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Tarantino no longer directing THE MOVIE CRITIC as his final film
- Thread starter Scullibundo
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Pretty much this, though I'd easily toss Once Upon at the bottom of his works.
As he's gone along, he's certainly polished his style more, but it seems to have come more at a cost of more engaging stories and arcs and just fallen into a little more predictable Tarantino navel gazing. I also preferred when he didn't constantly fall back to the same stars for his leads and would elevate smaller actors or actors that were seemingly in a rut/typecast and would pull some really good work out of them (Scorsese also tends to use the same leads, but I've never been much of a fan so I'm less bothered by it there). We still get some of that in the supporting roles, at least.
KB was a blast but I'm also in the "let's do something new" category. I'm franchised out and Tarantino at his best can do some really interesting, quirky work, and I'd far sooner see more of that.
If 3 ever gets made they gotta incorporate that into the marketingLET'S FUCKING GO
Tarantino could have walked away from The Movie Critic for any number of reasons. He's told of how he nearly put Inglorious Basterds on the shelf because he couldn't find an actor to portray Hans Landa convincingly (he needed someone who was fluent in English, French, German, and a little Italian.) It was only when he found Christoph Waltz that QT said, "It looks like we're making a movie."
QT has said he considers OUATIH to be the climax of his career, and that the tenth film would be a little more "epilog-y." and that doesn't sound big budget.
It's a movie of incredible individual moments, that pushes forward to an ending that nobody saw coming.
There was forward momentum as they introduced the characters - people we have read about the murders in real life so it's slowly piecing together the tension of how those murders transpired.
I certainly didn't expect that ending when I walked into the movie and the theater I saw it in here in BK were just as surprised by it. Everyone thought it would go the way it historically went….until it didn't.
For me it's in his top 2-3 best films easily.
Driving scene ended in a horrific accident that almost killed her, the strangling with the chain was real, etc.
Basically it was a fraught experience.
AFAIK she said she'd still work with him.
"Luminaries" like Sydney Pollock and Francis Ford Coppola are probably careers that Tarantino wants to avoid.
Look at Pollock, did Absence of Malice, Tootsie and Out of Africa in the 80s then a string of drek in the 90s.
Coppola had a lot of great movies in the 70s, 80s and 90s. But, also some bad movies in-between the good ones. Like Jack in the 90s. Remember Jack? The movie where Robin Williams plays a 10 year old boy?
Yeah, perhaps Tarantino wants to avoid his Jack moment and get out while the getting is good.
Also, there's whatever it was Coppola was trying to do in the early 2000s.
Kill Bill is his best work imo, but the fact that he already made two movies in that universe and that Pt. 2 wrapped up the loose end that I actually cared about from it would make a sequel be ehhh. If anything I think another movie in the Pulp Fiction universe would be more interesting since that world felt like it had a lot to it and it's probably his most beloved film, but honestly I don't see a sequel to either of those being something he'd want to do.
I like Once Upon A Time, I think it's in the upper half of his movies, very well made, though it is kinda meandering and slow (if intentionally so, but it's not to my tastes). I'd be more interested in something like it than a lot of things he could be doing, though.
I like Once Upon A Time, I think it's in the upper half of his movies, very well made, though it is kinda meandering and slow (if intentionally so, but it's not to my tastes). I'd be more interested in something like it than a lot of things he could be doing, though.
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No Bram Stoker's Dracula or The Rainmaker, no Cast Away or Flight, hell Ron Howard basically only starts putting out good movies after his 10th. Carpenter and Columbus might have a point, but I'd say that Carpenter is also very precious about what movies he makes, and could probably deliver something great if he came out of retirement.
If Ridley stops at 10 he doesn't even make it to Gladiator, let alone Black Hawk Down, Kingdom of Heaven, The Martian, The Last Duel...
I wonder if anyone at Paramount is making a push to convince the suits to offer him a blank check and free rein to make a Star Trek movie.
Also I really hope to see him do more collaborations with Robert Rodriguez in the future. From Dusk Till Dawn remains the actual best Tarantino movie.
Also I really hope to see him do more collaborations with Robert Rodriguez in the future. From Dusk Till Dawn remains the actual best Tarantino movie.
I want to see him tackle something resevoir dogs, true romance, pulp fiction, jackie brown-esque. sleezy crime stuff. doesn't necessarily have to be modern, but his last 4 movies have been historical in setting so it'd be fresh to return to his roots a bit
Being serious now, I'm excited for whatever he ends up doing.
But I still want his take on Star Trek. ☹️
She got a permanent injury from a car crash on set from that opening scene from Kill Bill Vol 2. She came out about it while also speaking about her experience with Weinstein and at the time said she swore off doing any more films with Tarantino.
Now her daughter, Maya Hawke, was in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood so maybe the two are on better terms but that admission did kind of expose why Volume 3 never happened.
Believe no QT project is actually happening until you're in the theater watching it is my motto
I mean people have been saying "this is his worst movie" or "I wish he would go back to making movies like he used to" since Jackie Brown.
Personally I'd rather watch Hateful Eight over OUATIH any day. I like all his films though.
Hateful Eight is easily my favorite of all of them. Poor OB!
Good piece, sums up my thoughts exactly.
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Some of us are also creative types. It's weird. Counterintuitive to creating art, on its face. Maybe it works for him but it does seem like it creates an expectation for the art. Why not stop at 9? OUATIH is basically perfect, if that is the goal maybe he should just stop? 🤷♂️
QT is a talker. Maybe he's not actually attached to the number, but as an observer, the notion of 10 is weird.
Tarantino should still make his Star Trek movie, but as a TV Pilot. Easy way for him to circumvent his self-imposed limit. Talk about having his cake and eating it.
Oh I agree with you 100%. I was just kinda ranking Tarantino as an attraction versus other directors who were names in their respective times.
why.... why not just dont watch the movies, Why would you want something to be done you wont even see anyway?
seems to petty
