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Post by Vits on Nov 29, 2018 23:07:35 GMT
Now, I don't mean things about their personality or the mere fact that they've made a good movie at one time or another. I mean aspects that make you say "That's a good filmmaking decision." It can be something technical or artistic. It can be something they've done once or all the time.
-Paul W.S. Anderson. -Michael Bay. -Walt Becker. -Uwe Boll. -Steven Brill. -Steve Carr. -Rob Cohen. -Frank Coraci. -Dinesh D'Souza. -John Derek. -Dennis Dugan. -Roland Emmerich. -Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. -Raja Gosnell. -Renny Harlin. -Mark Steven Johnson. -Roger Kumble. -Brian Levant. -Jonathan Liebesman. -George Lucas. -Garry Marshall. -McG. -Marcus Nispel. -Tyler Perry. -Brett Ratner. -Brian Robbins. -Eli Roth. -Joel Schumacher. -M. Night Shyamalan. -Tom Six. -Zack Snyder. -Lana & Lilly Wachowski. -Keenen Ivory Wayans. -Ed Wood.
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Post by ck100 on Nov 29, 2018 23:10:58 GMT
Some of those directors listed, like Lucas, Harlin, Schumacher, Shyamalan, Bay, etc., have at least made one movie that I've liked.
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Post by poelzig on Nov 29, 2018 23:36:04 GMT
Would your teacher or your mom approve of us helping with your homework? Probably not. Reread the last 6 chapters and concentrate harder on the chapter concerning critiquing film. You're not grasping the concept at all.
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Post by James on Nov 29, 2018 23:41:26 GMT
Paul W.S. Anderson directed Mortal Kombat, the first Resident Evil and the first Alien vs. Predator, all of which I like.
M. Night Shyamalan directed The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, and The Visit all of which I like. (Haven’t seen Split yet, ironically.)
Joel Schumacher directed The Lost Boys, a vampire classic.
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 29, 2018 23:49:05 GMT
M. Night Shyamalan makes excellent directing choices a lot. Half of his movies create a sense of genuine emotion and revolve around interesting characters in interesting situations.
His use of reflections is a cool if unoriginal stylistic choice and he is very good at it.
He knows where to place the camera for maximum effect in most cases.
He is great at creating a sense of mystery and knows very well how to build tension.
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Post by politicidal on Nov 30, 2018 0:28:18 GMT
George Lucas coaxing Spielberg to do Indiana Jones instead of a James Bond movie.
Zack Snyder allowing darker contrasts in his superhero movies' cinematography, allowing for more striking imagery.
Michael Bay never letting logic get in the way of a cool action scene.
Renny Harlin made a wise decision hiring John Debney for Cutthroat Island's soundtrack which is one of the greatest swashbuckler scores ever.
Roland Emmerich using models for the destruction scenes in ID4.
Brett Ratner conveying Will Graham's (Norton) nervousness with Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins) by his obvious sweating.
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Post by vegalyra on Nov 30, 2018 0:40:20 GMT
Paul W. S. Anderson made one of the creepiest space films of all time, Event Horizon. The concept is wonderfully executed and he got some great performances out of the cast. Additionally, he made Soldier, one of the more underrated actions films of the '90s. Several scenes when Kurt Russell are taking out the "new" soldiers are just solidly done. The fighting scenes are executed as well as any other film in the genre. You actually care for the character of Todd as you are shown his upbringing and being bred to fight. The competition between him and the new soldiers is well done at the beginning of the film.
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Post by Nalkarj on Nov 30, 2018 0:49:39 GMT
I’ve recently seen Lucas’s Star Wars movies, and I think he’s a fine director, with a real talent for visual compositions. I’m surprised that he’s considered sub-par as a directorial talent. I’ve been a fan of Shyamalan for a long while. I think Signs is excellent and The Village very good indeed. The Last Airbender is horrible, and Lady in the Water isn’t any good, but at least the latter has a few interesting ideas. Bay’s OK. He knows how to direct, he just doesn’t direct the sort of thing I like. But, for what he does, he’s talented. Ed Wood’s fantastically funny. OK, yeah, he didn’t intend any of his stuff that way, but his work’s hilarious. The difference between Plan 9 from Outer Space and, say, Manos: Hands of Fate or The Room is that Wood’s film, while terrible, is never boring. Snyder’s an interesting one. He’s more an imagist than an actor’s director–like Lucas, he’s got a talent for visual compositions, and there are some absolutely striking sequences in Batman v Superman that I can’t believe more critics didn’t pick up on. If he’s pretentious, so be it: his pretentiousness is matched by his guts, and at least he isn’t Kubrickian. I was away with some people who liked modern action films more than I do, and they watched Roland Emmerich’s 2012 and White House Down. They’re not especially good, but, wow, they were a lot better than they had any right to be. Renny Harlin’s Cutthroat Island isn’t all that good, but at least it’s interesting. politicidal was right to note its fantastic score. I also liked Frank Langella’s wild overplaying and some of the plot-concepts. Joel Schumacher’s over-the-top take on Phantom was striking throughout, and he got a fantastic performance out of Emmy Rossum. And, like Fincher, he knows how to direct pseudo-Hitchcock– Phone Booth in Schumacher’s case.
