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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
tarantino is a duck
he can fly but not like an eagle
he can swim but not like a penguin
he can run but not like an ostrich
he can make noise but he’s neither rooster nor songbird...
...or maybe he’s a parrot?
parrot then
i tried watching reservoir dogs the other day and what fucking dullness
the schtick wore out for me long ago
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Whoah! Where’s this coming from? I thought we had a shared love for Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown at the very least.
I’m SURE several of us have circle-jerked about Tarantino in this thread many times, and I’m pretty sure you’ve been a part of it.
That said... I kind of agree with some of what you’re saying. He can gangster, but he can’t quite GoodFellas. He can crime/noir, but he can’t quite Fargo. He can western, but he can’t No Country for Old Men or There Will be Blood.
Everything he does is definitely coated in a Tarantino syrup that might prevent it from being what it could be.
I think Hateful Eight was a smart use of country and horror tropes, though. Like Liberty Valancr meets The Thing or something. But I guess it just made me think about The Thing, more than actually being a great, unforgettable film, like The Thing.
Pulp Fiction is a classic, near perfect movie though. He’s never made a bad one. Actually I still haven’t seen the Grindhouse one he did, so maybe that’s shit.