I enjoyed it, too. It makes a good point, too. It's just a ridiculous scenario: horrifying the first time, but somewhat comical in retrospect. It's a memorable scene. How many times was that kid shot?

You can apply this assessment to all of his films, and that tv show he used to do.

I like Bowling for Columbine a lot, but there are still a few of his worst tendencies in there.

Canadian Bacon is the only Michael Moore film I trust, because it's the only one where he is overtly creating a phony scenario.

yeah, but there's that caveat "the old Pacino". He was plenty normal in The Godfather. And most of his "big" acting in The Insider is justified.

He's mentioned as gay several times in the second half, and it's early in the post-script. It's not that downplayed. It's just his other eccentricities are heightened - he comes across as at least having Asperger's. A major plot point surrounds his own attempts to hide his sexuality to protect himself.

The Royal Tenenbaums has so much going on. It took me four or five viewings to figure out how much depth there is in that story… and it was already good the first time.

I agree with you on how you rank his films, but I think it has to do with the themes and the time period of the film, and the competition from the year it was released.

I felt the same way. The framing device didn't help me get into it, either.

The King's Speech does more with 20 seconds of awkward speaking and pauses than The Social Network does with 1 minute of non-stop talking.

That's a good argument.

I agree about those details of the execution.

Perhaps. I haven't seen enough of the other films this year. I'd put Interstellar above it, however. And I'm guessing there are some good dramas I missed this year. It was well-made, but it has some weird story issues.

I just re-watched it last night. It really isn't.

yeah, that doesn't make sense to me, either. He basically carries the entire film. Well, him, and the set decorations. But, as far as the story, he's the part that's interesting.

Gone Girl is not *that* good.

The article was about "fallen fortunes" and QT is briefly mentioned as successful but his contributions were glossed over. I'd be curious to see more of a comparison of their careers, because I'd definitely put him in their camp.

I equate Inglorious with Django because both are juvenile responses to real historical atrocities. Both films are filled with a bunch of "revenge fantasy" scenes.

"Rodriguez and Smith made their bones by speaking to a teenage-friendly sensibility—the implication being that they failed to grow up with their audience." I'd argue that Tarantino needs to grow up, too, but not too many people actually critique his shortcomings. He gets a lot of pats on the back.

Toy Story 3 stood on the shoulders of 1 and 2, including much of the plot and character development.