Quentin Tarantino unveils the two epic blockbusters he refuses to ever watch | Films | Entertainment




As an Oscar-winning Hollywood writer-director with encyclopedic film knowledge, fans are all ears when Quentin Tarantino has opinions on other movies.

In recent years the 61-year-old has named his favourite popcorn movie and also another he called “the greatest achievement in the history of cinema”.

And now he’s unveiled the two critically acclaimed blockbusters he refuses to watch.

Speaking on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, Tarantino was asked if he’d seen Denis Villeneuve’s two adaptations of Frank Herbert’s Dune.

However, the filmmaker confessed he didn’t ever need to, having seen David Lynch’s notoriously bad 1984 movie.

Tarantino said: “I saw [David Lynch’s] Dune a couple of times. I don’t need to see that story again. I don’t need to see spice worms. I don’t need to see a movie that says the word ‘spice’ so dramatically.”

He then went on a rant about refusing to watch remakes and reboots of stories he’s already consumed, even if they’re well-received.

Tarantino added: “It’s one after another of this remake, and that remake. People ask, ‘Have you seen Dune? Have you seen Ripley? Have you seen Shogun?’ And I’m like, ‘No, no, no, no.’ There’s six or seven Ripley books, if you do one again, why are you doing the same one that they’ve done twice already? I’ve seen that story twice before, and I didn’t really like it in either version, so I’m not really interested in seeing it a third time. If you did another story, that would be interesting enough to give it a shot anyway.”



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Posted: 2024-10-31 20:40:05

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