Yes, I appreciate the discussion and no, we don't disagree on a lot. Put it this way - I think Tarantino gets a lot more rope than any other director because he's Tarantino, and I think he's Tarantino because of Pulp Fiction. And I think Pulp Fiction isn't that great. In my opinion, it's not a dynasty-building film. Let me restate "art" - "the uneasy alliance of art and commerce" has been used to describe Hollywood so many times that nobody even knows who said it first. Some people make pure art - like Godfrey Reggio. Some people make pure commerce, like Michael Bay. Most people end up somewhere in the middle. Tarantino is held out as an "artist" by "Bieber fans" (to use your phrase) because then they get as much street cred for blasting "U Smile" as that obnoxious Emo fucker in 5th period does for prattling on about Nirvana. But it's still "U Smile" and they're still "Bieber fans" and all the backward-handed attempts to turn it into Dylan is tedious.