Divisive movies and directors that you like

[Darthvaderrocks]

We all know that there are some films that could be considered a masterpiece for some or terrible for others. Same applies to directors.

Name the one you like more out of them.

My list:

Movies:

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. Eyes Wide Shut
3. The Game
4. Crash
5. Mulholland Drive

Directors:

1. Christopher Nolan
2. Terrence Malick
3. David Cronenberg
4. Zack Snyder
5. Tony Scott

[CyberpunkCentral]

Man of Steel

Zack Snyder

[KManX89]

Originally Posted by Darthvaderrocks

Directors:

1. Christopher Nolan

How is Christopher Nolan divisive?

Anyway, not as a person, but as a director, Joss Whedon has had a lot more hits than misses, but even in that department, he's had something of a checkered past (Atlantis, Alien: Resurrection, Buffy: the Vampire Slayer and Josstice League, though perhaps through no fault of his own on the latter).

[Warm Gun]

Originally Posted by Darthvaderrocks

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. Eyes Wide Shut
5. Mulholland Drive

Good critic reviews. High audience scores (IMDB). Divisive?

[Darthvaderrocks]

Originally Posted by KManX89

How is Christopher Nolan divisive?

Anyway, not as a person, but as a director, Joss Whedon has had a lot more hits than misses, but even in that department, he's had something of a checkered past (Atlantis, Alien: Resurrection, Buffy: the Vampire Slayer and Josstice League, though perhaps through no fault of his own on the latter).

Unfortunately between vocal criticism, some movies that were worse than his old stuff, Nolan's slowly become the most hated and criticized director in online forums. This site has a lot of em.

Whedon too, but that's because the novelty of Avengers wore off and AoU and JL were both mediocre.

For example, Cameron gets 0.0000001% of the hate Nolan gets.

Originally Posted by Warm Gun

Good critic reviews. High audience scores (IMDB). Divisive?

There are a lot of people who hate TDKR and nitpick the crap out of it.

Mulholland Drive is widely liked but I have seen a lot of criticism on it.

Eyes Wide Shut is widely considered to be one of the worst Kubrick's films, funny enough i think that it's his best film,

[filmbuffTX]

Victor Salva, who's admittedly done some really bad things, is a good filmmaker whose done his time and paid his "debt to society". I'll always love his first two Jeepers Creepers movies. I had no idea of his background until just a few years ago. His feature length directorial debut, Clownhouse is also really well done despite the horrible acts surrounding the film. It's also the film debut of Sam Rockwell. I have a fan made Blu-ray of it and have watched it a couple of times. I also remember Powder as a kid from the 90s; I haven't seen it since. It was partially filmed in my hometown and the reclusive star of the film still lives in the area. It has a really good mainstream cast as well:

Mary Steenburgen
Sean Patrick Flanery
Lance Henriksen
Jeff Goldblum

I just focus on the art and try to ignore the personal lives of the artists. "Separate the art from the artist". It's a slippery slope. I'm still going to watch Roman Polanski and Woody Allen films as well.

[DanTheMan]

Darren Aronofsky - Mother!
Wachowski’s - Speed Racer
John Singleton - Higher Learning
Rian Johnson - Star Wars: The Last Jedi

[Jay H.]

While I really don't feel like going down the director rabbit hole, I do seem to like a lot of movies that people either love or hate. The one that really sticks out is the movie Freaked. I've never heard (or read) a single person say "it was okay". You love it or you hate it. I love it.

[CreasyBear]

Stop. Please.

[Justin2000]

Jack Frost with Michael Keaton
Oogieloves
Last Action Hero
Live Free Or Die Hard

[Damon1281]

I'll second the Last Action Hero

and add Alien3, of course.

[SmittysGelato]

Movies:

The Last Jedi
Snyder's Watchmen
Speedracer
Temple of Doom
Spider-Man 3

[Mikezilla3k]

Movies:

Halloween II (2009)
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and At World's End
Psycho III

[DR Herbert West]

Alien³
Halloween III
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Phantasm: Ravager
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2
Jason Goes to Hell
Batman & Robin
Psycho III & IV

[Stanis]

Harmony Korine is a cinematic treasure, and so are his movies

[Star Lord]

Iron Man 3
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Last Jedi

Directors:

David Lynch

[moreorless]

Originally Posted by Darthvaderrocks

Movies:

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. Eyes Wide Shut
3. The Game
4. Crash
5. Mulholland Drive

Good list although Mulholland is really only divisive in terms of preference for that kind of cinema I would say, its typically lauded.

Dark Knight Rises I might not be a super fan of Nolan but I didn't really see a significant drop off in quality relative to the previous film, maybe lacking in quite as memorable a villain but otherwise pretty similar.

Eyes Wide Shut I think you can see its kind of playing on being a little more conventional than previous Kubrick but I think that's part of why it works.

The Game I actually prefer to Seven or Fight Club these days, there angstsy pre millennial tension has IMHO dated a little were as it ends up being a rather more subtle character study.

Crash I never really took to be that similar to a lot of extremism in art-house around that time(or the early 00's) just because it feels like a "nice" film, actually cares about its characters even if the subject is extreme.

[Darthvaderrocks]

Originally Posted by moreorless

Good list although Mulholland is really only divisive in terms of preference for that kind of cinema I would say, its typically lauded.

Dark Knight Rises I might not be a super fan of Nolan but I didn't really see a significant drop off in quality relative to the previous film, maybe lacking in quite as memorable a villain but otherwise pretty similar.

Eyes Wide Shut I think you can see its kind of playing on being a little more conventional than previous Kubrick but I think that's part of why it works.

The Game I actually prefer to Seven or Fight Club these days, there angstsy pre millennial tension has IMHO dated a little were as it ends up being a rather more subtle character study.

Crash I never really took to be that similar to a lot of extremism in art-house around that time(or the early 00's) just because it feels like a "nice" film, actually cares about its characters even if the subject is extreme.

Yeah, I also like Man of Steel and The Fountain and these are rather divisive, so is The Tree Of Life.

Crash is the one directed by Cronenberg btw, not the 05 one.

[Martoto]

Originally Posted by KManX89

How is Christopher Nolan divisive?

Because the public is divided into fans of Nolan's who think he's the best think since fried nookie. And everyone else who, whether they like Nolan's film or not, find those fans to be pretentious and irritating as hell.

[Gizz]

Originally Posted by Martoto

Because the public is divided into fans of Nolan's who think he's the best think since fried nookie. And everyone else who, whether they like Nolan's film or not, find those fans to be pretentious and irritating as hell.

They come of a a cult at times. I have not liked a film from Nolan since Inception I have yet to see Tenet and I have not liked the way he has gone after Warner Bros who are just trying to work though a pandemic.