Great Directors that made a shitty movie or two

[tantric superman 4667]

22 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

And for the record, I'm not calling Dunkirk shitty, but it could have been so much better. 

For the record, you want the "Great Directors who could have made a movie or two that were so much better" thread.

 

[Go Pokes 979]

58 minutes ago, fellside said:

Every director's career has a high point that ends followed by disappointments.  They know it as well.  It's why Tarantino says he wants to walk away eventually. And hes still made some bad ones.

This thread really includes every director of the modern era.

As for PTA, personally I'd like him to rediscover humor.

Tarantino has not made a shitty movie yet.  Shitty is the key word.  Maybe you didn't like them all or they all weren't great, but there's not a shitty unwatchable one in the bunch.  Hateful 8 was probably as close as he came.  

[Patrick Bateman 3911]

22 minutes ago, Go Pokes said:

Tarantino has not made a shitty movie yet.  Shitty is the key word.  Maybe you didn't like them all or they all weren't great, but there's not a shitty unwatchable one in the bunch.  Hateful 8 was probably as close as he came.  

Four Rooms sucked but he only owns 25% of it..... 

[Continental Op 3934]

Wes Anderson - Darjeeling Limited. 

[DanRydell 799]

Rob Reiner has made a bunch of crap since but North is a real black mark on what was otherwise one of the best 12 year runs any director has ever put up:

This is Spinal Tao
The Sure Thing
Stand By Me
The Princess Bride
When Harry Met Sally
Misery
A Few Good Men
The American President
Ghosts of Mississippi

[Incredulity 11655]

3 hours ago, tantric superman said:

Anyone who is a slave to "character development" as a necessary component of a good film is not a smart or good or cultured person.

Jesus Christ, get your own balls out of your mouth.

[Phillip91 2]

John Landis has made many comedy classics but Oscar was horrendous.

[XYZ 2154]

4 hours ago, Continental Op said:

Wes Anderson - Darjeeling Limited. 

WHAT?!?!?

[Michael Knight 12977]

9 hours ago, fellside said:

Every director's career has a high point that ends followed by disappointments.  They know it as well.  It's why Tarantino says he wants to walk away eventually. And hes still made some bad ones.

This thread really includes every director of the modern era.

As for PTA, personally I'd like him to rediscover humor.

I'd settle for him discovering endings

[Michael Knight 12977]

9 hours ago, Go Pokes said:

Tarantino has not made a shitty movie yet.  Shitty is the key word.  Maybe you didn't like them all or they all weren't great, but there's not a shitty unwatchable one in the bunch.  Hateful 8 was probably as close as he came.  

The thread specifically asks for great directors for which Tarantino does not qualify

[HenryJames 66038]

11 hours ago, Incredulity said:

Jesus Christ, get your own balls out of your mouth.

Or teach us how you do it.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

5 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

I'd settle for him discovering endings

That advice could be directed at Tim Burton as well.

[Go Pokes 979]

7 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

The thread specifically asks for great directors for which Tarantino does not qualify

well, if you say so, it must be true.  

[52-80 19147]

dunkirk was fucking badass.

 

id like to include wes anderson in this list, because everything after steve zissou (or maybe tenenbaums) was hit or miss.  or maybe it just came to prove he is incredibly overrated.  

[tantric superman 4667]

23 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

dunkirk was fucking badass.

 

id like to include wes anderson in this list, because everything after steve zissou (or maybe tenenbaums) was hit or miss.  or maybe it just came to prove he is incredibly overrated.  

I'll admit to not liking the lead kid actors in Moonrise but I'm going to have to disagree with this.

[Art Vandelay 1712]

2 hours ago, tantric superman said:

I'll admit to not liking the lead kid actors in Moonrise but I'm going to have to disagree with this.

I thought Moonrise and The Grand Budapest Hotel were both great.

[Dutchrudder 11135]

Grand Budapest Hotel was his best film IMHO. 

[Tuco 5076]

I'm still pissed that Annie was one of John Huston's last movies.  Not a horrible movie.  It does an adequate job of being a kids' musical.  But it's John fucking Huston: The Maltese Falcon, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Key Largo, African Queen, The Misfits, Prizzi's Honor, and...Annie???

[Buzzrock 14903]

Probably unpopular, but I'd put M Night Shyamalan at 6-3-1 if you start with The Sixth Sense.

Wins:
The Sixth Sense
Unbreakable
Signs
The Village
The Visit
Split

Draw:
The Lady in the Water

Losses:
The Happening
The Last Airbender (the only one I haven't seen, and I've heard I shouldn't)
After Earth

I'm hoping he puts another one in the Win column with Glass. When he's good he's pretty good, and he's signaled a return to form recently.

 

[Tuco 5076]

21 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

The Last Airbender (the only one I haven't seen, and I've heard I shouldn't)

If you weren't a fan of the series, it was merely a mediocre film.  But most fans of the series hated it with a burning passion. 

[Gene Parmesan 4003]

38 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Probably unpopular, but I'd put M Night Shyamalan at 6-3-1 if you start with The Sixth Sense.

Wins:
The Sixth Sense
Unbreakable
Signs
The Village
The Visit
Split

Draw:
The Lady in the Water

Losses:
The Happening
The Last Airbender (the only one I haven't seen, and I've heard I shouldn't)
After Earth

I'm hoping he puts another one in the Win column with Glass. When he's good he's pretty good, and he's signaled a return to form recently.

 

I'd put The Village as a draw and Lady in the Water as a loss, but I agree with you last point he's trending up.

[Buzzrock 14903]

13 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

I'd put The Village as a draw and Lady in the Water as a loss, but I agree with you last point he's trending up.

Both of those are on their respective bubbles for sure.

If you (not you specifically) haven't seen Split then you need to go see it and not let anyone tell you anything about it. 

[Art Vandelay 1712]

The Happening was one of the most laughably bad movies I've ever seen (at least when talking about movies with a big name director and star).

[Continental Op 3934]

On 8/8/2018 at 1:12 PM, Dutchrudder said:

Grand Budapest Hotel was his best film IMHO. 

I like Rushmore better but this was a major return to form iafter Darjeeling and Moonrise Kingdom.

Edited August 9, 2018 by Continental Op
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