I actually like both of them quite a bit, but I've gotta easily go with Tarantino.
And that's without even seeing his recent movies. Last Tarantino movie I watched was Kill Bill, which I thought was mostly self-indulgent crap that just happened to be pretty fun. I know that Basterds and Django have been really critically acclaimed, but I just could never get around to watching them due to my recent distaste for that whole "revenge fantasy" thing. But that's probably less Tarantino's fault than it is the fault of the marketing. Basterds trailers played up the "killing Nazis" angle, Django trailers played to the "killing slave owners angle", and I just don't want to see that presented in a glorified manner. Despite these movies garnering HUGE critical acclaim, I'm just not at a point where that kind of thing appeals to me. I'm sure they're great movies, though.
But yeah, even without seeing his two most recent masterpieces, I'd still EASILY place Tarantino over Nolan.
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