https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-biggest-flaw-of-Quentin-Tarantino-as-a-movie-director/answer/Bill-Dooley-16
1: Morality is absent in the Tarantino verse.
2. His quirkiness and varied homages are often what make his movies unique. But sometimes they can just be annoying.
That he’s only doing 1 more film.
shareBingo! Number on answer right there.
shareTo make matters worse, he has said it will likely be a small ‘epilogue’ rather than a grand event like his other films, says he wants to leave the stage with an epic mic drop instead of peter out with mediocre movies in his old age.
Tarantino’s egotism is both what drives him creatively, and causes him to make stupid decisions like this. A real artist like David Lynch obeys his intuition, not concerns about self-image.
His ego. So many of his movies are 7-8/10's that could be 9-10/10's if he just dialed back his egotistical writing style a bit, or let someone else come in and proofread or give suggestions. But we all know QT would never do that.
shareThe 2 you have listed are positive attributes, not negative.
shareHe has no flaws, he is perfect as a filmmaker.
shareThat he will someday not be with us.
AND he doesn't have a protege.
That is his biggest flaw. The directors power to create their own artistic films is ebbing, QT doesn't have a replacement.
Someday he will be gone and the Cohen brothers also.
Then a steady stream of very dull, politically correct films that doesn't challenge anything but makes a good deal of bread for Hollywood will take hold.
I fear that creative dark days are coming to soon in cinema.
When his quirky dialog drenched in 60s and 70s cultural references is far too cute, smug, and unrealistic for particular characters. The textbook case: Death Proof.
share1. Morality is not absent in the Tarantino verse despite many of the characters being involved in dubious activities. For instance, in "Pulp Fiction" why do you think Butch (Willis) -- who was about to escape unscathed -- selflessly turns around to rescue his mortal enemy, Marsellus, from a fate worse than death?
Also, both Jules (Jackson) and Vincent (Travolta) experience something uncanny that reveals divine grace. Both were violent criminals and should've been justly wiped off the face of the Earth, but were clearly extended mercy. Jules recognizes this and changes -- even to the point of offering the same grace to others worthy of death -- whereas Vincent rejects the idea of divine grace and cluelessly continues on as a hitman thug to his own doom.
Meanwhile in "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" Tarantino offers his version of the way it should have turned out on that infamous night of the Manson massacre, thus reversing that grossly immoral crime, at least in the Tarantino verse.
What about slaves getting set free and justice enacted in "Django Unchained"? Sounds like morality to me.
There you have several obvious examples in three of his movies off the top of my head; there are many more.
2. Yes, Tarantino's quirkiness and homages are notable "icing on the cake," but it's actually his brilliant scripting & dialogues that make his movies so compelling, setting them apart from the typical run-of-the-mill stuff.