re: True Romance - Who would've been the better director? Tony Scott or Tarantino?

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There's actually a YouTube video with QT talking about his version would've been slightly different. According to him, some of the scenes would've been in a different order.

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I'd like to either hear or read his opinion on the film. Of course his movie would've been different.

However, I find it refreshing to watch another director's interpretation of one of his scripts. It gives you a perspective on how unique Tarantino scripts are when compared to other screenwriters when you can identify a Tarantino story in a non-Tarantino directed film.

It shows you just how strong his scripts are.

Tarantino is better with the source material than he is directing the final product, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction notwithstanding, IMHO.

Tony Scott was not without flaws, but, other than The Last Boy Scout (which almost ended his, Bruce Willis' and Damon Wayans' careers) - he never really directed a disaster.

Cheese fit the story for True Romance as it did Top Gun, but Tony did a wonderful job, without much cheese in more character-centered pieces like Crimson Tide and Man on Fire (both with Denzel).

Tarantino, although he's matured quite a bit since RD - I don't necessarily think it has been for the better - Jackie Brown and Kill Bill were okay, and I really enjoyed Inglorious Basterds, but his last great movie was Pulp Fiction (I passed on Django, so I know this is up for debate)- 20 years ago when he was in his early 30s - he's 51 now.