True Romance

True Romance

Morgan Creek Productions etc.

September 10, 1993

Well, I guess Romance

DVD
C-

The lack of violence in the first quarter hour is refreshing, especially with a Tarantino script.  Tony Scott directed, before Crimson Tide, etc.

Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs

Miramax etc.

January 21, 1992

Crime Comedy?

DVD
D-

You know the drill by now.  I'm not going to like a Tarentino movie.  This one got bumped up for the brilliant casting of famously deadpan Steven Wright as a radio d.j.

Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood

Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood

Columbia etc.

July 22, 2019

Historical Drama, Historical Comedy, Action

DVD
C

The first quarter-hour is relatively watchable for Tarantino, helped by the use of humor, the '60s details, and of course the lack of graphic violence.

Kill Bill, Volume 1

Kill Bill, Volume 1

Miramax

October 10, 2003

Action

DVD
D-

Well, you knew I wouldn't go for this, but I will note that the '70sishness both drew me in and repelled me by how it's used.  Tarantino wrote and directed.

The Hateful Eight

The Hateful Eight

Weinstein Company

December 30, 2015

Western?

DVD
D

Another historical Tarantino flick.

From Dusk Till Dawn

From Dusk Till Dawn

Dimension Films

January 19, 1996

Crime Drama

DVD
C-

Apparently this turns into a horror movie at some point after I tuned out.  Anyway, I bumped the grade up a notch for the surreal liquor store exterior.  Tarantino co-wrote and plays Clooney's brother, but Robert Rodriguez directed, as he did Desperado the previous year.

Django Unchained

Django Unchained
Columbia
December 25, 2012
Western
DVD
D

This is my first Quentin Tarantino movie, but I was less surprised by the violence than by the assumption that the viewers were morons who, one, needed things spelled out, and two, don't know what a German accent sounds like.  The music is of course the best thing about the movie.