John Boorman - Exorcist Part 2
Robert Altman - Popeye
Francis Ford Coppola - Jack
David Lynch - Dune
Tim Burton - Planet of the Apes/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Ridley Scott - Hannibal
Sidney Lumet - The Wiz
Rob Reiner - North (not only the worst film he ever made, but his career killer: name me ONE great movie he's made since then. Anybody? No?)
Feel free to add your own :)
I must disagree with Exorcist 2 and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
The Journal of Saint Anna; coming soon to a bookstore near you.
I can possibly see the appeal in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: it was visually stunning, as Burton films ever are. My problems were with the dumbing down of the story and the removal of any kind of intrigue from the Wonka character (he's supposed to enigmatic, that's part of his appeal, and the exposition ruined that), plus I HATED Johnny Depp's performance. It irritated the heck out of me.
But I fail to see why anybody would think The Exorcist 2 was a good movie: cheesy, incomprehensible, overacted, so slow paced it may as well have been in slow motion and just totally, utterly, completely stupid (James Earl Jones in a giant moth outfit? That last scene? What?). It's genuinely up there with the worst films I've ever watched, up there with Transformers 2, North, Norbit, Little Man, anything by Ed Wood... And it should have been SO much better! It was directed by the man behind Deliverance, it starred Richard Burton and Louise Fletcher, it's the sequel to one of the best films ever made, what the hell happened? What was the appeal? I'm genuinely interested here.
Well, I found that it built upon regions the story wasn't capable of (Wonka's childhood, which I found very endearing) and it was all in all simply very to watch.
E2, I think, is one of the most underrated movies of all time. It is, in fact, my favorite horror sequel out there, and I watch a lot of horror movies (even though I admit it wasn't scary). I get that the plot was very convoluted, but I enjoyed it. I didn't have any problem with the acting, which I found particularly and appropriately queer and overly-done. It had a deep message which still affects me even now, and it shall forever occupy my favorite horror-sequel spot
The Journal of Saint Anna; coming soon to a bookstore near you.
I must disagree with Popeye...Loved it!
shareanything made in the 90s by Don Bluth (Anastasia wasn't terrible, but not exactly good, either)
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Why not phone up Robin Hood,
And ask him for some wealth distribution?
I can name you two great movies Rob Reiner has directed since "North": "The American President" and "Ghosts of Mississippi". "The American President" was a great compensation for the abomination that was "North". It was funny and poignant, and actually stands to this day as timeless. It also served as a great precursor to "The West Wing".
"Ghosts of Mississippi", although not a financial success, did receive many great reviews, and James Woods was nominated for an Oscar for his role in the movie as Byron de la Beckwith. I would even go as far as to say it's one of the best overlooked films of the '90's.
So yes, "North" was a really bad movie, but Rob Reiner hasn't gone down hill as a director since then. He has still made movies that have been financial and critical successes, and he's certainly not in the career rut as a director that John Landis has been in for the last 20 years.
John Favreau-Zathura
Oliver Stone- Alexander
Steven Spielberg- Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Oliver Stone- Alexander
I think you meant 'Oliver Stone- World Trade Center' (watch the final cut of Alexander, it's a huge improvement and deserves to be remembered instead of the sub-par theatrical cut)
I would actually put in Alice in Wonderland for Tim Burton. That one didn't even have "visually stunning" going for it.
2010: One of the worst years in film so far...
But it's getting much better!
Did you just call John Boorman a great director?!? *supresses laughter*
That's.... hahahahahahahhAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHhahahahahahahhahqhahahhahahaha
horhiawehroharhaterhwtewrtertbertjewrbtkjwebrtjkbelrtjkbrtkeertjrbtekrt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Who busts the Crimebusters?
Point Blank, Deliverance, Hope and Glory, The General, The Tailor of Panama, The Emerald Forest - Yeah, couple of misses (Exorcist II for example), but overall it's not a wholly inaccurate claim.
In other words, back up your argument or *beep* off and stop being so supercilious.
Steven Spielberg - Hook
George Lucas - Star Wars Episode II
Spike Lee - She Hate Me
Francis Ford Coppola - Jack
Woody Allen - Anything Else
Quentin Tarantino - Death Proof
Stanley Kubrick - 2001 (yes, I hated 2001)
Coen Bros. - No Country for Old Men
Wes Anderson - Darjeering Limited
Robert Zemeckis - Back to the Future Part 2
Terrence Malick - The New World
Scorsese can do no wrong! LoL
"No Country For Old Men" was great!
Also, Martin Scorsese's "Color of Money" wasn't that great - and is now really dated.
Robert Altman - Popeye
Francis Ford Coppola - Jack
Sidney Lumet - The Wiz
Rob Reiner - North
Martin Scorcese - The Departed
The Coen Brothers - A Serious Man
Sydney Pollack - The Interpreter
Steven Spielberg - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
God you can have Megan Fox...Give us back Vivien Leigh
A Serious Man was awesome :(
And nowhere NEAR as bad as their remake of the Ladykillers.
Good shout on the rest though!
And nowhere NEAR as bad as their remake of the Ladykillers
When compared to the original yes...I just didn't enjoy A Serious Man for one reason or another..I can't say what the reasons are hence why I have not posted a review for it
God you can have Megan Fox...Give us back Vivien Leigh
No it is boring.
The Interpreter is a good movie, as is the departed.
The interpreter is thoroughly "meh". Departed is okay, but nothing like as good as Scorcese is capable of.
And A Serious Man is one of the funniest films I've ever seen.
If you think old movies are boring or modern movies suck, you haven't seen enough of either.
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