When Bad Directors Make Good Movies

[Trevor]

My least fave SA filmmaker has yet to make a good film.

[pennywise37]

there is one film i thought was bad that  most people seem to love and that's Taxi Driver that film i have seen it a few times and tried to like it but it just isn't i think one of his best, not as bad as boxcar bertha which is his worst film that i've seen anyways. i mean Taxi Driver has it's moments but i dunno i just never got why people love that one but to each their own,

i suppose it's about the same way some people don't like the lord of the ring films even when they love the books is about how i feel about Taxi driver.

as for Peter Jackson i enjoy his films but i haven't seen them all yet sadly.

[Gabriel Knight]

Peter Jackson's sole good film is Bad Taste

Sorry, disagree. I didn't like BAD TASTE. DEAD-ALIVE is vastly superior.

Heavenly Creatures (1994) is even better  

Why is Peterr Jackson even listed? wtf?

I agree, and I think LOTR series is the best. But Bob clearly doesn't like PJ for whatever reason. So it seems to me if you don't like PJ but you like BAD TASTE, you should love DEAD-ALIVE, which is the same kind of thing only turned up to 11.

I love DEAD-ALIVE but really hated BAD TASTE when I first saw it (when it came out on VHS in the early 90s). Maybe I'd like it better now. But I liked DEAD-ALIVE from the get-go.

I'd say his worst may be MEET THE FEEBLES, which is well done in its way, but just so reprehensible.

I actually liked BAD TASTE much more than DEAD-ALIVE. The latter is good but it lacks a coherent plot, it's just zombies running around and gore all over the place. BAD TASTE at least has some kind of story behind it, as ridiculous it is.

I do have to say that the "I kick arse for the Lord!" scene is probably one of the best ever put on screen. Everyone in the world should see that.

[bob]

I really like Bride of the Monster directed by Ed Wood, and not in a hilariously funny bad sort of way

it's was his only film where he had something close to a decent budget and he did a pretty good job

octopus not moving when it's attacking people not withstanding, this is pretty damn impressive

[pennywise37]

i've  only seen Plan 9 of his films and i just haven't gotten around to watch his other films weather he directed them or not

[kornula]

I would say the first Star Wars film is a good movie made by a bad director.

I agree 100%

[voltron]

much as I appreciate/enjoy a lot of his work, I'd say Lucio Fulci is probably a 'bad' director, overall... However LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN is pretty close to being a bona fide 'good' movie, IMO

To me, Fulci's most well known stuff for instance - Zombie, The Beyond, House By The Cemetary, - it's not my thing. His giallos - Don't Torture A Duckling and Seven Notes In Black were astoundingly awesome to me. I saw New York Ripper and I f**king LOVED it! Typical Fulci taking on the American slasher? I couldn't believe it. I can't remember having such a blast seeing a movie in such a long time.
btw, I even enjoyed Cat In The Brain. Go figure lol.

[Rev. Powell]

I think Gregg Araki is a terrible, pretentious director. But THE MYSTERIOUS SKIN is an incredibly moving drama about how two kids respond to a childhood trauma in very different ways.