What is Tarantino's Best Film?

What is Tarantino's Best Film?

Ahh Quentin Tarantino.
So, since my purchase of The Tarantino Blu-Ray collection, I can now safely say I have seen every Tarantino film all the way through (Including True Romance).
But I still can't make my mind up on which of his films is his best. I have a few in mind for the top places but I think your favourite Tarantino movie depends on who you are, it's all about your individual interpretations and personality. Those things are what make you attached to a particular thing.
So to investigate, I'm going to look at each of his films, and leave my verdict undecided, for you to explore yourself.

So first up:

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Reservoir Dogs put Tarantino on the map as a Directing force to be reckoned with.
Starring Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen and Chris Penn among others (Including Tarantino himself) it's about a heist gone wrong. No one really knows what's going on (Especially the audience) and that's what makes it interesting. It all takes place relatively in one location, with some flashbacks. Some say that certain bits drag on a bit, but there are certainly some scenes which stand out as extraordinary:


The Opening Scene in The Diner where the "Dogs" discuss the inner meanings of Madonna
The Opening Credits set to Little Green Bag.
The Scene where the code-names are given out ("Mr Brown sounds a little too much like Mr Shit to me!")
The Ending (I won't go into Spoilers)
And who can forget the torture scene where Madsen's Mr Blonde dances around to Steeler's Wheel before cutting the poor guys ear off.
Reservoir Dogs is certainly not forgettable. And that's why some would argue it's his greatest.

True Romance (1993)

Now this doesn't really count as it was only written by Tarantino, not directed. But I'll still say you can really sense his presence in the script. The characters are very deep, the dialogue is sharp and the story is immersive.

 

 

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Perhaps his most well known, Pulp Fiction is where Tarantino succeeded with the critics the most.
Featuring a great line-up (Samuel. L Jackson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis etc)
Pulp Fiction is a story of the inter-twining tales of one city, where Marsellus Wallace rules the crime industry. We mainly follow Jules and Vincent, two of Wallace's hitmen. The story is done in non-chronological order, something Tarantino does frequently to interest his audience, almost like Bertolt Brecht did with theatre.
The memorable scenes are a many:
Jules and Vincent busting the house ("Say what again!")
The Dance between Uma and Travolta at Jack Rabbit Slim's
The needle
Christopher Walken's cameo
A certain scene involving Ving Rhames and some hill-billys
No matter who you are, you can't help but admire Pulp Fiction for it's global success as a film.

Jackie Brown (1997)

What makes Jackie Brown feel different is that it's based on a book called Rum Punch. Jackie Brown follows the story of Jackie Brown (Obviously!), a flight attendant who gets involved with money hungry gangsters and the FBI, showing an interesting tale of morality in a 70s style Blaxploitation flick starring Pam Grier, Robert Forrester, Sam Jackson and Rob DeNiro. It's got some boring bits but it also has some memorable bits.
Most notably, the sequence with the money where Jackie tricks the gangsters and the FBI
Jackie Brown is a fun little experiment into making a book adaptation and a Blaxploitation flick that manages to pull both those traits off well.

Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003)

Kill Bill is another one of Tarantino's big greats. A two-part tale of bloody revenge starring Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Vivica Fox, Daryl Hannah and many more)
A story developed by Quentin and Uma, it follows the un-named Bride, a woman screwed over by Bill and her old partners after she tried to leave her assassin life behind. The Bride awakes from a 4 Year coma with a hole in her head and the scars of a lost baby. She decides to go on her spree and kill the 5 people responsible. Once again, everything is done in a strange order, which only gets you more involved. It's a Japanese martial arts film, a revenge flick, an Italian horror, and pretty much everything Tarantino's always wanted to do put into one. Memorable scenes and music are endless.
In the first film, the Bride focuses on killing O-Ren Ishii and Vernita Green, two deadly women.
Kill Bill is so enjoyable and if your a fan of any of the fore-mentioned genres, you're bound to love it.

Kill Bill Vol 2 (2004)

The story continues as The Bride focuses on Budd; Bill's brother. As well as Elle Driver, and of course Bill. Now, this is very different to the first one and is more of a Western style revenge film rather than the Japanese martial arts film. Some argue it's a big disappointment. I have no comment. I looked at it as a separate film and realised that on its own its still a strong film. And there are definitely some moments:
The Coffin Scene
The Caravan Battle and many more

 

Death Proof (2007)

I've reviewed Death Proof very recently and can say again that it's not really his best, but its a big bit of fun with some stars spread around. It's stylized, funny and has some cool sequences such as the car surfing and the end "fight". (I'd call it a fight but it is very one-sided)
Also, Mary Elizabeth Winstead is in it as seen to the left and she's great so there's a point for you.

 

 

 

 

 

Inglorious Basterds (2009)

Tarantino began ideas for this back before Kill Bill but sort of forgot about it.
Well he made it. A World War 2 flick following a group of Jewish soldiers who hunt Nazis and collect their scalps. Sound awesome? Cause it is! The cast includes Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth and many more. It's a piece that takes place over a range of times in WW2 and shows an alternate version of how the war ended.
It's funny, violent and historically in-accurate
And that's why it's brilliant

Django Unchained (2012)

The Newest addition, Django Unchained is best described as a Western-Action-Rom-Black-Com Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leo DiCaprio, Sam Jackson and so on. Django is a black slave in the times of Black Slavery, separated from his wife Hilda, he teams up with Dr King Schultz to become a gun-slinging bounty hunter in order to eventually find his love again. The story gets you rootin' and with its witty humour and Tarantino violence it makes for one of the best films of the last year. Django is memorable for literally every little scene, from the Opening titles to the closing ones.
DJANGOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So there are the films.

Some other Tarantino involved films are:
From Dusk Till Dawn (Starring Quentin and Directed by his best friend, Mr Robert Rodriguez)
Sin City (Directed by Rodriguez, who let Quentin direct one scene in the film)
Planet Terror (Produced as a double feature with Death Proof. Rodriguez directed and Tarantino had a cameo role)
Hostel (Directed by Inglorious Basterds star Eli Roth and produced by Tarantino)
Tarantino also penned the script for Natural Born Killers but has since gone on to say he hates the final film.

So what is your favourite Tarantino film? Comment below!
I've been Teenage Film Buff, goodbye!