Ozymandias Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 i'm not a fanatic district 9 lover but come on - that's a plot device that serves a thematic purpose. sci-fi isn't just about how realistic the tech is. There is nothing funnier than people who try to pick apart stuff like that in science fiction films with pseudo intellectual techno babble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I forgot to mention Edgar Right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairo Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) I have to say Chris Nolan. He's a great director and makes some of my favourite popcorn movies but I've seen so many people call him the best director of all time that I can't not include him here. Maybe he will be one day but at the moment he simply cannot compete with the filmographies of master directors like Hitchcock, Kubrick, Spielberg etc. Call him your favourite director of all time but best director -nope. Edited August 18, 2013 by Cairo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Edgar Wright shouldn't be on the list. Shaun of the dead and Hot fuzz are comedy masterpieces with The World's End a worthy mention and even though I hated Scott Pilgrim, the director knew exactly what he was doing when he made that film. Edgar has been more consistent with his comedy's than any recent director I can think of in this day an age, if anything he's under-rated. How about Judd Apatow for overrated directors? After Knocked Up and 40 year old Virgin, none of his movies have been that great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I have to say Chris Nolan. He's a great director and makes some of my favourite popcorn movies but I've seen so many people call him the best director of all time that I can't not include him here. Maybe he will be one day but at the moment he simply cannot compete with the filmographies of master directors like Hitchcock, Kubrick, Spielberg etc. Call him your favourite director of all time but best director -nope. Hardly fair, its sites like this that makes him overrated however if very few spoke about the guy, he's be classed as underrated as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Judd Apatow is the deifnition of overrated though his stock dropped considerably from years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairo Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Hardly fair, its sites like this that makes him overrated however if very few spoke about the guy, he's be classed as underrated as hell. But that's the point of the terms overrated and underrated.. Being overrated or underrated doesn't change how good a director he is but whether people's opinions are in line with reality. There are plenty of internet fanboys/Nolanites who have made him into some sort of perfect and infallible being which he is not. Therefore it's obviously easier for him to be overrated than someone without such a large and worshiping fanbase. Nolan does not have a dedicated number of people deriding him due to very few people actually hating his movies, meaning there isn't really a balance in the general worshiping-hating equation. I was kind of inclined to put Orson Welles on this list, too, but after some consideration decided I could not due to his lasting impact on cinematic history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I was kind of inclined to put Orson Welles on this list, too, but after some consideration decided I could not due to his lasting impact on cinematic history. Yeah Welles had so much influence, Nolan could never have made Memento if Welles didn't have perfected in Citizen Kane that science of jumping back and forth into timeline thanks to masterful editing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilusha Bandara Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Nolan isn't overrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 David O. Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilusha Bandara Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 David O. Russell yeah, pretty overrated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Your mums and granmas are overrated you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilusha Bandara Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Your mums and granmas are overrated you know. Futurist is Overrated too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
langer Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Quentin Tarantino is properrated. He's as good as he is rated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squaremaster316 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) Here's a list of directors with 2 or more films to their resume who have never made a single film any less quality than "Really Good" Christopher Nolan Stanley KubrickHayao MyazakiPaul Thomas AndersonEdgar WrightDuncan JonesBrad BirdJuan Antonio Bayona Jeff Nichols That doesn't necessarily make them 'not overrated', but it makes a strong case. Edited August 22, 2013 by Squaremaster316 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairo Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Here's a list of directors with 2 or more films to their resume who have never made a single film any less quality than "Really Good" Christopher Nolan Stanley KubrickHayao MyazakiPaul Thomas AndersonEdgar WrightDuncan JonesBrad BirdJuan Antonio Bayona Jeff Nichols That doesn't necessarily make them 'not overrated', but it makes a strong case. I think we have a different way of looking at the definition overrated. Some of my favourite authors have never wrote a book which was less than very good. Those ones who aren't that popular, I consider underrated. However, if suddenly almost everyone had heard of them, most people had read the books and many would brand the author as the 'best ever', I'd have to star classify them as overrated even if the author didn't become any less good and I still loved all her/his books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sims Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 If his first two films are any indication, Martin McDonagh. In Bruges is average. Has a couple good performances and an interesting resolution, but overall it's disjointed, schizophrenic, and a misfire. Seven Psychopaths is total crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Here's a list of directors with 2 or more films to their resume who have never made a single film any less quality than "Really Good" Christopher Nolan Stanley KubrickHayao MyazakiPaul Thomas AndersonEdgar WrightDuncan JonesBrad BirdJuan Antonio Bayona Jeff Nichols That doesn't necessarily make them 'not overrated', but it makes a strong case. You should be able to do that statement with at least 5 or 6 films from a given director. If not, it bears not much meaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squaremaster316 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Here's a list of directors with 2 or more films to their resume who have never made a single film any less quality than "Really Good" Christopher Nolan Stanley KubrickHayao MyazakiPaul Thomas AndersonEdgar WrightDuncan JonesBrad BirdJuan Antonio Bayona Jeff Nichols That doesn't necessarily make them 'not overrated', but it makes a strong case. Oops, forgot Ben Affleck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Edgar Wright Rian Johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
