Tarantino, you're my hero

For the first time in quite a while I watched Kill Bill vol.1 because I bought it on Friday, along with an assorted amoount of Kill Bill stuff i.e. zippo, flask, shot glasses, and an I.D. case (looks like a cigarette holder if you ask me). Yes, I'm a consumer whore, but o well.

I just absolutely love that man's movies: Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and especially Kill Bill. I may or may not rewatch Jackie Brown because there was something about that movie that didn't really tickle my fancy, but maybe I was tired or somethin' when watching that movie. Who knows. He was also involved with the From Dusk Till Dawn movies, Iron Monkey, and wrote Natural Born Killers. I personally find the man to be brilliant at making his movies. His four with which he is responsible for are Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and Kill Bill.

A few things that I think are important to know about him...
-He makes these movies to please himself and only himself and anyone else who may enjoy it comes to him as a bonus. In other words, he's really blunt about whatever it may be and is no holds barred.
-He gets his ideas from the things he loved when growing up from things like the old Kurasawa grindhouse films, those spaghetti western TV shows and movies, and the list just goes on and on.
-When being interviewed, QT said that he thinks that making an action movie like he did with Kill Bill is a true testament on how talented a director is and he wanted to see how well he was able to do. It's the action movies that proves your talent and I think he did a damn fine job with Kill Bill, as I have always been a fan of the Asian culture.
-He makes a point when once asked if the violence in Kill Bill is gratuitous. His only reply was because of where the origin of this movie came from (aforementioned Kurasawa flicks and westerns) and that saying the violence is gratuitous in Kill Bill is like saying there's gratuitous nudity in a porno.
-His movies are always a star-stuttered spectacle and rarely casts some no-namer fruitloop.

Here's some of the big cast members of his movies...

Reservoir Dogs:
Harvey Keitel
Tim Roth
Chris Penn
Steve Buscemi
Michael Madsen
Lawrence Tierney
Quentin Tarantino
Steven Wright

Pulp Fiction:
John Travolta
Samuel L. Jackson
Bruce Willis
Uma Thurman
Eric Stoltz
Harvey Keitel
Ving Rhames
Amanda Plummer
Tim Roth
Christopher Walken
Quentin Tarantino
Steve Buscemi
Julia Sweeney

Jackie Brown:
Pam Grier
Samuel L. Jackson
Robert Forster
Bridget Fonda
Michael Keaton
Robert De Niro
Chris Tucker
Tom Lister

Kill Bill:
Uma Thurman
Lucy Liu
Vivica A. Fox
Chiaki Kuriyama
Sonny Chiba
Gordon Liu
David Carradine
Michael Madsen
Daryl Hannah
Samuel L. Jackson

Crazy huh?

Funny story as to how I actually became a zealot for Tarantino and that was from random channel surfing at Eric's house and coming across Pulp Fiction and being simply wowed by it. Funny because at the same time, Kill Bill was in the preview stage, both on the TV and the theaters.

One more thing I'd like to mention as to why I love his movies...his use of swords, knives, and guns...especially guns. I'm a real fan of violence and as life-like as Tarantino gets that violence in his movies makes me love it sooooo much more. The music he has is mostly original and if it isn't, it's perfect for the scene just like he said himself "Music is one of the most important parts of a movie".

I'm out.