I think his douchebag reputation (I'm not entirely sure where it comes from) colors the way people see him as a director. People have a habit of not separating a person's real-life persona from their professional life and work. I can somewhat understand this, because no one wants to praise someone who may be an arrogant jerk in real life. But it shouldn't be that big of a deal. I watched him on Kimmel and sure, he seemed pretty into himself, but that doesn't make me enjoy Rush Hour 1 any less.

HERCULES is actually a pretty good film, with memorable characters, some genuine humor, and some truly awesome battle scenes that didn't completely rely on CGI for a change. I don't get all the hate for Ratner either, considering that he hasn't even make that many films to begin with. I enjoyed all three of his first films when they came outloved the RUSH HOUR series, as well as MONEY TALKS, which actually turned out to be better and funnier than I thought it was going to beonly went to see it because it had Chris Tucker in it, anyway. He's actually a pretty good directorbetter than he's given credit for,anyway.

He honestly is.