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This page was originally part of a Tarantino, M. Night Shyamalan and Christopher Nolan movie page. Part of that original page was this little skit I wrote that looked at all three of their movie careers. I figured even though I was giving each director his own page on my new website that I would still include the skit.
Christopher, Quentin and M.Night are at a bar drinking Shiner Bock beers, smoking Red Apple cigarettes and arguing about who will be the next Spielberg.
Quentin: It has to be me, I have been directing movies for over 20 years, my Pulp Fiction is a classic, people love my Kill Bill movies, Reservoir Dogs put independent movies on the map while Inglourious Basterds was a box office hit and picked up 8 Oscar® nominations. And my latest movie, Django Unchained, was my biggest box office hit of my career.
M. Night: You’ve been around the longest but you have only made 9 movies in 20 years and Four Rooms, Jackie Brown and Death Proof died at the box office, while The Hateful Eight has to go down as disappointing…that is not a good percentage.
Christopher: You got no room to talk M., you have not had a box office success since The Village, and most people have hated every movie you have made since Signs….talk about some movies with horrible reviews….you got The Village, Lady in the Water, The Happening , The Last Airbender and After Earth all lined up in a row.
M. Night: Well Mr. Nolan, at least Quentin and I have an Oscar® nomination for Best Director in our resume. And I know you remember how I was considered to be the next Spielberg after the success of The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs. I think you are forgetting The Last Airbender earned over $300 million in worldwide box office and was the 21st biggest hit of the year…plus After Earth did pretty well overseas. And you have to admit many people were impressive The Visit.
Quentin: I actually have two Best Director Oscar® nominations…but who is counting. Sorry to have to tell you M. Night, but I do not think anybody has compared you to Spielberg in a very longtime….and as for The Last Airbender, true it made some money but I think it was the worst reviewed movie in the last 20 years….and I think the less said about After Earth the better.
Christopher: Speaking of box office hits…do you know my last four movies have a worldwide box office over 3 billion dollars? That includes The Dark Knight that crossed a billion at the box office, Inception which earned over $800 million and The Dark Knight Rises which also crossed the one billion mark. My latest blockbuster, Interstellar, picked up $672 million. And oh by the way……now I am considered the next Spielberg….sorry I took that title away from you M. Night.
M. Night: Maybe the last ten years have been a little rough for my movies, but I can and will bounce back. My next movie is going to…..
Quentin: Sorry to interrupt you M.Night, but I do not think The Visit is going to save your reputation. As for you Chris, I loved Memento, The Prestige, and Insomnia but I think the Batman movies are overrated and I still do not understand your dream inside a dream inside a dream movie. And don’t even get me started on the ending of Interstellar….
Christopher: Hey I am sorry if you are not smart enough to figure out Inception, but I will try and explain it for you and don’t worry I will go real slow so maybe you will finally understand.
Quentin: (Reaches into his bag and slams two Oscars® down on the table) I am smart enough to know that this proves I am the best director in this group!
Christopher: You got those Oscars® for the screenplays for Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained, not for directing it. I’ll show you an award for directing…here is my COFCA (Central Ohio Film Critics Association) award for Best Director for Inception.
M. Night: I did not know we were supposed to bring our directing awards tonight.
Quentin: Yeah you could have brought either one of your Razzie awards as worst director for either The Happening or The Last Airbender.
At this point M.Night swipes the Oscar® and the COFCA off the table and a huge fight breaks out among the three directors. While the fight continues an older gentlemen who had been listening to the conversation grabs his stuff, pays his bill and starts to leave the bar.
Older gentleman to bartender: (Shaking his head in dismay) I just do not understand these younger directors…they have so much more to learn.
Bartender: I agree with you 100%….have a great night Mr. Spielberg….oh by the way….loved Bridge of Spies.
Quentin Tarantino’s IMDb page shows 19 directing credits since 1983. This page will rank 15 Quentin Tarantino movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. His television shows, shorts and straight to DVD movies were not included in the rankings.
