Used Cars was such a fun movie to see as a kid when it was new! I was maybe 11-12 and went with friends on bikes to the local dollar theater for that one. We didn’t even know what it was. It was just the movie playing that night. I remember how cinematically pleasing it was… great jokes ❤
@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL It's a hoot! I miss the old Zemeckis that reveled in trashy pop culture zest. Forest Gump was also about pop culture but without the anarchic glee the older Zemeckis had.
I only really love the Wes Anderson films that he co-wrote with Owen Wilson. There's a REALLY specific chemistry that they seem to have together that I don't think Wes captures with other people
Now? Everyone knew he was a hack after Lady in the Water. He made two decent films at the start of his career and has been downhill ever since. He even had the audacity to blame it on critics lol.
I would agree if this was 2002, people were putting him on a pedestal too early on and his first few movies were really good but he fell off big time. I think he's a little underrated at this point. Jordan Peele is the answer.
On Wes Anderson - Agreed, Rushmore n Bootlerock his best... but I also love his Fantastic Mr Fox. Animation seems to fit his style of storytelling better than most of his later live action films.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 always has, but the hype for him in the 90s was crazy, Jackie Brown is a great movie and Django and Kill Bill are entertaining for how wild they are but that’s it (just my opinion)
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 I’d say the humor is basically the link that all of his films share. He’s done a lot of different styles and genres, but almost all of his films have a very similar style of humor that usually comes from the dialogue. I’d absolutely say funnt is one of the first things I think of when I think Tarantino
Regarding Paul Thomas Anderson: how one can make a movie about the Golden age of Hollywood when the talkies were taking over, and NOT include Charlie Chaplin is just absolutely fucking blasphemy.
Martin McDonough's movies are unbelievable, literally. I don't believe the premises. I don't believe the characters. I don't believe the emotions expressed and I don't believe the plots. The only interest for me is how long can I watch one of his movies before getting irritated by it. It's usually not very long, He should go back to the more hyperbolic world of the stage. He belongs there.
John Boorman (with the exception of Deliverance). I admit that since I'm not British I might not have the cultural understanding to appreciate his work. Is he beloved in the UK as they say he is?
You're the only UA-camr I've come across who caught that clear reference to Magnolia in Euphoria's season 1carnival episode. That had PTA written all over it.
Jordan Peele without question is so overrated and I laugh at people that call him the Master of horror. I'm guessing that comes from mostly little Zoomer a@@@@@@s that never watched horror from the 70's or 80's. Get Out is a Stepford Wives knock off and it's very average Us was terrible Nope is flat out boring
Peele is sort of average or above average, but has major pretentions: The way he injects symbolism all over the place just doesn't quite work in my view. That's cool, it's a metaphor but it just doesn't work that well on a surface level. He's very zeitgeisty so he does quite well, and he's one of the few auteurs around. I think his main problem is that his movies just aren't half as funny as they should be. Having watched Nope in the theatre, I don't think the rest of the audience found him funny either.
I don't find him that overrated, and in his interviews you clearly see that he's insecure about his abilities. Get Out was very good, but Nope was just bad. He is just inconsistent.
For me Phantom Thread and The Master are right there at the same level as There Will Be Blood, i heard people mention this alot, that TWBB is his masterpiece or his perfect movie and the others don't match up with, but i think he got even better after that and Phantom Thread for me is his "perfect" movie.
The Master is his best imo, enigmatic understated piece, the polar opposite of Magnolia (his worst, and one of the worst movies ever made by 'good' actors/director)
@@helvete_ingres4717 OMG finally someone who understands my pain 😂! Watching Magnolia in the theater, surrounded by friends & an utterly enthralled audience, beside my GF who was practically climaxing the entire runtime, I sat in my own personal hell. Every frame an agonizing torture. The single worst film going experience of my life (next to The Royal Tannenbaums & Crash). I enjoyed Boogie Nights. Btw we broke up not long after. Irreconcilable difference of opinion.
I think French Dispatch is really well written, clever and really entertaining. I didn't take much else from it, but I don't believe that was its purpose. I don't go into a Wes Anderson film hoping to get blown away emotionally. They're mostly pure comedies, with a lot of originality. As far as PTA, there's something about The Master that is some of the most powerful stuff he's ever done. Sure it kind of ends with a bit of a wimper, but I almost don't care. That first hour is just...wow.
You can't call someone overrated even if you don't like them if they have 5 classics especially in different genres and longevity. Spielberg has mostly sucked for the last 20 years or so but the man gave us Jaws, Close Encounters, E.T., The first 3 Indy movies, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List and others. Marty and Kurbick are also all time greats. Francis Ford Coppola is an interesting debate because he seemed to burn himself out pretty young and nothing he made from the mid-80s and on was anything great but Godfather 1, 2, Apocalypse Now, The Conversation are in debate for maybe the best movies ever made and The Outsiders is a grade below those movies but still a borderline classic.
The Wes Anderson comment was spot on! Thanks to the person who wrote it. And you got me thinking on Guaragnino, even though that final scene in "Call me by your name" with the father really got to me.
Agree with her analysis here. Rushmore is legit one of my favorite movies. After that? Some good movies, entertaining movies but ... mostly movies from which the viewer often "feels removed from the characters and removed from the stories." Again, agreeing with her, Moonlight Kingdom is an exception. Easily my #2 Anderson movie. Strangely his stop-action movie, Isle of Dogs, has a heart and makes a connection with the viewer greater than most of his previous movies. He's a good director, but probably overrated. I'm still glad he's doing what he's doing. He makes unique stuff. Including his series of shorts on Netflix.
Having rewatched them both recently, The Master is PTA's best movie, even better than There Will Be Blood. It's ambiguous to be sure, but if you really think about it, it has a lot to offer. It's one of those movies that takes on many different topics simultaneously, which is why I think so many people struggled with it, as most of us try to boil a movie down to "what was it REALLY about". That's very difficult with The Master but I think it has insights on many topics. Plus top notch acting and beautiful cinematography. It's also absolutely hilarious if you view it as a pitch black comedy, which I think it ultimately was.
I’ve never gotten to that point with the Master, it’s his most intellectually dense film, so I know it’s great but I don’t connect with it like TWBB and Punch Drunk Love.
These discussions are absolutely important, and I think people need to be more realistic about the things that they like. In general taste is created individually through our own experiences and exposure to the world. I think all art is valid, but not everything is for everyone. In fact, everybody's particular tastes are the reason we have such diversity in the art world in the first place. Maybe I'm less sensitive because I'm a Harmony Korine fan 🤣, but I think as you said listening to people criticizing the things you like forces you to think about why you like them yourself, which is really a beneficial process for your perspective.
Is “The Room” a bad film just in my opinion, based on my subjective taste, or is “The Room” actually, objectively, a bad film, regardless of anyone’s opinion?
