Comment on How Would You Rank Quentin Tarantino's Films?
ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 1 week ago
Probably an unpopular opinion, but I’d swap Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight and Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown as blocks.
Pulp Fiction at the time was perfectly calibrated and groundbreaking, but I don’t think it holds up as well as actual film-making and feels gimmicky re-watching it - lots of needledrop moments but not a ton of character development. Jackie Brown is better but the pacing and script aren’t very tight. Reservoir Dogs was a few setpieces and filler. On the other hand, Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained are I think much more mature, tightly written and directed, and re-watchable. The Hateful Eight I think gets a bad rap because it seems like a small scope, but it’s again tightly written and reveals/develops characters in constantly interesting ways.
Agree on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood being at the bottom, though. That’s my reaction to most Hollywood-focused movies.