Quentin Tarantino Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Quentin Tarantino Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Quentin Tarantino movies co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Quentin Tarantino movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost.
- Sort Quentin Tarantino movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost.
- Sort Quentin Tarantino movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Quentin Tarantino movie received.
- Sort Quentin Tarantino movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
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HI BRUCE As you should know by now my repertoire of stock clichés contains one that was handed down to me by Baby Houseman’s father in Dirty Dancing: “When I’m wrong I SAY I’m wrong!” Accordingly I confess you were perceptive in concluding that in view of its subject matter Once upon a Time in Manchester is one Tarantino film that I WOULD enjoy.
On your recommendation I went to see it last night and was reasonably entertained and the name-dropping appealed to me – even Dick Van Dyke got a mention! I thought that in particular the near-end fight scenes with the dog and finally in the swimming pool were enthralling if gory. Helakoski on this page was of course unhappy with the ending to the movie, but I was OK with. Indeed I thought the fade-out was quite innovative.
Therefore I cannot quarrel with your overall 88% rating for the film. The music too was splendid and indeed some of it reminded me of the 1972 Godpop’s score. If I did disagree, with your rating I wouldn’t dare say so as Mr Gimme More’s daughter was in it – and I am just keeping my fingers crossed that Once Upon a Time—- does not join Split as a companion piece on Mr Moore’s grosses page! [I gather that Andie McDowell and Ethan Hawke/Uma Thurman’s daughters were also in it as ‘Manson children’?
What never ceases to surprise me though is that it is only when I see him in action sequences -and 2004’s Troy provides other examples-that I realize how burly Brad Pitt actually is. Apparently in real life he can be a “gentle soul”. I am aware of some locals mentioning that when filming over here in Ireland he would sneak down in the middle of the night from his hotel room and make himself a sandwich, chatting all the while with the kitchen staff while he munched! Another point in his favor is that he has been a constant co-star of Gorgeous George [The Danny Ocean franchise and Burn After Reading]. I am surprised that Steve hasn’t claimed Brad as one of his own action idols.
In short anyway: for once you were right and I was wrong. However as I’ve told you that the Great Caruso said to my singing idol McCormack when for one year only John’s records outsold Enrico’s – don’t let it happen again!
Bob, funny you should mention Brad Pitt… he’s on the way… time of arrival… some time tomorrow. His co-star on friday.
Glad you liked OUATIH. I think Bruce liked it too. I haven’t seen it but will blind buy it when it pops up on blu-ray later this year.
HI STEVE
Look forward to Brad tomorrow – topical you might say!
So disappointed with Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Long drawn out and then rushed the final act. What a waste!
Hey Helakoski….Ouch…..those are some pretty damning words about the movie. Sorry you did not enjoy the movie. Thanks for the mini-review…..hope your enjoy weekend.
I have never liked any of Tarantino’s movies and have long considered Pulp Fiction one of the most over-hyped and overrated movies ever, though I liked Willis and Travolta in it.
It was OK but in my estimation not a 94% review rated film as the above table suggests it is. IMDB is a bit more moderate with 89%, but personally I would consider 75% give-or-take about right though its subject matter wouldn’t interest me even if, technically, it merited 100%.
I see that Once upon a Time in Hollywood runs for about two and three quarter hours and how anyone can sit through Quentin’s drab and pretentious stuff for that length of time truly amazes me. There is in my view a mistaken attitude today that thinks that length=quality and I suspect that if I did got to see “Hollywood” I would come to the same conclusion as Helakosky but as I am not a masochist I don’t intend to put the matter to the test.
I have seen just Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs among the films listed above and that was two Tarantino movies too many. and left me wishing to avoid more. Accordingly since I don’t intend to see “Hollywood” I must leave to others to argue the merits or otherwise of the film.
I realize that to those who like Quentin’s flicks these comments will seem like some of Joel Hirschhorn’s extremely negative stuff but I can’t help that as one of the things that really annoy me about today’s critics class is how they can successfully con the public into excessively admiring mountebanks like Tarantino.
