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This is a normal post Are you actually being serious?
Allow me to list his films since Reservoir Dogs that have been brilliant.

Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Kill Bill Part 1
Kill Bill Part 2
Death Proof

Granted, the man doesn't do a lot of work, but he is pretty much batting a thousand.

Now, let's compare that with JJ Abrams:

Mission:Impossible III
Star Trek

Now, I haven't seen Star Trek, and I have heard good things about so ok. However, you can not even compare Abrams to Tarantino.

And to be honest, saying something like "[Tarantino] Hasn't made a good film since Reservoir Dogs, and that wasn't very good either." actually shows up how much of a cretin you are.
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 15:58, Reply)
This is a normal post ^this
one agrees with this statement
 (I helped save b3ta! Frisbee OG wanker, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 16:01, Reply)
This is a normal post Lest we also forget that he wrote
True Romance and Natural Born Killers.
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 16:08, Reply)
This is a normal post Bollocks
He's a hack. Every movie he's ever made has been a massive rip off of somebody else work, por relies on someone elses work for the best bits of the film. And the NBK treatment he wrote wan't even the one that Stone used to make the movie. He's a rip off merchant who doesn't erven have the good grace to tell everyone who he's used for his newest "original" film. Just see Ringo Lam and City On Fire, then come back and say he's original and talented. And his dialoghue sucsk now. Oh, and Kill Bill 1 and 2 were two terrible and self indulgent films that could've been one average movie.
 (unreliablemonkeybutler, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 20:10, Reply)
This is a normal post aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand the American film industry
is currently brimming over with talent, who are producing stuff way better then QT right now.....
 (I helped save b3ta! The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 20:22, Reply)
This is a normal post Well, thats not really relevant now is it?
I'm not critiquing the Hollywood system, but Tarantino. Hush up.
 (unreliablemonkeybutler, Mon 10 Aug 2009, 10:31, Reply)
This is a normal post I don't care how many films he's made.
I don't like his face.
 (I helped save b3ta! OneSullenBrit *air sandwiches*, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 16:09, Reply)
This is a normal post Ha ha ha!
His accent annoys me so I am going to say everything he has ever done is utter wank! ;)
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 16:11, Reply)
This is a normal post Let's be fair here 'sushi,
the only brilliant film out of that Tarantino list you've mentioned is Jackie Brown.
Pulp Fiction is over hyped for what it is, Kill Bill was indulgent dross, and as for Death Proof, it was an interesting distraction at best.

J. Brown has the best cast, best acting, best story and best dialogue of anything he's done since 'Dogs

/lol omg opinionz on the internet lolz
 (I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 16:12, Reply)
This is a normal post Oh of course sir,
I am expressing personal opinion here. However, I am pretty sure that you wouldn't come out calling him a cretin and stating that even Reservoir Dogs wasn't very good at all. I personally would say that J Brown is my favourite Tarantino film, but Pulp Fiction would be second with Dogs third. All personal opinion of course :)
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 16:15, Reply)
This is a normal post Again, resevoir dogs is not his own movie.
Its an americanised version of City on Fire, down to the double handgun stylistic thing. Plus, City on Fire has Chow Yun Fat being all good and Hong Kong and that
 (unreliablemonkeybutler, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 20:11, Reply)
This is a normal post City is fire is quite poor
And it is very different to Reservoir dogs.
 (Potatoman, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 20:56, Reply)
This is a normal post Fair Point.
But it was a large influence on Resevoir Dogs. I just can't stand Tarantino, he's started to become intolerable. No good films in at least 10 years plus arsehole credentials equals unlikable up himself wanker.
 (unreliablemonkeybutler, Mon 10 Aug 2009, 10:59, Reply)
This is a normal post Pulp Fiction had a lot of firsts and broke down a lot of barriers that are now imitated mercilessly
not the least of which was the way he humanized the bad guys by way of passing-the-time banter. without pulp fiction you'd never have had Sexy Beast, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels or Snatch, anything like that.
 (I helped save b3ta! AgentMuu hentai coordination, Mon 10 Aug 2009, 22:26, Reply)
This is a normal post OK
i wasn't saying JJ Abrams was any good either. I was just stating how overrated Tarantino is.

You bring up his track record. I call every single film he's done post-Dogs is mere droll. JJ Abrams isn't the most original of directors (i.e sequals, revamps in Godzilla, Star Trek) but at least he breathed new life into everything he's done. Tarantino, in comparison, merely takes pop culture references and squeezes every last breath out of them.

Pulp Fiction is just a homage to 70s chic.
Jackie Brown a continuation, and just futhers my point on unoriginality that he took so long to make, directly following Fiction.
Kill Bill in itself was terrible, but the man is so vain that not only is he parodying Western takes on Asian filmmaking that it starts to parody his older work.
And Death Proof was simply boring and misogynistic.

