Well, there's been extensive discussion about the most talented filmmakers of all time... but after having watched Troy last night, I have to comment that Wolfgang Petersen is going in the wrong direction with his movies ever since he did the excellent Das Boot. I think that Troy is Petersen's worst work yet... Orlando Bloom was completely laughable with his portrayal of Paris (look beyond the pretty boy looks all you Bloomers... he was utterly mis-cast here), Brian Cox completely overracted, and way too many liberties were taken with the Trojan history. Even worse, I was completely devastated seeing Peter O'Toole's acting ability wasted in scenes with a Brad Pitt who didn't look like he had any desire to be on the set.
I'm not saying Petersen's at worst director level ever just yet (save that for Ed Wood), but if he keeps up at his current pace, he'll be working his way into that group very soon. Air Force One? The Perfect Storm? Outbreak? I would never have thought movies like these would have come from the same director as In The Line of Fire and Das Boot.
At any rate, I didn't want this to turn into a Troy review. I wanted to see if anyone was in agreement that Petersen needs a couple decent outputs to salvage his directorial reputation. He'll get his chance with Ender's Game in 2006... but I'm not holding my breath.
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Without a doubt is gotta be Danny Boyle! Only two of his films are very good. Transpotting and Shallow Grave. From there he has stunk like skunk! A life less ordinary, The Beach, 28 days later? Bah!
Another down the hill filmaker is John Woo (yeah I admit he is not the same) His best films are Hard Boiled, The Killer, Face off, but after that he made Mission Imposible 2, WindTalkers, Paycheck?....Yuck!
are u serious? i loved air force one. what didnt u like bout it? acting was pretty good and i like movies about how screwed americas presidents are and cmon its harrison ford
I think the premise was a little far-fetched... and the escape pod bit just really set me over the edge in terms of realism. This was the starting point in Ford's career where he really seemed to be out of place in the roles he was taking (Random Hearts, Six Days Seven Nights and Sabrina are all movies during that time frame that were bad choices for him in my opinion).
Still, I don't fault him for taking the roles. I'm merely stating that Peterson's casting efforts and style certainly took a turn for the worse later on in his career.
Conversely, I actually thought Neverending Story wasn't too bad. Of course, we'll never really get to know now if Jonathan Brandis could ever make it as an adult actor. How unfortunate that he committed suicide.
so sad. six days seven night was terrible...any way....of course air force 1 wasnt real but cmon,,...tell me u didnt like watching the president squirm
There are two least talented filmmakers of all time: W-A-C-H-O-W-S-K-I B-R-O-S.
Thanks to their stupid movie The Matrix Revolultions, they used to be cool directors, but now they're shadows of themselves. They proved that they had nothing to offer with their stupid Matrix sequels...okay, at least The Matrix Reloaded was tolerable, but The Matrix Revolutions made me angry. That movie should be trashed in a fire so nobody has to ever endure that horror show again.
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Whoever made The Muskateer. That movie was so bad it made me mad to capitalize the name just now. American accents in a period movie set in France was one of the less annoying horrors. God, how I hate that guy, whatever his name is.
McG can suck it as well.
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Stephen Sommers...I only know of 3 of his movies but they are all horrible. He also edits his films to have lower ratings to make more money off teenagers.
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