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I would never say his films are not relevant, but I do think Django, Inglorious and hateful 8 marked a low spot in his filmography as far as my favorites are concerned. The man’s back with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
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"Relevant"? Relevant to what? Why do idiots use that word so often, with apparently no idea what it means?
shareThat's what I was thinking as well when I read the OP. To what exactly were Kill Bill Vols 1 & 2 relevant? The Iraq War? The disclosure that we were living under a surveillance state spying upon the entire world? One could say "Once Upon A Time...." was relevant because its release coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Manson murders. However, I think the OP intends the word "relevant" in a completely different manner.
shareRelevant is an art-world buzzword right now. People often lump it in with "important" and "necessary" to describe stuff. Though, they are usually using those words (in my experiences) to describe much more PC stuff than Tarantino.
So, yeah, I too would be curious why the OP chose that word.
(I also think he remains "relevant" in terms of social commentary).
Inglourious and Django are better than the Kill Bill films. Kill Bill 1+2 are some of his more self-indulgent and skippable movies for me. I can see why some would like them but the blood bath at the end of Kill Bill, is nowhere near as much fun for me as I imagine it was for Tarantino in his head. It just gets boring very quickly. Stuff like that is better in small doses in his movies, rather than serve as whole acts. The second Kill Bill film is filled to the gills with dialogue and that is boring in another way.
Unfortunately Tarantino's self-indulgence and ego does creep into Inglourious and Django at times but for the most part they are good, entertaining movies.
Yeah, Django Unchained has nothing to say these days in our world where racial division and racially-motivated violence no longer exists...
I'm sorry, but I think the stuff he's making now is plenty relevant. Django is a slap in the face to people trying to sugarcoat what happened in the Antebellum South and trying to deny America's history with racism. Tarantino says as much in multiple interviews. Putting out a fairy tale where the noble prince is a black man and he avenges some of his enslaved, beaten down, stomped on brothers and sisters is extremely relevant and cathartic for a lot of people. I would argue that, if anything, Django Unchained became *more* relevant with this summer's surge in BLM. Whether you like BLM or not, the film is clearly "relevant".
I could go on, that's just one example. But the TL;DR is: I disagree.
Beyond all that, Django Unchained works simply as an original modern Western and head & shoulders above most Spaghetti Westerns of the 60s-70s (and IMHO all of 'em).
shareWhile I do agree that DU is better than tonnes of other Westerns, I can't crown it as King over the Spaghetti Westerns in their entirety. I'll take The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly or Once Upon a Time in the West over Django. That's not really a slight on Django Unchained; those two films are stiff competition. Still, as a testament to Django Unchained's awesomeness, I will say that I don't think you're "wrong" for saying it's the best, and if it's your personal favourite: respect.
shareI honestly think the Kill Bills are his weakest films IN MY OPINION, besides maybe Death Proof, but I still enjoyed them, especially Vol. 2 of Kill Bill. I absolutely loved Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained, The Hateful 8...and OUATIH was absolutely incredible! Brilliant and original filmmaking! Hard to find anything original these days.
shareYou're ignoring the fact that Django is a masterpiece because...
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