# Is Quentin Tarantino Making His Last Film? \[The Movie Critic\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 15, 2023, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204 "2023-03-15T06:25:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/42 "2024-04-19T03:27:32Z")
As I was reading this, the national news had a story on this film being cancelled. So I hope that means his next film won’t be his last… ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/43 "2024-04-19T06:26:24Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Also, since this thread is specifically about Quentin Tarantino, he has one wife, no kids, and exhibits no signs of a drug or gambling problem Two kids - a son and a daughter, age four and one. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/44 "2024-04-19T13:54:33Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I want him to do a rom com. Noooooo!! That’s one genre I never watch, and I love QT and his work. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/45 "2024-04-19T14:09:55Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I want him to do a rom com. Well, he did write **Natural Born Killers** ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/46 "2024-04-19T14:11:21Z")
I just want him to keep making movies. He is one of the few directors that gets people to go out and specifically seek his work. I’d rank his current movies like this: 1. Inglorious Basterds 2. Pulp Fiction 3. Kill Bill 1 and 2 4. Django Unchained 5. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 6. Reservoir Dogs 7. The Hateful Eight 8. Jackie Brown 9. Death Proof Of those, 7-9 are movies I did not like and would give negative reviews to. 1-6 range from amazing to good. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/47 "2024-04-19T14:28:12Z")
I must have missed that in my brief gogle. Thanks for the correction. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/48 "2024-04-19T14:35:12Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > - Inglorious Basterds > - Pulp Fiction > - Kill Bill 1 and 2 > - Django Unchained > - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood > - Reservoir Dogs > - The Hateful Eight > - Jackie Brown > - Death Proof My rankings are so different! 1. Kill Bill 1 2. Pulp Fiction 3. Reservoir Dogs 4. Jackie Brown 5. Kill Bill 2 6. Inglorious Basterds 7. Death Proof 8. Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood\* 9. Django Unchained 10. The Hateful Eight \*Docked one spot for the egregious ellipses in the title. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/49 "2024-04-19T14:42:30Z")
Noooooooooooooo! I love his movies! 💯 ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/50 "2024-04-19T14:59:50Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I want him to do a rom com. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Well, he did write **Natural Born Killers** And he co-wrote **It’s Pat**. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/51 "2024-04-19T15:24:05Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > - Inglorious Basterds > - Pulp Fiction > - Kill Bill 1 and 2 > - Django Unchained > - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood > - Reservoir Dogs > - The Hateful Eight > - Jackie Brown > - Death Proof Wow. - Pulp Fiction - Jackie Brown - Reservoir Dogs - Kill Bill 1 and 2 - Django Unchained - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Inglorious Basterds - The Hateful Eight - Death Proof In reality, I’d have Pulp Fiction number one, Jackie Brown number two and then all the rest tied for number three. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/52 "2024-04-19T15:29:49Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > In reality, I’d have Pulp Fiction number one, Jackie Brown number two and then all the rest tied for number three. I’m one of the few that really did not enjoy Jackie Brown. I dunno, not my kind of movie, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/53 "2024-04-19T15:33:18Z")
Different strokes. I love the book it was based on (_Rum Punch_) and the author who wrote the book (_Elmore Leonard_). I read Rum Punch on the beach every summer, and watch Jackie Brown every few years. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/54 "2024-04-19T15:49:19Z")
I could certainly see him following through on his plan to stop making movies and just become and _éminence grise_ on the lecture circuit, or take an emiritus (but still getting his hands dirty with students) position at UCLA or the AFI. He’s made such a study of directors’ careers, as much as, say, Scorses has made a study of their outputs, that he likely views his idol Brian De palma as a cautionary tale. He wants to get out before he stumbles into his own _Bonfire_. And I want to play, too, here are my rankings: 1. Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood 2. Kill Bill Volume 2 3. Jackie Brown 4. Inglorious Basterds 5. Kill Bill Volume 1 6. Reservoir Dogs 7. The Hateful Eight 8. Death Proof 9. Pulp Fiction 10. Django Unchained ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/55 "2024-04-19T15:52:47Z")
I probably rate _Death Proof_ higher than just about anyone. I know it’s complete trash, but it’s clear throughout that Tarantino _also_ knows it’s complete trash. That doesn’t make up for its bloat, but somehow even all the excess chatter just makes it (in my eyes) the most Tarantino-ish Tarantino movie. (Except maybe for the _Kill Bill_ two-fer, which are both just simply better, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/56 "2024-04-19T16:21:44Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > I probably rate _Death Proof_ higher than just about anyone. I know it’s complete trash, but it’s clear throughout that Tarantino _also_ knows it’s complete trash. That doesn’t make up for its bloat, but somehow even all the excess chatter just makes it (in my eyes) the most Tarantino-ish Tarantino movie. I almost don’t count it as a proper film from him because it is kind of a fun experiment and joke. Still, it kind of sucks and not in a fun way. Did you see Suitable Flesh from last year? It made my top 10 and is not the same, but is another attempt to make a throwback type movie. In Suitable Flesh, they made a Stuart Gordon or Brian Yuzna type movie. Successfully. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/57 "2024-04-19T16:38:45Z")
How he defines a movie is also interesting. As noted he considers Kill Bill 1 & 2 as a single movie. He has also stated that he does have plans for a 3rd installment of Kill Bill, roughly 20 years after the first two, with the same actors in their respective characters albeit aged. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/58 "2024-04-19T17:13:24Z")
Maybe he’s run out of funny ways for his characters to kill each other. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/59 "2024-04-19T17:42:29Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > plans for a 3rd installment of Kill Bill, roughly 20 years after the first two, with the same actors in their respective characters albeit aged. I thought almost all the characters were killed off? ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/60 "2024-04-19T17:52:52Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@Akaj](#): > > > > I probably rate _Death Proof_ higher than just about anyone. I know it’s complete trash, but it’s clear throughout that Tarantino _also_ knows it’s complete trash. That doesn’t make up for its bloat, but somehow even all the excess chatter just makes it (in my eyes) the most Tarantino-ish Tarantino movie. > > I almost don’t count it as a proper film from him because it is kind of a fun experiment and joke. Still, it kind of sucks and not in a fun way. I agree with you that it’s an experiment and a joke, and that it kind of sucks. But I guess I think it _does_ suck in a fun way. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/61 "2024-04-19T19:14:58Z")
The Bride is living and so is her daughter. QT has expressed having Maya Hawke play the Bride’s daughter in the Vol. 3. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204.md?page=4)