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b_b · 3503 days ago · link · · parent · post: Have you read the 200 'best American novels'? | Art Beat | PBS NewsHour
My opinion of QT is that he's really good at making scenes, and not that great at making movies. That is, I love his dialog, and sometimes I think he shoots the most beautiful movies, but he has a tendency to swing and miss on the story. Kill Bill is the notable exception to this, and I think that movie is brilliant (although you really don't need a story to be a revenge flick, so it was already written for him; the filigree is what makes it great). Ingluorious was the most egregious example of QT not being able to get out of his own way to tell a goddam story. That move makes me mad, because it could be so good, but falls so flat on its face.