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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.
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Quentin Tarantino movie received.
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Hello – So Reservoir Dogs was in your bar skit – that is the movie I could bearly watch and stopped watching – NOT MY THING. It is sunny but NO SNOW. Thanks for the apples and caramel – was good. GOOD MOVIE PAGE.
Hey BERN1960…if you never finished the movie then you will never know how good Reservoir Dogs is….lol. You are welcome for the apples. Thanks for checking out my latest movie page.
Hey friend. Thanks for the e-mail and the laugh this morning. I really enjoyed your bar scene. Sounds like a good movie. Keep up the good work.
Hey YankeesRule….look time since you have visited….good to see you. Glad you enjoyed my little skit…maybe not a movie…but maybe a Saturday Night Live skit.
Very funny stuff, I really laughed out loud about them asking Shyamalan to bring his Razzies. Job well done. I would rank the three fighting directors (1) Tarantino (2) Shyamalan (3) Nolan. Sorry never been a big Nolan fan.
Hey Shawn…glad you got a kick out of the Razzie line….I thought that was funny as well. Surprised you are not much of a Nolan fan…but I respect your opinion. Thanks for the comment
Wow I would have enjoyed being part of that conversation and picking their brains. I never had a Shiner Bock or a Red Apple, but I would have gone with the flow. Of the three I would go with Quentin. Fun, witty, detailed and awesome!
Hey Sunshine…I am glad you enjoyed my conversation….Shiner Bock beers are real….but Red Apple cigarettes are a fictional brand that show up in many Tarantino movies. Thanks for the compliments and the visit.
Loved your opening play Bruce, hilarious and worthy of it’s own page.
I’ve seen all the movies on this page except M. Night’s Wide Awake and Nolan’s Following.
Of the three directors I’d pick Tarantino as my favourite followed by Nolan and Shyamalamadingdong.
Pulp Fiction no.1 it has to be, my fave of his films. I also have a soft spot for Kill Bill Vol.1 not so much Vol.2. My fondness for HK and Japanese cinema will account for that and Kill Bill vol.1 is less ‘chatty’ than his other films which is a refreshing change.
Btw Grindhouse combines both Robert Rodriguez movie Planet Terror with Tarantino’s Death Proof, so at first glance it looks like you left out Death Proof from his movielist. I know you wanted to count them both so you can sort out the moviescore but Death Proof did get a seperate release in many British and European theaters and maybe US theaters too.
Hey Steve…thanks for stopping by. When I was trying to think about who to include with Nolan and Tarantino….it actually took me awhile to come up with M. Night Shyamalan. Which just goes to show how far he has fallen. I was a huge fan of his after The Sixth Sense…that lasted until I saw The Village at the theater….talk about a movie with bad word of mouth. I thought Signs was outstanding…..a scary movie with a scary cornfield to boot.
I think The Dark Knight finished behind Inception was simply because Inception got a Best Picture Oscar nom….while The Dark Knight was given a huge snub in that category. I would say I think you will enjoy The Following if you ever watch it….it is black and white and you can see he had some talent in his first low budget film.
Which gets us to Tarantino…I agree Pulp Fiction is his best….I have never been a fan of the Kill Bill movies…so I am not eagerly awaiting for the third one to come out. As for DeathProof/Grindhouse/Terror Planet….in the states they released as one movie…they never got an individual release except on DVD….I am still trying to find a DVD of both movies with the fake previews included.
Speaking of DVDs….my local Blockbusters are closing their doors….and today they started selling their movies at $1.99 each…needless to say my BluRay collection skyrocketed in number today. Thanks for your comments.