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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Feb 15, 2007 13:01:12 GMT -1
There is a debate raging in the comments section of this guardian article on this theme. Peter Bradshaw wrote an article saying he's bloody good and he's being bashed for it. Most people are saying he's overrated and certainly not relevant these days. Personally I think he's a genius. What does the forum think? blogs.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/02/unquenchable_tarantino.html |
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Post by Neko Bazu on Feb 15, 2007 13:21:16 GMT -1
Tarantino's films are ones you either love or hate, as a rule. If you hate them, though, it's very hard to appreciate the brilliance behind them because of his style (as opposed to, say, Terminator 2, where you can easily pick out what people like even if you don't), and so you don't understand what the fuss is about.
I personally think he's worth all the hype he gets - the man is a genius of film production. If you don't appreciate his methods, though, then he certainly leaves you out in the cold.
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Feb 15, 2007 13:57:20 GMT -1
He is clearly a genius..
Pulp Fiction and Resevoir Dogs are in almost everyones top 5 films and even his lesser films are still good like Jackie Brown.. And while Kill Bill isn't my cup of tea to some people it is their favourite film - and I can see the merit in the film.
Not to mention he launches Sameul L Jacksons career and made Bruce Willis 'cool'.
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Post by The Lucky C on Feb 15, 2007 14:36:07 GMT -1
i'd go for a bit of both. i adore pulp fiction and jackie brown, whilst resevoir dogs and kill bill are superb films. however, the guy can come across as a bit of an arsehole - splicing kill bill in two, then filling the second ones with filler scenes and comic book talk that only he and his friends would find amusing is the obvious example.
Meanwhile, his director cameos (Sin City) are pointless, over-hyped and distracted from the rest of the film. And why is his name pasted all over Hero and Hostel? He sorted out the distribution deals in the west, that's all.
His main strength does lie in his dialogue - the Crazy 88 aside, he's never been particularly strong with action scenes. And it could be argued that he doesn't really know how to finish a film - PF doesn't have an ending, Jackie Brown and Kill Bill are let downs compared to the rest of the film.
All that said thoug, I still enjoy his films and I'm looking forward to Grindhouse - should be QT in his element.
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