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Quentin Tarantino shares the two hugely popular films he refuses to watch and explains why

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Published 20:16 31 Oct 2024 GMT

Quentin Tarantino shares the two hugely popular films he refuses to watch and explains why

The Hollywood director has refused to watch two of the biggest films made this century for one reason

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

Legendary Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino has named the two massively popular movies that he openly refuses to watch.

The 61-year-old is known for iconic films such as Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained, among many other classic titles (seven to be exact).

However, the American filmmaker counts both of the Kill Bill films as one, and as he has stated before, he wants to direct exactly 10 films before retiring, meaning we're technically due one more Tarantino piece until he calls time on his career.

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Quentin Tarantino refuses to watch two huge blockbuster films (Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty Images)
Quentin Tarantino refuses to watch two huge blockbuster films (Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty Images)

The multiple-Oscar winning director is known for having a near perfect memory when it comes to film knowledge, as he's aware of pretty much everything going on in the industry.

Having previously hailed Toy Story 3 as 'one of the best movies I've ever seen', to the point where he refused to watch the fourth film, he has now revealed a couple objectively great films that he actively swerves.

In the box office, the two films grossed $1.184 billion (£919 million) worldwide, as the critically acclaimed blockbusters will never be seen by the director.

He spoke on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, and after being asked if he had seen Denis Villeneuve's two adaptations of Frank Herbert's Dune, with a third on the way.

But Tarantino claimed that he wouldn't ever need to, having seen David Lynch's 1984 motion picture adaptation, which famously flopped.

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He explained: “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."

But Dune isn't the only film series he'll refuse to watch, citing the many remakes and reboots of films or stories that he has taken in before as things that he will never watch, regardless of how good they may be.

Tarantino will never watch the 2020s take on Dune, starring Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler (Warner Bros.)
Tarantino will never watch the 2020s take on Dune, starring Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler (Warner Bros.)

Tarantino further 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?

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"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."

Featured Image Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images / Warner Bros.

Topics: Quentin Tarantino, Film, Celebrity

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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