Quentin Tarantino's best film?

As director, Jackie Brown, Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained, Sin City. Pulp Fiction was OK, but I'm not a Travolta fan.

 

I'm surprised at the relative lack of love for Reservoir Dogs and the abundance of admiration for Jackie Brown.... I'm the complete opposite (RD would be in my top 3, while JB would be in my bottom 3).

 

I'm all Pulp Ficitioned out. I'm going with Jackie Brown, though I'll say I didn't love it at first!

 

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I agree,. I don't know what QT's role is in the making of movies, but I feel like most of the cool things his movies present have more to do with the lighting, color, and camera work more than anything else.

 

pulp

 

Pulp Fiction: The cut up effects with the narrative are brilliant. And Basterds rewrites history in a pretty cool way. Brown is probably underrated. But Django is his most serious film. I gotta go with that.

 

"Pulp Fiction" for me.

 

Pulp Fiction is the most important film in his body of work, but for me, Jackie Brown is his most substantial.

 

I would like to see him make a film that is not a genre/ homage film.

 

Jackie Brown, si?

 

Pulp Fiction is an utter tour de force, and an astounding achievement, but I have to put Reservoir Dogs ahead of it for 2 reasons:

1) RD is a stupendous film and presents itself as a far simpler and less sophisticated exercise. Obviously that's not entirely true, but that it succeeds despite a lack of apparent bells & whistles and is little more than a stage play, makes RD one of the very best films ever made in my book.
2) PF's greatest component (imo) wasn't written by Tarantino. I will never dispute the film's brilliance, but the removal of the gold watch conceit makes it a substantially less noteworthy film, and while QT naturally deserves credit for utilizing Avary's story, I can't give him full credit for it.

I enjoy all QT films (with the exception of the ponderous Kill Bill) but find the remainder to fall well below the threshold of RD and PF.

 

Pulp Fiction, by some distance, though I like Reservoir Dogs and bits of Inglorious Basterds

 

Agreed. No contest here.

 

Why is there no poll ?

 

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I've enjoyed them all except Django Unchained, IMO a big mess.

Thought his top two are Jackie Brown and Pulp Fiction.

 

Pulp Fiction. If for no other reason, for Samuel L. Jackson's final scene in the diner.

 

"Pulp Fiction" by a mile- #2 would have been "True Romance" if he'd directed it. He really needed Roger Avary who probably deserves most for the credit for the narrative structures (watch Avary's own "The Rules of Attraction" for evidence).

 

Probably "Pulp Fiction", though I seldom watch it.

I tend to watch "Kill Bill" more often. Maybe because it's on TV a lot. But I do enjoy it, even if it is long-winded.

"Jackie Brown" is kinda overlooked. It is a good little film. But not my favorite.

"Inglorious Basterds" might be his most mature work....except for those moments he throws in his Tarantinoisms which take me right out of the movie (for example the Sam Jackson voice-over interlude). I think there is an even better film in there that could have been found if edited differently. I still enjoyed it, though.

I like "Death Proof", but mainly due to Kurt Russell's presence. There were too many scenes of the girl's standing around talking that dragged on and on and on. Tiresome.

"Reservoir Dogs" is lean and mean. An excellent film. Now that I think about it maybe it is his best as it isn't bloated and excessive like most of his other works.

In summary....I can't decide. So I'll just say "Pulp Fiction" and go with the flow. I'm hoping "Hateful Eight" turns out as good as it's trailer looks and earns Kurt Russell a much-deserved oscar.

 

Pulp Fiction
Reservoir dogs
and....True romance

 

Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill for me. I love them both (or all three).

 

To me it's Jackie Brown. I think it's the only good picture he's ever made, and really the only time he hasn't lifted from untold amounts of others.
I was never a Pulp fan, but I've warmed to it a little bit over the years. The rest I loathe, particularly Resevoir CITY ON FIRE Dogs and Basterds which to me felt fundamentally broken.

But to each their own. My big gripe with QT has always been the lack of invention and the retreat towards embracing genre tropes as a "style" simply because he's pandering to an audience.

But seriously. Reservoir Dogs IS City on Fire, except with less story and some flashy dialogue here and there. Complete ripoff.

 

Django Unchained followed by Pulp Fiction, Followed by Kill Bill l & ll.