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JLant19 · 02-20-2010, 01:18 AM

What directors do you just think are over rated?

For me it's Romero. I just don't see what is the big deal with his films. To me they were boring. I watched Dawn of the Dead for the first time the other day and I was not into it at all.

so who you got?

amarster · 02-20-2010, 01:22 AM

robert redford or kevin costner easy, scorsese should have won for both raging bull and goodfellas, no question

Elandyll · 02-20-2010, 01:24 AM

Romero definitely, and I would add Uwe Boll.
Someone in Hollywood must think something good about him to allow him to continue making crap movies...

jhiggy23 · 02-20-2010, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Elandyll

Romero definitely, and I would add Uwe Boll.
Someone in Hollywood must think something good about him to allow him to continue making crap movies...

Boll is not in Hollywood and because a tax loop is able to continue to make movies the way he does.

surfdude12 · 02-20-2010, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by JLant19

What directors do you just think are over rated?

For me it's Romero. I just don't see what is the big deal with his films. To me they were boring. I watched Dawn of the Dead for the first time the other day and I was not into it at all.

so who you got?

dude you just lost a ton of respect in my book

kidding dude, kidding.

no i know what you mean. first viewing i was like "huh?", in fact i stopped it half hour in. now, i can say its one of my all-time favorite films. why?

[Show spoiler]

as far as overrated? for me its Fincher. dont get me wrong, i think he makes good films, but IMO no better than an average director. i still dont get why his work is so acclaimed. perhaps i'm not seeing something?

Lord_Stewie · 02-20-2010, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by surfdude12

dude you just lost a ton of respect in my book

kidding dude, kidding.

no i know what you mean. first viewing i was like "huh?", in fact i stopped it half hour in. now, i can say its one of my all-time favorite films. why?

[Show spoiler]

as far as overrated? for me its Fincher. dont get me wrong, i think he makes good films, but IMO no better than an average director. i still dont get why his work is so acclaimed. perhaps i'm not seeing something?

Nice analogy regarding Zombies to Consumer relations.

JLant19 · 02-20-2010, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by surfdude12

dude you just lost a ton of respect in my book

kidding dude, kidding.

no i know what you mean. first viewing i was like "huh?", in fact i stopped it half hour in. now, i can say its one of my all-time favorite films. why?

[Show spoiler]

as far as overrated? for me its Fincher. dont get me wrong, i think he makes good films, but IMO no better than an average director. i still dont get why his work is so acclaimed. perhaps i'm not seeing something?

dang I'm sorry man. haha But yea I should go back and watch his films again but I'm glad you understand where I am coming from. that is a good idea about the mall though, I'll give him that!

I agree with you totally about Fincher. I love CCOBB and Zodiac, and like Fight Club. but he does receive too much praise.

surfdude12 · 02-20-2010, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by JLant19

dang I'm sorry man. haha But yea I should go back and watch his films again but I'm glad you understand where I am coming from. that is a good idea about the mall though, I'll give him that!

I agree with you totally about Fincher. I love CCOBB and Zodiac, and like Fight Club. but he does receive too much praise.

yeah, I did like Fight Club, but not much beyond that. Oh well, maybe i'll watch Zodiac again one day. That one was okay so perhaps worth another viewing.

zahinn · 02-20-2010, 01:47 AM

Clint Eastwood...

Besides Mystic River, I found all his films to be average

Unforgiven is just another forgettable western.
Million Dollar baby was very good, but comeee oooonnn, its not THAT good >.>
Mystic River was his best film

acosmichippo · 02-20-2010, 01:48 AM

James Cameron

Michael Bay

Atreyu · 02-20-2010, 01:53 AM

For me it would have to be Spike Lee.

amarster · 02-20-2010, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by zahinn

Clint Eastwood...

