Quentin’s favorite movies, post 1992 edition
August 17th, 2009 at 03:52pm Will Pfeifer
Here, to get you in the mood for INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, is Quentin Tarantino talking about his favorite 20 movies since 1992Â — which is the year his first movie, RESERVOIR DOGS, hit theaters).
It’s a pretty good list — several of these movies might make my own tally, and I feel the same way about THE MATRIX as he does.
By the way, try to ignore the clips from DEATH PROOF that, for some unexplained reason, run under Quentin for the duration of the clip.
3 Comments Add your own
1. shawnnews | August 18th, 2009 at 12:00 am
The most overrated director of the past 17 years gives us his take on the best movies. Interestingly, he says Matrix 2 and 3 brought down the mythology of the series and ruined the original’s rank. Maybe. I could say the same for every movie he’s but out since Pulp Fiction. He should concentrate on telling a story again. Death Proof was one of the stupidest movies ever. Kill Bill should have been one part. The fault of both the films I mentioned is Tarantino’s self- indulgence at the expense of viewers. Stories work better than shots, stunts and visuals.
2. Jerry | August 18th, 2009 at 3:21 am
RESERVOIR DOGS is still Tarantino’s best film. PULP FICTION is great too, but everything else he’s done is either a mess or pretty forgettable. That said, he can make junk for the rest of his life and he’ll still be known as a great director for those two films.
I like his comments on SPEED. I watched it with a friend last year and we had both seen it in the theater when it came out. That film was just as exciting to us that night as it was in 1994. I think it’s underrated or discarded because Keanu Reeves is the lead, but it’s an extremely solid piece of action filmmaking.
He’s right about the MATRIX sequels. They’re painful. Ruined everything so carefully set-up in the first film.
3. Brian M | August 20th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
I agree with everything the two previous commenters said. I was just coming to say the same things. Especially like QT’s SPEED comments. I have always felt it was a great film, and I too remember seeing it opening night in the theater, and loved the tension and exhilaration.
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