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Post by James on Nov 30, 2018 2:38:31 GMT
Michael Bay knows how to insert attractive females in his movies. Megan Fox, anyone?
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Post by ck100 on Nov 30, 2018 2:45:03 GMT
I’ve recently seen Lucas’s Star Wars movies, and I think he’s a fine director, with a real talent for visual compositions. I’m surprised that he’s considered sub-par as a directorial talent. But we know he's notorious for not being a director of actors. Harrison Ford and Terrence Stamp have attested to this.
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Post by Nalkarj on Nov 30, 2018 2:54:36 GMT
I’ve recently seen Lucas’s Star Wars movies, and I think he’s a fine director, with a real talent for visual compositions. I’m surprised that he’s considered sub-par as a directorial talent. But he know he’s notorious for not being a director of actors. Harrison Ford and Terrence Stamp have attested to this. OK. There were a number of great directors who weren’t really “actors’ directors”–Hitchcock, for one. Now, there were absolutely great performances in Hitch’s films, but all I’m saying is that he didn’t cater to the actors.
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Post by Vits on Nov 30, 2018 10:21:02 GMT
ck100 James vegalyraNow, I don't mean things about their personality or the mere fact that they've made a good movie at one time or another.
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Post by Vits on Nov 30, 2018 10:21:19 GMT
Would your teacher or your mom approve of us helping with your homework? Probably not. Reread the last 6 chapters and concentrate harder on the chapter concerning critiquing film. You're not grasping the concept at all. Michael Bay never letting logic get in the way of a cool action scene. Michael Bay knows how to insert attractive females in his movies. Megan Fox, anyone? I don't think these count.
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Post by vegalyra on Nov 30, 2018 23:29:15 GMT
Okay, it was a good filmmaking decision that Anderson knew how to make a film with flames and water. Both soldier and event horizon include scenes that mix both fire and water and they are great directorial decisions.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Nov 30, 2018 23:46:18 GMT
I actually kinda like the "Mortal Kombat"film Anderson did, yeah it's riddiculous and over the top, but so were the video games, captures the feeling perfectly
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Post by izon on Dec 1, 2018 1:36:39 GMT
Fun idea for a thread. I'll try to cover the rest when I get time... Paul W.S. Anderson - I think Event Horizon is a good movie myself, and Resident Evil is perhaps one of the best video game movies IMO. If we consider something like Death Race, Anderson has proved that he can traverse genres and still produce a watchable (if not sort-of-decent) feature. Resident Evil had some creative deaths (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIvQpcmqBtw), and a creepy theme tune (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8FhcOHXa-M). From a technical perspective, it's quite clear that a considerable amount of effort was put into the set design for Death Race, and, although it might seem odd to say, I enjoy the minimal use of CGI in Death Race. The cars, the stunts (mostly), and explosions are all real. As CGI improves, Death Race might be looked upon as one of the last movies to feature real crashes... Or maybe I'm very wrong about that, but CGI explosions seem to be getting more common now... Don't get me wrong, he seems to insert really inappropriate music to 'liven up' scenes sometimes, and I think Resident Evil would be a better movie without rock music cutting in at points, but considering the state of video game movies, it's on another level. He isn't going to win any Oscars, but I think Event Horizon alone proves his worth. It's such a shame that about 34 minutes of that movie was cut by the studio. I always thought the pacing was a little off. Most of the footage has since been lost, but who knows it might have been a much better production. 130 minutes cut to 96 is like a different movie entirely.
