Well, it's been ten films in twenty-seven years, and this dude still hasn't made a bad film! Most impressive! So now, to celebrate the release of his newest hit, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, I would like to do a tribute for his phenomenal resume, by ranking and analyzing each movie!
Overall, I concluded that the one thing that Tarantino knows how to do best in his films is knowledge and command of the subject matter. Each of these films range in subjects and time periods from the old west to WWII Germany to 1969 Hollywood to present-day LA; yet Tarantino knows not only all about these cultures, but how to put his own zesty spin to bring out the most gritty details. But there are some things he never quite achieves even after ten movies. For one: they still glamorize murder. His movies are also too White, he does more uplifting of Caucasians than he does of most other ethnicities. On a more technical level, these movies either have very little character development or none whatsoever, which is very much core to storytelling. That's really the main thing that keeps his screenplays from being A-quality in my book.
As far as the types of themes his works have in common, Quentin Tarantino seems fairly consistent on promoting a Humanist worldview, saying that the physical ambition to live is more important than the spiritual. In some ways that works to his advantage, because he knows the power of launching a bullet onto someone's head and seeing that red liquid splatter everywhere, it really hits you with the viciousness some humans have against the value of life.
As for the way they stack up in artistic quality, here's the full ranking:
Overall, I concluded that the one thing that Tarantino knows how to do best in his films is knowledge and command of the subject matter. Each of these films range in subjects and time periods from the old west to WWII Germany to 1969 Hollywood to present-day LA; yet Tarantino knows not only all about these cultures, but how to put his own zesty spin to bring out the most gritty details. But there are some things he never quite achieves even after ten movies. For one: they still glamorize murder. His movies are also too White, he does more uplifting of Caucasians than he does of most other ethnicities. On a more technical level, these movies either have very little character development or none whatsoever, which is very much core to storytelling. That's really the main thing that keeps his screenplays from being A-quality in my book.
As far as the types of themes his works have in common, Quentin Tarantino seems fairly consistent on promoting a Humanist worldview, saying that the physical ambition to live is more important than the spiritual. In some ways that works to his advantage, because he knows the power of launching a bullet onto someone's head and seeing that red liquid splatter everywhere, it really hits you with the viciousness some humans have against the value of life.
As for the way they stack up in artistic quality, here's the full ranking:
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