Just how "great" is Tarantino?

[Poetical Poltergeist]

I'm still waiting for that "Whole Bloody Affair" cut to come out

Would be dope..not too sure why they aint done it by now. a$$holes.

 

[Anbesa]

His movies are entertaining and re-watchable
Him and nolan are like the only directors where i can rewatch their movies multiple times and not be bored

 

[Danie84]

His dialogue, scenery, score, and action takes on a life of its own.

 

[storyteller]

He didnt steal plots but more obviously sampled direction styles and scenes from other movies. I guess u can say he gets credit for styles already done before him, and done better.. but it doesnt make him a bad director. i always look foward to a new movie of his.

Exactly, and his plots aren't the big focus for him...I think that's pretty clear. The stories are always very simple, point A to point B stuff. It's not an insult, it just means he's better at other parts of plot development.

 

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[61 Corpses]

He owes his entire career to Sam Jacksons performance in Pulp Fiction.

 

[Higher Tech]

I caught this thread late, so I'll just say my peace.

Pulp Fiction was great to me. In my Top 5 favorite movies. Reservoir Dogs is probably top 50. Other than that, IMO, his stuff is average.

Oh, and Jackie Brown in my top 100.

 

[NZA]

he's a far better writer than he is a director, that being said, he is also a very good director. in writing i place him as top 5 all time. in directing i place him in the lower half of the top 10 all time.

and this is coming from a filmmaker who never went to film school. he's a high school drop out

 

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[AkaDemiK]

smh @ some of you nikkas

*waits for the Scorsese sucks thread*

 

[On Site]

Gonna go ahead and give this the 1 star it deserves.

 

[61 Corpses]

and who wrote the script to pulp fiction.... what a stupid fukking point.

sam jackson owes his career to tarantino keep it real with nikkas... that movie put him on another level.

nikka i know who wrote the fukking script. The point is take Sam jackson out of that movie with someone else and its a good film not a great film...just like resevoir dogs.

 

[Ain't That Something]

Quentins directing style and writing is his true skill. Hes obviously heavily influenced by Leone, Scorcese and asian film directors. Hes not the most original but the thing about his movies is that you know ur gonna see something outside the common formulas of movie making. Hes gonna add everything he can into one flick and usually ur satisfied cuz qt likes to cover all his bases.

I do think b*stards and django dont have the replay value of pulp fiction and res dogs or even jackie brown. His directing might have gotten better but the entertainment factor has kinda decreased imo.

Do you know how retarded that sounds.

 

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[phillycavsfan]

He owes his entire career to Sam Jacksons performance in Pulp Fiction.

Nah. That's just one of many great performances in that movie.