48. "Um.......?" In response to In response to 46 Mon May-04-09 10:01 PM by zuma1986
How hasn't Tarantino not directed good scenes? I mean every film he's done has at least one classic scene and mostly b/c of his directing. Reseviour Dogs had the torure scene, which is easily led by his great directing. Why? B/c almost everyone who watches that squirms yet everything happens off screen, which means that he did his job. Pulp fiction had the overdose revival scene, which is one of the greatest scenes in cinema of the last 20 or so years. Jackie Brown had the hand-off from every different perspective, which could have been annoying b/c of its repetitiveness but he made it interesting. Kill Bill had the huge sword fight in vol 1 and vol 2 had the coffin scene. Although not every liked Death Proof I thought the scene where we see how every girl dies was amazing.
As far as compelling stories? I think Tarantino is very much like Seinfeld where it's about the situations more than the plot or story-conventions. This to some ppl is his fault and to others its another one of his great traits.