Overrated directors

[King Troll]

Scorsece
Woody allen
Coen bros ( for every good movie they make two horrible ones. See, fargo big Lebowski, true grit. Only good ones)

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[cinemaphile]

All this thread is going to do is start arguments and flaming.

...but what the hell. Here's mine. Don't agree? Deal with it

Stanley Kubrick
Darren Aronofsky
Wes Anderson
Martin Scorsese
Francis Ford Coppola
Paul Thomas Anderson
Sofia Coppola
Woody Allen
Brian DePalma
Terence Malick
Gus Van Zant
Ang Lee
Clint Eastwood
Roman Polanski
John Carpenter
Quentin Tarantino

Originally Posted by King Troll

Coen bros ( for every good movie they make two horrible ones. See, fargo big Lebowski, true grit. Only good ones)

I agree that they are hit-and-miss, but I would say their only good ones are Lebowski, Raising Arizona, and Hudsucker Proxy. Then there's a few mediocre ones, and a lot of horrible ones.

[Shanderson88]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

All this thread is going to do is start arguments and flaming.

...but what the hell. Here's mine. Don't agree? Deal with it

Stanley Kubrick
Darren Aronofsky
Wes Anderson
Martin Scorsese
Francis Ford Coppola
Paul Thomas Anderson
Sofia Coppola
Woody Allen
Brian DePalma
John Carpenter

I think Aronofsky is solid overall, but lord did I think Black Swan was overrated. I walked out of that theater totally baffled by what all the fuss was about. All style, absolutely zero substance for me.

PT Anderson is one of those cases where I see the talent there, I see why people love his work technically...I just have never really connected with it personally.

[metaridley]

1. Christopher Nolan
2. Christopher Nolan
3. Christopher Nolan
4. Christopher Nolan
5. Christopher Nolan
6. Christopher Nolan
7. Christopher Nolan
8. Christopher Nolan
9. Christopher Nolan
10. Wes Anderson (if only because Criterion has such a hard on for him)

Originally Posted by Monkey

I enjoyed True Grit, but Big Lebowski is one of the worst movies I've watched.

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

All this thread is going to do is start arguments and flaming.

...but what the hell. Here's mine. Don't agree? Deal with it

Stanley Kubrick
Darren Aronofsky
Wes Anderson
Martin Scorsese
Francis Ford Coppola
Paul Thomas Anderson
Sofia Coppola
Woody Allen
Brian DePalma
Terence Malick
Gus Van Zant
Ang Lee
Clint Eastwood
Roman Polanski
John Carpenter
Quentin Tarantino

I agree that they are hit-and-miss, but I would say their only good ones are Lebowski, Raising Arizona, and Hudsucker Proxy. Then there's a few mediocre ones, and a lot of horrible ones.

aka "I'm too cool for school and dislike all the popular/acclaimed directors"

[Ironhorse75]

Originally Posted by metaridley

1. Christopher Nolan
2. Christopher Nolan
3. Christopher Nolan
4. Christopher Nolan
5. Christopher Nolan
6. Christopher Nolan
7. Christopher Nolan
8. Christopher Nolan
9. Christopher Nolan

Is Nolan overrated though?

Lets discredit all of the raving Batman fanboy opinions. I love Batman and Nolan's movies but you know the type. The people that couldn't name a director until The Dark Knight came out. Suddenly they know everything there is to know about movies and Christopher Nolan is the best in the business. The ones that will act as if Memento was their own personal discovery that represents their vast knowledge.

Eliminate all that noise. Are the level headed fans treating him like a God?

[JamesKurtovich]

Christopher Nolan

[metaridley]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse75

Is Nolan overrated though?

Lets discredit all of the raving Batman fanboy opinions. I love Batman and Nolan's movies but you know the type. The people that couldn't name a director until The Dark Knight came out. Suddenly they know everything there is to know about movies and Christopher Nolan is the best in the business. The ones that will act as if Memento was their own personal discovery that represents their vast knowledge.

Eliminate all that noise. Are the level headed fans treating him like a God?

