Just Stop, You’re Never Going to Cancel Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino is a great director. Film critic Leslie Lee III of the Struggle Session podcast has said any director who has done at least two good movies is a legend, and by all accounts with Once Upon A Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino has made nine. Maybe eight, but be nice to Death Proof.

I don’t think Tarantino is the best director of all time, though he’s definitely in that conversation, but even his worst movie is a good way to spend an evening.

When you see that, you’re going to have a good time.

Because people are the way they are, a lot of people want to bring him down. Usually this takes the form of saying Tarantino is a bad person. Maybe because of how he portrayed Bruce Lee.

It really seems like Tarantino is racist depending on Asian stereotypes of then and now. It makes me sick that he would tarnish the memory of Bruce Lee. I won't be seeing the film. https://t.co/H3j70uESjl

— Susan MacFarland (@ILFortuna) August 13, 2019

Wow, it's so adorable watching Quentin Tarantino whitemansplain Bruce Lee to his own daughter.

Oh, and white people please hard check the way you see earned confidence in people of colour as "arrogance." Especially when you've got an ego like Tarantino's. https://t.co/mmKGmVgfhO

— Craig Ranapia (@CMRanapia) August 13, 2019

Wow. Now Tarantino dead ass coming out N LYING on Bruce Lee. Bruce NEVER said he would beat Ali in a fight N I'd fucking LOVE for 1 of U Tarantino dick riders 2 come try N show evidence that he did. They're really out here trying 2 drag Bruce's legacy through the dirt. F**k that.

— AYEKAY 👾 (@ayekay) August 13, 2019

Or maybe it’s because of the time Uma Thurman was injured on set on Kill Bill.

Also don’t forget all the people who conveniently forgot about Tarantino putting Uma Thurman in a car accident on set so they ‘enjoy’ his latest film – https://t.co/R3slwMgJAQ

— The Soska Sisters (@twisted_twins) August 12, 2019

Keep in mind Uma Thurman said he did the right thing in the wake of the accident.

Some people who are playing the game on hard mode even try to say Tarantino isn’t a good filmmaker when he’s clearly a top-tier talent.

apparently “tarantino” is an easier way to pronounce “uma thurman and samuel jackson”, bc that’s all that’s relevant about him

— v (@valesantomauro) August 11, 2019

As someone majoring in film: you’re absolutely 100% wrong. Tarantino is not as legendary as you make him out to be and yes he and his films are problematic. I’ll take Scorsese any day over Tarantino. Even Spielberg who I have some issues with is a much better option.

— bird | #1 joel miller enthusiast (@courtofcwls) August 12, 2019

I love the word “problematic” in modern usage because it now means “anything I don’t like and don’t want to explain why I don’t like it.” It’s just a way of following the crowd and saying “I unquestioningly accept your thesis that something is bad.”

There was also this tweet:

Boys in these comments be proving my point ✨💕✌🏻

— peyton june!!! (@peyjuly) August 8, 2019

Which is basically the same as this tweet:

go ahead. keep screaming "Shut The F**k Up " at me. it only makes my opinions Worse

— the Dean (@dril) March 10, 2018

But back to Tarantino. Here’s why you’re not going to cancel him no matter how many times people say the n-word in his movies because his movies are all great. I just rewatched Inglourious Basterds last night, it’s insanely good. The night before I watched the 3 1/2 hour cut of The Hateful Eight, and honestly, it went by a lot faster than Avengers: Endgame.

At the end of the day, people like good movies, and Quentin Tarantino makes good movies. You can be the hipster douchebag who says Tarantino isn’t even that good, but you know he is. You know, deep in your heart of hearts, that Sophia Coppola will never be as good as Quentin Tarantino. And everyone knows it.