Search found 11 matches: Chris Columbus

10. Wolfgang Petersen 7 films, 30.00
Best film: Das Boot (90)
Worst film: Tie: Air Force One / Outbreak / Troy (0)

9. Paul Verhoeven, 5 films, 30.00
Best film: Robocop (80)
Worst film: Showgirls (0)

8. Joel Schumacher, 7 films, 29.29
Best film: Flawless (65)
Worst film: Tie: Batman Forever / Batman and Robin (0)

7. Chris Columbus, 4 films, 28.75
Best film: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (65)
Worst film: Tie: Mrs Doubtfire / Home Alone (0)

6. Ron Howard, 11 films, 24.55
Best film: Parenthood (60)
Worst film: Tie: Angels & Demons / Backdraft (0)

5. Joe Johnston, 4 films, 17.50
Best film: Jurassic Park 3 (40)
Worst film: Tie: Captain America The First Avenger / The Wolfman (0)

4. M. Night Shyamalan, 4 films, 15.00
Best film: Unbreakable (60)
Worst film: Tie: The Sixth Sense / The Village / The Happening (0)

3. Wes Craven, 4 films, 12.50
Best film: A Nightmare on Elm Street (40)
Worst film: Tie: The Last House on The Left / Scream (0)

2. Jon Turteltaub, 6 films, 11.67
Best film: Instinct (30)
Worst film: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (0)

1. Michael Bay, 5 films, 5.00
Best film: The Rock (15)
Worst film: Tie: Transformers / Armageddon / Pearl Harbor (0)

Not too surprised by most of this list though tbh. What does disturb me a little is how many films I've seen by the likes of Ron Howard, Joel Schumacher and Michael Bay - directors I obviously have no time for. Most of these movies I saw at a time when I made a point of going to the local multiplex every week. I suppose it just goes to show how little there is to choose from at these places a lot of the time.

10. Chris Columbus (48.00, 5) - I can't stand Home Alone series.
09. Peter Hyams (46.00, 5) - A Sound of Thunder, End of Days
08. D.W. Griffith (46.00, 5) - I've seen only few shorts, Blind Love being the worst.
07. Ere Kokkonen (44.67, 15) - Many (bad) finnish comedies.
06. Ivan Reitman (43.33, 6) - Kindergarten Cop, Evolution
05. Joel Schumacher (42.50, 4) - Bad Company, The Phantom of the Opera
04. Paul W.S. Anderson (37.50, 4) - Mortal Kombat, Death Race
03. Timo Koivusalo (37.50, 4) - Bad finnish dramas.
02. Brian Levant (25.00, 4) - Horrible family comedies.
01. Otto Mühl (17.50, 4) - Art ain't always good.

Zack Snyder, 20.67, 3
Roland Emmerich, 24.00, 5
Chris Columbus, 26.67, 3
George Lucas, 30.00, 3 (note: I have not seen American Graffiti)
Paul W.S. Anderson, 32.00, 4
Michael Bay, 35.60, 5
Rob Marshall, 35.67, 3
Dominic Sena, 35.67, 3 (I don't even know who this is)
Uwe Boll, 36.25, 4
Russel Mulcahy, 36.67, 3

10. Peter Segal 61.67 (3)
9. Chris Columbus - 60.71(7)
8. Tom Shadyac - 60 (5)
7. M. Night Shyamalan - 60 (3)
6. George Lucas - 55 (4)
5. Richard Linklater - 55 (3)
4. Todd Phillips - 53.75 (4)
3. Dennis Dugan - 49 (5)
2. Shawn Levy - 42.5 (4)
1. Raja Gosnell - 37 (5)

1. Stan Brakhage 2.29; 7 films
Now that's a really nice average
2. Norman McLaren 14.22; 9 films
3. Stephen Sommers 15.00; 4
4. Roland Emmerich 33.75; 4
5. Andrzej Wajda 38.00; 5
5. Chris Columbus 38.00; 5
7. Peter Greenaway 39.18; 11
I like some of his feature films, but most of his shorts are T1 material for me
8. Ivan Reitman 45.00; 6
9. Jesus Franco 46.25; 4
9. Andrzej Zulawski 46.25; 4
9. Lloyd Kaufman 46.25; 4

Yearly update:

