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I’m one of those rare cats that genuinely doesn’t think he bettered Reservoir Dogs. Everything great about a Tarantino flick is in there...and it didn’t cost anything..at least compared to what came after. I think it’s his best movie because it feels so naturally moving from one place to the next. The story is actually rather meh but via these mad linguistic spurts that happen from time to time, we get a sense of different interconnecting storylines, humour, madness and general ignorance all crammed into these fiery scenes and characters. The dialogue in particular is the perfect proof of this methinks.
Pulp Fiction comes in second and well then there is a good amount of space before the rest of his work, which to be fair still is pretty good and always interesting to watch...but to me he never bettered his early career, least of all Reservoir Dogs.

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I'm not exactly a fan of the Tarantino train.

I've always thought that he was trying really hard to copy as many moments from foreign films as he could ... and while he did do his part for many of these films, in the end, I thought his "pastiches", or "poses plastiques" were not that big a deal.

In America, however, the majority of the folks seeing a Tarantino film, have not seen the European counterpart, and thus, it feels like Tarantino is an original, and he is not. IF, any of the majority of these fans saw more of these European films, I would imagine that the appreciation for some of his work would fall off even more ... but that's a thought ... not necessarily a reality.

I'm not a fan of any of these films. Some of them are fun to watch, but it ends there.

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I like them all, some more than others though, but my favourite are the Kill Bills; and the first one is my wife's all time favourite movie.

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Django.

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PF: it has a great structure, energy, wit and pace, how it ends adds a lot to my note because of what is given significance, ie the last word given to a guy who surprizingly dismisses his heartless hitman's lifestyle, rather than given to those who remain in that hitman world and are shown in the last chronological events of the story, earlier in the film.

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Pulp.

Only like / have seen the first three.

I remember one summer in my twenties with a couple friends, we had PF on vhs or dvd.. (there was no tv signal there, nor cable and much less internet!) and between fooling around at nights at the local 'disco-pub' 'till late, we saw it again every other day! LOL

never got bored..

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All his references and homages to other films show great love of cinema itself. In a way all his movies (maybe excluding RD) are also about movies. I think he has brought many gems from the past to at least slightly wider awareness.

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An awareness that many folks did not exactly follow up on, as if they were boring and not interesting movies. No one went to see any Godard films for Umma's haircut! And no one went to look for a film that made fun of an American cheeseburger! And many of the "references" were just a casual word here or there switched around ... at least Godard and Truffaut did not do that ... they went further than just a set of words, and helped "develop" the film's ideas even better, although I think that a lot of these things were likely improvised and that they simply "worked" while being filmed and a scripted version was not as good.

I appreciate Tarantino's his help in the awareness, don't get me wrong, however, in seeing his films, I mostly saw a hollow attempt of making use of a line or two to make it look like it was a reference to another film or two ... but it made his actors believe in something else ... an odd/weird/valuable bit of eccentric behavior that helped the characters in each film ... and that is something that EVERY ACTOR and ACTRESS values a lot, as it helps in the development and creation of a character for the stage or film ... no one will think that those bits are not important or helpful.

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I ended up voting Kill Bill myself, too. I like both parts equally and I think it's best to watch them as one film (time permitting...). I think there's a version edited by Tarantino himself into one film?

Coen brothers comparison is indeed interesting. I think they have mostly the same audience as Tarantino.

Coen brothers movie poll would be in order.

A Coen brothers film poll has been done (at the beginning of the same year you joined), but it's out of date (otherwise I'd unlock it). I voted for Miller's Crossing. I'd like a Wes Anderson one at some time (I'd vote for The Grand Budapest Hotel). I have done many film polls, but I might lie do a sort of comedy/crime one that could include people like the Coen Bros, Wes Anderson, Tarantino and I would want In Bruges there (a film that was mentioned to me at PA that I really loved). .

Edited by Logan - April 13 2021 at 12:03

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Poll Question: What is your favourite Quentin Tarantino film?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Reservoir Dogs	2	[9.52%]
Pulp Fiction	6	[28.57%]
Jackie Brown	1	[4.76%]
Kill Bill (1 & 2)	5	[23.81%]
Death Proof	0	[0.00%]
Inglourious Basterds	3	[14.29%]
Django Unchained	1	[4.76%]
The Hateful Eight	0	[0.00%]
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood	3	[14.29%]
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