Wow, I didn't know that re: the pilfered Scorsese doc. That is admittedly messed up. I preferred Reservoir Dogs to Pulp Fiction by far. I do think he has gotten better with later films if even more self indulgent. Your criticisms are all valid. I found it really disturbing what he put Uma Thurman through during the car crash scene in Kill Bill, she ended up with a serious back injury due to his obsessively pedantic insistence on using a car that they knew to be unsafe at careening speeds on a winding road. Piss ant ego led behavior. I did like Once Upon a Time, he did stunning things with lighting in that film that you just don't see anymore, and the culmination was (almost) worth it being an hour too long.