Has He Ever Made a Good Movie?
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bimsie99 — 14 years ago(May 12, 2011 01:25 AM)
I think both his biggest strength and biggest weakness is allowing his actors to improvise so much.And his writing and directing style can be very sit-comy.And often his points are so obvious as to be annoying.
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franzkabuki — 14 years ago(May 19, 2011 11:28 AM)
"His writing and directing style can be very sit-comy".
That might just be the most outrageously & ridiculously inaccurate thing anyone has ever said about Altman.
"Often his points are so obvious as to be annoying".
Another completely mind boggling statement as the only film I can think of where he chooses to be fairly obvious as far as the central "message" is concerned, would be The Player which, of course, doesnt make it a bad film exactly. Generally, Altmans films are about as understated and ambiguous as they come. Im quite sure youre thinking of someone else.
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SimplemindedSociety — 14 years ago(October 02, 2011 02:35 AM)
'But then again, his films are not simple, so I'm not surprised they don't appeal to the lowest of the low '
Really?
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ltarex — 15 years ago(January 24, 2011 01:54 PM)
Altman made a few great movies (Short Cuts, MASH), but most of his films are average (McCabe and Mrs. Miller, The Long Goodbye, Brewster McCloud) or simply awful (Popeye, Thieves Like Us, A Prairie Home Companion, Dr. T and the Women, The Gingerbread Man), so I'd guess he's not a rb68eally great director.
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