- Joined
- Jun 27, 2013
- Messages
- 19,890
- Reaction score
- 18,430
Wind River - The revelation was too predictable, lack of mystery and tension. Director or writer
Last edited:
Tim Burton for Charlie and Chocolate factory. A movie that probably should have never been made featured a lead in Johnny Depp who acted as though he was trying to simplify the complicated character that was Willy Wonka. Burton's loyalty to his friend--Depp-- and his predictable and bland style that has been his signature since this film really made this movie one of the worst remakes of all time.
Speaking of Burton, Joel Shoemaker took a cash cow franchise and drove it into the ground with his ego and unwillingness to learn about the batman series beyond the 60's show. Shoemaker made overly campy and silly versions of a series that was up to that point dark and serious. His two films Batman Forever and Batman and Robin were horrifically directed with the the Batman and Robin being the reason for a long break in the series despite both his films earning profits.
Nia DaCosta for Candyman 2021. This was just a cash grab that played on hot button political issues missing the entire point of the original movie. A frustrating watch that was directed like an edgy film school student look for approval for how many current social issues they can include in a film. A horrid remake that should have never been done. Jordan Peele deserves some blame for this as well but he wasn't behind the camera so Nia is going to take the heat for this piece of shit.
Jordan Peele This is Us and Nope
After his homerun in Get Out, he hit two foul balls with his follow up. This is us had a creepy premise and started out so strong, and just went off the rails with stupidity. I give him credit with a unique idea, but it was poorly executed. The fathers actions in life threatening situations seemed silly and unrealistic. Nope started off with another cool premise but his directing of Keke Palmer created a terrible character that made no sense to the plot or family she belonged to. He didn't have to make her a hardcore ghetto lesbian. She was unlikeable.
I heard the director was a complete train wreck.FanT 4 Stick
Really? Man, I completely disagree. I love that movie.Wind River - The revelation was too predictable, lack of mystery and tension. Director or writer
I actually think thrillers often tend to be one of the best examples of big Hollywood films which stand or fall based heavily on the director.Wind River - The revelation was too predictable, lack of mystery and tension. Director or writer
Really? Man, I completely disagree. I love that movie.
I actually think thrillers often tend to be one of the best examples of big Hollywood films which stand or fall based heavily on the director.
Indeed I tend to feel like that was probably the most underrated genre of films in the 90's, stuff like The Fugitive, Basic Instinct, Double Jeopardy I think critics especially underrated just how much the direction brought to them, if your looking for examples of stylish 90's Hollywood I feel that stuff holds up way better than stuff like Gump which was praised so much at the time but really is pretty blandly directed.
I think people perhaps underestimate how important a director is to that, thrillers the focus very often tends to be in the writing, how clever the twist it, etc but honestly I fell its often the reverse, you kind of know what your getting with a thriller in terms of general story, lots of plot heavy twists and turns, not so much direct character focus. How well the director builds the tension and how well they sell the characters even if there isnt a ton on the page about them.I like these type of films but I prefer mystery and tension built up. The Fugitive and The Silence of the Lambs did this seamlessly.
The best example of this for me is Clint Eastwood's direction of Richard Jewell.
Amazing story, fantastic cast (Any cast with Sam Rockwell is fantastic) but oh my God was this movie awful.
And it's full of horrible directing.
Part of the movie takes place in a crowd, and there were supposed to be thousands of people but Clint only hired like 100 extras. No big deal, as there are techniques to making a crowd look bigger than it is. But then Clint goes and takes a wide overhead shot where it really shows how small the crowd is.
Then there's another scene where a reporter played by Olivia Wilde walks into work after landing a big story and everyone gives her a standing ovation and the scene just... Doesn't work. I can't explain it but you know those scenes that look fine in the script but when you actually shoot it for some reason it's just not translating to the screen well? It's the director's job to recognize that and adapt, but he didn't.
Add to that the fact that there are several times where the actors are given shitty dialogue and instead of letting them ad lib or directing them to get a better performance he just shoots one take and moves on.
If I watched it again I'm sure I could write a book on every bad directing decision he made but I never want to watch that crap again.
And I love Clint Eastwood too, but he really mailed it in on this movie.