Jack Nevada Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Or the directors who made that one good movie that never went anywhere after that.Like Jared Hess, who did Napoleon Dynamite and, err, Gentlemen Broncos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlazer Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Joss Whedon before Avengers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Mark Pellington, and it pains me to say it. He made one of my all time favourites with Mothman Prophecies and he also did Arlington Road. He must have slept with Kate Capshaw or someone's wife because he really never did anything again. Shame. Those two films are brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) Joss Whedon before AvengersNone of his movies were hit (the only one actually), properly speaking. Cult fans niche at best.And I'm agreeing with Baumer, Arlington Road was a good film dealing with a subject too rarely tackled in mainstream Hollywood, domestic terrorism.What happened to James Foley? Edited January 15, 2013 by dashrendar44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviedweeb Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) I think The Deer Hunter is absolutely brilliant, but I'm not sure if Michael Cimino made another good film. Zach Braff definitely fits the bill Edited January 15, 2013 by Clavius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Michael Bay, The Rock. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Richard Kelly. Donnie Darko. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Richard Kelly. Donnie Darko.Good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acab Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Andriew Davis. He made The Fugitive, a great action thriller. He never made anything more than just decent after that.Roger Spottiswoode made a really good and underrated film called Under Fire with Gene Hackman and Nick Nolte. After that he had some decent and passable films but most of the time his movies sucked.Vincenzo Natali went from Cube to pretty much crap.Antoine Fuqua. Training Day was good. Then nothing.I also think that Peter Berg has made only one good movie and that's his first. Very Bad Things.John Singleton of course.James Foley some how made one of my favourite films, Glengary Glen Ross.I only liked Dawn of the Dead from Zack Snyder.And the most disappointing one hit wonder director for me is a French director Mathieu Kassovitz who made Hate (1995), one of the best films from the 90's in my opinion. Then he completely lost it. I mean he did Babylon AD with Vin Diesel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) And the most disappointing one hit wonder director for me is a French director Mathieu Kassovitz who made Hate (1995), one of the best films from the 90's in my opinion. Then he completely lost it. I mean he did Babylon AD with Vin Diesel.Kassovitz made L'Ordre Et La Morale (Order and Moral?) in 2011. It's a good movie, actually.David Mamet. After Spartan, his directing gigs went south. Edited January 15, 2013 by dashrendar44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Tony Kaye made American History X and not much else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acab Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Kassovitz made L'Ordre Et La Morale (Order and Moral?) in 2011. It's a good movie, actually.I haven't seen it. I liked Crimson Rivers also but this isn't the stuff i thought he would make after Hate. He started as the next big thing in European and French cinema not as the next Louis Leterrier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Tony Kaye made American History X and not much elseThat's probably because his antics towards the end of production and in post-production killed his relationship with Hollywood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlazer Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 None of his movies were hit (the only one actually), properly speaking. Cult fans niche at best.And I'm agreeing with Baumer, Arlington Road was a good film dealing with a subject too rarely tackled in mainstream Hollywood, domestic terrorism.What happened to James Foley? Richard Kelly. Donnie Darko.Thats what Donnie Darko is, a cult movie "None of his movies were hit (the only one actually), properly speaking. Cult fans niche at best"Serenity made 380% more money then darko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) Fair enough. None of them were hits. One trick pony is more accurate. Edited January 15, 2013 by dashrendar44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Mark Pellington, and it pains me to say it. He made one of my all time favourites with Mothman Prophecies and he also did Arlington Road. He must have slept with Kate Capshaw or someone's wife because he really never did anything again. Shame. Those two films are brilliant. Damn good movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Frank Darabont?The guy who directed The Green Mile.What else has he made that was a hit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Frank Darabont?The guy who directed The Green Mile.What else has he made that was a hit?Err.... doesn't he have the #1 film on IMDB top 250? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) Err.... doesn't he have the #1 film on IMDB top 250?Okay he had 2 hits then. But wait... Was Shawshank really a hit? Edited January 15, 2013 by ECSTASY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Wang Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Okay he had 2 hits then. But wait... Was Shawshank really a hit?Don't think you should take the "hit" to just mean "made lots of money." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
