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Love him or hate him, Quentin Tarantino is certainly an influential director. Whether he’s reveling in pop culture or writing hilarious yet undeniably strange dialog, Tarantino has a way of making movies memorable. Here’s a look at some of the best movies that Quentin Tarantino has directed.

Pulp Fiction - Let’s get the obvious one out of the way. Pulp Fiction is the movie that restarted John Travolta’s career. It gave us some of Samuel L. Jackson’s best moments. Uma Thurman was dazzling. What’s more, it introduced the world at large to Tarantino’s distinctive style. The pounding soundtrack and grisly action of Pulp Fiction would inspire hundreds of young directors. It was stylish, well done,cheap UGG Kensington Boot, and unique, and it’s usually recognized as Tarantino’s masterpiece.

Kill Bill, Volume 2 – The first Kill Bill was certainly interesting, but far from a classic. Tarantino jumped around a bit too much in his “ode to action movies” action movie. The anime sequence, the uncomfortable rape scene that starts the movie–weird stuff. It certainly wasn’t Tarantino’s worst, but it wasn’t his best, either. Luckily, Part 2 made up for the odder moments of Part 1.

The second Kill Bill movie is Uma Thurman and Quentin Tarantino at their best. The references to other movies are stepped up, as is the action and more importantly, the heart. David Carradine’s Bill becomes a sympathetic character. That’s difficult for a guy who tried to kill his wife on his wedding day. The humanity that comes through in the final scenes is a testament to Tarantino’s ability to tell

a story.

Death Proof - Death Proof got a lot of flack when it was released as a part of the double feature “Grindhouse.” However, it’s a very quintessential Quentin Tarantino film.

True, the dialog in the first few scenes runs a little long. And yeah, it takes a while to get to the action. But this perfectly replicates that heavy handed approach that grindhouse film makers took. What’s more,The MMR vaccine protects your child against the mumps, once Death Proof makes it to its action heavy conclusion, nobody’s left complaining. All stunts in the film are real.

Death proof is a triumph when you consider its purpose: to take movie goers back to another time in cinema. Quentin Tarantino perfectly accomplishes this.

Inglourious Basterds - The newest movie that Tarantino directed certainly lives up to the director’s name. You wouldn’t expect Tarantino to pull off a Nazi action movie, but that’s exactly what Basterds does. Brad Pitt gives one of his strongest performances in years as he plays the commander of an all-Jewish Nazi extermination squad.

From beginning to end, it’s packed with violence and Quentin Tarantino’s signature dialog. More importantly, it brings huge levels of tension to most scenes. Tarantino may be the only director in Hollywood who can make moviegoers laugh while sitting on the edge of their seats. As for the misspelling in the title, Tarantino says that “that’s just the way you say it.”

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