Besides Mystic River, I found all his films to be average

Unforgiven is just another forgettable western.
Million Dollar baby was very good, but comeee oooonnn, its not THAT good >.>
Mystic River was his best film

i kinda felt the same way till i saw gran tourino and rewatched unforgiven many years later

zahinn · 02-20-2010, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by amarster

i kinda felt the same way till i saw gran tourino and rewatched unforgiven many years later

I like all of Eastwood's films...but they get much more credit than the deserve.

This is how I would rank them:
Mystic River
Million Dollar Baby
Unforgiven
Gran Torino
....These were his best

Batman1980 · 02-20-2010, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by zahinn

Clint Eastwood...

Besides Mystic River, I found all his films to be average

Unforgiven is just another forgettable western.
Million Dollar baby was very good, but comeee oooonnn, its not THAT good >.>
Mystic River was his best film

Gran Torino
Million Dollar Baby
In the Line of Fire
Sorry, can't agree.

kolibri · 02-20-2010, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolverine1980

Gran Torino
Million Dollar Baby
In the Line of Fire
Sorry, can't agree.

In the Line of Fire was directed by Wolfgang Petersen, who occasionally flirts with overratedness himself. But hey, I think we can forgive the guy who brought us Das Boot!

dmb70 · 02-20-2010, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by zahinn

Clint Eastwood...

Besides Mystic River, I found all his films to be average

Unforgiven is just another forgettable western.
Million Dollar baby was very good, but comeee oooonnn, its not THAT good >.>
Mystic River was his best film

Have you seen Play Misty for me, high plains drifter, the outlaw josey wales, hearbreak ridge, a perfect world, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, gran tourino, or Letters from Iwo Jima? Give clint another chance, he makes great films.

Mahatma · 02-20-2010, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by dmb70

Have you seen Play Misty for me, high plains drifter, the outlaw josey wales, hearbreak ridge, a perfect world, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, gran tourino, or Letters from Iwo Jima? Give clint another chance, he makes great films.

Think Clint is like wine:improves with age

Scholer · 11-02-2012, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by zahinn

Clint Eastwood...

Besides Mystic River, I found all his films to be average

Unforgiven is just another forgettable western.
Million Dollar baby was very good, but comeee oooonnn, its not THAT good >.>
Mystic River was his best film

But Letters from Iwo Jima is also a masterpiece. And so was Changeling, he might not be that high but I think he deserves the respect he gets.

ajgoodfella7 · 02-20-2010, 01:48 AM

I completely disagree about Fincher. Se7en and Zodiac are two of my all-time favorite movies, Fight Club, Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and The Game were all very good movies. And Panic Room is pretty good. That's just about everything he's ever done and all of them are at least pretty good in my opinion.

zahinn · 02-20-2010, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ajgoodfella7

I completely disagree about Fincher. Se7en and Zodiac are two of my all-time favorite movies, Fight Club, Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and The Game were all very good movies. And Panic Room is pretty good. That's just about everything he's ever done and all of them are at least pretty good in my opinion.

Zodiac

SE7EN

Fight Club

Buttons

...yeah

02-20-2010, 01:18 AM	#1
JLant19 Power Member Member since:Sep 2009 4K collection:628 Blu-ray collection:1646 Digital collection:27 Trading Score:7	Most Over Rated Directors What directors do you just think are over rated? For me it's Romero. I just don't see what is the big deal with his films. To me they were boring. I watched Dawn of the Dead for the first time the other day and I was not into it at all. so who you got?

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Elandyll Blu-ray Knight Member since:Aug 2007 Location:MD Blu-ray collection:188 Trading Score:1	Romero definitely, and I would add Uwe Boll. Someone in Hollywood must think something good about him to allow him to continue making crap movies...

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ajgoodfella7 Active Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Pittsburgh, PA Blu-ray collection:156 Trading Score:6	I completely disagree about Fincher. Se7en and Zodiac are two of my all-time favorite movies, Fight Club, Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and The Game were all very good movies. And Panic Room is pretty good. That's just about everything he's ever done and all of them are at least pretty good in my opinion.

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