Saying that Usual Suspects is a Pulp/Res rip-off is completely retarded. They’re not even the same genre. Let’s also not forget that Usual suspects came out in 95, so that means that the script and idea had to have come before Pulp Fiction was even released, so let’s not go off the deep end. Just because the movie doesn’t really have any good guys (except the… wait for it… cops), doesn’t mean it’s a rip-off.
Second, X-Men II WAS something special. These directors (including Nolan) are not ‘directors for hire’ Save that title for directors like Schumacher and Mann and Bruckhiemer and Spielburg.
Oh… and, again, let’s not go off the deep end. Just because Memento was out of chronological order doesn’t mean that it was ripped off of Pulp Fiction and Res. They weren’t the first movies to be done out of chron. order, let’s not forget that.
I’m not here to argue what directors are good or not. QT’s my favrorite by far, but it’s definitely not fair to say that these other fine directors are ripping off him.