Apologies for spelling Helakoski’s name slightly wrong in my previous post.
Hey Bob…I am sure one UMR Hall of Famer can easily forgive another UMR Hall of Famer for an error….pretty sure she is pretty forgiving….lol.
Hey Bob. Well…he has made 9 movies as a director…..I loved Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. I really liked Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight…though the first one dragged on too long and the second one got rid of Kurt Russell too soon. I did not like either of the Kill Bill movies (especially the first one). I am split on Inglorious Bastards (I need to re-watch that one) and I thought Deathproof was a disappointment….even with Russell in the lead role….so I am not sure how I will respond to Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
Sorry you did not enjoy either of the two you have seen….we will have to agree to disagree on those two movies. The amount of people that do not think Pulp Fiction is not a modern classic are few…..but then again every movie has people that do not like them…from Gon With The Wind to Citizen Kane to Lawrence of Arabia to Pulp Fiction.
I would suspect….you might enjoy this new one…if with a long long running time. A behind the scenes look at movies and in the late 1960s. I am sure you would get more of the references than I would. Good feedback…even though many would not agree with you.
HI BRUCE “The amount of people that do not think Pulp Fiction is not a modern classic are few,” you say.
Historians have credited Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew [or those advising them] with a stroke of genius in apparently inventing or at least using the description “The Silent Majority” – by definition it couldn’t criticize the Nixon administration and those who did were obviously not part of The Silent Majority. Not everybody broadcasts their views about a movie and I’m convinced The Silent Majority support my opinion of Pulp Fiction !!
I remember once a life-style guru advising his readers to never be afraid to challenge the views of a supposed majority as often the greater the ‘mass’ of opinion involved the greater the odds that much of it would be swayed by prejudice and/or the views of perceived experts. You are probably aware that The Donald doesn’t think much of ‘experts’. I personally don’t really share many of his views on things but now that you have acquainted this site with ‘L Ron Hubbard’ I think Mr President may have a point in that respect at least – though to be fair to ole Joeley he was not afraid to be an ‘outlier’ when it came to rubbishing Brando. Two fictitious characters have always been among my own favorites-
1/Charles Bickford in The Big Country who, thinking Chuck was going to desert him in his hour of need, said “Go ahead – I’ve been on my own before.”
2/ The woman who stood in line to see her son march off to war and who suddenly turned to another onlooker and said “Look-everyone’s out of step but my Johnnie!”
Anyway as your review ratings are the conclusions of a ‘committee’ [a variety of sources] I am never sure how far YOU agree with the assessments so thank you for sharing with me your detailed thoughts on Quentin and his films. “Voted Up!”
Good points Bob…..I liked number one and number two…..thanks for sharing these thoughts.
A great article on 3 great directors, all of whom have produced unique work – 6th sense, Memento and Pulp Fiction stand out for me as 3 films that best represent the director’s best work to date.
Who is the best? Pick your favourite film, but you will never get a scientific breakdown, not using turnover, ratings, oscars etc. as this is subjective. Who is the best painter ever? The best dancer? The best musician?
Great movie page, very thought provoking.
Roly
Hey Roly….thanks for the visit and the comment. I think you picked out three movies that will only improve with time. Memento is what put Nolan on the map….and no matter how big he gets…..Memento will always be one of his greatest movies. Pulp Fiction is simply one of the greatest movies ever…up there with the Citizen Kane and Vertigo of the world. 6th Sense…a classic as well….and younger people are still being surprised by the ending….13 years later.
You make a good point about…picking the best is subjective…..but it makes for a good conversation.
LOL This is outstanding, Cogerson! I’m shocked that Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Bastards only got one Oscar! I friggen love Inglorious; suck a great movie!
This page is definitely very creative and outstanding! Voted up and tweeted!
Thanks for stopping by….KDUBarry….I think Pulp Fiction would get more Oscars if the voting was held today….not so sure about Inglorious Bastards. Glad you enjoyed this page…..and thanks for such nice words.