoy that one as well. As for everyone here who doesn't "Get Tarantino", that's fine. Everyone has differing opinions, but when the BLU RAY's for Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2 were coming out, I saw Tons of posts on that, so obv. a Lot of people either liked them and/or QT himself.

Deathproof was perfect for what it was supposed to be: an "homage" (look it up - lol) to the cheesy 70's low-budget type movies that you loved to hate, or hated to love. Tell me that Car Chase at the end isn't one of the best all-time in film history! Not THEE Best, but one of the best. And, like the 70's movies it was going for in style, it was done REAL. Yes, Real Girl On Hood of Real Car. No CGI in that sequence. I like also how a lot of his Females are not just the Girlfriend or arm candy for some guy. (The Bride: Kill Bill 1 & 2, Uma's character in Pulp Fiction, Pam Grier: Jackie Brown, Rosanna Arquette: True Romance, the 3 Females in Deathproof). They're strong characters and written as such. Also, if you are a True fan of his, the 2 part season ender to CSI (the real one, from Las Vegas), he did a couple years ago (wrote/directed it) was Incredible. He also did an episode of ER back in the day also that had his usual Atypical directorial style intact.

As for his acting... Well, did I mention I love his directing?! (for the most part).

I love most of his writing, his casting, & choice of music in his films---which is usually used to Enhance a scene.

+1

[thedarkangel1975]

Originally Posted by brett_day

he has made some of the best movies from recent times imho.

Resevoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill
Kill Bill 2
Natural Born Killers

All greats in their own rights

always controversial, his movies always come together really well. I like him! just wish he would quit the cameo roles

He did not make Natural Born Killers, that was Oliver Stone

[thedarkangel1975]

Honestly, he is over rated. He had a couple cult hits in the beginning of his career, now all the fanboys think he is God. I liked Pulp Fiction, that was his only stand out movie IMHO. Resvior Dogs was good but a once and done. The segement in Four Rooms was overated and ok at best. Kill Bill 1 & 2 were good nothing great. Jacki Brown was terrible and Death Proof is easily one of the worst movies ever made, MSKT 3000 style

[clownface]

I don't think so, nobody bats 1000% but he's pretty good almost every time out the gate. Spielberg is as close as you get to perfection for me though.

[Augustine864]

I mostly hate this guy's movies. Pulp Fiction I enjoyed and I liked Jackie Brown well enough, but I did not enjoy Reservoir Dogs, hated Kill Bill 1 & 2, and couldn't even finish Deathproof.

If he never made another movie again I would probably celebrate. Maybe he will change my mind some day, but as of now... he's not my style.

[Horhay]

Originally Posted by VinnAY

I don't like his style as a filmmaker, many others do, but there's something about it that I just don't find appealing. I don't think I've seen one film that he's done that I care for. Pulp Fiction got shutoff and returned to the rental place at 20 minutes into it...lol
Deathproof stunk, too. Good thing he merely appeared in "Planet Terror" and even then his appearance was pure crap.

+1 I dislike his style as a filmmaker, I completely disliked his movies, I don't think I've ever been able to sit through a full length any of his titles.

[ScarredLungs]

[QUOTE=Lacit170;1430171]Is Tarantino really that good? Very overrated IMO... [QUOTE]

+1 His movies have never impressed me.

[kevinbr100]

the thing about pulp fiction is that is was a first, no one had ever made a movie quite like that, so to really understand the impact of that movie, you would have had to seen it in the theater when it first came out. now breaking the mold has almost become the mold, so yeah its just another movie, but back then, it was amazing. i think tarintino just has been unable to move past that and come up with something new, since groundbreaking style is what first attracted people to his films. resevoir dogs was good, but it was more like a prequel in terms of style to pulp fiction.

[The Don]

I always liked Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill 2 and Deathproof......but Jackie Brown and Kill Bill 1 were both watchable and nothing more..

[Barbie-Shrimp]

Originally Posted by The Don

I always liked Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill 2 and Deathproof......but Jackie Brown and Kill Bill 1 were both watchable and nothing more..

That's my favorite one.