Hey Alex, your movies suck!
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Alexander Payne
johnnycashak — 19 years ago(March 27, 2007 08:54 AM)
I can see why Thora gave you so much grief before she was dropped from Election, you couldn't direct your way out of a paper bag Alex.
Election? Trash!
Citizen Ruth? Trash!
What have you been doing since then? Making no name indie films? Awesome have fun doing that, as well as directing Summer's Eve commercials. -
Royale-les-Eaux — 18 years ago(June 22, 2007 11:30 AM)
Yeah About Schmidt starred a little known "indie" guy, you probably havn't heard of himhis name is Jack..no? Yeah, Jack Nicholson. That's the guy. Sideways was barely known too, it only jumpstarted Paul Giamattis career. But other than that, no reckognition, no Oscars..
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ednorton-fan — 17 years ago(June 06, 2008 08:44 AM)
Are you out of your mind? Since Election he's gone on to great critical acclaim. Do you do your research before posting?
Anyway, he's a great director. And it's Thora's loss that she didn't star in Election, since it was a wonderful movie. -
stevebr123 — 17 years ago(July 14, 2008 09:51 AM)
you are obviously looking for some attention.Election is easily the funniest and smartest high school comedy in years.
And i am happy that Thora birch did not play Tracy Flick.no way she would have done a better job than Reese Witherspoon.Reese is just flawless in that role -
katish7 — 14 years ago(November 13, 2011 09:09 AM)
his movies don't suck, they are ok, but he is clearly OVERrated, as well as sideways the most memorable moment from his movies for me is the scene with kathy bates in the hot tub
in my opinion he makes good movies but nothing extraordinary, not even memorable (except for Kathy Bates scene - pretty unusual even for indies made in US), so I don't understand all the hype around his name
though I hope that maybe desc1c84endants will change my opinion of him to the better - even from the trailer it seems to be a great movie, kind of the one I'd really want to see for the story and not just because of all the hype