overrated film directors!

[redskinfan]

Ron Howard,Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, Why do these guys keep getting big budgets and they keep disappointing us?

[balli]

Ron Howard makes formulaic garbage, but I'm down with Arrested Development.

I have no idea who the Robert Rodriguez is. Actually check that, my guess would be that he's the dude who did Sin City? Meh. But is he highly regarded? You have to be highly regarded to be over-rated.

Tarantino takes too much heat. Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Jackie Brown are all gold in my book. At some point people started talking about Kill Bill like it was some sort of failure. I thought it was cool. Still do. And I think Inglorious Basterds will be good.

The director I'm not down with is that Guillermo Del Toro guy who made Pan's Labyrinth and boy 2, both of which were critically acclaimed, but I thought sucked. Especially boy 2. I was pissed to read that New Line threw him The Hobbit.

[Trainwreck2100]

McG why does a tool who feels he doesn't need to use a real name get ahold of the Terminator francchise, when he's the guy that directed Charlie's Angels.


Also Kil Bill was garbage

[balli]

I'm a big Woody Allen fan and didn't see Vicky Cristina Barcelona, but he hasn't made a good movie since Small Time Crooks, which is highly under-rated. Match Point would have been all right if I didn't see it when it was called Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Though, he did go back to NYC for this new movie with Larry David in it. Larry David has never done wrong in my eyes. Ever. So I have high hopes.

[ShoogarBear]

Woody Allen (much better when he's being silly than when he's being deep)
Peter Jackson (warmed over Spielberg clone)

[ShoogarBear]

I have no idea who the Robert Rodriguez is. Actually check that, my guess would be that he's the dude who did Sin City? Meh. But is he highly regarded? You have to be highly regarded to be over-rated.

Rodriguez is highly-regarded for his technical abilities. But, far as I can tell, he's never put together a complete movie with actual characters and true emotions.

[SA210]

Rodriguez is highly-regarded for his technical abilities. But, far as I can tell, he's never put together a complete movie with actual characters and true emotions.

This is true.

[SA210]

Overrated = M Night Shyamalan

[sonic21]

Robert Rodriguez did From Dusk till Dawn, it was the 1st time i saw Salma Hayek, so he deserves some props.

[redskinfan]

Robert Rodriguez did From Dusk till Dawn, it was the 1st time i saw Salma Hayek, so he deserves some props.

+1 Salma in that movie,, Woody Allen is still making movies? very overrated..

[PixelPusher]

Overrated = M Night Shyamalan

+1, although I'm hoping by now his one-trick ponies have taken him out of the "highly rated director" category.

[ShoogarBear]

Overrated = M Night Shyamalan

I wouldn't say "overrated" so much as "shot his wad".

[CuckingFunt]

Ron Howard,Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, Why do these guys keep getting big budgets and they keep disappointing us?

The problem with threads like this is that there isn't enough distinction between saying "A, B, and C are overrated directors" and saying "A, B, and C make overrated films."

I'm an unabashed fangirl when it comes to Tarantino and Rodriguez and am admittedly biased in that regard. But even as someone who isn't terribly fond of Howard's films, I can at least recognize that he is talented in the craft of filmmaking.

The director I'm not down with is that Guillermo Del Toro guy who made Pan's Labyrinth and boy 2, both of which were critically acclaimed, but I thought sucked. Especially boy 2. I was pissed to read that New Line threw him The Hobbit.

I thought Pan's Labyrinth was amazing, but am generally more impressed with del Toro as a person, as an intellect, and in terms of imagination than I am with his filmmaking in general. I liked both of the boy films a lot, but they each had their flaws. That being said, I will forever be a fan after the interviews I saw/read/heard while he was promoting Pan's Labyrinth. Dude is off the charts smart.

Rodriguez is highly-regarded for his technical abilities. But, far as I can tell, he's never put together a complete movie with actual characters and true emotions.

I'm not entirely convinced he's ever tried to. Even before collaborating on Grindhouse, he and Tarantino have been fairly unapologetic in their goal to make big budget B movies.

[CuckingFunt]

I'm a big Woody Allen fan and didn't see Vicky Cristina Barcelona, but he hasn't made a good movie since Small Time Crooks, which is highly under-rated. Match Point would have been all right if I didn't see it when it was called Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Though, he did go back to NYC for this new movie with Larry David in it. Larry David has never done wrong in my eyes. Ever. So I have high hopes.

Vicky Christina Barcelona was the first of his films that I'd liked since Small Time Crooks, but in general I'd call his entire career since 1989 pretty spotty.

[sonic21]

oliver stone is overrated too, he did some great movie (platoon, jfk) but his last movies are bad (alexander, WT center, W)

[SA210]

The Farrelly brothers

The ony film I liked fom them was the original Dumb and Dumber. What they are about to do to The Three Stooges makes me want to puke so frickin' bad.

[cornbread]

F--- the Ron Howard haters. He created the masterpiece that is 'Willow'. You can't overrate those skills.

[SA210]

F--- the Ron Howard haters. He created the masterpiece that is 'Willow'. You can't overrate those skills.

[fraga]

M Knight Shama Lama Ding Dong...

[leemajors]

tarantino writes consistently horrible dialogue. it makes me want to puncture my eardrums. guy ritchie sucks.

[angrydude]

F--- the Ron Howard haters. He created the masterpiece that is 'Willow'. You can't overrate those skills.

Yea, but wasn't that also produced by Speilburg and or Lucas in their heyday?

It wasn't all him.

[monosylab1k]

guy ritchie sucks.

RocknRolla was unwatchably bad, and I just rewatched Snatch the other day and realized what a turd sandwich that movie is. When I first saw it I liked it, but this time around I wanted to kill myself. Other than Brad Pitt and the Desert Eagle scene, that movie is awful.

[monosylab1k]

most overrated is James Cameron. I don't think I like any movie he's ever made.

[jack sommerset]

Ron Howard,Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, Why do these guys keep getting big budgets and they keep disappointing us?

I like most of those movies they direct. Can't stand Michael Bay or Brett Ratner.

[jack sommerset]

most overrated is James Cameron. I don't think I like any movie he's ever made.

Terminator was pretty bad ass and True Lies was ok.