WHEN DID YOUR FAVORITE DIRECTORS DISAPPOINT YOU THE MOST?

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Martin Scorcese- CASINO (5/10)

Stanley Kubrick- EYES WIDE SHUT (6/10)

Oliver Stone- ALEXANDER (6/10)

Quentin Tarantino- JACKIE BROWN (6/10)

Spike Lee- JUNGLE FEVER (6/10)

[jaw2929]

Originally posted by Brando @$$ Fat

Quentin Tarantino- JACKIE BROWN (6/10)



Agreed.

[OopAnt]

Originally posted by Brando @$$ Fat
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Stanley Kubrick - Eyes Wide Shut 7/10

Stephen Spielberg - A. I. 4/10

Matin Scorsese - Gangs of New York 5/10

Oliver Stone - Heave and Earth 4/10

Alfred Hitchcock - Family Plot

[Cronos]

Steven Spielberg - A.I. 3/10
Martin Scorsese - RAGING BULL 1/10
Stanley Kubrick - BARRY LYNDON 1/10
Ridley Scott - WHITE SQUALL 5/10
Tim Burton - PLANET OF THE APES 5/10
Brian De Palma - MISSION TO MARS 3/10

[ilovemovies]

Oliver Stone - Natural Born Killers (terrible movie, 1/10)

Steven Spielberg - Close Encounters of the Third King (Decent flick, but way overrated and I was expecting it to be great, 7/10)

Francis Ford Coppola - Jack (what the hell was he thinking?! Awful movie, 3/10)

[Succubus]

One word: eXistenZ.

Two more words - David, why?

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by Cronos
Martin Scorsese - RAGING BULL 1/10

:eek:

The only real disappointment that comes to mind right now is Alfred Hitchcock - Family Plot (2/5)

[Ted Pikul]

Ang Lee with Hulk. Up until that point he'd never made a bad film.

In fact most of the directors quoted here haven't got any real duds on their CVs.

Apart from Spike Lee who's only ever made 2 good films in his entire career.

[SAI]

Originally posted by Cronos
Martin Scorsese - RAGING BULL 1/10

That puts Raging Bull among the worst films ever made. Any explanation of why you feel that way about it would be most welcome.

on topic

Cameron Crowe: Vanilla Sky (Not a bad film but it came after Almost Famous, the only way was down)

[jaw2929]

You kiddin me SAI? Almost Famous wasn't HALF the movie Vanilla Sky was.... :eek:

[GoldenGhost]

Originally posted by Trail_Blazer
You kiddin me SAI? Almost Famous wasn't HALF the movie Vanilla Sky was.... :eek:

And Vanilla Sky wasn't a QUARTER of the film Abres Los Ojos was.

[Lord Nikon]

Tarantino with KB's.

KB 1 - 2/10
KB 2 - 6.5/10

[King of Depew]

Man, I get absolutely LIVID when people dump on Jackie Brown, it's maybe one notch less on the greatness scale than Pulp Fiction. That movie is so good, De Niro gives one of his best performances of the 90s in it, it's funny, well-written...whatever. I hate people, you've got to be fucking kidding me.

Anyway, THIS YEAR was the worst year possibly ever for my favorite directors:

-Scorsese - Aviator, my least favorite film of his ever
-Oliver Stone - Alexander, awful
-David O Russell - I HEART Huckabess (walked out)
-Spike Lee - She Hate Me
-Steven Soderbergh - Oceans 12 (walked out)
-Micheal Mann - Collateral

Wes Anderson barely skated by with Life Aquatic, which I liked but wasn't crazy about. I will get the DVD though for sure.

[morricone]

Originally posted by Cronos
Martin Scorsese - RAGING BULL 1/10
Stanley Kubrick - BARRY LYNDON 1/10


What the hell? :mad:

Raging Bull is an undeniable masterpiece and Barry Lyndon is one of the most underrated movies of all-time. They are both masterful films! Are you mad?!

Yeah, I'd like to hear your explanations on this because your ratings don't make a lick of sense.

[Squid Vicious]

Martin Scorsese - The Colour of Money (6/10)
Steven Spielberg - Hook (3/10)
Stanley Kubrick - Eyes Wide Shut (3/10)
The Coen Brothers - The Ladykillers (6/10)
Oliver Stone - Alexander (5/10)
TIm Burton - Planet of the Apes (3/10)
Terry Gilliam - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (3/10)

[Cronos]

Originally posted by Cronos
Martin Scorsese - RAGING BULL 1/10
Stanley Kubrick - BARRY LYNDON 1/10


i figured the above would surprise some schmoes

i watched the whole of Barry Lyndon and was bored to death, none of what i like about Kubricks other films was there, badly paced, bad acting and nothing that made it in the least bit interesting, just made me tired and pissed me off

as for Raging Bull it was pretty much the same as above, nothing that i liked about Scorsese's films was there, i ended up fast forwarding through the first 40 minutes and then just turned it off, bad pacing, boring as hell and nothing that kept me engaged or in the least bit interested

hence the very very very very very low rating i gave them :)

[morricone]

What did you want? Gunfights, bad language and blood? Is that what you were expecting from Raging Bull? Did you want another Mean Streets or Goodfellas? It is a brilliantly acted, well-made and overall fucking masterpiece. It's just a damn shame you can't appreciate these great movies. Because you were bored, you gave it an unrealistic rating. What the hell is that? Did you not even take into account the overall aspects of the film?

The point of Barry Lyndon wasn't to have flair, the acting wasn't bad, the acting was calm and both the acting and pacing reflects the time period. Do you understand now?

