Can you name other bad directors besides him?
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claudja777 — 18 years ago(May 21, 2007 02:52 PM)
OK
You may not like his movies,this is Totally fair,but
if you could know something about technical things about direction you will see he is
just an AMAZING director,brilliant,aknowleged,legendary.
and that trillions of director after him just
imitate - which is good- or have been inspired by his work,whether they like it or not,tons
of them have studied him.
ed wood (i know it was a joke but just to make it clear) was not a director.It was just a clown bored.He had no craft.He must have definetely been a fun to be with. -
cookiela2001 — 9 years ago(November 24, 2016 11:26 PM)
You may not like his movies, this is Totally fair, but if you could know something about technical things about direction you will see he is just an AMAZING director, brilliant, acknowledged, legendary.
But,
he seems to me to be an erratic director. There are a handful of his films (which are indeed legendary) that I and others watch over and over again, and that's really a remarkable achievement. But then there are others I don't even want to finish watching once.
I have never seen a director with such a checkered output. And yet, of course, any artist would be lucky to work with him.
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claudia-mastro — 9 years ago(November 25, 2016 06:23 AM)
I was thinking today how much forward he always has been. even when super old. i was this cause i saw again The company and that movie was panned back then and now is like EVERY INDIE or not even indie movie is .
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Chwelve — 18 years ago(June 24, 2007 03:52 PM)
Robert Altman is one of the least pretentious highly-acclaimed filmmakers there's ever been. He was constantly shrugging off any praise that came in the direction of either his films or himself. You have every right to dislike his movies (although the vast majority of the cinephile world, myself included, will strongly disagree with you), but calling him pretentious is simply an error on your part.
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JimLoneWolf — 18 years ago(September 02, 2007 10:46 AM)
With posts like this one and your equally dumb posts about Bill Maher, its no wonder you quit posting in disgrace after only 9 idiotic comments.
Seriously, not a single post you've written shows any taste or intelligence.
But it does show one thingyou're a Republican. Imagine, a Republican who hates great films/filmmakers. What a co-inkydink!
No it isn't
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ssny27 — 18 years ago(March 18, 2008 12:07 PM)
Kevin Smith takes the cake for sure.
Hoda0nestly, I wonder if Kevin Smith's time has passed. I won't venture to say he made
great
films but he definitely made some
good
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Bigpoppasevenclear — 17 years ago(April 20, 2008 04:31 PM)
kevin smith is funny. End of strory. he is the first to admit that he has no talent as a director, but his films were never about being visually stunning, he simply wanted to make movies with his friends that they could relate to. so dont run around yelling kevin smith is a bad director because he knows it and doesnt care, if you want to appreciate his films, look to the script
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SimplemindedSociety — 13 years ago(February 20, 2013 11:30 PM)
Hal Ashby
Sure,he made Coming Home,which I found dull,but it was controversial.
SHAMPOO was a borefest after the 1st 20 mins. I almost left the threatre when I saw it in the 70's. He has no sense of pacing.
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mep1019 — 12 years ago(February 16, 2014 04:40 PM)
I wouldn't call Robert Altman a "bad" director. I would call him unorthodox or unconventional. His movies are not for everyone's taste, but he does know how to direct and elect fairly good performances from his cast. Most of his films deal with simple topics as a multi-character studies; too many subplots happening at the same time can make a simpler viewer lost in trying to pay attention. From his epic hits such as Nashville, or Short Cuts, to Ready To Wear, have many big name Hollywood stars, but they have little to work with aside from appearing in them. Many of his films are in fact more boring then bad.
The real thing I have against him is that Robert Altman was a left-wing liberal who wanted to make films HIS way and not by anyone else's way. I am a right-wing conservative for I was raised that way by my parents and grandparents and so on. Altman was a regular marijuana smoker and an activist who wanted to legalize pot; I'm a by-the-book person strongly against any legalizing of any drug or narcotic. If pot was legalized, what's next? Cocaine? Heroin? LSD? PCP?
He is better then any bad director, but not as good as the top Hollywood directors of the past or today.