Quentin Tarantino films and Trunk shots. What do they mean? Well, most likely, nothing. They are just used often, that's it. Here are three examples:

Reservoir Dogs

Pulp Fiction

From Dusk Till Dawn

As long as your telling me what you feel, I'll tell you my opinion:

Any film you can see will have shots similar to other directors. Are you gonna tell me that if one director dollies a shot a certain way that no one else can use that dolly?!?! Hell no. If a director sees a shot he likes in another film, and he feels that it will work in his film, he has every right in the world to use that shot. It is a generally accepted practice in film. If you accuse a director of stealing, every time he uses a shot that has been used before, then you should be accusing EVERY SINGLE director who has ever directed a film! Deal with it. I'm sure that Martin Scorsese doesn't care, why should you?