:mad:

[redcunningham]

Spike Lee -- Girl 6, She Hate Me; Summer of Sam
Brian De Palma -- Wise Guys; Mission to Mars
Martin Scorsese -- Bringing Out the Dead; New York, New York
Francis Ford Coppola -- Jack
The Coen Bros. -- Intolerable Cruelty
Sam Raimi -- For the Love of the Game
Steven Spielberg -- Amistad; Always; Hook; The Terminal
Oliver Stone -- Alexander
Tim Burton -- Planet of the Apes
Robert Altman -- Pret a Porter
Frank Darabont -- The Majestic
Alfred Hitchcock -- His Last, Family Plot
Richard Linklater -- The Newton Boys
John Woo -- Windtalkers; Hard Target; Paycheck
Ron Howard -- EDTV; How the Grich Stole Christmas
Stanley Kubrick -- Eyes Wide Shut
Steven Soderbergh -- Solaris
Gus Van Sant -- Psycho; Finding Forrester
Cameron Crowe -- Vanilla Sky (His worst, but I still admire this film.)
Richard Donner -- Assassins
Robert Zemeckis -- Death Becomes Her
Joe Dante -- Looney Tunes: Back In Action
(still far superior to Space Jam)

[B1rd_Po0p]

Roland Emmerich - With Godzilla... (I loved Stargate and Independence Day, so I was really looking forward to Godzilla...)

He did redeem himself with Day After Tomorrow as far as I'm concerned.... :D

[Sigur509]

Tim Burton - Planet of the Apes

....

[Tayzlor]

Originally posted by morricone
What did you want? Gunfights, bad language and blood? Is that what you were expecting from Raging Bull? Did you want another Mean Streets or Goodfellas? It is a brilliantly acted, well-made and overall fucking masterpiece. It's just a damn shame you can't appreciate the great movies. Because you were bored, you gave it an unrealistic rating. What the hell is that? Did you not even take into account the overall aspects of the film?

The point of Barry Lyndon wasn't to have flair, the acting wasn't bad, the acting was calm and both the acting and pacing reflects the time period. Can't you see this? Do you understand now?

:mad:

Easy....


Eyes Wide Shut is my third favorite Kube film.

But really, my directors never disappoint me. Never.
And quite frankly, I'm offended that there is such a possibility. :cool:

Wait...The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was extremely disappointing.

Inpenetrable, pretentious (even on my standards), and pretty damn precious. Quite the shame.

[Joshmo]

Martin Scorcese: Last Temptation of Christ & Bringing Out the Dead & Color of Money

Steven Spielberg: Catch Me If You Can & The Terminal & Hook

Robert Zemeckis: What Lies Beneath


John Woo: Windtalkers & Paycheck

Oliver Stone: Alexander

Farrely Bros: Shallow Hal

Roland Emmerich: Godzilla & Stargate

De Palma: Raising Cain & Snake Eyes

Ron Howard: The Clearing

Cameron Crowe: Almost Famous

Clint Eastwood: Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil & Blood Work

[ilovemovies]

I forgot about one:

Wes Anderson (The Life Aquatic, I don't care what anyone says, I think this movie blows 3/10)

[OopAnt]

I have to say, I see BARRY LYNDON up here a few times as major disappointments. I must admit, I was shocked by its slow, pretentious, monotonous drivel that would put a dead cat to sleep. But I liked Kubrick and I really, really, really, wanted to think that was as important as his other films. I was young and needed the money. So, I had my friends and family watch it. I was laughed at. Made fun of. I lost my reputation for giving advice for films. I was amazed at the negative reactions it would get. Among people close to me considered the most boring film in the world. Some remember the film because it was so boring. A film where nothing actually happen - and for 3 hours! But something in me wanted to see why the film was revered by the likes of Leonard Maltin and other film critics. What do these people see in this film? Well, I dont know what Leonard liked about it, but I know what I like about it. It is a very literary, high brow and snooty film. A film only pompous filmmakers and film goers could appreciate. A film worthy of the description "hoity toity" while keeping ones nose still in the air. Yes, in a strange way, I consider this film, not the low point of Kubrick, but perhaps his sleeper masterpiece.

OopAnt

[ilovemovies]

For Tim Burton it would be Mars Attacks! (3/10). Terrible movie!

[KTJ2004]

Tarantino: Jackie Brown (not bad, just my least favorite of his movies)
Crowe: Vanilla Sky
Stone: Alexander
Kubrick: Eyes Wide Shut
Burton: Planet of the Apes
Spielberg: The Terminal (it was okay, but not my favorite)
Scorsese: Gangs of New York (I haven't seen too many of his movies but this was my least favorite from the ones I have)
Coen Brothers: Intolerable Cruelty
Coppola: Jack

[Could Be Worse]

Originally posted by Joshmo


Robert Zemeckis: What Lies Beneath

Cameron Crowe: Almost Famous




Thought What Lies was a great, well acted, paced and directed thrilled. And Almost Famous? My favorite of all time.

My disappointments:

Spielberg: Hook, AI
Burton: Planet of the Apes

And people have plenty to say about Coppola. But I always enjoy all of his movies enough for them not to disappoint (even Jack)

[thirdeye]

John Woo - Mission imposible 2 and every movie he did next.
Dario Argento - Phantom of the Opera
Cameron Crowe- Vanila Sky
Martin Scorcese - The Gangs of New York

[morricone]

Originally posted by Tayzlor

Wait...The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was extremely disappointing.

Inpenetrable, pretentious (even on my standards), and pretty damn precious. Quite the shame.

I'll second that.

[wyodebbie]

Martin Scorsese - After Hours 6/10
Neil Jordan - In Dreams 6/10
Jane Campion - In The Cut 6/10
Woody Allen - Small Time Crooks 6/10
Burton, Tim - Big Fish 6/10
Lyne, Adrian - Flashdance 6/10