@@maciejatkowski5524 The Room is enjoyed and actually loved by many many people therefore it CAN be good despite it not succeeding at generalised criteria for what makes a good film in the first place. Any film CAN be good to anyone no matter what it is. It's just that what people generally mean by objectivity, is a certain criteria of film rules that applies to them. It's funny because objectivity to one person may be a different criteria for another, making it subjective again.
@@rohanbeer1654 That's a thoughtful comment. I just wanted to ask something that would challenge this view of subjectivity, that's all. I think it's an interesting subject, and not that simple to answer.
@@thomaswinkelmair9717 then why even watch a video like this at all bud? Importance is placed by the people involved, if we find value from these discussions then that's great. If you don't you don't. But clearly people do otherwise this whole community where PEOPLE DISCUSS FILM wouldn't even exist. Nobody is saying that people shouldn't like certain things based on these discussions, nobody is.
Cast Away has some gorgeous shots and it works despite a large portion of the film being completely without dialogue. Really made me think twice about dismissing Zemeckis.
Baz Luhrmann. Romeo + Juliet was...ok, but it seems like he's just making the same Alty off-Broadway flick over and over and over again; he's Uwe Bol with some moar skills. WHY moost the shambling, mouldering remains of the moosical be resurrected and paraded before our weary eyes AGAIN, did we not learn from Paint Your Wagon and Xanadu??? :=8/
Robert Zemeckis has been a long-time favorite of mine. I was twelve when Back To The Future was released, and it was the perfect age to see that movie. Since then I've admired his work even when my feelings on the overall films were negative--like you, I think Contact is terrible but there's so much about it that's impressive. And after What Lies Beneath, very little of what he has made has impressed me. I feel that his partnership of writer Bob Gale was crucial to his success, and without Gale, the story construction is lacking. I have not seen his version of Pinocchio, but all indications are it's his worst. Movie. Ever. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
If this makes any sense, I like and dislike Forrest Gump equally….many of the drama moments were genuinely moving and well done, but at the same time I found a lot of it very corny
PTA to me is not an overrated filmmaker and I don't consider Blood his best work. It's one of those films that I can't rewatch. It's a very heavy lift for me. I've only seen it twice and probably will never revisit it. Magnolia was interesting. PDL was quirky and fun, as was Vice. But everything else leading up to Pizza was not that interesting. He's definitely a great director, but not all his work is great, if that makes any sense. Pizza was a very cool coming-of-age film that I feel was very under appreciated. Wes Anderson has been repeating himself since Rushmore which was his best work. He hasn't done anything remotely amusing since.
Hahaha... Robert Zemeckis... Okay, to be fair I don’t know the word on the street is but unless people are saying Zemeckis is America’s greatest director, or calling him a Godsend or something, I don’t see how he could be overrated. I’ve seen 10 of his films and one TV show - Johnny Dago - and enjoyed them all to various degrees. They are all entertaining and they all get the asses in the seats so here we go... The Back To The Future Trilogy... one of the greatest trilogies of all time. What else do you want? Forrest Gump and Who Framed Roger Rabbit are exceptional movies but not masterpieces in my opinion. Romancing The Stone, Cast Away, and Contact are very good films I’ve even rewatched them. Death Becomes Her and I Wanna Hold Your Hand are goofy, entertaining, and enjoyably good movies. That’s all I’ve seen of his work. I think that’s enough for him to warrant a great deal of respect. But maybe people were saying his name in hushed tones or something? Confusing him with Kubrick or Fellini were they? Anybody? No? Not sure why he’s overrated. At the risk of overrating a true master I’d like to focus my praise in huge heaps and piles onto you, Deepfocuslens. Your body of work speaks for itself and has very much enhanced my understanding, enjoyment, and appreciation of film. You’re top level at what you do. Thank you so very much for making videos eh.
I agree, he really is rated fairly, I think most people consider him a good director that has a few great movies under his belt but like you said, I never heard anyone say that he's their favorite or consider him the most talented director.
I find it funny. I love all PTA movies I've seen, except There Will Be Blood. I find DDL's performance amazing, but I just don't think the movie clicked for me. I got what it was trying, and I appreciate it, but I like movies like Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and Punch Drunk Love a lot more
There are two PTAs: the nostalgic fun loving poet from The Valley, and the bitter midwestern nihilist. I actually prefer the latter, which is why I prefer his films that show the bleakness and despair of humanity more than the flowery sunshiny stuff. But ultimately I think there's a bit of both in all his films, and that's why I love him.
@@zxbc1 yea i get that. i find his style works best with a bit of both. that’s why i like magnolia so much. boogie nights as well but to a lesser extent. i still have to watch the master and phantom thread but overall i enjoy his work
I'm always kind of afraid to admit I don't like PTA because I know I'm missing something and don't know why I can't connect to it. I feel like one more rewatch might actually change mind. Also Nolan should be there haha
Martin McDonaugh. I still love In Bruges, it’s certainly not perfect, but the comedy mixed with the darker themes still holds up imo. Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes give some of their best performances. Seven Psychopaths is not great, it’s not deep, but it’s McDonaugh’s most fun movie. Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken are amazing, and Colin Farrell plays the straight man very well. Three Billboards. Definitely his weakest, I saw it once in the theaters and mostly forgot about it except for 1) the great tracking shot scene where Rockwell throws that dude out of the window and 2) Woody Harrelson’s integral impact on the rest of that movie. I love Rockwell, but Woody was better in that movie. Banshees of Inisherin. Objectively, probably better than In Bruges. I need to rewatch it many more times to get a better feel for it, but having seen it twice I think it’s a perfect movie. OUTSTANDING performances all around (Kerry Condon especially surprised me with how good she was), McDonaugh’s most consistent script, and his most subtle direction. Legitimately one of the best films I’ve seen in this decade so far. If 3 Billboards didn’t get as much praise as it oddly did, I think he’d be properly rated.
Love this discussion. Wish more of the internet was like this! Personally whenever ive had an issue with a director feeling overhyped, Ive always taken a step back and tried to watch their other works in isolation, without any online reviews or narrative to cloud judgement. Almost always Ive walked away with something and appreciated what they’re going for, which means I can approach their next release with a sense of enthusiasm rather than distain. I may not like some but ill adore others which is worth its weight in gold Such a shame to think what people are missing out on just because they got wrapped up on a hate train or got told these movies “aren’t for them” Art is meant to be divisive and thats a good thing.
wow, i didn't realise people liked the new suspiria - kinda surprising to hear tbh, I thought it was just dull except for the handful of 'dance' sections. Given the source movie - how they were able to suck the mystery and life out of it was somewhat of an accomplishment really lol.
I really liked The French Dispatch even though I felt that it's not for everyone. Some of my friends criticized it for making light of actually very serious subjects .... yet ... it is supposed to be a comedy and it is also supposed to have a sort of European vibe to it. I had a really good time watching it.
