I tried to give Red State a go, but turned it off after a half hour because it was really dumb and bad. Not sure what I was thinking by attempting to watch that. But, really, some of the other stuff Tarantino likes makes Red State look like a masterpiece.
Even though I don't agree with most of what Tarantino's has to say about movies, his view of himself as a public intellectual (which requires him to steeple his fingers whenever he talks about movies) is too amusing not to like. I'm looking forward to this side of him going into overdrive 15-20 years from now, when he retires from directing films and becomes a "man of letters" (as he's promised to do in recent interviews).