This Unnecessary Puta

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   Quentin Tarantino

   

   Quentin Tarantino is beige. Now, before all his crazy fans jump down my throat, hear me out.

   YES, Tarantino writes strong female characters. YES, Tarantino is able to get great performances out of actors and actresses and YES, he’s made some good movies.

   But that doesn’t change that Tarantino is very, very, very beige and relies heavily on the same formula for all of his films. This is his formula:

   1. “Witty” dialogue chock-full of pop culture references and swearing, and it’s probably said very fast.

   2. A non-chronological timeline

   3. A white person dropping the N-word or making another racist remark (i.e. “Jap” in Kill Bill)

   4. Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Madsen, Uma Thurman and/or Steve Buscemi appear or do a voiceover

   5. Some kind of Japanese reference (i.e. the katana in Pulp Fiction, the entire plot of KB vol. 1)

   6. Several different storylines that somehow end up intertwining

   7. Gratuitous shots of bare feet

   8. A trunk shot (or in lieu of one, a shot of a character looking up at another person looking down at them, such as the final shot of Inglourious Basterds where Hans Landa looks up at Tyler Durden and Ryan the Temp)

   9. Insisting on “acting” in some of his films

   10. And many, many more.

   Not unlike Tim Burton, Tarantino’s earlier stuff was great. I loved Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Jackie Brown. But his newer stuff relies so heavily on “trademarks” and pop culture references and Tarantino seems to think that “paying homage” is more important than coming up with fun, unique storylines. Yes, we get that you’ve seen more movies than we have, Quentin, there’s no need to constantly reference them and, in some cases, copy them shot-for-shot. His films are basically the same story but with different names (and, in some cases, the same name, see: Vega, a nurse named Bonnie and Marvin all appear or are mentioned in PF and RD off the top of my head) and different settings. Everything is so very formulaic that it becomes annoying.

   And the worst thing is, people spray their shorts over this guy, calling him so visionary and creative when he just borrows (or steals) elements from other films, “tweaks” it and calls it his own. Whether or not he made it better is irrelevant – he still steals other people’s ideas and claims he’s paying homage. Go to the IMDb page for any Tarantino movie and click “Connections” and marvel at how many “homages” he makes.

   Basically, Tarantino is a beige who thinks he’s some kind of bright red. And while I can’t deny that the man has made some good movies and that he always writes likable, well-rounded women, it’s hard to call him original when so much of his stuff is borrowed.

   Classification: Beige. Just… beige.

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      God, you guys: QUENTIN TARANTINO IS GLEE. You know, minus...part about strong female...

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      Tarantino only has non-chronological timeline in two movies. In some movies (like Kill Bill) he uses flashback. It’s not...

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