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Post by stabcaesar on Jun 22, 2018 9:27:53 GMT
Underrated: Jackie Brown
Overrated: Pulp Fiction. The more I think of it the more I hate it.
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Post by Longtallsally on Jun 22, 2018 9:48:43 GMT
Underrated: The Hateful Eight
Overrated: Death Proof
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Post by JangoB on Jun 22, 2018 10:13:09 GMT
Now this is actually a pretty tough question... I'll go with "The Hateful Eight" for underrated - it had a decent critical reception (but nothing great), it had okay box office (but nothing great) and it had a fine awards run (but nothing great). Well I think the film is a goddamn masterwork which deserved to be praised to high heavens. It's a fantastic addition to an already fantastic filmography. I would've picked "Jackie Brown" a couple of years earlier but it seems like now the film is held in extremely high regard. "Kill Bill: Vol. 2" deserves more praise too. As for overrated...that's kind of impossible to answer because his films are so great (except for the good "Death Proof" but that ain't overrated). Maybe "Reservoir Dogs"? It's a truly excellent film but maybe not yet a masterpiece unlike his movie right after it. Or can I just pick "True Romance" or something?
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Post by Christ_Ian_Bale on Jun 22, 2018 10:31:05 GMT
Now this is actually a pretty tough question... I'll go with "The Hateful Eight" for underrated - it had a decent critical reception (but nothing great), it had okay box office (but nothing great) and it had a fine awards run (but nothing great). Well I think the film is a goddamn masterwork which deserved to be praised to high heavens. It's a fantastic addition to an already fantastic filmography. I would've picked "Jackie Brown" a couple of years earlier but it seems like now the film is held in extremely high regard. "Kill Bill: Vol. 2" deserves more praise too. As for overrated...that's kind of impossible to answer because his films are so great (except for the good "Death Proof" but that ain't overrated). Maybe "Reservoir Dogs"? It's a truly excellent film but maybe not yet a masterpiece unlike his movie right after it. Or can I just pick "True Romance" or something? Minus the True Romance comment, you pretty much took the words out of my mouth with this whole post. When asked what his weakest is, I for some reason always look to Reservoir Dogs first, but then a rewatch always reminds me why it has the reputation it does. I think its main problem is that it lacks the rewatchability his others have. It's still very rewatchable, but not near to the same extent as the rest.
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Post by thomasjerome on Jun 22, 2018 10:58:17 GMT
Underrated: The Hateful Eight
Overrated: Inglorious Basterds
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Jun 22, 2018 11:22:45 GMT
Underrated: The Hateful Eight, although I would possibly argue that underrated isn't really something any Tarantino film is.
Overrated: this one is so, so tough. I going to go for Inglorious Basterds even though I love it. I love all Tarantino films that aren't the horrendous Death Proof, but I can't call that overrated really.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 22, 2018 12:09:42 GMT
Overrated : Um, (almost) everything besides the dazzling Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction - I don't know what's the "most" overrated but the way people just let the ridiculous and lazy last 1/3rd of Django off the hook is probably it.
Underrated : The Hateful Eight which not only reminded me of his first 2 films but kind of stunned me in how well he wrote it across those characters, I found them distinctive, surprising and clever but not his usual "look how clever I am" thing. The whole reason I'm excited for his next one is because of his last one.....
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Jun 22, 2018 12:42:47 GMT
UNDERRATED : either JACKIE BROWN or DEATH PROOF
OVERRATED : DJANGO UNCHAINED
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Post by mhynson27 on Jun 22, 2018 12:44:17 GMT
Underrated: Jackie Brown
Overrated: Kill Bill: Vol. 1
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Post by Kings_Requiem on Jun 22, 2018 13:15:45 GMT
Underrated - Jackie Brown
Overrated - The Hateful Eight
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Post by stephen on Jun 22, 2018 14:31:08 GMT
Underrated: Jackie Brown.
Overrated: Reservoir Dogs.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Jun 22, 2018 15:15:17 GMT
Underrated: The Hateful Eight Overrated: Reservoir Dogs
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jun 22, 2018 15:25:28 GMT
I mean it's QT... there is no underrated.
As for most overrated, that's gotta be Django.
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Post by no on Jun 22, 2018 15:31:22 GMT
I think it's better to look at the "why" rather than the "what" in audience analysis so with that in mind, I would argue Pulp Fiction for both. It is beloved for superficial reasons when there is a lot more going on to appreciate.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2018 17:07:41 GMT
For underrated I'd go with Death Proof. The only real problem with this movie is the "everybody talks like Quentin Tarantino" machine is turned up to 11.
Overrated has to be Django Unchained, which actually starts off very strong but loses it around the hour mark and then devolves into a complete mess by the ending.
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Post by mrimpossible on Jun 22, 2018 17:12:29 GMT
This is easy. Jackie Brown for underrated. And Reservoir Dogs for most overrated.
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Post by clunkybob2 on Jun 22, 2018 18:38:46 GMT
Is Hateful Eight underrated? That's my favourite
Overrated: Kill Bills or Django I guess. Those are the ones I'm not so hot on.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jun 22, 2018 19:40:24 GMT
Underrated: Jackie Brown
Overrated: Kill Bill Vol. 2. It was a 360 tonal shift from volume 1. Such a bore. And in that vein, I don't think Hateful Eight is that highly regarded, but any love for that garbage compactor of old lazy ideas and artistic impulses is way more than it deserves.
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Post by tastytomatoes on Jun 24, 2018 5:58:11 GMT
Underrated: known
Overrated: Django Unchained
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Post by jakesully on Jun 24, 2018 17:01:29 GMT
Underrated - Jackie Brown
Overrated - Django Unchained
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Post by cheesecake on Jun 24, 2018 17:32:46 GMT
Under: Jackie Brown Over: Django Unchained
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jun 24, 2018 17:41:16 GMT
Underrated: Jackie Brown is still divisive enough among Tarantino fans to warrant being placed here, even though there has seemed to be a shift with more and more people praising it rather than being disappointed it wasn't Pulp Fiction 2.0.
Overrated: This one's tough. I'm one of the few who loves Django Unchained all the way through, even with the overlong third act. If The Hateful Eight had gotten the reception his other post-Death Proof movies have then it would easily be my pick, but the praise was fairly muted and it has more than its share of detractors. I don't think the writing in Reservoir Dogs is on the level with Tarantino's best, but the cast and direction elevate it so much than I can't really complain about its place in the modern American film canon. Shit, I guess I don't really have an answer here.
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Post by Feesy on Jun 24, 2018 18:59:29 GMT
Overrated: Reservoir Dogs.
Underrated: Jackie Brown.
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Post by countjohn on Jun 24, 2018 23:25:35 GMT
Underrated- Hateful Eight
Overrated- Pulp Fiction
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Post by speeders on Jun 24, 2018 23:51:14 GMT
Underrated: Kill Bill Vol. 2 Overrated: Reservoir Dogs
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