1. Robert Rodriguez
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one-fine-day — 15 years ago(November 06, 2010 03:29 PM)
Some bizarre Top 5 lists on here. Most of Rodriguez films have been incoherent and shambolic. For some reason A list actors and character actors agree to work with him for pittens. The only reason must be that his sets and movies are fun to work on. They are quick and pay moderately well. To give him credit, he is inventive and creative. As a grindhouse tribute, Planet Terror was more reflective of the genre than Tarantino and Sin City was pretty pioneering with the use of green screen, colour etc.
However, as a storyteller, he is very poor. Sin City benefitted from the input of Frank Miller clearly. And From Dusk Til Dawn was by and large a Tarantino movie. But come on, Once Upon a Time was a shambles. The Spy Kids movies are poor, even my kids think so. Four Rooms was terrible. Desperado was just a mess. The Faculty was poor etc etc etc.
Besides, in this medium, given that the story is king, and if possible, some kind of depth is a virtue. How can any Top 5 list of current directors not include any of th following (in no particular order);- Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Coen Brothers
- The Dardenne Brothers
- David Fincher
- Jacques Audiard
Add to that list Scorsese, Nolan, Shane Meadows, Wes Anderson, Kelly Reichardt, Clint Eastwood, Wong Kar Wai, Eastwood, and yes yes Woody Allen, Terrence Malick Rodriguez is a little amateur.
Having said that, I would like Machete to be good because I do admire the fact he gets whatever movie he wants to make, made.
Peace,
R_M
"So take your flunky and dangle."
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fatpie42 — 14 years ago(September 22, 2011 02:09 PM)
Which ones don't you like? There's all three El Mariachi movies, Sin City, Planet Terror, Machete, From Dusk Til Dawn, The Faculty and even his segment of Four Rooms.
Cut out the kids movies and he's got a pretty good track record. -
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arron-kramers — 13 years ago(April 06, 2013 10:22 AM)
Favourite Directors and movies from them:
- Robert Rodriguez - (Sin City & Machete)
- The Wachowski's - (The Matrix Trilogy & Cloud Atlas)
- John Woo - (Hard Boiled & A Better Tomorrow)
- Guillermo del Toro - (Hellboy & Pan's Labyrinth)
- James Cameron - (The Terminator & Avatar)