pretty average director
Have no idea why some folks make him out as such a great, modern blockbuster filmmaker. He's an average director at best.
Like really, what else has he made aside from The Usual Suspects and the X-Men movies that make him deserve all this praise he gets? When you look at his filmography as a whole, he's arguably had more misses than hits. For every good movie he makes, he seems to follow up with a couple stinkers before redeeming himself with a movie everybody likes.
His filmmaking style and technical craft are in it of themselves, largely unimpressive. He also hasn't been involved with the writing process of any of his films after Public Access (aside from being credited for story among a dozen other writers on the X-Men films). He seems to be one of those directors where the quality of their film lies entirely on the backbone of the script he's been given. If it's good, it'll be good. If it's bad, it'll be bad. Either way, he won't do much to improve or enhance upon it with his direction. Similar to directors like Clint Eastwood or Ron Howard.
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