I still think early Guadagnino stuff (I Am Love, A Bigger Splash) is fantastic, but I really HATED Bones and All and was meh on Suspiria. I think he has a lot to offer stylistically. Say what you will about Robert Zemeckis, I still think Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a technical masterpiece and one of the most influential and important films in terms of the history of animation and how it sparked the Disney Renaissance
Aw man, I feel like the French Dispatch is Wes's Magnum Opus in a way. Its all his things! I prefer Asteroid City but I feel like French Dispatch and Isle of Dogs have been passed over so much. They are both epic films. So beautifully made
There will be blood is unsuccessful because the Director breaks a primary rule of storytelling. The lead in the story has no character arc. Not only that, but he is difficult to relate or empathize with . This treatment of the character, effectively nullifies any quality acting The actor is generating . It doesn't matter nearly as much as it should because the character is always the same.
Boogie Nights, is Paul's best film. Nothing comes close, except Hard Eight. If it wasn't for Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood, would be a bloody bore.
I used to really appreciate and respect PTA, but at this point I do believe he's overrated. He never quite grasped the proper pacing, for starters. AT first, that weakness was something that set him apart. Yes Boogie Nights, TWBB and definitely Magnolia can be meandering and unporpulsive, but the characters would be so unique and cinematic grammar so kinetic, that it kind of disarms you. You stop playing guessing games with the film and you just let go. But as time passed, his cinematic grammar became more stilted and rigid, I guess more appealing to the European festival sensibilities, as opposed to some Scorsese-esque sequences, wich is fine, but when you get long meandering stretches of something that doesn't even manage to hit 180 degree rule mark and is a scene with messy geography, constructed mostly out of close-ups, you feel ostensibly more frustrated. Master is a film that took a really long time to grow on me, but I do appreciate it now, but Inherent Vice is a complete miss of a film. It misses Pynchon as a writer, it misses to even entertain in my opinion, some scenes lack general competence. It was a really sloppy film in my opinion. Phantom Thread is a film that I appreciated when it came out, but that appreciation is now lost on me. Licorice pizza is, I believe, a return to the form in a certain extent, but even that film is really meandering and gets lost for far longer than it should. I don't believe that PTA is a bad director, and his last film definitely demonstrates that he can introduce variety into his work, but by god is he overrated. For someone who doubles down on his mistakes, he gets elevated to this master status, while he's just an impressionistic auteur who does kind of have a nack and feeling for cinematic grammar, is interested in exploring interesting characters and that split really drags him down in my opinion. Fincher personifies completely the opposite, he's so technical to a point where his grasp of the story being told could get lost. That's what sets someone like Scorsese in my mind, this man does have a refined feeling for cinematic grammar, and is yet deeply invested into his characters and manages to infuse those two, and shift his style so much, and yet weirdly stay the same. But if PTA is a really good director people are overhyping, Wes Anderson is an epitome of an overrated director. Fondant aesthetic reached it's peak at Grand Budapest Hotel, and should've stayed there. It's an epitome of style of substance. Just like the fondant cakes, looks pretty on the surface, but beneath, it's aways the same type of bland.
My idea of hell is being put through all of wes Anderson and noah bambauch movies, oh and Christopher Nolan is the most overrated director around, truly awful.
I feel that wes Anderson comment. I really loved his first few movies. I was a young adult and fan when those came out. His later films are such caricatures of themselves, like the comment said, that it really does start to take you out of the actual movie. The hyper stylized version of himself now makes his movies feel kind of immature and too goofy. The early stuff, while still very funny, was still grounded visually and had more of a realistic bite.
In my opinion Boogie Nights is a much stronger example of PTA's direction than the commentary indicates here. His direction was efficient which was all that was really needed for that cast, using his script.
Oh! You don't like Forrest Gump. I thought I was the only person on the planet who did not like this film. Many of Zemeckis' other films are far better, imho. I don't feel so lonely now! 😜
i'm pretty cool on scorcese and coppola and spielberg and lucas ... i know they made an early splash, and all have some great early movies, but since then, it's been big piles of 'meh', imo
I agree with all of these but Zemeckis, I get it ish as his work since 04' has not been good at all, however, before that going back to "used cars" brilliant, if He only did "forest Gump" or "back to the future" he would still one of the best ever.
I mostly agree with your take on Luca, but give Bones and All a watch. It actually really ended up surprising me and was one of my favorite films of last year. I thought the themes presented were all a lot more coherent and not ham fisted like some of his previous works. Timothee is good in it and it’s definitely a role that’s tailor-made for him, but Taylor Russell is the one was the most profound.
yeah Suspiria was pretty mediocre IMO but Bones & All ended up working for me in a way I really didn't expect it to. Both as a really effective gross ass horror movie and a really affecting love story. I was rolling my eyes for half the movie and somehow it just penetrated my skepticism and won me over
@B1 the Arctitect The ending of Suspiria got a little convoluted but I still enjoyed the world it brought me into and is a much better film than the original which is visually stunning with a great score.
Jordan Peele is an excellent director, but his writing can leave me dissatisfied. A lot of people who critique him don’t realize they’re critiquing his writing, not directing…
I think Martin McDonough is overrated both as a writer and a director. He's a born and bred Londoner and craps on about Ireland all the time like Rod Stewart pretends to be Scottish. Above all, his subject matter is shallow.
I don't like Wes Anderson, his movies do nothing for me but as a director - he isn't bad. His movies are very well directed - I mean his films are very director director's films so as a director he is perhaps not overrated but as a film maker he is.
Ok, what exactly I love about 2018’s Suspiria, that perhaps hasn’t being mentioned. The tone, the architecture of the dance school, aligned with the exteriors, sad and gray, including the wall, matching the old 35mm grainy 70s look, captures perfectly the atmosphere of the context, the sense of dread, isolation, solitude that contrasts directly with the youth and energy of the dancers inside. Around the dancers, the most dominant color is red, anywhere else, it’s pale teal, and grey, which matches with another topic represented by the doctor: shame. In his case, a shameful past, in the case of the school, the presence of sexual energy and youth, freedom, blood and life, that the dance room represents in the middle of a political and economical crisis, things that Markos wants to drain from Susie, while Blanc tries to protect her, Blanc is a survivor, a leader. Markos is a leach. The whole tone of the film is contrasting, it feels purposely cold and unsafe. The ritual scene is very disturbing.
I’m with you on this. I’m a huge Argento fan and absolutely love the original. However, I’m very impressed with the remake and how much depth it has. To me, it’s an example on how to do a proper remake or reimagining. It’s completely it’s own thing with a very distinct style and identity using the basic premise of the original. No way, could you replicate the original and I’m thankful he went for something different even down to the aesthetics of the cinematography. Completely different look and, like you said, I love how he replicated the grainy ‘70s style of filmmaking and used mostly muted colours. A huge contrast to the the originals look, which was a mesmerizing anomaly of that time period, and for the best IMHO. My only complaint, the remake is too long. It didn’t need to be that length at all to tell its story. But, I can let it go, as I can see a real identity and unique eye behind the camera at work.
If critics only understood what filmmakers do - way beyond your comprehension. Have another drink. Spend a day on the set with any of these Directors and you'll delete this video on that day.
