Thats half the point. The fact that some of the conversations in Tarantino's films do nothing to advance the plot I think serves to fill the characters out even more, because thats how real people speak. Not everything in a film - in their lives - should be exclusively plot-driven, because thats...
I've always felt Withnail and I was pretty overrated. It has its moments, but I don't quite get why its considered such a classic.
When it comes to dialogue in films, I don't think you can beat Tarantino. He has the confidence to repeatedly have loooong, drawn out scenes of dialogue in his...