10. Don't Overshadow The Protagonist
There's no denying that Quentin Tarantino has conjured up some of the coolest and most memorable characters in the history of cinema - few could argue that Pulp Fiction's Jules Winfield isn't cinema's seminal badass, or that Christoph Waltz's Jew Hunter in Inglorious Basterds, Hans Landa, isn't one the most interesting villain of the last ten years. As it stands, Tarantino has a certified gift for creating vivid, three-dimensional individuals - even if, beneath the surface, they're nothing but dialogue-dispensers, arguably incapable of any real, genuinely felt emotions. Jamie Foxx's Django is arguably Tarantino's least interesting protagonist ever, however, and it's partly because - for one - there's not all that much personality on the page (a rarity), and also because Foxx was completely overshadowed by Christopher Waltz's turn as German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz. Truth is, QT obviously fell in love with Schultz as he was writing him (understandable), but it also meant that Django wasn't given all that much to say or do. In fact, he's the least interesting character in the movie because he's more reactionary than anyone else. In QT's next western, then, how about a more active protagonist who actually drives the story?