one of the worst directors in history
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SuperBigGulp — 11 years ago(February 08, 2015 08:20 AM)
The man is truly a study of "being the right place at the right time." He never attempted to stretch or grow as a filmmaker.
Has to be hard, seeing a contemporary peer and fellow Austinite Richard Linklater receive accolades and getting Oscar nominations. -
SuperBigGulp — 11 years ago(February 12, 2015 07:10 AM)
He certainly had the potential, but never realized it. I think going digital and falling in love with green screen made him lazy. Perhaps he just doesn't want to be taken too seriously, and is more interested in just having fun. Unfortunately, he has a lost a lot of 16d0his fanbase.
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mrrockey — 11 years ago(March 14, 2015 04:41 AM)
Well, I won't say that but he's certainly one of the most disappointing directors in history. After showing such great promise with El Mariachi, Desperado, and From Dusk till Dawn, his ego got the better of him and stopped him from growing as a filmmaker on any level. Plus, the guy seems so obsessed with all the latest toys and gizmos to the point where he couldn't care less about the quality of the script or acting. To me, he fell just as hard as M. Night Shyamalan or George Lucas, it's just that it took a little longer for people to realize it.
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j-curl — 10 years ago(June 30, 2015 11:06 AM)
It's amazing how he hasn't grown really at all as a director/filmmaker in the past 25 years or so, and has actually regressed as such. He's middle aged, closing in on 50, and he's still running around like a kid with a camera making schlock.
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!!!deleted!!! (49761343) — 10 years ago(August 02, 2015 07:21 PM)
I can't believe I'm the only person who feels this way. For awhile it seemed as if you couldn't say anything bad about the guy without some douche bag flaming you.
But anyway, I agree. He's one of the worst directors of all time, his movies running the gamut of tasteless shlocky B movie gore porn to stylistic, yet soulless enterprises. I couldn't believe how bored I was by Sin City, amazing visuals notwithstanding. That movie should've been the Matrix of its time. It should've not only finally elevated Rodriguez to auteur status but caused an explosion in influence. But it lacked so little substance that it barely registered a blip.
He kind of reminds me a little of Brian DePalma (although, in Palma's defense, his movies can be entertaining). He's a B movie director who everyone gave too much credit to for some reason.
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vividly_pathetic — 10 years ago(November 23, 2015 11:40 AM)
Unlike most of the hacks in Hollywood, he's a B-movie director who knows he's making B-Movies, for audiences that love B-movies and applaud him for being so unabashedly B, even when he gets A-listers on board.
He's basically a version of Tarantino who isn't wrongfully considered a groundbreaking auteur. -
Spallone_Spikane — 10 years ago(December 28, 2015 07:52 AM)
It really is subjective. Jim Wynorski still makes films that people want to see, even in today's climate, and many people consider him terrible. All directors make good and bad films, and whether this is true is up to the spectator.
I don't like much of Rodriguez's stuff, but he's one of the smartest in the industry, constantly reinventing himself. I have a ton of respect for him.