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Post by thisguy4000 on Jul 21, 2019 21:46:20 GMT
Seriously, I’ve seen three of his films, and I can’t name a single distinctive thing about him as a director. Cloverfield came across more as J.J. Abrams’ film than anything else, and his Apes movies didn’t feel any different from the one directed by Rupert Wyatt. By all accounts, he seems like a director for hire, not an auteur.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Jul 21, 2019 22:19:46 GMT
I thought his Apes movies were great. The visuals were impressive and he shoots action really well.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Jul 21, 2019 23:10:33 GMT
I thought his Apes movies were great. The visuals were impressive and he shoots action really well. They were serviceable, but I can’t say the direction was anything noteworthy. Let’s put it this way: directors like Chris Nolan, Sam Raimi, and Tim Burton have very clear and distinctive styles for their films. I can’t pick out anything about Matt Reeves’ films that make them distinctly his. It doesn’t help that I think Michael Giacchino is a very boring composer, and he’s supposedly going to score the movie.
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Post by gromel on Jul 21, 2019 23:32:02 GMT
Whatever. Anything is better than Snyder at this rate, and the MCU has done well with directors for hire. Like the Spider-Man guy they have is but a cog in the well-oiled machine compared to Sam "Evil Dead" Raimi, yet he does the job.
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Post by DC-Fan on Jul 21, 2019 23:34:57 GMT
Like the Spider-Man guy they have is but a cog in the well-oiled machine compared to Sam "Evil Dead" Raimi, yet he does the job. An awful job. Both Homecoming and Far From Home were awful movies, definitely the 2 worst live-action Spider-Man movies ever made.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Jul 21, 2019 23:39:54 GMT
I thought his Apes movies were great. The visuals were impressive and he shoots action really well. They were serviceable, but I can’t say the direction was anything noteworthy. Let’s put it this way: directors like Chris Nolan, Sam Raimi, and Tim Burton have very clear and distinctive styles for their films. I can’t pick out anything about Matt Reeves’ films that make them distinctly his. It doesn’t help that I think Michael Giacchino is a very boring composer, and he’s supposedly going to score the movie. I think that could be said about a lot of very good directors. Spielberg doesn’t really have a distinct style. The only thing that separates him is his longer than usual takes, which the average viewer doesn’t even notice. The main reason I’m excited is because he has a good eye for cool visual moments when other directors would do something bland and simple. He seems to go the extra mile for a cool shot. |
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Post by gromel on Jul 21, 2019 23:46:02 GMT
Homecoming is well done for what it is, and it's exactly what the MCU wants their Spider-Man to be. He doesn't really feel like someone who does what he does because he got his uncle killed, but the overall quality "carries" the movie. Can't say the same about the DCEU interpretations, though I wish more people made a fuss over Stark replacing Uncle Ben like they did over the treatment of Pa Kent and Zod.
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Post by DC-Fan on Jul 22, 2019 1:08:14 GMT
Homecoming is well done for what it is, and it's exactly what the MCU wants their Spider-Man to be. He doesn't really feel like someone who does what he does because he got his uncle killed Homecoming is a crappy Spider-Man movie. The whole reason Spider-Man became a hero was because he let the thief get away and the thief would go on to kill Uncle Ben. That mistake showed Peter that "with great power comes great responsibility". But the Peter in Homecoming isn't about great responsibility. MCU Peter is an arrogant show-off whose only motivation for being a hero is to impress an egotistical and arrogant billionaire. I wish more people made a fuss over Stark replacing Uncle Ben Most MCU fans worship MCU Dictator Kevin Feige like he's Jesus so they consider it blasphemy to criticize or even question MCU movies.
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Post by politicidal on Jul 22, 2019 1:48:54 GMT
No. I enjoyed his PotA films and I think Giacchino is one of the better composers working today. So yeah, I'm good at the moment with them collaborating on a Batman film.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Jul 22, 2019 1:54:20 GMT
No. I enjoyed his PotA films and I think Giacchino is one of the better composers working today. So yeah, I'm good at the moment with them collaborating on a Batman film. My problem with Giacchino is that he just seems like a discount John Williams. His scores aren’t the worst, but I find much of them to be fairly disposable. Frankly, I’d rather they go with a composer who’s never done a superhero movie before.
