Tom Marshall
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Rodriguez had a few cheesy years there with the spy kids stuff... but he's coming back around to better things... seems him and QT are buddy buddy now...
Director's whose Schtick you're tired of
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Hairy Lime
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I'm not sure I understand this. Tarantino does one thing. Pulp fiction. Crime stories. Only his settings and scenarios change, but they're all the same thing. There's very little diversity in his body of work.Kholi said:
You want diversity? Danny Boyle is where you look. He's remarkable.
Shallow Grave - Suspense Thriller
Trainspotting - Drug Drama
A Life Less Ordinary - Romantic Comedy
The Beach - Adventure
28 Days Later - Horror
Millions - Family Drama
Sunshine - Sci-fi
Can't wait to see what he comes up with next.
ExtremeSleuth
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Hairy Lime said:
good call there! boyle's work is great. i cant wait to see sunshine. :thumbsup:
Hairy Lime
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Kholi said:
Bill's a gangster.
The bride is one of his elite assassins.
Not a crime story? What is it then? A revenge story among criminals? Which makes it ... a crime story.
I don't hate QT at all. I enjoy his films, but all this "original" and "diverse" stuff is a little ridiculous. The guy is great at what he's good at, but he's limited in his scope and it's not particularly original, just very, very, very well done. And that's okay. I wish he'd adapt another Elmore Leonard novel personally, because nobody writes better modern pulp and nobody directs better modern pulp.
Millions is my favorite Boyle movie, but I really need to revisit Trainspotting, which I thought was brilliant upon first viewing.
ExtremeSleuth
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Trainspotting is my fav Boyle film... Sunshine looks really good though.
spencer
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tommyinla said:
I'm gonna go out on a prediction limb and say Grindhouse is going to blow everyone away.
It's kinda like if the Faculty didn't suck and was supposed to pay homage to old 70's cinema.
But not in a bad way. I think Tarantino or Rodriguez summed it up as "a grindhouse flick that finally lives up to the awesomeness of the poster"
And, judging by what I've seen, they are correct. Effects look bitchin, cool ideas, still kinda sleazy and gritty.
Can't wait to see that footage again.
rogar-BigGrin(DBG)
GaryinCalifornia
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John_Hudson said:
Same here didn't want to see it... Johnny Depp looked like a bad Michael Jackson...
Big Fish - A cute film but more of the same. [/QUOTE]
I really did like this film...
Planet of the Apes - Crap. [/QUOTE]
Ditto...
Sleepy Hollow - Finally a legitimate film from Burton minus the comic book
fantasy land. I wish he would would do more serious Horror. [/QUOTE]
Good but not great...
Mars Attacks! - Crap and more comic book crap at that. I don't want to see a comic book come to life. [/QUOTE]
Ditto...
Ed Wood - His best film ever made. Filmed as if were in 1959, Beautifully done.
You might be right about this one... didn't want to see it... was dragged in by a friend and I loved it...
Batman Returns - Crap
Same here...
Edward Scissorhands - Nice film, but more of the same with outrageous set designs, bizarre characters, and that damn Elfman music.
Same here...
Batman - Burton defines what was wrong with the Franchise from Day 1. After that, we have to sit through 3 more absurd comic book land films. Thank god Nolan comes around and makes it legitimate.
Agree Nolan's made the best Batman film so far...
Beetle Juice - Original, fun, dark. And unfortunately the beginning of the same thing over and over and over.
I never liked this film...
Pee-wee's Big Adventure - A cute, fun (Kid's film?) that shows us the beginning of Burton's childbrain
It was okay... but I never would buy it for my DVD collection...
Can the guy make a normal effin Movie without the gimmicky fantasy land he seems to be trapped in ?
I'm tired of this guys Schtick.
Yeah... I kinda of agree...
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Guy Ritchie is definitely on this list. And the sad part is I think he knows it too.
MojoTrancer
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Bay's schtick is getting tiresome. He makes great popcorn movies, but he makes all of them exactly the same way, right down to the shots he chooses and the over-warm colors he saturates his images with. So he would definitely be at the top of my list.
And Singer needs to step away from hero flicks and try something new.
And then there's Lucas. I swear if I had to spend the next thirty years of my life making films in one "universe", I'd probably jump off a cliff in despair.
And Singer needs to step away from hero flicks and try something new.
And then there's Lucas. I swear if I had to spend the next thirty years of my life making films in one "universe", I'd probably jump off a cliff in despair.
J.R. Hudson
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I never put Richie into a high director category anyway; way too much credit for Lock Stock which came across as a Reservoir send-up British style anyways. I mean, what has this guy even done ?
Bryan Singer just seems very far removed from The Usual Suspects. I found Apt Pupil to be his last flick of any substance (in spite of enjoying X Men)
Bay ?
Yes, even though I enjoy his films for popcorn purposes, it is exactly the same thing over and over
I liken it his visual stamp as something you'd see in an AT&T commercial; too much gloss.
Bryan Singer just seems very far removed from The Usual Suspects. I found Apt Pupil to be his last flick of any substance (in spite of enjoying X Men)
Bay ?
Yes, even though I enjoy his films for popcorn purposes, it is exactly the same thing over and over
I liken it his visual stamp as something you'd see in an AT&T commercial; too much gloss.
FilmMakerr
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if you're gonna hate or dislike a director, do it because of their directing skills, not because their 'rich' or like to be in their movies.
Hairy Lime
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Swept Away is a gangster film?