I hate your opinion on PTA but I hold your opinion in high regard, you make me doubt my favourite movies and be more critical of even myself, thank you!
If you think Contact is dumb, then Interstellar deserves a millennial Einstein award. It is absolutely the dumbest overblown "serious" sci-fi epic ever made. As a hysterical unintentional comedy, it works perfectly, though. At least Zemeckis has an impeccable filmmaking style, whatever he does. Christopher Nolan is the most overrated director in the last quarter of a century. He specialized in making smart films for stupid people.
I think Mcdonaugh being a playwright it doesnt transfer to the screen particularly well sometimes, that and trying to be too dark for the sake of it but struggling to make it funny like in 3 Billboards
A shame you don't like Guadagnino, he's easily one my favourite directors working right now. Call Me By Your Name makes me cry every time I watch it (and kick started my massive crush on Chalamet!), and is in my top ten all time favourite movies. I adore Bones and All as well. I agree with the Suspiria take though, it tried to juggle to many things at once.
How do you rate a director, how do you isolate their contribution to the project? What ever I liked or disliked in a movie how do I attribute it to the director?
Working at the admiral theater in west Seattle for a long time is part of why I loved Grand Budapest hotel. There is something to be said for falling in love with an old building. Best first job ever. Quit once, got fired once and left on good terms finally.
Big facts. Boogie Nights feels like such a Goodfellas recreation that I’ve never been able to enjoy it. And it’s a little shocking at how much of a pass he got. Magnolia was another dud but now he was making his Altman movie. I didn’t like any of his films so when There Will Be Blood came out, I had zero interest in watching him rip off another director. But after strong word of mouth by friends I trusted, I checked it out when it was still playing in theaters. And I felt like it was his most accomplished film. From then on, until Phantom Thread, I was fully on board but I hated Licorice Pizza. It felt like a step backwards, IMO.
@@curiositytax9360 I've seen 'eureka'and I won't lie I luved the beginning when he's out looking for the gold, but struggle after that when it feels like it's genre jumping and ends in a court case if I remember. Funny enough I mentioned how there will be blood took so much from that film on another video was thinking if given eureka another go.
@@curiositytax9360 I never took the comment as blunt as I actually think it's a fair point and should be made, I have a lot of respect for pta but I think he gets a little bit to much slack cut at times. I have seen most of roegs films and felt same way with all them I enjoyed and admired them for at least half of the film time and struggled a bit with the rest, it's like I was held at a distance from them in the end. Just caught me out your text as I was just thinking before I seen your text maybe it was time to go back to his work and maybe see how they are to me with older eyes, and will definitely take the time to go over your texts of explanations that might help me with them, even if I do end up feeling the same I know I'd still come away with respect for his work he is no doubt an auteur and always worth a recommendation for anyone interested in film.
I look at James Cameron as a master of mass appeal but completely hollow and cold in his intentions as a filmmaker. He's a pioneer of the billion dollar movie formula, which I can't get behind because this factory line of movies are actively destroying the potential of smaller to mid-budget films when the game now becomes a money sport to your average filmgoer that weigh quality based on box office these days rather than the craft of the film itself. I find James Cameron to be very disingenuous to his own craft and I'm never convinced he does it for the love of filmmaking as much as the love of stuffing his own wallet.
Tarantino, is so overrated, and his fans are the worst, the guy is good but they think he is Kubrick or Hitchcock
Definitely not Kubrick but still solid director
Now Kubrick is overrated. Actually he's my pick, lol
Im a Tarantino fan, but he is no where near Hitchcock or Kubrick
@@shamusteakiawaNo he is not
@@tio760 dude, he only made about 2 good movies, lol
When I think most overrated director first thing that comes to my mind is JJ Abrams, and Michael Bay right after
Regarding Zemeckis, why doesn't anyone ever mention "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", "Used Cars"? They are great.
Used Cars was such a fun movie to see as a kid when it was new! I was maybe 11-12 and went with friends on bikes to the local dollar theater for that one. We didn’t even know what it was. It was just the movie playing that night. I remember how cinematically pleasing it was… great jokes ❤
@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL It's a hoot! I miss the old Zemeckis that reveled in trashy pop culture zest. Forest Gump was also about pop culture but without the anarchic glee the older Zemeckis had.
@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL wow I had actually forgotten Zemekis directed that. Might be his second best movie after BTTF.
I loved Used Cars. That was a classic. Red cars really are bad luck, by the way. I would tell you the story but I really don't like to repeat it.
I only really love the Wes Anderson films that he co-wrote with Owen Wilson. There's a REALLY specific chemistry that they seem to have together that I don't think Wes captures with other people
Just came across your channel. You're really cool!
M Night Shyamalan Period
he's not overrated anymore, everyone knows he's bad now lol
Now? Everyone knew he was a hack after Lady in the Water. He made two decent films at the start of his career and has been downhill ever since. He even had the audacity to blame it on critics lol.
@@zxbc1 Shyamalan makes films for himself in his own logical way of understanding things.
I would agree if this was 2002, people were putting him on a pedestal too early on and his first few movies were really good but he fell off big time. I think he's a little underrated at this point. Jordan Peele is the answer.
On Wes Anderson - Agreed, Rushmore n Bootlerock his best... but I also love his Fantastic Mr Fox. Animation seems to fit his style of storytelling better than most of his later live action films.
Tarantino. He is an amazing storyteller but his stories feel like mostly empty calories.
Tarantino, not only as a director but also as a writer
I agree. So much of his dialog sounds stupid now.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 always has, but the hype for him in the 90s was crazy, Jackie Brown is a great movie and Django and Kill Bill are entertaining for how wild they are but that’s it (just my opinion)
I don’t care he’s so funny. I feel like I enjoy watching them as much as he enjoys making.
@@rossleeson8626 Funny isn't the first word that comes to mind for Tarantino
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 I’d say the humor is basically the link that all of his films share. He’s done a lot of different styles and genres, but almost all of his films have a very similar style of humor that usually comes from the dialogue. I’d absolutely say funnt is one of the first things I think of when I think Tarantino
Regarding Paul Thomas Anderson: how one can make a movie about the Golden age of Hollywood when the talkies were taking over, and NOT include Charlie Chaplin is just absolutely fucking blasphemy.
Martin McDonough's movies are unbelievable, literally. I don't believe the premises. I don't believe the characters. I don't believe the emotions expressed and I don't believe the plots. The only interest for me is how long can I watch one of his movies before getting irritated by it. It's usually not very long, He should go back to the more hyperbolic world of the stage. He belongs there.
Maybe you're the problem here.
James Gunn, Joss Whedon, JJ Abrams...
Those guys.
John Boorman (with the exception of Deliverance). I admit that since I'm not British I might not have the cultural understanding to appreciate his work. Is he beloved in the UK as they say he is?
Hello! I’m British. I’d say he’s respected but considered to be quite dry and old-fashioned. A filmmaker for traditionalists and dads
Is he highly regarded? Point Blank is an all timer.
