Why does Hollywood keep hiring him?
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Ace_Sax — 12 years ago(December 09, 2013 01:39 AM)
Yes, unfortunately it's because he was born a rich Jew with family connections. As a filmmaker the man has never had an original or inspired thought in his head. He's the very picture of everything that's wrong in Hollywood.
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Nriks — 11 years ago(February 16, 2015 04:54 PM)
Dependable - finishes movies on time and on budget
Manageable - has no pretensions that he's an artist; he thinks directors are primadonnas for requesting final cut
Connected - his years of directing commercials and music videos means he has a lot of friends in the industry
Profitable - several of his movies were huge hits
Essentially, Ratner is the kind of dependable, easy to manipulate, journeyman "hack" that studios love. He works "for" the studio, not against them. His bottom line is giving the studio the movie they want to release and making his employers huge profits. He's not interested in being remembered as a great artist, just a guy who got to have a bit of fun making a living in the movies.