Webslinger Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 (edited) Now that he has two underwhelming Spider-Man movies to his name, I feel like I might have to add Marc Webb to his list. He had a scorching debut with (500) Days of Summer, and... then... those ill-advised Spidey flicks. Then again, I could see him easily getting back on track with another collaboration with the Summer screenwriters, who have found pretty solid success in YA adaptations (even if those adaptations came from source material that was strong to begin with). Edited December 6, 2015 by Webslinger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 On 11/30/2015 12:55:48, John Marston said: P.J. Hogan - My Best Friend's Wedding Before that he made a big splash with Muriel's Wedding (the movie that introduced the world to Toni Collette). And he made one of the better Peter Pan movies out there (infinitely better than Joe Wright's really odd duck from this year) even if it was far from a box office hit. Confessions of a Shopaholic was ass, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Peter Faiman. Crocodile Dundee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Gallen is interesting is that he has a ton of director, producer, exec producer credits (including Zoolander) before and after but he realized he didn't like directing films Two good movies that didn't make money at the box office Bill Murray - Quick Change (1990) Bill Sherwood - Parting Glances (1986) Sherwood was the writer/director/editor who sadly died of AIDS a few years later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 7 hours ago, Webslinger said: Now that he has two underwhelming Spider-Man movies to his name, I feel like I might have to add Marc Webb to his list. He had a scorching debut with (500) Days of Summer, and... then... those ill-advised Spidey flicks. Then again, I could see him easily getting back on track with another collaboration with the Summer screenwriters, who have found pretty solid success in YA adaptations (even if those adaptations came from source material that was strong to begin with). The first ASM got solid if unspectacular reviews and made money so I think it counts as a plus. Aside from his TV series he just finished filming Gifted with Evans, and has 4 films in development including The Only Living Boy in NY coming up next with Teller 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Paul Brickman - Risky Business, although he chose to quit Hollywood film after only making two films, and working on several scripts. He gave a revealing interview a while back as to why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 PTA : Boogie Nights The Coen Brothers : The Big Lebowski Nicholas Windin Refn : Drive Francis Ford Coppola : Apocalypse Now Terrence Malick : The Thin Red Line 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAtGender Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 52 minutes ago, The Futurist said: PTA : Boogie Nights The Coen Brothers : The Big Lebowski Nicholas Windin Refn : Drive Francis Ford Coppola : Apocalypse Now Terrence Malick : The Thin Red Line What the fuck? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Futurist being all hip as usual. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 4 hours ago, The Futurist said: PTA : Boogie Nights The Coen Brothers : The Big Lebowski Nicholas Windin Refn : Drive Francis Ford Coppola : Apocalypse Now Terrence Malick : The Thin Red Line 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 1 hour ago, filmlover said: Futurist being all hip as usual. Is hip the new word for nonsensical? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 6 hours ago, The Futurist said: PTA : Boogie Nights The Coen Brothers : The Big Lebowski Nicholas Windin Refn : Drive Francis Ford Coppola : Apocalypse Now Terrence Malick : The Thin Red Line 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 3 hours ago, TalismanRing said: Is hip the new word for nonsensical? When it comes to him, is there a difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I have probably seen more Mallick movies than most tho. The movies I ve listed are the only ones I truly love from their directors, don't care about the rest. I cheated with Coppola tho because I adore his Dracula, Godfather rmovies put me to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAtGender Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 On 10/25/2016 at 8:14 PM, The Futurist said: I have probably seen more Mallick movies than most tho. The movies I ve listed are the only ones I truly love from their directors, don't care about the rest. I cheated with Coppola tho because I adore his Dracula, Godfather rmovies put me to sleep. Even if you don't like the directors' output, it's pretty much impossible to argue that any of them (except possibly Refn?) are "one hit wonders", especially since in many cases you weren't listing their biggest hit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 You can only say Refn is a one hit wonder if you think Drive was his debut. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAtGender Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 12 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said: You can only say Refn is a one hit wonder if you think Drive was his debut. Box office-wise, Drive's about the only one that's an unqualified hit. Quality-wise, I'd probably only consider one of his films to be even "good". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 To be clear, "one-hit wonder" does not mean a director who only has one film you like. You have to consider their overall legacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 20 minutes ago, DamienRoc said: Box office-wise, Drive's about the only one that's an unqualified hit. Quality-wise, I'd probably only consider one of his films to be even "good". All the Pusher films were very commercially and critically successful in Denmark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thegun Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 (edited) I'll start with Leonard Nimoy. Granted he directed both Part III and IV of Star Trek, but that was his wheelhouse, and he was not the only one behind there success. The following year he directs the biggest film of the year, 3 Men and A Baby. His next films after that however were abysmal bombs critically and financially. McG and Renny Harlin come to mind too for bigger directors. (Though in Harlin's case I think 2 of his other films outside of cliffhanger have some fans.) I think in general this will be a hard list to compile because I think in terms of more well known directors, there is always a chance it can get a cult following or become a minor success. I think it has to be at least 80% of their films have done bad, and none have done better than the one that put them on the map. Edited November 2, 2016 by Thegun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