Spielberg, since the 90s and that's being generous.
Catch me if you can, bridge of spies, munich were actually well made movies
THERE WILL BE BLOOD suffers from a lousy ending.
Bruh thank you for mentioning Suspiria 2018, the biggest horror in that was the boredom of it all
Exactly! And all these people are saying it's better than the original, a movie that's almost 50 years old!
@@timothytouhey8682 I saw them back to back and the original was definitely nicer!
Dude ..... Contact is not a dumb movie.
It is actually semi quite well adapted from Carl Sagan novel.
Zemicks is kindda dull though.
Greta Gerwig for me, solid movies, but academy award nomination worthy? No way.
Jordan Peele. There. I said it.
Yeah. Get Out held up for me, but Us and Nope were flawed as hell I thought.
nope
Bingo
Just facts.
So brave
You're the only UA-camr I've come across who caught that clear reference to Magnolia in Euphoria's season 1carnival episode. That had PTA written all over it.
Now that I think about it your right it did no wonder it caught my eye lol
Jordan Peele without question is so overrated and I laugh at people that call him the Master of horror. I'm guessing that comes from mostly little Zoomer a@@@@@@s that never watched horror from the 70's or 80's.
Get Out is a Stepford Wives knock off and it's very average
Us was terrible
Nope is flat out boring
Peele is sort of average or above average, but has major pretentions: The way he injects symbolism all over the place just doesn't quite work in my view. That's cool, it's a metaphor but it just doesn't work that well on a surface level.
He's very zeitgeisty so he does quite well, and he's one of the few auteurs around. I think his main problem is that his movies just aren't half as funny as they should be. Having watched Nope in the theatre, I don't think the rest of the audience found him funny either.
yes,i agree.Also, i find his smugness and his pretentious behaviour very off putting.
I don't find him that overrated, and in his interviews you clearly see that he's insecure about his abilities. Get Out was very good, but Nope was just bad. He is just inconsistent.
Extremely overhyped for sure..... His films ain't as deep as what people make them out to be.
For me Phantom Thread and The Master are right there at the same level as There Will Be Blood, i heard people mention this alot, that TWBB is his masterpiece or his perfect movie and the others don't match up with, but i think he got even better after that and Phantom Thread for me is his "perfect" movie.
The Master is his best imo, enigmatic understated piece, the polar opposite of Magnolia (his worst, and one of the worst movies ever made by 'good' actors/director)
@@helvete_ingres4717 OMG finally someone who understands my pain 😂! Watching Magnolia in the theater, surrounded by friends & an utterly enthralled audience, beside my GF who was practically climaxing the entire runtime, I sat in my own personal hell. Every frame an agonizing torture. The single worst film going experience of my life (next to The Royal Tannenbaums & Crash). I enjoyed Boogie Nights.
Btw we broke up not long after. Irreconcilable difference of opinion.
I think French Dispatch is really well written, clever and really entertaining. I didn't take much else from it, but I don't believe that was its purpose. I don't go into a Wes Anderson film hoping to get blown away emotionally. They're mostly pure comedies, with a lot of originality.
As far as PTA, there's something about The Master that is some of the most powerful stuff he's ever done. Sure it kind of ends with a bit of a wimper, but I almost don't care. That first hour is just...wow.
The Master and Inherent Vice are not his best, so I found Phantom Thread a return to form.
Are there ANY well-known directors who can't be accused of being overrated? How many masterpieces does a filmography need before a director is immune?
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They be calling Kubrick overrated because he doesn't "show" emotions or that Scorsese is too grounded or some bs. No one is safe from being overrated.
That’s exactly what makes it so fun, isn’t it?
@@maciejatkowski5524 true its just funny to note thats all
You can't call someone overrated even if you don't like them if they have 5 classics especially in different genres and longevity. Spielberg has mostly sucked for the last 20 years or so but the man gave us Jaws, Close Encounters, E.T., The first 3 Indy movies, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List and others. Marty and Kurbick are also all time greats. Francis Ford Coppola is an interesting debate because he seemed to burn himself out pretty young and nothing he made from the mid-80s and on was anything great but Godfather 1, 2, Apocalypse Now, The Conversation are in debate for maybe the best movies ever made and The Outsiders is a grade below those movies but still a borderline classic.
Lars von Trier. He does a great job at creating atmosphere, but I never connect with his characters.
The Wes Anderson comment was spot on! Thanks to the person who wrote it.
And you got me thinking on Guaragnino, even though that final scene in "Call me by your name" with the father really got to me.
Agree with her analysis here. Rushmore is legit one of my favorite movies. After that? Some good movies, entertaining movies but ... mostly movies from which the viewer often "feels removed from the characters and removed from the stories." Again, agreeing with her, Moonlight Kingdom is an exception. Easily my #2 Anderson movie.
Strangely his stop-action movie, Isle of Dogs, has a heart and makes a connection with the viewer greater than most of his previous movies. He's a good director, but probably overrated. I'm still glad he's doing what he's doing. He makes unique stuff. Including his series of shorts on Netflix.
Having rewatched them both recently, The Master is PTA's best movie, even better than There Will Be Blood. It's ambiguous to be sure, but if you really think about it, it has a lot to offer. It's one of those movies that takes on many different topics simultaneously, which is why I think so many people struggled with it, as most of us try to boil a movie down to "what was it REALLY about". That's very difficult with The Master but I think it has insights on many topics. Plus top notch acting and beautiful cinematography. It's also absolutely hilarious if you view it as a pitch black comedy, which I think it ultimately was.
I totally agree, it’s his best film
I’ve never gotten to that point with the Master, it’s his most intellectually dense film, so I know it’s great but I don’t connect with it like TWBB and Punch Drunk Love.
The Master and TWBB are tied ... equally brilliant, and WAY at the top of his oeuvre
I really wanna love it. I always felt like the last forty minutes just kinda trail off. I honestly think Licorice Pizza is his best since TWBB.
@@adamgates1142 I didn’t care for that one
These discussions are absolutely important, and I think people need to be more realistic about the things that they like. In general taste is created individually through our own experiences and exposure to the world. I think all art is valid, but not everything is for everyone. In fact, everybody's particular tastes are the reason we have such diversity in the art world in the first place. Maybe I'm less sensitive because I'm a Harmony Korine fan 🤣, but I think as you said listening to people criticizing the things you like forces you to think about why you like them yourself, which is really a beneficial process for your perspective.
Is “The Room” a bad film just in my opinion, based on my subjective taste, or is “The Room” actually, objectively, a bad film, regardless of anyone’s opinion?
@@maciejatkowski5524 The Room is enjoyed and actually loved by many many people therefore it CAN be good despite it not succeeding at generalised criteria for what makes a good film in the first place. Any film CAN be good to anyone no matter what it is. It's just that what people generally mean by objectivity, is a certain criteria of film rules that applies to them. It's funny because objectivity to one person may be a different criteria for another, making it subjective again.
