What is the appeal of Quentin Tarentino?

[tfbncc]

Pulp Fiction was a good movie?

I watched it, and walked away scratching my head. What was the point. Since then, any QT movie I've seen I get pretty much the same reaction. Therefore, I have come to the conclusion that I am either allergic to Tarrantino, or his style makes no sense to me. I'm betting on the latter.

Some movies can survive on eye candy with little or no story. Apparently, that's just about all QT can do. From what I've seen, he must suffer from ADD since he apparently cannot string 3 scenes together in a coherent story telling effort. Watching "Kill Bill" was like watching someone play a video game. There were so many levels, and each level had a boss fight, until the player finally gets to the last level (and has to wait for KB2). Oh, and someone should tell QT that the human body does NOT contain 20 gallons of blood at 300 psi.

So, my opinion of Quentin Tarrantino is that he is not a director, but a hack artist. I much prefer Ridley Scott.

[TheIrishman]

Pulp Fiction was a good movie?

I watched it, and walked away scratching my head. What was the point.

Pulp fiction could only have been done the way it was. There have been hundreds if not a few thousand heist movies made that always had a twist at the end or the good guys win. In the ones where the bad guys get away, it is (almost)always without the money but learning a lesson. In the ones where the good guys win, well the bad guys all die. Pulp Fiction showed how a bunch of likable characters came together and NOBODY won. You learn early on that Mr. Orange is the cop. You see the development of the characters and learn more about who they were and where they came from. If they had done it straight through end to end it would have ended up another cliched heist movie.

[princewally]

Pulp Fiction was a good movie?

I watched it, and walked away scratching my head. What was the point.

Pulp fiction could only have been done the way it was. There have been hundreds if not a few thousand heist movies made that always had a twist at the end or the good guys win. In the ones where the bad guys get away, it is (almost)always without the money but learning a lesson. In the ones where the good guys win, well the bad guys all die. Pulp Fiction showed how a bunch of likable characters came together and NOBODY won. You learn early on that Mr. Orange is the cop. You see the development of the characters and learn more about who they were and where they came from. If they had done it straight through end to end it would have ended up another cliched heist movie.

Really? That sounds more like Reservoir Dogs to me.

[Greg]

Some movies can survive on eye candy with little or no story. Apparently, that's just about all QT can do. From what I've seen, he must suffer from ADD since he apparently cannot string 3 scenes together in a coherent story telling effort. Watching "Kill Bill" was like watching someone play a video game. There were so many levels, and each level had a boss fight, until the player finally gets to the last level (and has to wait for KB2). Oh, and someone should tell QT that the human body does NOT contain 20 gallons of blood at 300 psi.

He's clever and amusing, and the entertainment industry *loves* him because everything he does is a reference to something that was done before, something already on film (which is why humans *have* to contain 300 psi blood, it's a reference). He's a walking inside joke, a human homage if you're being generous. And the film types do love their ego strokings.

[chrisb]

Meh. I like Pulp Fiction, Dogs, and Kill Bill because I found them entertaining. I don't think he is some great director or that he sucks, I just like those movies, mainly for the dialog.

[TheIrishman]

Pulp Fiction was a good movie?

I watched it, and walked away scratching my head. What was the point.

Pulp fiction could only have been done the way it was. There have been hundreds if not a few thousand heist movies made that always had a twist at the end or the good guys win. In the ones where the bad guys get away, it is (almost)always without the money but learning a lesson. In the ones where the good guys win, well the bad guys all die. Pulp Fiction showed how a bunch of likable characters came together and NOBODY won. You learn early on that Mr. Orange is the cop. You see the development of the characters and learn more about who they were and where they came from. If they had done it straight through end to end it would have ended up another cliched heist movie.

Really? That sounds more like Reservoir Dogs to me.

Woops, you're right, gotta stop posting at 4:00 am.

[Cybrludite]

The main reason he's so popular? He's living every film student's wettest dream.