His line in “Reservoir Dogs” , “Now, where the F*** was I” showed an abysmal lack of timing and nuance. Problems that spill over to his films.

I saw a clip from his latest where he was threatening someone with a gun and it was quite sad. You could pass it off as L’il Quentin lampooning “B” movie acting and I’m sure his fans will see that as his special genius in the scene but no, he was serious.

That was the little wimp trying to act butch and a pathetic piece of acting it was.

But the bored white kids really thought it was outstanding.

Any of you pundits seen anything not made by an American in the last 15 years or do you stick to the dregs of film making. Tarantino is a stiff.

“Reservoir Dogs” is deadly boring. I’m an adult and have gotten over the “wow that’s awesome” reaction to hearing a couple hundred “F” bombs. It takes an hour in that film for anything mildly interesting (the cop torture) to happen. And even then you have the problematic quality of L’il Quentin’s violence, “Oh, was I supposed to react to that”? It’s sterile.

Then you have his signature bathroom bits and a few bits about black women and it’s all wrapped in a standard package with sterile camera work.

The worst aspect of L’il Quentin is his interviews where he goes on about his latest conception as if he has something to say to anyone but twenty something bored white kids.

Bored white kids. That’s American films target audience and L’il Quentin really milks it.

Oh, naming his film company after a Godard film that is quantums beyond L’il Quentins understanding of pop culture gives you insight into this very insecure child.

Is he gay or just asexual. I’m curious. Mr. White and Mr. Orange were ready to hump for some reason at the end. Most interesting scene in a bad film.

Look at Ong Bak, probably a much better film than The Protector, and still really hard to find in the US, especially at stores like blockbuster and small chains. However you can find the protector anywhere and everywhere. Thats a prime example of Tarantino pushing movies to wider audiences.

Tarantino on the other hand, I hate as a filmmaker and as a person. Every time he’s on an interview he just comes off as someone who is barely literate, and is incredibly self-absorbed (he has to make a cameo in practically every movie he makes). I understand why people like his movies, usually plenty of action, easy to understand dialogue, lots of blood, cussing, pop-culture references thrown around. The writer of this article says that he brings over fantastic martial arts movies, but do you really think that films like “The Protector” wouldn’t have made it over? He needs to stop showing his love of feet, every movie he makes has an incredibly long shot of people’s feet, We get it Quentin, you have a foot fetish. Also he has these ridiculously long monologues, that when you actually listen to have no real meaning, and can usually be summed up by the final sentence in the monologue.

All the best
Chuck

Bring the kids.

It’s called fanboi-ism. Smith and Terintino are the Blizzard / Diablo 2′s of directors. ( no correlation to customer service / corperate overlords ) By all accounts thier work is brilliant and affects millions, but they incite a following and furvor for anything they shellout that the stuff that turns out to be crap-ish or not really up to par with previous work is still defended wit tooth, nail, and internet-forum-epeen for the sole reason of who it’s from. A loss of objectivity….blind faith / following…Tarintio Zealot ?

I think a lot of directors have this in some manner or another — I think due to the cult/college demographic puts these two into a category of thier own when it comes to ‘ following ‘.

Odds are there many that don’t like them for the sole reason of how popular they are in that regard and spout terms like ‘ overrated ‘. These are also the people that don’t really get the motive behind ‘ so silly/bad/over-the-top they’re awesome ‘ movies or how people enjoy them. ( shoot-em up anyone ? ) Or, they come from a background or lifestyle that they simply can’t connect with the content and therefore don’t understand the craze.

As for my pick – I don’t have one. Calling anything overrated is overrated. Every director lets us down here and there for a long list or reasons. Anymore, it’s hard to tell just how much control the director have vs. the studios and pointing the finger at who dissapointed us has become a muddy venture. ( generic explanation of this because its lunch time )