@@rohanbeer1654 That's a thoughtful comment. I just wanted to ask something that would challenge this view of subjectivity, that's all. I think it's an interesting subject, and not that simple to answer.
@@thomaswinkelmair9717 What are you doing at a movie review channel then? If you don't care about that, that's fine. I and him think differently.
@@thomaswinkelmair9717 then why even watch a video like this at all bud? Importance is placed by the people involved, if we find value from these discussions then that's great. If you don't you don't. But clearly people do otherwise this whole community where PEOPLE DISCUSS FILM wouldn't even exist. Nobody is saying that people shouldn't like certain things based on these discussions, nobody is.
Cast Away has some gorgeous shots and it works despite a large portion of the film being completely without dialogue. Really made me think twice about dismissing Zemeckis.
I'm sorry pta is no where near over rated 😊
Christopher Nolan is overrated
Top 3 overrated directors: 1) Tarantino 2) Tarantino 3) Anyone influenced by Tarantino
Baz Luhrmann. Romeo + Juliet was...ok, but it seems like he's just making the same Alty off-Broadway flick over and over and over again; he's Uwe Bol with some moar skills. WHY moost the shambling, mouldering remains of the moosical be resurrected and paraded before our weary eyes AGAIN, did we not learn from Paint Your Wagon and Xanadu???
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Martin McDonough is amazing. In Bruges is great, but Banshees is a masterclass.
3 Billboards
Robert Zemeckis has been a long-time favorite of mine. I was twelve when Back To The Future was released, and it was the perfect age to see that movie. Since then I've admired his work even when my feelings on the overall films were negative--like you, I think Contact is terrible but there's so much about it that's impressive. And after What Lies Beneath, very little of what he has made has impressed me. I feel that his partnership of writer Bob Gale was crucial to his success, and without Gale, the story construction is lacking. I have not seen his version of Pinocchio, but all indications are it's his worst. Movie. Ever. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
His work on Tales from the Crypt gets overlooked a lot.
@@Bigfrank88 I saw his "killer Santa" episode, but I didn't like it as much as the ones that Richard Donner and Walter Hill directed.
If this makes any sense, I like and dislike Forrest Gump equally….many of the drama moments were genuinely moving and well done, but at the same time I found a lot of it very corny
One bad movie in a career of many...ya'll are funny sometimes.
Brian DePalma, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Tranintino, John Carpenter, Howard Hawkes...etc etc
You passing that joint or nah?
Every director is overrated..... They have there ups and there downs.
PTA to me is not an overrated filmmaker and I don't consider Blood his best work. It's one of those films that I can't rewatch. It's a very heavy lift for me. I've only seen it twice and probably will never revisit it. Magnolia was interesting. PDL was quirky and fun, as was Vice. But everything else leading up to Pizza was not that interesting. He's definitely a great director, but not all his work is great, if that makes any sense. Pizza was a very cool coming-of-age film that I feel was very under appreciated. Wes Anderson has been repeating himself since Rushmore which was his best work. He hasn't done anything remotely amusing since.
Hahaha... Robert Zemeckis... Okay, to be fair I don’t know the word on the street is but unless people are saying Zemeckis is America’s greatest director, or calling him a Godsend or something, I don’t see how he could be overrated. I’ve seen 10 of his films and one TV show - Johnny Dago - and enjoyed them all to various degrees. They are all entertaining and they all get the asses in the seats so here we go... The Back To The Future Trilogy... one of the greatest trilogies of all time. What else do you want? Forrest Gump and Who Framed Roger Rabbit are exceptional movies but not masterpieces in my opinion. Romancing The Stone, Cast Away, and Contact are very good films I’ve even rewatched them. Death Becomes Her and I Wanna Hold Your Hand are goofy, entertaining, and enjoyably good movies. That’s all I’ve seen of his work. I think that’s enough for him to warrant a great deal of respect. But maybe people were saying his name in hushed tones or something? Confusing him with Kubrick or Fellini were they? Anybody? No? Not sure why he’s overrated.
At the risk of overrating a true master I’d like to focus my praise in huge heaps and piles onto you, Deepfocuslens. Your body of work speaks for itself and has very much enhanced my understanding, enjoyment, and appreciation of film. You’re top level at what you do. Thank you so very much for making videos eh.
Forrest Gump is not an exceptional movie. Very far from it.
I agree, he really is rated fairly, I think most people consider him a good director that has a few great movies under his belt but like you said, I never heard anyone say that he's their favorite or consider him the most talented director.
Because for the last 20 years he's more interested in special effects than telling a good story. (Except for Flight.)
I find it funny. I love all PTA movies I've seen, except There Will Be Blood. I find DDL's performance amazing, but I just don't think the movie clicked for me. I got what it was trying, and I appreciate it, but I like movies like Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and Punch Drunk Love a lot more
There are two PTAs: the nostalgic fun loving poet from The Valley, and the bitter midwestern nihilist. I actually prefer the latter, which is why I prefer his films that show the bleakness and despair of humanity more than the flowery sunshiny stuff. But ultimately I think there's a bit of both in all his films, and that's why I love him.
@@zxbc1 yea i get that. i find his style works best with a bit of both. that’s why i like magnolia so much. boogie nights as well but to a lesser extent. i still have to watch the master and phantom thread but overall i enjoy his work
I'm always kind of afraid to admit I don't like PTA because I know I'm missing something and don't know why I can't connect to it. I feel like one more rewatch might actually change mind. Also Nolan should be there haha
Martin McDonaugh. I still love In Bruges, it’s certainly not perfect, but the comedy mixed with the darker themes still holds up imo. Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes give some of their best performances.
Seven Psychopaths is not great, it’s not deep, but it’s McDonaugh’s most fun movie. Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken are amazing, and Colin Farrell plays the straight man very well.
Three Billboards. Definitely his weakest, I saw it once in the theaters and mostly forgot about it except for 1) the great tracking shot scene where Rockwell throws that dude out of the window and 2) Woody Harrelson’s integral impact on the rest of that movie. I love Rockwell, but Woody was better in that movie.
Banshees of Inisherin. Objectively, probably better than In Bruges. I need to rewatch it many more times to get a better feel for it, but having seen it twice I think it’s a perfect movie. OUTSTANDING performances all around (Kerry Condon especially surprised me with how good she was), McDonaugh’s most consistent script, and his most subtle direction. Legitimately one of the best films I’ve seen in this decade so far.
If 3 Billboards didn’t get as much praise as it oddly did, I think he’d be properly rated.
Nothing oddly about it. 3 billboards is excellent.
@@efcdk92 How so?
Love this discussion. Wish more of the internet was like this!
Personally whenever ive had an issue with a director feeling overhyped, Ive always taken a step back and tried to watch their other works in isolation, without any online reviews or narrative to cloud judgement. Almost always Ive walked away with something and appreciated what they’re going for, which means I can approach their next release with a sense of enthusiasm rather than distain. I may not like some but ill adore others which is worth its weight in gold
Such a shame to think what people are missing out on just because they got wrapped up on a hate train or got told these movies “aren’t for them”
Art is meant to be divisive and thats a good thing.
