Tarantino's Films, from top to bottom

Tarantino's most underappreciated movie simply for not living up to his breakout movie from 3 years earliar didn't knock the socks off it's audience like they hoped it would, but Tarantino said he already did that and wanted to make something different and laid back and that is certainly what this movie is, it takes it's time and is too good to rush through things and be flashy. It's also the first time Tarrantino told his story in a linear way instead of jumping around the story to build on certain themes. While some people say that this was the work of a man while watched behind a bulletproof vest, I appreciate the sentiment. When I first saw Pulp Fiction, I thought it was unique and different but freaked me out in a few too many places because of it's intensity. This movie allowed me to enjoy the talents of the man without the fear.
See the full review, "It doesn't have to live up to past expectations to be great".

I think most people saw this AFTER Pulp Fiction came out considering how tiny the movie was and only art house fans may have heard of it. This first film may be a little show offy with the dialogue, but the casting is supurb and the story while you watch it unfurl is great. It does stay on one note with it's tough guys talking tough and about the 70's pop culture but it's a great note.
See the full review, "On the way to a heist, three robbers all talked of their love of Kojak, Janis Ian and Boxcar Bertha".

Volume 1 had the action and the foundation of the story but lacked the details and a lot of the characterisation that gets filled in here. REALLY feels like it takes longer then it should but the ending isn't in doubt-though the showdown really could have been more. I love Michael Madsen's Budd and Darryl Hannah and Uma Thurman's fight in the mobile home is fantastic.

I would have loved to rate this higher up, but when every commercial showed Brad Pitt having a good ol' time scalping and murdering Nazi's with a Jewish Guerilla Army in World War II France, it's only a part of the movie and the rest is about a film festival and the Nazi high command and propaganda machine coming together for destruction. Tarrantino using a film festival-something he is very familiar with- to destroy Nazi's. In other news Cannes will fight the Taliban soon.
See the full review, "You are about to enter another WW II, a WW II not only of cinema and rednecks but of wackiness.".

Super-high energy start to the two part series (or one big movie divided into two parts as Tarantino has said) which lacks Tarantino's strong points in favor of it's visuals and action scenes which the movie is in no short supply of.

It might take it's time even longer then other movies on here but the payoff in each case when Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russel being awesome as ever) stalks his prey makes it all the more chilling as the tension of when something will happen does. The movie feels like a cheap 70's slasher movie and that is for the most part all it offers other then the same usually great casting and talking that you hear. It ends abruptly, saying "fu** it" to any loose strings and it's apropriate.