BAD movies by GOOD directors.

RCMerchant · July 29, 2019, 10:29:27 PM

I love Hitchcock. But I watched TO CATCH A THIEF the other night. What a meandering, boring romantic comedy. It doesn't know what it wants to be. But good ain't one of them.

bob · July 29, 2019, 10:35:04 PM

Martin Brest directed Gigli

RCMerchant · July 29, 2019, 11:17:38 PM

Quote from: bob on July 29, 2019, 10:35:04 PM
Martin Brest directed Gigli

I didn't even know who that was. I looked him up on IMDB.
ewww...
I can't say I like any of his movies.
BEVERLY HILL COP was ok once.

Svengoolie 3 · July 30, 2019, 01:05:03 AM

Steven Spielberg and temple of doom.

zombie no.one · July 30, 2019, 01:09:49 AM

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

I know this has fans and got loads of praise, but for me it was like a gone-wrong remix of GOODFELLAS. I couldn't stand it.

DJANGO UNCHAINED

ditto above...I know people love it, but for me this was a never ending, pretentious, smug load of pants.

INTOLERABLE CRUELTY

Coen bros have made a few of my all time favourite movies, and while they've made a few I didn't personally like (MILLER'S CROSSING, O BROTHER...) those still had some kind of style and uniqueness. However this one just sucked. -and it looks like the general consensus agrees with me on this one

Trevor · July 30, 2019, 02:34:19 AM

Richard Donner: Lethal Weapon 2. (Anti South African POS film)

bob · July 30, 2019, 09:25:20 AM

Rob Reiner directed and produced North.

The Coen Brothers wrote, produced and directed Burn After Reading.

Gabriel Knight · July 30, 2019, 09:34:16 AM

Quote from: bob on July 30, 2019, 09:25:20 AM
Rob Reiner directed and produced North.

The Coen Brothers wrote, produced and directed Burn After Reading.

I was about to mention that they made THE BIG LEBOWSKI.

zombie no.one · July 30, 2019, 12:25:09 PM

BURN AFTER READING is great imo. ditto BIG LEBOWSKI.

those 2 and FARGO, my top 3 Coen bros films

Allhallowsday · July 30, 2019, 01:19:29 PM

Apparently HITCHCOCK's last film in England is not well thought of: JAMAICA INN (1939). It was a big success in it's time, but it often makes "worst films of all time" lists. I've seen it a couple of times, and I like it (though it's casting might be unlikely). ROBERT NEWTON MAUREEN O'HARA CHARLES LAUGHTON ...

http://youtu.be/cCZ9o9qduV8

RCMerchant · August 01, 2019, 06:23:21 PM

Quote from: Allhallowsday on July 30, 2019, 01:19:29 PM
Apparently HITCHCOCK's last film in England is not well thought of: JAMAICA INN (1939). It was a big success in it's time, but it often makes "worst films of all time" lists. I've seen it a couple of times, and I like it (though it's casting might be unlikely). ROBERT NEWTON MAUREEN O'HARA CHARLES LAUGHTON ...

http://youtu.be/cCZ9o9qduV8

I never got a chance to see that one! I love most anything with Charles Laughton!

John Frankenhiemer- who made a lot of good movies, also made a mutant bear film-PROPHECY (1979)

http://youtu.be/yVthCwOwswI

bob · August 01, 2019, 07:52:39 PM

Steven Spielberg directed 2005 War of the Worlds

Olivia Bauer · August 05, 2019, 12:59:00 PM

I could easily bring up Lucas and Shyamalan but that's a little easy, eh?

The most common reason for a good director making trash is the production studio interfering with the project.
Forcing directors to make changes they don't want and ultimately taking all control from them.

An easy example for this would be the third Sam Raimi Spider-Man movie.
The studio forced Raimi to shoehorn Venom into the story for some reason and made several other unwanted changes which turned the narrative into a huge mess.

RCMerchant · August 05, 2019, 01:07:20 PM

I was trying to think of a bad movie by Kubrick- but I can't. I even liked BARRY LYDON and EYES WIDE SHUT.

http://youtu.be/SWCGZrIUNf0

Olivia Bauer · August 05, 2019, 01:12:32 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on August 05, 2019, 01:07:20 PM
I was trying to think of a bad movie by Kubrick- but I can't. I even liked BARRY LYDON and EYES WIDE SHUT.

I haven't seen it, but what about Lolita? It's beloved by critics but I've heard it was subjected to heavy censorship and Kubrick was unhappy with the finished product.