Tarantino is such a theif

Anyway, I think Tarantino is overrated. It's cool to "quote" and such, and Tarantino's films I would say are: Big homage's to his favourite films-genres with some naturalistic/funny dialgog. But nothing else. I think it runs around people who know some world cinema history, that they recognize tarantino as even boring. Yep. I mean, it is not surprising that someone who's film history starts let's say, as late as the 80's, and with hollywood films, goes head over heels with pulp fiction. I'm not saying it's a bad film, hey, it's funny and i like it, but it's just okay and cool. A little film COMPLETELY overrated. The thing is, if you know your history, Tarantino is like the boy in the class with good memory but no imagination. Or little of it.

Now it could be Tarantino's own great faculty to lavish expensive production values to films that never originally did. He's a genre vomiter. He eats the old films (blaxploitation, old kung fu films, hong kong action movies), eats some money the Weinstein's gave him, then regurgitates it all and disorders it a la Kubrick, etc. Show it to film-alzheimer ridden youngsters and there you go - you hit the jackpot.

Tarantino is the master quoter-translator-embellisher.

Maybe he's not even trying to pass as an ateur, but he is certainly taken for one by all those obliged information eaters without film memory. I mean, come on: how difficult is it to watch a film just because it's in black & white and not english?

I wish they would let Tarantino alone and make him do his little nerd films so they would have more integrity. Maybe they would have... or maybe, Tarantino wouldn't be at all withouth this whole system around him... Hmmmm...

Anyway, my favourite Tarantino film is Jackie Brown and i wish I'd seen the long version. I think that's one case of artistic integrity broken by the savage money makers - supported by the idiotic masses that feed them the money in the first place. It takes one hysteric to make a half assed product be better remembered than it's original rich inspiration.

Even though I may say that I myself don't particularly like hong kong action films and kung fu stuff that inspired Kill Bill, I can say it's okay that you can watch it as a summary of those old films. Nonetheless, I didn't like the film so much, and this is not one of those old films perfected - it's one passed through the lens of gringo cinema, digested for it's massive disgusting audience. And they love it! ...I wonder how much they would enjoy old kung fu films if they were in english...

Reservoir Dogs is another case of quote... wait a minute: almost ripoff, of City on Fire by Ringo Lam. Downright to dialogues and camera placement and whole sequences. Yeah, Tarantino doesn't deserve all that money. The world is a strange place indeed.

Let's remember what he did to Roger Avery on the crediting and participation on Pulp Fiction (he's the guy who co-wrote it). I remember certain incident on an awards ceremony... ;)

This guy sometimes looks like an opportunist! Ha ha

Has anyone read his last interview in Cahiers Du Cinema? He does seem to be a bit out of it lately... I think all that fame isn't necesarily good to your head.

Now if Tarantino would really want to make a homage, why doesn't he help Godard go on making films? Maybe he could have a double "Arthouse" film, replacing that studio rubbish churner, time loser hack of robert rodriguez for Godard and letting the master take charge. But Tarantino is on the side of Hollywood, never forget that... it's the side where you go into films to forget your life rather than remember it.

I think all cinema's should have a sign before buying the ticket that says: Are you ready to risk around 2 hours of your day (of your life!) on this film?

Then maybe people would think twice, be more clear on their tastes and do a bit of research before going into a hollywood movie again. Maybe the film world would be better. Oh the beauty! hahaha

Well, all of this may seem a jealous ranting because he's doing the big films and Godard isn't. Well, that's exactly what it is. I wish the world would be more in tune with what I like (and some others do too) and give space for art and reflection that melds with life, like Godard and so many others, rather than let Tarantino choke on cocaine and chicks and make forgettable films like his...

But, it's always been like this and I hope really hard it changes. Or are the masses always the biggest common d(en)ominator?