oragator said:

---

I don't hate the guy and respect anyone with a unique perspective, but I've posted a number of times here how the worship he gets in some circles is just baffling to me. To each their own though.

---

This.

Maybe it's perspective based on your age.
If you were in your teens when RD and PF came out, it was like a movie revolution. Then combined with his works with Robert Rodriguez. He created an entire new set of rules and so many of the movies that came out of studios from then on were different because of his influence.

It's like showing a kid today the show 24. They might think it's cool, but they won't ever have the experience of those of us who knew what shows were like before it came out and how different it was.

Name checks out post, but yeah he's up there. Kind of depends upon how small or broad you'd consider "top tier" to be, but he's done a lot. I don't even love some of his movies, specifically the Kill Bill ones didn't do much for me, but his passion for cinema, the originality of his stories and characters, the dialogue he writes, his attention to detail...pretty awesome stuff. He's made A LOT of high quality movies through the years.

The debate could also be whether he is the best "celebrity" director. Very few, if any, directors go on a publicity tour. My wife knows who he is, along with Spielberg, Cameron (Titanic), and Scorsese. But outside of that, I bet she couldn't name another two directors. And we watch a ton of movies!

Champion of Fireball said:

---

He and Rob Zombie give me the same feel with their movies.

---

I haven't been able to stop thinking about this comment all day, it really is quite something.

He's up there without question, absolutely a quirky guy but few have his ability with regards to writing and directing. Most either like him or they don't as his movies don't have the mass appeal of someone like Spielberg, but his films have a certain aesthetic and storytelling sensibility that's unmistakably his.

You without question know you're watching a Quentin Tarantino film when you put it on, something not many other directors can do.

If Tarantino's name is attached to a movie I'm going to see it in the theater. There are a few actors with that kind of drawing power and even less directors, so in my book Tarantino is Top Tier.

He absolutely is, and it's honestly laughable at this point to suggest otherwise

El Gallo Blanco said:

---

Once Upon a Time is a masterpiece to me. It helped that someone told me in advance that it's not a movie centered around the Manson murders, it's basically a nostalgic movie about Hollywood in the late 60's.

I think a lot of people I know didn't like it initially because they went into it expecting some type of murder drama or mystery and walked away thinking it was about nothing.

I liked it the first time...but i enjoyed it more and m ore with each viewing thereafter for a while. I watch it probably 3-4 times a year. I could probably watch that movie once a week and never grow tired of it.

---

I love this movie. One of the wildest parts to me is when Rick Dalton is filming the western. I get so engrossed in that western that I forget I'm actually watching a different movie. Every time.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

---

Sorry but feet is like the most vanilla of kinks.

Hilarious if that's the line for you into perv territory. Especially in Hollywood.

---

It'd be different if he put an actor in that role.

But no, he put himself in that role. Dude is a freakshow that makes good movies

ElephantRider said:

---

He absolutely is, and it's honestly laughable at this point to suggest otherwise

---

Agreed - anyone who has a comparable resume would also be considered top tier.

Urban Ag said:

---

Not against him but I never understood why he was so revered. I genuinely like some of his work. His early stuff couldn't hold my interest or I just passed on it completely.

R Dogs - never seen it
Pulp Fiction - saw it, just didn't see what the big deal was
Jackie Brown - passed
Kill Bill 1 - tried to watch, lost interest
Kill Bill 2 - passed
Death Proof - absolutely dumb

then something changed

Inglourius B's - was not sold on the first watch then it became one of my favorite films of all time
Django - solid
H8 - solid, so much fun (a bit over the top but that's what he does)
Hollywood - ending was dumb but the rest was incredible

I still think his greatest work was as the writer for True Romance which is a top 10 all time for me.

---

Holy crap - you've never seen Reservoir Dogs or Jackie Brown! Well at least you know what you can do this weekend.

Lathspell said:

---

I had no idea it was incorporating anything about the Manson murders, going into watching the movies. To me, that was a huge surprise. I don't know how anyone would know that unless they did research prior to watching the movie. The trailers for the movie never really talking about that at al.

---

The trailers I saw definitely featured Charles Manson and included several references to him. I just remember between that and hearing about it involving Manson and his cult I guess I assumed they would play a more prominent role in the movie. Very glad he did the movie the way he did. Basically as a slow build up on the side to tee things up for an amazing and cathartic scene of violent insufferable hippies getting slaughtered lol.

Ive definitely had to correct a couple friends/colleagues though over the years who asked if the movie was about the Manson murders.

Lathspell said:

---

I had no idea it was incorporating anything about the Manson murders, going into watching the movies. To me, that was a huge surprise. I don't know how anyone would know that unless they did research prior to watching the movie. The trailers for the movie never really talking about that at al.

---

I was just the opposite. I knew it was about the Manson's but the historical change in the end angered me. It caused me not to like the movie on first viewing. But after thinking about it for a few months, I got over it and it became one of my favorite movies and absolute favorite scenes ever.


Really, what would the world have been like without the Manson murders? I think those murders changed everything - a real timeline shift.

Listing out his movies like that, I realize I only like maybe half his movies. But he's got my respect in that there's something very fun in them.

Personally think Jackie Brown isn't worth the time. Similar to pulp fiction, but not nearly as good. I'd never recommend anyone sit through it. Even inglorious *******s was great in parts and really just silly in others.

All that said, the hateful Eight is a total guilty pleasure for me. I can rewatch that one once a year.

How so?

Head Ninja In Charge said:

---

Tavern scene in Inglourious Basterds is the best directed scene of any movie of the past 25 years. Fight me if you think otherwise.

---

It is utterly ridiculous that this movie lost to The Hurt Locker.

Good vid on IB...

He intentionally emulates the style of low budget, schlocky 70's films. The violence is cartoonish. The OP's question is like asking whether a comic book illustrator is a top tier artist. His work is intended to be the movie equivalent of junk food.

Pretty sure he has a Star Trek script

For those who love OUATIH, you should read the novel he wrote. There are so many more Rick and Cliff scenes, backstories, and Tate and '60s Hollywood references. It's a fun, brain-candy page-turner. A good vacation book on the beach or poolside.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Novel

Great book.

Still need to finish it.