Movie Talk (New Films, Old Films... doesn't matter) (334 Viewers)

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,355
Quentin Tarantino is basically a puerile immature man-child obsessed with the hyper-violent, the hypersexual, and racial tensions. And for what it is, it's good. Some of his films are very good for what they are. Pulp Fiction being his best. Reservoir Dogs being next. Most of the rest is massively overrated and built more upon his star-power and reputation than actual quality filmmaking. Seriously, Django Unchained and Inglorious Basterds are mediocre as fuck. But we live in an era where hype and past popularity is more important than the actual quality of current projects, at least in the film industry. People want violent, sexual, mindless entertainment, even better if borders on the controversial especially in a racial or gender context, and Tarantino is perhaps the gold standard here.

Anyways, he's clearly very good at what he does, but let's not portray his films as something they are not. They can certainly be appreciated for what they are, but trying to elevate them into masterpiece status is pretty farfetched.

Both Django Unchained and Inglorious Basterds are a sort of comic book version of broad historic events. Either you like that kind of thing or you don't. They are both pretty well made however. It is stuff like Kill Bill that is truly horrendous.
 

Ocelot

Midnight Marauder
Jul 13, 2013
18,943
Quentin Tarantino is basically a puerile immature man-child obsessed with the hyper-violent, the hypersexual, and racial tensions. And for what it is, it's good. Some of his films are very good for what they are. Pulp Fiction being his best. Reservoir Dogs being next. Most of the rest is massively overrated and built more upon his star-power and reputation than actual quality filmmaking. Seriously, Django Unchained and Inglorious Basterds are mediocre as fuck. But we live in an era where hype and past popularity is more important than the actual quality of current projects, at least in the film industry. People want violent, sexual, mindless entertainment, even better if borders on the controversial especially in a racial or gender context, and Tarantino is perhaps the gold standard here.

Anyways, he's clearly very good at what he does, but let's not portray his films as something they are not. They can certainly be appreciated for what they are, but trying to elevate them into masterpiece status is pretty farfetched.
Mindless entertainment is the key word here, his movies simply are among the very best in that regard. Nothing more, nothing less.
 

Enron

Tickle Me
Moderator
Oct 11, 2005
75,680
Saw Age of Ultron last week. It was okay.
Nice to see Vision and the New Avengers.

I think Ive been more excited about Captain America: Civil War.
 

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 320)