It’s the format especially and then a bunch of wasted fill time with irrelevant banter that he must believe makes him seem enlightened.
So many of his films use the same scattered time lines bouncing all over the place like he belongs in the current Marvel movies universe. It went from unique to tired and overused.
I have watched A LOT of movies in my lifetime, including all of his. With that said, I don’t think he is bad. I just wouldn’t consider him at, or near, the top.
To put it another way, would you put Cory Clark with the likes of Sanderson, Dake and Gable? He was really good, but I couldn’t put him near their level and the same goes for QT when considering the best ever…