Some of you seem to be just naming people because you dislike their work, not because they are a bad/the worst director, Luc Besson is obviously not a BAD director, he has skill in directing, as does Quentin Tarantino.
Fair enough if you don't like the films they make, nothing wrong with that. But saying someone can't direct when, meh, they obviously can is silly in my eyes.
Originally posted by jaden101
how can you possibly think that wes craven is shitthe people under the stairs
nightmare on elm street
last house on the left
the hills have eyes
vampire in brooklyn (one of the best comedies ever)
shockerthese are all classics
Speaking out of opinion, naturally, but the movies you mentioned really shouldn't be considered when debating his legacy.
"People Under the Stairs" was camp crap, and I've found both "Hills" and "Last House" to be horribly overrated. Why you included "Vampire" and "Shocker" of all movies, forgetting the more fitting "Scream" and "Serpent and the Rainbow", is beyond me.
His 90's cheese is easily dismissable, and like Carpenter, his little resurgence was short lived.
Don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but how about Hoopers job on 'The Mangler'?? And that was made after TCM and Poltergeist. Come on, it was like my sister gave a swing at making a Twilight Zone episode. That must have been a bribe and old Tobe did it in a weekend just for the cash so they could strap his name to the whole thing.
Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
Speaking out of opinion, naturally, but the movies you mentioned really shouldn't be considered when debating his legacy."People Under the Stairs" was camp crap, and I've found both "Hills" and "Last House" to be horribly overrated. Why you included "Vampire" and "Shocker" of all movies, forgetting the more fitting "Scream" and "Serpent and the Rainbow", is beyond me.
His 90's cheese is easily dismissable, and like Carpenter, his little resurgence was short lived.
Originally posted by Wolfie
It's to my understanding that Bruckheimer is a producer, not a director.
Bruckhiemer is a producer, but i refer to him as the "director" . All producers have stipulations, but none so much as Bruckhiemer. If a film is going to be produced by Bruckhiemer it is going to be a bruckiemer flick, all the same shitty cheap camera angles, and childish editing.