There was tension in Dogs. That's what made it interesting. It didn't feel like a homage, it had closer ties to theatre than anything made in the 60s and 70s. He threw all that away with a constant string overstyled shout-outs. Balls to the man.
 (iainhasaface is freezing, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 16:16, Reply)
This is a normal post Meh, we'll just have to agree to disagree here I guess.
And who cares anyway, Brewster's Millions is on now....
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 16:33, Reply)
This is a normal post This
In fuckin spades! Tarrontino should be arrested for the amount of plagourism in 'his' work!
 (Foo_Kinnell all the cut will be absorbed by it been a dog, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 18:41, Reply)
This is a normal post A plagour on both your houses!

(I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 19:10, Reply)
This is a normal post
In response to the 'breathing new life in to star trek' bit.

New life was breathed in to Batman, the difference is, it didn't shit all over Batmans core audience.
 (Dijital Flouncing Back!, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 19:45, Reply)
This is a normal post Ha!
Great comment. And probably why the new Batman films are superior. But i never really watched the Star Trek series so it didn't bother me all that much.
 (iainhasaface is freezing, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 19:52, Reply)
This is a normal post Plus
the Abrams/Tarantino debate was only down to the content in the video. No-one brought it up.

And anyone who says 'i haven't seen *said film*, but...' has no scope of the arguement as a whole, and opinion as thus is invalid.
 (iainhasaface is freezing, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 16:44, Reply)
This is a normal post Excuse me?
I said I haven't seen Star Trek but I have heard good things about it. I have not passed judgment on it and wouldn't as I haven't seen it.
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 16:48, Reply)
This is a normal post
I was just pointing out that you can't make a comment like 'you can not even compare Abrams to Tarantino' when you haven't even seen Abrams' full body of work.

Not that i was comparing them, originally.
 (iainhasaface is freezing, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 17:01, Reply)
This is a normal post Well yes, of course you can.
So for example, I have not heard all of The Beatles work, and I haven't heard all of The Beach Boys work. However, I can still comment and compare them.
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 17:06, Reply)
This is a normal post You can
but your opinion won't be as valid as someone who HAS heard all of each artists' work.
 (iainhasaface is freezing, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 17:11, Reply)
This is a normal post What complete and utter, unbridled bollocks.

(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 17:32, Reply)
This is a normal post and how, exactly?
The validity of your opinion is weighed directly upon how much exposure you've had to whatever topic of choice. In any medium.

I'm sorry mate but the second anyone goes 'I haven't seen it, but...' i just switch off. Doesn't cut the mustard.
 (iainhasaface is freezing, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 17:43, Reply)
This is a normal post I said I haven't seen it, but I have heard good things about it.
I wasn't going to say it was shit, and I wasn't going to say it was good. I haven't seen it, so I can't express my opinion. I was stating that I could not pass judgment upon it for that exact reason as part of the bigger statement. Either you are being deliberately obtuse here, or you really do need to sort your head out.
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 18:04, Reply)
This is a normal post That is not what i am pointing out
What i am saying is, in your original post you stated 'Now, let's compare that with JJ Abrams' whilst not seeing all his work. That is what is annoying me. Nothing obtuse about it. Fairly simple.
 (iainhasaface is freezing, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 18:16, Reply)
This is a normal post I haven't seen all of Tarantino's films, but...
...I want to pick you up and shake you until all the stupid falls out.
 (I helped save b3ta! OneSullenBrit *air sandwiches*, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 17:00, Reply)
This is a normal post *cough*Dusk til Dawn*cough*
レッド寿司 I would totally go gay go Clooney in that film.

I much prefer john hughes :-(
 (I helped save b3ta! @RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Sun 9 Aug 2009, 17:16, Reply)
This is a normal post ^this
The first sentence.
 (I helped save b3ta! Ping_Pang_Piddley_Dee couldn't give a big shiny fuck., Sun 9 Aug 2009, 17:17, Reply)
This is a normal post You mean
You DONT prefer John Hughes ;-)
 (I helped save b3ta! @RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Sun 9 Aug 2009, 18:28, Reply)
This is a normal post He didn't direct that though did he?

(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 17:31, Reply)
This is a normal post *cough*four rooms*cough*
this bit:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9exU6RHm1bw
 (I helped save b3ta! @RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Sun 9 Aug 2009, 17:59, Reply)
This is a normal post pulp fiction was ok
if you watch it too much it seems a bit pretentious

the others you meantioned are shit though
 (I helped save b3ta! Reme Philips laid an epic dump on, Sun 9 Aug 2009, 22:15, Reply)