Quentin Tarantino

I voted Pulp Fiction because it is his most complete work.  Reservoir Dogs is an amazing film, the combination of the violence and character driven story.  I only hope he doesn't wait as long between films to make his next one.

Pulp Fiction!

Pulp Fiction

Tarantino

Pulp Fiction

But I love all his works. Where are "Four Rooms" and "Sin City"(I know he made it with Rodriguez and Miller)?

porter wrote: Pulp is great. Definitely a "prog movie"

 But all of his movies are 100% prog

Wolf Spider wrote: But I love all his works. Where are "Four Rooms" and "Sin City"(I know he made it with Rodriguez and Miller)?

He only directed one scene of Sin City.

Drew wrote: all these movies suck- the guy's a freak

are u in the right place prog= freak



"Well yeah. I was just sitting here, eating my muffin, drinking my coffee, when I had what alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity"

Honestly, I really want to hear from one of you guys why everyone finds Tarantino so wonderful.  I have done extensive reading about film and have taken classes on film study, and I even make some shorts myself, and I honestly don't find Tarantino even remotely interesting.  His films are just glorified violence.  I don't mind violence if it contributes to the plot, but Tarantino's films have terrible plots.  Violence is fine as a means to an end of creating a meaningful movie that displays the harsh realiities of life, but for Tarantino, violence is the end in and of itself, which is what I object to.  His storylines are uninteresting, his characters are not well developed, and he does not use any innovative filming techniques.  Personally, I think foreign directors are far better than Americans at the moment, but if you're looking for an innovative American filmmaker, I highly recommend Darren Aronofsky.  His two movies, Pi and Requiem for a Dream, certainly don't shy away from harsh realities, but they have memorable stories and characters in a way that Tarantino never will.  He also uses an interesting montage technique to show drug abuse in Requiem for a Dream.  Why is it that everyone thinks Tarantino is such a genius?  Is it just society's fascination with violence for its own sake?

The dialogue and the strong characters in Tarantino's films is the main thing for me. Sorry stripthesoul, but I wonder, have you even seen his films? Reservoir Dogs, violence for violence's sake? Hardly so. Pulp Fiction, nothing but 2½ hours of shooting and fighting? I don't think so. And the movies also have loads of black humour.

Tarantino is so damn good with dialogue. In my opinion it is the dialogue that really drives his movies. It is incredibly real and interesting. Everything else is great too.