Quentin Tarantino’s Favourite Films of 2011

Quentin Tarantino continues the good tradition naming his favourite films of the previous year. He picked 12 films this time, which impressed him the most, including blockbusters and independent works. He must love watching fantasy, and I totally agree with him that "Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes" and "X-Men: First Class" were one of the best in this genre in 2011. But I never thought he might enjoy so much "Midnight In Paris" and "Young Adult", not because they are bad, but very sentimental for such a tough guy like him.

The biggest surprise is that he put "The Artist" and "Our Idiot Brother" on one level. The last one doesn't deserves it, but it looks like Tarantino watches everything and can enjoy very different films.

1. "Midnight In Paris"
2. "Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes"
3. "Moneyball"
4. "The Skin I Live In"
5. "X-Men: First Class"
6. "Young Adult"
7. "Attack The Block"
8. "Red State"
9. "Warrior"
10. "The Artist" / "Our Idiot Brother" (tie)
11. "The Three Musketeers"

Source - The Quentin Tarantino archives

Do you agree with this list?

Quentin Tarantino - Memorable Quotes

Why I love Quentin Tarantino you can read here - http://elenastr.blogspot.com/p/favourite-directors.html

I've made a list of my favorite and the most memorable quotes said by this genius. If I find the new one, I'll add it to this post.

• "Reservoir Dogs is a small film, and part of its charm was that it was a small film. I'd probably make it for $3 million now so I'd have more breathing room." 

• "My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor." 

• "Sergio Leone was a big influence on me because of the spaghetti westerns." 

• "The good ideas will survive." 

• "To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper." 

• "I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a writer." 

• "Violence is one of the most fun things to watch." 

• "To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence." 

• "I`ve always thought John Travolta is one of the greatest movie stars Hollywood has ever produced." 

• "I want do a Mandarin language movie. It`ll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next." 

• "My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I`ll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy." (the one from my blog's header) 

• "I`m a big collector of vinyl-I have a record room in my house-and I`ve always had a huge soundtrack album collection." 

• "A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here." 

•  "I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie."