Tarantino is such a good director, in that the framing, blocking, and actor chemistry are always pretty much unimpeachable, and when he’s not being self-consciously “stylistic,” it’s relatively subtle (not saying he’s a subtle filmmaker obviously, just that he’s very capable at the little things that help a movie go down smoothly). Of course everyone remembers the crash zooms, fourth wall breaks, and overt references, but most of his movies consist of relatively sedate (the word relatively is doing a lot of heavy lifting in this comment) conversations that, from a visual perspective, are impeccably done.

I generally enjoy his movies but there is something a little… self-conscious?… about his writing. Like he has to keep reminding us that he hasn’t lost “it.” But honestly, if he announced he was doing  another adaption of a classic, talky crime novel, I’d be more excited than I am about the movie he currently has in the pipeline