Quentin Tarantino vs Christopher Nolan

[Benoco]

I put ZODIAC on my radar, but I hate to say it: THE SOCIAL NETWORK was so tepid. Many moments I wanted to say, "What the hell is anyone even talking about?"

Where do you find Tarantino's weaknesses? Is it a veers-off-reality sort of thing? Fictional credibility falls apart?

I thought Inglorious had 2 or 3 good scenes but overall was retarded. Django had some wicked scenes, Tarantino is a master when it comes to tension. It still ultimately fell apart in the last 20 or 30 minutes for me though.

 

[eworden78]

Usually the less lauded out of the spotlight are the real gems:

Del Torro

Edgar Wright

Alfonso Cuar

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

I thought Inglorious had 2 or 3 good scenes but overall was retarded. Django had some wicked scenes, Tarantino is a master when it comes to tension. It still ultimately fell apart in the last 20 or 30 minutes for me though.

I'm the reverse, I thought Inglorious had some wicked scenes and Django was mostly retarded.

 

[Jermei]

Nolan movies are good the first time you watch them and they seem to get worse over time... Tarantino movies get better with more viewings.

 

[CC's left foot]

Nolan no question whatsoever...

Tarantino is good, but severely overrated. Reservoir Dogs was his best film.

 

[eworden78]

I'm the reverse, I thought Inglorious had some wicked scenes and Django was mostly retarded.

I feel like Inglorius would have been a masterpiece if he actually made it un-tarantino. If he had played it as a straight up drama. Take Pitt and Roth out and focus on Laurent and Waltz and you have an all time great movie.

Take the Inglourious Basterds(Roth, Pitt, etc...) would have made an incredibly entertaining separate movie.

 

[eworden78]

Nolan no question whatsoever...

Tarantino is good, but severely overrated. Reservoir Dogs was his best film.

Tarantino no question whatsoever...

Nolan is good, but severely overrated. Memento was his best film.:icon_chee

 

[CC's left foot]

I feel like Inglorius would have been a masterpiece if he actually made it un-tarantino. If he had played it as a straight up drama. Take Pitt and Roth out and focus on Laurent and Waltz and you have an all time great movie.

Take the Inglourious Basterds(Roth, Pitt, etc...) would have made an incredibly entertaining separate movie.

Brad Pitt ruined IB for me. He was fucking terrible, and his plotline was throwaway. oh yeah, dear "bear jew" fans: torturing people for being nazis makes you just as bad as a nazi...

 

[CC's left foot]

. Memento was his best film.:icon_chee

I agree :wink:

 

[Michael13]

Brad Pitt ruined IB for me. He was fucking terrible, and his plotline was throwaway. oh yeah, dear "bear jew" fans: torturing people for being nazis makes you just as bad as a nazi...

Agreed, Pitt was horrid.

 

[eworden78]

Brad Pitt ruined IB for me. He was fucking terrible, and his plotline was throwaway. oh yeah, dear "bear jew" fans: torturing people for being nazis makes you just as bad as a nazi...

Honestly, I didn't mind Pitt. I liked the campiness of his character and the "Bear Jew". I just thought it detracted from the other storyline.

If you split it into two movies I'd give one a 7 and the other a 9. Instead it ended up an 8.

 

[InternetHero]

Tarintino but both very entertaining.

 

[ThinkGreen]

Brad Pitt ruined IB for me. He was fucking terrible, and his plotline was throwaway. oh yeah, dear "bear jew" fans: torturing people for being nazis makes you just as bad as a nazi...

You seem gotten to.

 

[eworden78]

I agree :wink:

Honestly I love Momento. I feel like 94-00 was like 20 year a peak in good movies.

• Usual Suspects
• Memento
• Pulp Fiction
• Requiem for a Dream
• Fight Club
• Matrix
• Shawshank Redemption
• American Beauty
• Leon
• Saving Private Ryan

I don't think any of those directors have done anything better since.

 

[CC's left foot]

You seem gotten to.

If by "gotten to" you mean disappointed by the movie, then you are right sir!

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

I feel like Inglorius would have been a masterpiece if he actually made it un-tarantino. If he had played it as a straight up drama. Take Pitt and Roth out and focus on Laurent and Waltz and you have an all time great movie.

Take the Inglourious Basterds(Roth, Pitt, etc...) would have made an incredibly entertaining separate movie.

That would never have worked tho because it changes everything about the story being that is a completely fictional situation that never happened to begin with, well, for the most part.

I liked the Tarantino-ness of the Nazi's. The idea of how some of the higher ups would have been in an every day conversation for example and so on. All of that is part of the experience imo. I also like the campyness of Pitts character as well, which was also the point.

 

[ThinkGreen]

If by "gotten to" you mean disappointed by the movie, then you are right sir!

Hey, don't turn my words around on me.

 

[A13KS]

Nolan's movie draw something emotional out of me and every time I see them I'm blown away. It's like he has a very specific belief system within his movies and it comes out through his story telling.

Tarantino's films are fun, but they never really hit me in the feels. Often times his films will leave me satisfied, but the way he chooses to off some of his characters irks me. It almost feels as if their deaths are cheap and a lot more predictable compared to the rest of his writing quality.

Both great at what they do, but Nolan takes this one via 69 second triangle into the first round.

 

[CC's left foot]

Honestly I love Momento. I feel like 94-00 was like 20 year a peak in good movies.

• Usual Suspects
• Memento
• Pulp Fiction
• Requiem for a Dream
• Fight Club
• Matrix
• Shawshank Redemption
• American Beauty
• Leon
• Saving Private Ryan

I don't think any of those directors have done anything better since.

I never thought of that decade as being great, but damn. It was possibly the best ever.

Add to the list:
Heat
Seven
American History X
LA Confidential
The Big Lebowski
Casino
Trainspotting
Twelve Monkeys

 

[minute bull]

I just love how he steps toward the camera twice.