25. King of Style

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If a monologue about eclectic
Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino
Were to contain a reference
To some obscure movie twice
Every sentence, only that would
Do his name any justice. He who
Is the king of homages, pastiches
And bold spins on the works of
Other directors is a fine example
Of film bluff to movie director, and
The living proof that if you've seen
Enough movies, you could probably
Make a few yourself. Quentin's hot
Streak of modern classics started
With Reservoir Dogs, an excellent
Crime caper and nod to Kubrick's
The Killing. His next film is the one
Everyone knows: Pulp Fiction, in
Which John Travolta, Samuel L.
Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce
Willis and ensemble simply ooze
With style. Despite only being
Twenty years old, the movie is
Already an icon. I'd quote one
Of the numerous famous lines
From Pulp right now, but I've
Only seen it once, sadly. I have
Also not seen Quentin's homage
To blaxploitation films: Jackie
Brown (though I did see Django
Unchained, but that one's more
Of a southern western; like with
The Coen Brothers, you're never
Sure what one genre Quentin's
Movies belong to). The two Kill
Bill movies (best seen as one whole
Martial arts epic with intermission)
Again features an over-the-top
Amount of cool, style and pure
Badassery, and affirmed Quentin's
Prowess with high velocity action
Sequences (In Reservoir Dogs and
Pulp Fiction, the violence was more
Restrained to sudden outbursts),
Something he repeated in the way
Of car chases, with Death Proof.
The first of Quentin's movies I've
Seen turned out to be his wacky
WWII thriller, Inglourious Basterds,
Which ends the war in a way only
Someone who really enjoys their
Fiction can end it, Tarantino style.
From unexpected plot twists to
Hilarious use of expletives, with
Gruesome violence and badass
Characters on the side, topped
With indelible dialogue that must
Be heard in all its blazing glory
Within the film for maximum
Enjoyment, a Quentin picture
Is a movie bluff at his glorious,
Finest two hours.