Really Overrated Directors

[Rushian King]

Well, this thread is about directors you feel are over rated and imo Tarentino fits the bill for me personally. His movies seem to rely on violence(admittedly more than sex and I admit I may have mispoken about the sex part although there is one gratutous scene in Jackie Brown that comes to mind). In my opinion, he just goes about things in a juvenile way. I get the feeling he is thinking something like "oh boy look what I can get away with in this. I'm so cool." However, everyone has their opinions and I wouldn't expect many people to see where I am coming from with this or agree with me and that's perfectly fine.

I think his homages to previous filmmakers not in the Hollywood mainstream or to foreign filmmakers as well as his overall quirkiness makes him popular with film geeks but I don't know how well thought of his movies play to mainstream critics overall. The opening scene in Inglourious Basterds at the farm is a terrific scene, but then he goes over the top goofy at other times. I liked the movie overall but would rather have had him continue that tone throughout. Or at least have made 2 separate movies. Django Unchained has the same problem. He has elements that work great and elements that grate. He clearly has the talent to be a consistently great filmmaker but his quirky stuff interrupts it too much sometimes. Edited August 18, 2017 by Rushian King

[Rushian King]

Well, this thread is about directors you feel are over rated and imo Tarentino fits the bill for me personally. His movies seem to rely on violence(admittedly more than sex and I admit I may have mispoken about the sex part although there is one gratutous scene in Jackie Brown that comes to mind). In my opinion, he just goes about things in a juvenile way. I get the feeling he is thinking something like "oh boy look what I can get away with in this. I'm so cool." However, everyone has their opinions and I wouldn't expect many people to see where I am coming from with this or agree with me and that's perfectly fine.

 

I thought the Kill Bills were overrated. In fact, I dislike all of his 21st century movies. I'm not sure how much they're overrated though since I don't hear too much praise for The Hateful Eight or Django. Inglourious Basterds seemed to get a lot of praise though and I disliked almost all of that.

 

Basically, any praise he gets from me is only directed towards Reservoir Dogs, Pulp, and Jackie Brown. Those 3 are as good as his 21st century films are bad. So for me, that's 20 years since he's made something enjoyable + that's less than half of his movies that I enjoyed.

Yes his first 3 are his best. After that he tries too hard. But I still like his output overall this century. He gets terrific performances and his writing is still top notch. I just wish he'd focus and make a 'normal' movie because he's capable of greatness.

[Rushian King]

PS: As a fan I think Tarantino's output overall is overrated. :)