You actually said, “His movies are not dummbed down.” You win.

Other things I liked:

“He just doesn’t feel the need to ravish his personal opinion,” which I assume is slang for some kind of sex act.

“He injects a sense of realism into these larger than life,” which again hints at sex.

“and wa-la, Tarrantino-esque is born,” double points here for managing to brutalize TWO French references.

“Whereas in 90% of all other movies like he said, the characters just talk about ‘the plot’ which is why they don’t resignate on the same level as his movies.” Hey, I love a character who can resignate, as in, “I hate my job. I’m going to resignate!”

“The reason we laugh and like his apparantly brutal gangster characters…is because they’re flawed like us and have similar sensibilites. Because gangsters are humans after all, they don’t just all go around talking about guns and money 24/7. They talk about TV, women, food, sex, sports, like everyone else.” You wisely point out that gangsters aren’t perfect. They are flawed – JUST LIKE US! They’re only human – and that’s why we go to the movies. To watch people just like us. So wise, so wise…

Tarrantino is a genius in terms of storytelling.

Yes he may be obsessed with pop-culture a little bit and tends to digress a lot. But that’s what makes his films his. Gives his films personality and stylistic that you just don’t get in much other crap churned out every year.

The reason Pulp, Dogs and Brown are so memorable are the not the action scenes, blood or excentricity. It’s the crackling diaologue. The senseless conversations the colourful characters have with each other that sets them apart and makes them stick in our mind. Because we laugh at what they say and relate to it.

Whereas in 90% of all other movies like he said, the characters just talk about ‘the plot’ which is why they don’t resignate on the same level as his movies. The reason we laugh and like his apparantly brutal gangster characters is because they make witty observations about everyday life, they’re flawed like us and have similar sensibilites. Because gangsters are humans after all, they don’t just all go around talking about guns and money 24/7. They talk about TV, women, food, sex, sports, like everyone else.

So when he injects a sense of realism into these larger than life creations, we remember them and him for doing so.

All that combined with brilliant directing and clever storytelling and wa-la, Tarrantino-esque is born.

Why does he need to be ’saying something important’ in his movies. That’s ridiculous. What he’s doing is entertainment, not politics. His movies are not dummbed down and they don’t pander, he just doesn’t feel the need to ravish his personal opinion about things on a large scale or preach to his fucking audience. No cheese, no bullshit, no hidden messages. Just clever, cutting-edge filmmaking.

How you can say the man who wrote and directed Dogs and Pulp is not one of the greats is beyond me. And Brown was mature and more of a slow-burn. And Kill Bill was an action tour de-force in terms of directing and visual appeal.

He entertains, plays with our sensibilities, throws us about a bit and makes us laugh. He’s a rollercoster director not an activist. If you’re so interested in being preached at and people making messages then go listen to U2. Personally I have my own views and opinions on most things, I don’t need them dictated to me in a film.

Kill Bill may lack in “cultural relevance”, but still it is a true masterpiece and a vast cinematic achievement.
With JACKIE BROWN he made a more mature movie, and it is brilliant for what it is. Tarantino is extremely versatile.

If you feel that cinema should have a message and be “important”, you don’t understand the world of Quentin Tarantino one bit.

Back to the article, I agree with most of what you say. Although I find most of Tarantino’s very enjoyable to watch and hella entertaining, I wouldn’t call them masterpieces myself. I thought Death Proof was great, especially the portrayal of a maniacal Kurt Russel who goes about bringing pain to women while he himself screams at the slightest bit applied to him. Thought that was brilliant. That aside, I would have to disagree with your that Death Proof was a better movie, I mean come on, Planet of Terror has a minigun-for-a-leg woman, nuff said.

Perhaps not immensely mature movies nor masterful directing, Tarantino’s movies are great pieces of work. That said, I’d rather pick up a Scorsese movie over his any day.