Fair enough. I posted my thoughts about his filmography in the "Christopher Nolan" thread (Hollywood and Celebrities subforum) if you'd care to take a look.

Speaking of his fanboys:

Originally Posted by T101

To the people slating nolan, it may be that you don't like his writing because his directing style is flawless.

No it isn't.

[T101]

Originally Posted by metaridley

Speaking of his fanboys:



No it isn't.

Fan boy?... why? he isn't my favorite director. I'm simply a fan of movies and since his have been released we have seen something that is not only different but pays homage to movies of the past while being different.

I'm not the person people are describing. I like to think I know a little about movies but you don't have to hate everything to be a proper movie fan. You don't have to watch Casablanca at least once a week and complain about actors "not being what they used to be"

Don't be a stereotype then accuse me of being just this. The Dark Knight trilogy are just movies, very good movies but still.. just movies. I rate nolan but don't ever call me a fan-boy of anything. I like to think that I'm a little more mature than that. Also, I have never even seen Memento.

I admire nolan's style - you don't. Guess what? You're on the internet, you'll find that lots of people have different opinions to you.

My favorite director, by the way, is James Cameron (I wont call him Jim as I don't pretend that I know him) I hated Titanic yet still accept that it is a classic.

Don't ever call me names though, not unless I call you them first. It's wrong, it's disrespectful and it hurts.

Originally Posted by metaridley

The Dark Knight Rises was awful. Inception was okay but I'd never watch it again. It's not unfair at all to say he's overrated. What's unfair is to say he's above reproach.

Is this because of John Blake?

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no longer aimed at you;

I hate how people bad mouth this movie simply because they added a non comic character.

[Roonan]

Whedon and Cameron.

[blurayisnice]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

All this thread is going to do is start arguments and flaming.

...but what the hell. Here's mine. Don't agree? Deal with it

Stanley Kubrick
Darren Aronofsky
Wes Anderson
Martin Scorsese
Francis Ford Coppola
Paul Thomas Anderson
Sofia Coppola
Woody Allen
Brian DePalma
Terence Malick
Gus Van Zant
Ang Lee
Clint Eastwood
Roman Polanski
John Carpenter
Quentin Tarantino

I agree that they are hit-and-miss, but I would say their only good ones are Lebowski, Raising Arizona, and Hudsucker Proxy. Then there's a few mediocre ones, and a lot of horrible ones.

Clint Eastwood overrated? TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOOOOL

[metaridley]

Originally Posted by blurayisnice

Clint Eastwood overrated? TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOOOOL

I thought your reaction would have been more like this

[Rayjaymay]

Ron Howard

[DoubleDownAgain]

Akira Kurosawa
Alan J. Pakula
Alan Parker
Alejandro Amenabar
Alfonso Cuarón
Alfred Hitchcock
Andrei Tarkovsky
Ang Lee
Anthony Minghella
Baz Luhrmann
Ben Affleck
Bernardo Bertolucci
Billy Wilder
Bob Fosse
Buster Keaton
Cameron Crowe
Cecil B. DeMille
Charlie Chaplin
Christopher Nolan
Clint Eastwood
D.W. Griffith
Danny Boyle
David Cronenberg
David Lean
David Lynch
Elia Kazan
Erich von Stroheim
Ernst Lubitsch
F.W. Murnau
Federico Fellini
Francis Ford Coppola
Francois Truffaut
Frank Capra
Fred Zinnemann
Fritz Lang
George Cukor
George Lucas
George Stevens
Gus Van Sant
Hayao Miyazaki
Howard Hawks
Ingmar Bergman
James L. Brooks
James Whale
Jean Cocteau
Jean Renoir
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jim Sheridan
Joel and Ethan Coen
John Boorman
John Cassavetes
John Ford
John Huston
John Sayles
John Schlesinger
Jonathan Demme
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Kenneth Branagh
Kevin Costner
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Laurence Olivier
Louis Malle
Luis Bunuel
Martin Scorsesec
Mel Gibson
Michael Curtiz
Michael Mann
Michael Powell
Mike Leigh
Mike Nichols
Milos Forman
Neil Jordan
Oliver Stone
Orson Welles
Paul Greengrass
Paul Thomas Anderson
Pedro Almodóvar
Peter Jackson
Peter Weir
Preston Sturges
Quentin Tarantino
Richard Brooks
Ridley Scott
Rob Reiner
Robert Altman
Robert Redford
Roman Polanski
Sam Mendes
Sam Peckinpah
Satyajit Ray
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergio Leone
Sidney Lumet
Stanley Kubrick
Stephen Frears
Steven Soderbergh
Steven Spielberg
Terrence Malick
Terry Gilliam
Tim Burton
Tom Tykwer
Warren Beatty
Werner Herzog
Wes Anderson
William Wyler
Woody Allen
Zhang Yimou

