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Tag: Quentin Tarantino
Dakota Fanning and Bruce Dern as Squeaky and George from Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
2018
The Raw Deal : Jim Fetzer arguing with a caller about the JFK assassination
Chapter One of Inglourious Basterds
2009
Inglourious Basterds : Bridget and Hans at the premiere of Stolz Der Nation
2009
What is Quentin Tarantino’s best movie?
Death Proof is his worst. Let’s get that out of the way. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, The Hateful Eight and Django Unchained are only marginally better, along with the two-Volume Kill Bill set, which I’ll count as one. Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction are good. Jackie Brown and Inglourious Basterds are great.
Both of the latter rank among the best movies I’ve ever seen, but Basterds just might be the best of the lot. “I think this just might be my masterpiece,” the script puts it. Whether or not it is indeed the best movie ever is up for debate, but it’s certainly a cinematic masterpiece and the best of Quentin Tarantino’s.
my vote : Inglourious Basterds
Jackie Brown : Ordell and Louis realizing they’ve been duped
1997
Quentin Tarantino filming Rosario Dawson’s feet
2006 or 2007
Ricky Gervais monologuing at The Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles
2020
nbc.com
video review : Death Proof
The best thing about this Grindhouse flick is the song that plays at the end. It’s a cute ditty that fits the plot; about a stuntman named Mike who drives around in a Chevy Nova he describes as Death Proof. By the time the pretty girl in the passenger seat realizes that description only applies to him, she’s about dead.
It’s a two-part story that would be better as one. The first half, set in Texas, at least has sexy stylization going for it. It’s also overlayed with retro movie theater effects. The second (Tennessee) half, which looks more like a regular movie, is closer to a borefest than a joyride as it stalls itself in mundane dialogue.
my rating : 2 of 5
2007
my ranking of Quentin Tarantino’s movies from best to worst
video review : Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino says he wants to retire after ten movies. This is number nine. If he were to ask me what I think he should do to end his career on a high note, I’d sum it up with one word; suspense. That’s what makes his best movies; Inglourious Basterds and Jackie Brown; the classics they are. They’re filled almost to the brim with moments of suspense.
There’s a scene in Hollywood in which one of its two leading men; Brad Pitt as stuntman Cliff Booth; drives a sexy hitchhiker girl to Spahn Movie Ranch, where she says she lives. She invites him on the premises to meet her hippie friends. The tension that follows could be cut with a knife, but it leads nowhere. The suspense doesn’t return until the movie is about to end.
That ending, in which members of Charles Manson’s killer cult target Cliff and his famous actor buddy Rick Dalton; Leonardo DiCaprio as the other leading man; is violent and enthralling. Most of what comes before it is relatively uneventful. A lot of the movie is spent watching Dalton act in movies that are more entertaining than the one you’re watching.
my rating : 3 of 5
2019