The Suspiria remake was alright. I had re-watched it last year for a second time and I realized I would rather go with the original.
Nicolas Winding Refn. I love Drive but after seeing Refn’s other films, Drive now feels more like a fluke.
I do not like Forrest Gump either. I thought I was the only one.
wow, i didn't realise people liked the new suspiria - kinda surprising to hear tbh, I thought it was just dull except for the handful of 'dance' sections. Given the source movie - how they were able to suck the mystery and life out of it was somewhat of an accomplishment really lol.
Pls find time to see "The French Dispatch"
Christopher fucking Nolan…
It's Tarantino.
how sway?
It's certainly not.
I really liked The French Dispatch even though I felt that it's not for everyone.
Some of my friends criticized it for making light of actually very serious subjects .... yet ... it is supposed to be a comedy and it is also supposed to have a sort of European vibe to it.
I had a really good time watching it.
hey, I think antidepressants and the like have muddled the narrative potency of movies
I still think early Guadagnino stuff (I Am Love, A Bigger Splash) is fantastic, but I really HATED Bones and All and was meh on Suspiria. I think he has a lot to offer stylistically.
Say what you will about Robert Zemeckis, I still think Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a technical masterpiece and one of the most influential and important films in terms of the history of animation and how it sparked the Disney Renaissance
Martin Scorsese made one great movie, Taxi Driver - but that is not enough to think as highly of him as peope do. For my taste he's overrated.
Aw man, I feel like the French Dispatch is Wes's Magnum Opus in a way. Its all his things! I prefer Asteroid City but I feel like French Dispatch and Isle of Dogs have been passed over so much. They are both epic films. So beautifully made
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There’s nothing worse than a boring movie. Doesn’t matter who the director is.
There will be blood is unsuccessful because the Director breaks a primary rule of storytelling.
The lead in the story has no character arc.
Not only that, but he is difficult to relate or empathize with .
This treatment of the character, effectively nullifies any quality acting The actor is generating . It doesn't matter nearly as much as it should because the character is always the same.
Boogie Nights, is Paul's best film. Nothing comes close, except Hard Eight. If it wasn't for Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood, would be a bloody bore.
I used to really appreciate and respect PTA, but at this point I do believe he's overrated. He never quite grasped the proper pacing, for starters. AT first, that weakness was something that set him apart. Yes Boogie Nights, TWBB and definitely Magnolia can be meandering and unporpulsive, but the characters would be so unique and cinematic grammar so kinetic, that it kind of disarms you. You stop playing guessing games with the film and you just let go. But as time passed, his cinematic grammar became more stilted and rigid, I guess more appealing to the European festival sensibilities, as opposed to some Scorsese-esque sequences, wich is fine, but when you get long meandering stretches of something that doesn't even manage to hit 180 degree rule mark and is a scene with messy geography, constructed mostly out of close-ups, you feel ostensibly more frustrated. Master is a film that took a really long time to grow on me, but I do appreciate it now, but Inherent Vice is a complete miss of a film. It misses Pynchon as a writer, it misses to even entertain in my opinion, some scenes lack general competence. It was a really sloppy film in my opinion. Phantom Thread is a film that I appreciated when it came out, but that appreciation is now lost on me. Licorice pizza is, I believe, a return to the form in a certain extent, but even that film is really meandering and gets lost for far longer than it should. I don't believe that PTA is a bad director, and his last film definitely demonstrates that he can introduce variety into his work, but by god is he overrated. For someone who doubles down on his mistakes, he gets elevated to this master status, while he's just an impressionistic auteur who does kind of have a nack and feeling for cinematic grammar, is interested in exploring interesting characters and that split really drags him down in my opinion. Fincher personifies completely the opposite, he's so technical to a point where his grasp of the story being told could get lost. That's what sets someone like Scorsese in my mind, this man does have a refined feeling for cinematic grammar, and is yet deeply invested into his characters and manages to infuse those two, and shift his style so much, and yet weirdly stay the same.
But if PTA is a really good director people are overhyping, Wes Anderson is an epitome of an overrated director. Fondant aesthetic reached it's peak at Grand Budapest Hotel, and should've stayed there. It's an epitome of style of substance. Just like the fondant cakes, looks pretty on the surface, but beneath, it's aways the same type of bland.
My idea of hell is being put through all of wes Anderson and noah bambauch movies, oh and Christopher Nolan is the most overrated director around, truly awful.
Have you seen The Menu? I'd love to hear your take on it.
I feel that wes Anderson comment. I really loved his first few movies. I was a young adult and fan when those came out. His later films are such caricatures of themselves, like the comment said, that it really does start to take you out of the actual movie. The hyper stylized version of himself now makes his movies feel kind of immature and too goofy. The early stuff, while still very funny, was still grounded visually and had more of a realistic bite.
In my opinion Boogie Nights is a much stronger example of PTA's direction than the commentary indicates here. His direction was efficient which was all that was really needed for that cast, using his script.
Oh! You don't like Forrest Gump. I thought I was the only person on the planet who did not like this film. Many of Zemeckis' other films are far better, imho. I don't feel so lonely now! 😜
i'm pretty cool on scorcese and coppola and spielberg and lucas ... i know they made an early splash, and all have some great early movies, but since then, it's been big piles of 'meh', imo
Peter Jackson: way overcooked and overblown LOTR.... Watch Bakshi for LOTR and the Frighteners
I agree with all of these but Zemeckis, I get it ish as his work since 04' has not been good at all, however, before that going back to "used cars" brilliant, if He only did "forest Gump" or "back to the future" he would still one of the best ever.
I mostly agree with your take on Luca, but give Bones and All a watch. It actually really ended up surprising me and was one of my favorite films of last year. I thought the themes presented were all a lot more coherent and not ham fisted like some of his previous works. Timothee is good in it and it’s definitely a role that’s tailor-made for him, but Taylor Russell is the one was the most profound.
yeah Suspiria was pretty mediocre IMO but Bones & All ended up working for me in a way I really didn't expect it to. Both as a really effective gross ass horror movie and a really affecting love story. I was rolling my eyes for half the movie and somehow it just penetrated my skepticism and won me over
@B1 the Arctitect
The ending of Suspiria got a little convoluted but I still enjoyed the world it brought me into and is a much better film than the original which is visually stunning with a great score.
Jordan Peele is an excellent director, but his writing can leave me dissatisfied. A lot of people who critique him don’t realize they’re critiquing his writing, not directing…
I think Martin McDonough is overrated both as a writer and a director. He's a born and bred Londoner and craps on about Ireland all the time like Rod Stewart pretends to be Scottish. Above all, his subject matter is shallow.
I definitely agree with you on Moonrise Kingdom being his best film. I still haven’t watched The French Dispatch either
Try The French Dispatch out. I generally hate Anderson, but I must concede this one is truly amazing and made me chuckle heartily throughout.
