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Michael Bay.
There is no such thing as a big budget feature film that is "all him".
Huh...well I guess critical acclaim isn't the only measure for overrating a director, so...yeah. You can throw Zack Snyder into that particular mix as well.
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yep. give me Bananas, or Sleeper...Woody Allen (much better when he's being silly than when he's being deep)
I love Mighty Aphrodite best.
And I have to agree with Robert Rodriguez being overrated. I liked From Dusk Till Dawn, but I think it was the performances that made it.
Kill Bill is one of the most overrated movies of all time. I would say David Lynch is an overrated director because of his very overrated movie Mulholland Drive.
See... I realize it's nitpicking, but this seems to be another example of where there's a difference between overrated director and overrated film. Lynch's films are nothing if not an acquired taste, but he's very skilled at making them.
Michael Bay, on the other hand, is a very good example of an overrated director. His films fail specifically in his choices as a director -- bad performances, bad pacing, uninspired shot selection, and so on.
There are plenty of good films with horrible direction, and plenty of horrible films that are well directed.
You didn't like Terminator 2 and Aliens? They were both better than the originals in my opinion.
CF is the only person in here that understands that you can't judge filmmaking on whether or not you like the subject matter or the style of movie. Tarrantino and Rodriguez are in the business of making B movies on budget steriods and are fantastic at doing so. Guillermo Del Toro crafts wildly imaginative and creative features such as Pan's Labryinth and is fantastic at that as well.
The only one I'll agree with that is just a bad film maker that has been mentioned in this thread is Michael Bay. His craft is big budget action, and he sucks at big budget action. Stop being biased movie fanboys and look at the works in the context with which they are made.
"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."
Martin Scorcese.
And Oliver Stone, even though Platoon was brilliant. JFK was absolute dog and he completely ruined Natural Born Killers.
I admire Robert Rodriguez because he's so clever. His movies are excercises in how to stretch a budget, plus he deserves props for getting Salma Hayek to either disrobe or drink tequila off her own leg. That said, most of his movies aren't very good.
What? He's one of the greatest Directors of all time.
Michael Bay directs action movies. Action movies. He does not direct movies that are going to win numerous acting Oscars or Oscars in general.
Are you gonna tell me that Armageddon and The Rock are horrible action movies? What about Bad Boys or Transformers? Michael Bay is a great action movie director. I will admit that Pearl Harbor and The Island were probably his worst movies but he's made more blockbuster movies than bombs.
After seeing the posts in this thread, I'd like to add that I'm hoping to become an overrated director myself. SHIET!
Brett Ratner
Richard Kelly
I love Ron Howard films.
These threads are all about OPINION so there is no right or wrong so CF isn't right unless your opinion agrees with hers.
WD and CF are correct about how to judge filmmaking, but I agree it is also correct to understand that in the context of this online forum "Overrated Film Directors" is not an objective topic. It's no different from the threads in the NBA forum about overrated basketball players; I say it's Kobe Bryant, Lakers fan would disagree. Maybe this thread's le should be "Most Overhyped Directors" or "Who Do You Believe is an Overrated Director?"
I just go by simple things like did I like the movie or not and don't use any "judging" criteria other than that. KISS works for me.
Both these statements in the same post are confusing to me.
I saw Terminator: Salvation the other night, and I was pretty impressed with what McG did... (though I still hate referring to a grown man as "McG")
Some of the action sequences are really, really good... several lengthy single-shot scenes and the battles/fights never seem chaotic or hard to follow like most new action movies. I have no CG expertise but I do know when something looks/feels faked, and I never got that feeling from the film... I think they did as much with real sets as they could and kept the CG at a minimum.
I don't want to overhype it because it's still essentially a b-movie popcorn flick but it was a LOT better than I expected, and I have to give McG props. Without question better than the first and third Terminators.
This is just all about taste and what you want out of a movie. See I would rather be entertained and watch a fast pasted movie with bad acting than a film with great acting that bores me to death. Don't get me wrong I like movies that have great acting and original stories as long as they are not slow. I think most of the directors we are talking about all have their great movies. A lot of times directors best movies are one of their first movies and it is hard to live up to making something that good again. I actually like R. Rodriguez and Tarantino even their new movies but can't stand directors like Woody Allen, David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, and especially Paul Thomas Anderson. But I do realize these are very talented directors in their own way I just hate their style of movies they bore me to death. Most of my friends love their movies though. As much I hate woody allen I did watch a movie woody allen made in 70's I thought was good but I just cant stand his movies or humor.
Oliver Stone is the most overrated director in the business. His stuff is CRAP.
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