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Post by politicidal on Jul 22, 2019 1:56:06 GMT
No. I enjoyed his PotA films and I think Giacchino is one of the better composers working today. So yeah, I'm good at the moment with them collaborating on a Batman film. My problem with Giacchino is that he just seems like a discount John Williams. His scores aren’t the worst, but I find much of them to be fairly disposable. Frankly, I’d rather they go with a composer who’s never done a superhero movie before. See that's what I like about his scores. There's something classical and bombastic about them. Like Williams or Goldsmith.
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Post by kuatorises on Jul 22, 2019 12:19:12 GMT
Seriously, I’ve seen three of his films, and I can’t name a single distinctive thing about him as a director. Cloverfield came across more as J.J. Abrams’ film than anything else, and his Apes movies didn’t feel any different from the one directed by Rupert Wyatt. By all accounts, he seems like a director for hire, not an auteur. Are you blind, deaf, and dumb?
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Post by Grabthar's Hammer on Jul 22, 2019 12:34:33 GMT
I’m not really a fan of his but I’ve also never been big on Planet of the Apes. I’m also not much into the Cloverfield stuff. But obviously that’s more to do with the material. People seem to like what he’s done with Apes so I have high hopes.
I’m looking forward to his take and it sounds like everything I’ve ever wanted from a Batman film. The “World’s Greatest Detective” aspect that I felt was sorely lacking from previous films.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Jul 22, 2019 13:07:57 GMT
Seriously, I’ve seen three of his films, and I can’t name a single distinctive thing about him as a director. Cloverfield came across more as J.J. Abrams’ film than anything else, and his Apes movies didn’t feel any different from the one directed by Rupert Wyatt. By all accounts, he seems like a director for hire, not an auteur. Are you blind, deaf, and dumb? Are you physically incapable of responding to someone without being a condescending ass? You must be great at parties... Also, you didn’t even bother explaining why I’m wrong.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Jul 22, 2019 18:34:19 GMT
By the way, even though I haven’t seen the movie, I’ve heard some pretty mixed things about Let Me In, and pretty much everyone seems to consider it to be inferior to the original. It kind of seems like that would only reinforce my point about him being a boring director.
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Post by tavaresmd on Jul 22, 2019 21:49:25 GMT
I'm not a fan of his Planet Of The Apes films, thought they were a big step down from Rise. Cloverfield's fine for what it is as a one time watch. However, I did love Let Me In, and found it to be an improvement overall compared to the original. I'm sort of lukewarm on him.
Giacchino I find to be great when he brings his A game, but he rarely does.
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Post by tavaresmd on Jul 22, 2019 21:51:50 GMT
I'm not a fan of his Planet Of The Apes films, thought they were a big step down from Rise. Cloverfield's fine for what it is as a one time watch. However, I did love Let Me In, and found it to be an improvement overall compared to the original. I'm sort of lukewarm on him.
Giacchino I find to be great when he brings his A game, but he rarely does.
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Post by Lord Death Man on Jul 22, 2019 23:49:56 GMT
Like the Spider-Man guy they have is but a cog in the well-oiled machine compared to Sam "Evil Dead" Raimi, yet he does the job. An awful job. Both Homecoming and Far From Home were awful movies, definitely the 2 worst live-action Spider-Man movies ever made. True, it would have been more entertaining if Pete flash-fried some cops.
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Post by Lord Death Man on Jul 22, 2019 23:52:50 GMT
He's as boring AF. His unwarranted genius status is worse than Nolan. And adding the definitive article to a Batman movie title doesn't make me any more interested in his OP antics.
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Post by kuatorises on Jul 23, 2019 13:33:00 GMT
Are you blind, deaf, and dumb? Are you physically incapable of responding to someone without being a condescending ass? You must be great at parties... Also, you didn’t even bother explaining why I’m wrong. I was actually being serious. His two movies are universally better than the first. Better reviews AND bigger box office.
....but you think he's boring, so that's that.
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