[stvn1974]

Nolan
JJ Abrams

[besi]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

Nolan
JJ Abrams

[blonde_devil]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

Nolan
JJ Abrams

i'll half agree - i like Nolan's work but JJ, not at all.

Jon Faverau or however you spell it.

[tigertron]

Christopher Nolan
Quentin Tarantino
Robert Rodriguez
Zack Synder

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by DoubleDownAgain

[Show spoiler]Akira Kurosawa
Alan J. Pakula
Alan Parker
Alejandro Amenabar
Alfonso Cuarón
Alfred Hitchcock
Andrei Tarkovsky
Ang Lee
Anthony Minghella
Baz Luhrmann
Bernardo Bertolucci
Billy Wilder
Bob Fosse
Buster Keaton
Cameron Crowe
Cecil B. DeMille
Charlie Chaplin
Christopher Nolan
Clint Eastwood
D.W. Griffith
Danny Boyle
David Cronenberg
David Lean
David Lynch
Elia Kazan
Erich von Stroheim
Ernst Lubitsch
F.W. Murnau
Federico Fellini
Francis Ford Coppola
Francois Truffaut
Frank Capra
Fred Zinnemann
Fritz Lang
George Cukor
George Lucas
George Stevens
Gus Van Sant
Hayao Miyazaki
Howard Hawks
Ingmar Bergman
James L. Brooks
James Whale
Jean Cocteau
Jean Renoir
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jim Sheridan
Joel and Ethan Coen
John Boorman
John Cassavetes
John Ford
John Huston
John Sayles
John Schlesinger
Jonathan Demme
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Kenneth Branagh
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Laurence Olivier
Louis Malle
Luis Bunuel
Martin Scorsese
Michael Curtiz
Michael Mann
Michael Powell
Mike Leigh
Mike Nichols
Milos Forman
Neil Jordan
Oliver Stone
Orson Welles
Paul Greengrass
Paul Thomas Anderson
Pedro Almodóvar
Peter Jackson
Peter Weir
Preston Sturges
Quentin Tarantino
Richard Brooks
Ridley Scott
Rob Reiner
Robert Altman
Robert Redford
Roman Polanski
Sam Mendes
Sam Peckinpah
Satyajit Ray
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergio Leone
Sidney Lumet
Stanley Kubrick
Stephen Frears
Steven Soderbergh
Steven Spielberg
Terrence Malick
Terry Gilliam
Tim Burton
Tom Tykwer
Warren Beatty
Werner Herzog
Wes Anderson
William Wyler
Woody Allen
Zhang Yimou

Fan of Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Warren Beatty, and Mel Gibson I see.

[DoubleDownAgain]

Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

Fan of Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Warren Beatty, and Mel Gibson I see.

Nope, they are overrated too!

Originally Posted by Monkey

I enjoyed True Grit, but Big Lebowski is one of the worst movies I've watched.

Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

[Monarch_of_Media]

Originally Posted by Rayjaymay

Ron Howard

How can someone that never gets any praise be overrated? If anything he gets trashed a little more than he should. I'm in no way saying he's great, but I've literally NEVER heard any praise for the guy as a director(and I follow him on Twitter, but don't even see him retweeting praise) so I don't get how he can be overrated.