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Post by Vits on Dec 1, 2018 9:53:42 GMT
lowtacks86Now, I don't mean things about their personality or the mere fact that they've made a good movie at one time or another.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Dec 1, 2018 10:13:23 GMT
Ok let's do this
Paul W.S. Anderson. --not everyone could screw up Alien Vs Predator like him -Michael Bay. --His movies didnt make me go blind -Walt Becker. -He is lucky I dont know who he is -Uwe Boll. -I met his wife--she was the impossibly flat-chested actress who goes topless in Insecticidal -Steven Brill. -I laughed thinking about brill cream and then thought of the character with that name in Enemy of the People -Steve Carr.- another lucky I dont know his work -Rob Cohen. - Drgaonheart! I liked it -Frank Coraci. --shrug -Dinesh D'Souza. --name seems familiar-related to Steven D'Souza the Die Hard writer? -John Derek. -Nightmare in the Sun was strange but I liked it! -Dennis Dugan.- shrug -Roland Emmerich. -he always saved the dog -Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. -no idea but I think the Killer Klowns From Outer Space needed seltzer water weapons -Raja Gosnell. -- shrug -Renny Harlin. -i liked Die Hard 2 and out of kindness I wont repeat what Ray Bradbury said of him -Mark Steven Johnson. -- no idea -Roger Kumble.-- Richard Kimble didnt kill his wife! -Brian Levant. --no idea -Jonathan Liebesman.-no idea -George Lucas. - quirky imagination -Garry Marshall. -- Laverne's dad! -McG. --He wasn't looking at the lights -Marcus Nispel. --seems familiar -Tyler Perry. -not familiar enough -Brett Ratner. -X-men 3 isn't so bad on second viewing -Brian Robbins. -eh dont know him -Eli Roth. -glad I dont know his work -Joel Schumacher. -Falling Down had some merits -M. Night Shyamalan. - not everyone has Night in their name -Tom Six. -not everyone has Six in their name -Zack Snyder. - Dawn of the Dead was watchable -Lana & Lilly Wachowski. - um well, I didn't get a venereal disease from watching the Matrix so that's good -Keenen Ivory Wayans. - In Living Color! -Ed Wood. -Bride of the Monster isn't a bad film
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 1, 2018 19:56:09 GMT
Ok let's do this Paul W.S. Anderson. --not everyone could screw up Alien Vs Predator like him -Michael Bay. --His movies didnt make me go blind -Walt Becker. -He is lucky I dont know who he is -Uwe Boll. -I met his wife--she was the impossibly flat-chested actress who goes topless in Insecticidal -Steven Brill. -I laughed thinking about brill cream and then thought of the character with that name in Enemy of the People -Steve Carr.- another lucky I dont know his work -Rob Cohen. - Drgaonheart! I liked it -Frank Coraci. --shrug -Dinesh D'Souza. --name seems familiar-related to Steven D'Souza the Die Hard writer? -John Derek. -Nightmare in the Sun was strange but I liked it! -Dennis Dugan.- shrug -Roland Emmerich. -he always saved the dog -Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. -no idea but I think the Killer Klowns From Outer Space needed seltzer water weapons -Raja Gosnell. -- shrug -Renny Harlin. -i liked Die Hard 2 and out of kindness I wont repeat what Ray Bradbury said of him -Mark Steven Johnson. -- no idea -Roger Kumble.-- Richard Kimble didnt kill his wife! -Brian Levant. --no idea -Jonathan Liebesman.-no idea -George Lucas. - quirky imagination -Garry Marshall. -- Laverne's dad! -McG. --He wasn't looking at the lights -Marcus Nispel. --seems familiar -Tyler Perry. -not familiar enough -Brett Ratner. -X-men 3 isn't so bad on second viewing -Brian Robbins. -eh dont know him -Eli Roth. -glad I dont know his work -Joel Schumacher. -Falling Down had some merits -M. Night Shyamalan. - not everyone has Night in their name -Tom Six. -not everyone has Six in their name -Zack Snyder. - Dawn of the Dead was watchable -Lana & Lilly Wachowski. - um well, I didn't get a venereal disease from watching the Matrix so that's good -Keenen Ivory Wayans. - In Living Color! -Ed Wood. -Bride of the Monster isn't a bad film Oo! vits ain’t gonna like this...!
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Dec 1, 2018 20:00:07 GMT
Oo! vits ain’t gonna like this...! I think it was pretty good for 2 am. It would have been much easier to be critical.
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