@@zantigar yup I actually got more out of this than the Budapest Hotel. Loved the old school female nudity too.
@@madnero5508 Absof-ckinglutely!
I stopped watching new Wes Anderson films because...I dunno...just lost interest because they all tend to be the same.
I don't like Wes Anderson, his movies do nothing for me but as a director - he isn't bad. His movies are very well directed - I mean his films are very director director's films so as a director he is perhaps not overrated but as a film maker he is.
Ok, what exactly I love about 2018’s Suspiria, that perhaps hasn’t being mentioned. The tone, the architecture of the dance school, aligned with the exteriors, sad and gray, including the wall, matching the old 35mm grainy 70s look, captures perfectly the atmosphere of the context, the sense of dread, isolation, solitude that contrasts directly with the youth and energy of the dancers inside. Around the dancers, the most dominant color is red, anywhere else, it’s pale teal, and grey, which matches with another topic represented by the doctor: shame. In his case, a shameful past, in the case of the school, the presence of sexual energy and youth, freedom, blood and life, that the dance room represents in the middle of a political and economical crisis, things that Markos wants to drain from Susie, while Blanc tries to protect her, Blanc is a survivor, a leader. Markos is a leach. The whole tone of the film is contrasting, it feels purposely cold and unsafe. The ritual scene is very disturbing.
The end was great 👍🏻
I prefer the remake to the original tbh
excellent comment
I’m with you on this. I’m a huge Argento fan and absolutely love the original. However, I’m very impressed with the remake and how much depth it has. To me, it’s an example on how to do a proper remake or reimagining. It’s completely it’s own thing with a very distinct style and identity using the basic premise of the original.
No way, could you replicate the original and I’m thankful he went for something different even down to the aesthetics of the cinematography. Completely different look and, like you said, I love how he replicated the grainy ‘70s style of filmmaking and used mostly muted colours. A huge contrast to the the originals look, which was a mesmerizing anomaly of that time period, and for the best IMHO.
My only complaint, the remake is too long. It didn’t need to be that length at all to tell its story. But, I can let it go, as I can see a real identity and unique eye behind the camera at work.
That's an ignorant statement
If critics only understood what filmmakers do - way beyond your comprehension. Have another drink. Spend a day on the set with any of these Directors and you'll delete this video on that day.
I hate your opinion on PTA but I hold your opinion in high regard, you make me doubt my favourite movies and be more critical of even myself, thank you!
Nolan.
If you think Contact is dumb, then Interstellar deserves a millennial Einstein award. It is absolutely the dumbest overblown "serious" sci-fi epic ever made. As a hysterical unintentional comedy, it works perfectly, though. At least Zemeckis has an impeccable filmmaking style, whatever he does. Christopher Nolan is the most overrated director in the last quarter of a century. He specialized in making smart films for stupid people.
I think Mcdonaugh being a playwright it doesnt transfer to the screen particularly well sometimes, that and trying to be too dark for the sake of it but struggling to make it funny like in 3 Billboards
take Robert and Wes off this list and put JJ Abrams and chazelle. Rob made Back to the Future, he no longer needs to answer to anyone as a director.
I agree about Forrest Gump. I found it one of the most annoying films I've ever seen. It just didn't work for me.
McDonaugh criticism i found really baffling. 3 Billboards remark especially so.
A shame you don't like Guadagnino, he's easily one my favourite directors working right now. Call Me By Your Name makes me cry every time I watch it (and kick started my massive crush on Chalamet!), and is in my top ten all time favourite movies. I adore Bones and All as well. I agree with the Suspiria take though, it tried to juggle to many things at once.
How do you rate a director, how do you isolate their contribution to the project?
What ever I liked or disliked in a movie how do I attribute it to the director?
Working at the admiral theater in west Seattle for a long time is part of why I loved Grand Budapest hotel. There is something to be said for falling in love with an old building. Best first job ever. Quit once, got fired once and left on good terms finally.
What about Gaspar Noé? I like some scenes from his movies, but I find them boring as a whole.
i cant lie... i thought this was going to be a terrible video and was about to shit on it. No. i was very wrong. i loved it. thank you.
Robert Zemeckis' "Used Cars" (1980) is brilliant.
Isn't borrowing from 'boogie nights' not really borrowing from 'goodfellas'
Big facts. Boogie Nights feels like such a Goodfellas recreation that I’ve never been able to enjoy it. And it’s a little shocking at how much of a pass he got. Magnolia was another dud but now he was making his Altman movie.
I didn’t like any of his films so when There Will Be Blood came out, I had zero interest in watching him rip off another director. But after strong word of mouth by friends I trusted, I checked it out when it was still playing in theaters. And I felt like it was his most accomplished film.
From then on, until Phantom Thread, I was fully on board but I hated Licorice Pizza. It felt like a step backwards, IMO.
@@curiositytax9360 I've seen 'eureka'and I won't lie I luved the beginning when he's out looking for the gold, but struggle after that when it feels like it's genre jumping and ends in a court case if I remember. Funny enough I mentioned how there will be blood took so much from that film on another video was thinking if given eureka another go.
@@curiositytax9360 I never took the comment as blunt as I actually think it's a fair point and should be made, I have a lot of respect for pta but I think he gets a little bit to much slack cut at times. I have seen most of roegs films and felt same way with all them I enjoyed and admired them for at least half of the film time and struggled a bit with the rest, it's like I was held at a distance from them in the end. Just caught me out your text as I was just thinking before I seen your text maybe it was time to go back to his work and maybe see how they are to me with older eyes, and will definitely take the time to go over your texts of explanations that might help me with them, even if I do end up feeling the same I know I'd still come away with respect for his work he is no doubt an auteur and always worth a recommendation for anyone interested in film.
I much prefer underrated lists to honest .
What's stupid about Contact?
Krzysztof Kieślowski, Ingmar Bergman, Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, Wes Anderson
Rushmore. Fantastic Mr. Fox. Life Aquatic... Masterpieces.
I felt like Grand Budapest Hotel was Wes Anderson's downfall and he hasn't made a movie I've enoyed since.
Only made two since to be fair.
That was his best movie
I look at James Cameron as a master of mass appeal but completely hollow and cold in his intentions as a filmmaker. He's a pioneer of the billion dollar movie formula, which I can't get behind because this factory line of movies are actively destroying the potential of smaller to mid-budget films when the game now becomes a money sport to your average filmgoer that weigh quality based on box office these days rather than the craft of the film itself.
I find James Cameron to be very disingenuous to his own craft and I'm never convinced he does it for the love of filmmaking as much as the love of stuffing his own wallet.
He is a genuinely terrible writer and always has been
Martin Mcdounagh? Really? Ok I'm out.
i find call me by your name dull too
Alejandro Gonzales Innaritu - the most overrated film maker of the last 30 years.
Suck the 🦆
Most overrated? I'd Spielberg, Lucas, and Nolan