Filmmakers : Directors You Hate

[Svengali]

Although it irritates me that emos like his movie, I want the emos to over to Bergman and Dreyer!!11! We need the emos! Jokes aside it irritates very much that it's not just emos, teenage girls in general seem to dig him a lot. To the point that he's become the archetype for the creative genius, the misunderstood artiste. It's pretty bad since his films are basically just really fucking stupid fails in expressionism. His films are also emotionally immature and I can't the dark quirkiness of them. He should have all respect for developing his own style and his own brand though, I still hate him and his stupid fucking hair and beard - yes we know you are all deep and have an artist's soul because you show up at the red carpet with fucking unwashed hair and some wild ass beard, you're unshaven probably because you were too busy drawing cartoons this morning.



Oh, well actually his beard isn't that untidy. And to be honest I actually do not mind Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood to be frank.

[Pickpocket]

TIL people hate Burton because teenagers like him

[movieboy]

God, I hate Robert Rodriguez. I have seen only 1 movie of his (Once upon a time in Mexico), but that really made me hate him. I normally don't hate directors even if they make movies I don't like. But somehow this movie made me hate the director.

[Synthesis]

James Cameron hasn't made a decent film since the first Terminator, and even that was only slightly above average car-chase/shoot-em-up/explosion fest masquerading as sci-fi.

If it weren't for the fact that it was the best casting ever done with Arnie, and the best performances ever put in by Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn (for the latter, his role in Tombstone may be an exception), even Terminator would have been sub-par.

[ShogunRua]

Although it irritates me that emos like his movie, I want the emos to over to Bergman and Dreyer!!11! We need the emos! Jokes aside it irritates very much that it's not just emos, teenage girls in general seem to dig him a lot. To the point that he's become the archetype for the creative genius, the misunderstood artiste.

Again, who cares? Why does it affect your enjoyment of Burton's films?

Many fans of some of my favorite directors (Bergman included) happen to be pretentious, artsy douchebags...so what? It's not Bergman's fault, nor does it change the masterpiece status of his pictures.

He should have all respect for developing his own style and his own brand though, I still hate him and his stupid fucking hair and beard - yes we know you are all deep and have an artist's soul because you show up at the red carpet with fucking unwashed hair and some wild ass beard, you're unshaven probably because you were too busy drawing cartoons this morning.

So now you dislike Burton because of his physical appearance?

Seems like you have some deep-seated issues about the guy.

TIL people hate Burton because teenagers like him

Pretty much.

[Svengali]

Again, who cares? Why does it affect your enjoyment of Burton's films?

Many fans of some of my favorite directors (Bergman included) happen to be pretentious, artsy douchebags...so what? It's not Bergman's fault, nor does it change the masterpiece status of his pictures.

I'm not sure if it affects my view of his films, it irritates my definitely and probably affects my view of him. Which it shouldn't, but it's quite obvious in my opinion that I'd have trouble with him and his films even without his fanbase.

So now you dislike Burton because of his physical appearance?

Seems like you have some deep-seated issues about the guy.

I dislike his appearance, yes. But I'm also not that much of a fan of say Jim Jarmusch's appearance, but I enjoyed the two films of him I have seen.

The dislike for Burton is because of his films but the other things doesn't help.

[nilkynarfy]

God, I hate Robert Rodriguez. I have seen only 1 movie of his (Once upon a time in Mexico), but that really made me hate him. I normally don't hate directors even if they make movies I don't like. But somehow this movie made me hate the director.

Yikes! You started at the wrong place entirely. That's like the overblown unintentionally self-parodic (as opposed to Machete, which wallows in self-parody) version of a Robert Rodriguez film. I couldn't even make it past the first half of that film. Give Desperado, Planet Terror or El Mariachi a shot, and if you hate them, your enmity was well-placed.

[movieboy]

So maybe you just don't like slow movies (which would explain your low scores for imo masterpieces like There Will Be Blood).

Depends on what you mean by slow movies - there are movies where there is a lot of involved story telling and plot unravels at a pace which isn't fast. I am perfectly fine with that. What I can't stand is artificially slow movies - where people fucking stand and stare at each other or the horizon for long periods of times without saying anything (There will be blood, Once upon a time in the West). Where a person is shown walking for reasonably long times(Road to Perdition, Changeling).

I actually liked the plot of Road to Perdition but the long pauses etc were unbearable and it ended up in Tier 3.

Changeling - there was a shot which showed Jolie walking for a really long time - that's when I switched off the player.
TWBB - I think it was the shot after one of the fires(not sure, it's been a year or so) - that shot went on for so long with nothing happening that I switched off the player.

That said I am not a particularly big fan of superfast movies like the Bourne series also.

[JooJoo]

I actually liked the plot of Road to Perdition but the long pauses etc were unbearable and it ended up in Tier 3.

Changeling - there was a shot which showed Jolie walking for a really long time - that's when I switched off the player.
TWBB - I think it was the shot after one of the fires(not sure, it's been a year or so) - that shot went on for so long with nothing happening that I switched off the player.

Is this an exaggeration or did you seriously shut off a movie because a scene lasted without dialogue, but still executed its story flawlessly, for maybe 4-5 minutes? I haven't seen it in a couple years but, I can't see the TWBB scene lasting longer. That's also probably my favorite scene, at least a close second.