10. M. Night Shyamalan, 52.00, five films
9. Peter Segal, 51.25, 4 films
8. Rob Cohen, 51.25, 4 films
7. Chris Columbus, 51.17, 6 films
6. Steven Herek, 50.17, 6 films
5. Frank Coraci, 50.00, 4 films
4. Amy Heckerling, 45.5, 5 films
3. Jon Turteltaub, 45.4, 5 films
2. Tom Shadyac, 41.29, 7 films
1. Brian Levant, 39.4, 5 films

10. Chris Columbus, 52.13, 8 films

I guess I saw and ranked Percy Jackson and Beth Cooper since last June. Both were bad films, each in their own ways, but I guess they bumped him up a point and placed him at #10 instead of way down at #7.

9. Roger Spottiswoode, 52.00, 5 films

Nothing changed here, just that he squeezed onto the list. Stop! Or my Mom Will Shoot put him here, almost entirely by itself.

8. M. Night Shyamalan, 51.6, 5 films

I must have adjusted some his scores a little bit since then. I do play with them every now and then. He dropped 0.4 points.

7. Peter Segal, 50.5, 4 films

Again, just an adjustment in his scores over time.

6. Stephen Herek, 49.83, 6 films

5. Jon Turteltaub, 48.67, 6 films

I saw Sorcerer's Apprentice, and I guess I ranked it a 57, which skewed his scores up a little bit.

4. Frank Coraci, 48.25, 4 films

Another case of adjusting his films slightly lower over time.

3. Amy Heckerling, 45.5, 4 films

Made a mistake last time with the numbers. I included a film in which she wrote but did not direct.

2. Tom Shadyac, 43.14, 7 films

A rare case of actually increasing one of his film's scores. Still not enough to make up for all those crap movies.

1. Brian Levant, 35.4, 5 films

Some big drops, here. Must be Snow Dogs. I think I remember dropping that film by 20 points last time I adjusted my rankings.

Rob Cohen actually climbed to a 53.75 ranking without having seen any additional films by him. I think I'm being less harsh on the Fast and the Furious.

Going with 3 films, since I know who shows up if I go with four and it's kind of not fair to both of us.

1 - Uwe Boll 25.00 3
2 - Mike Nichols 46.67 3
3 - Hal Needham 60.67 3
4 - Michael Bay 62.33 3
5 - Chris Columbus 65.67 3
6 - Guy Hamilton 67.50 4
7 - James Cameron 68.00 3
8 - Robert Rodriguez 68.00 4
9 - Ki-duk Kim 73.00 4
10 - Tim Burton 73.33 3

It should be noted that Ki-duk Kim is on there because he's wildly inconsistent (scores range from 53 for Address Unknown to 87 for 3-Iron), there are a few James Cameron movies I really liked but haven't seen in so long I don't feel it's appropriate to rank them yet. I also clearly need to rank more to get a more accurate picture happening.

Wow, some people have really crappy tastes in movies.

10. M. Night Shyamalan, 52.00, five films

Gave the Sixth Sense a 79, really good film. Everything else was downhill. Lady in the Water is the low film, actually ranking lower than The Last Airbender. Those were a 32 and a 20.

9. Peter Segal, 51.25, 4 films

Get Smart was clever enough to score a 65 for me, but really it was his decision to do Nutty Professor II that put him on my bottom 10. It's the only film below 50.

8. Rob Cohen, 51.25, 4 films

The Bruce Lee film was his highest ranking one with a 68. Hated Fast and Furious, though, and that garnered him a 40. That and Daylight brought his overall score down.

7. Chris Columbus, 51.17, 6 films

Gotta give credit to the director of The Goonies and the first couple of entertaining Harry Potter films, but he should stay away from movies starring Robin Williams. God Mrs. Doubtfire is one of the worst movies of all time.

6. Steven Herek, 50.17, 6 films

Bill and Ted was ok (69), but the live action 101 Dalmatians was painful to watch. I guess I was too old for it, or too fond of the Disney version. I also really didn't like Mr. Holland's Opus. With those films, his score almost dropped to below 50.

5. Frank Coraci, 50.00, 4 films

A few decent Adam Sandler comedies, that don't rank that high in the grand scheme of things, coupled with Click, probably the worst movie Adam Sandler will ever do. I hate it when comedic actors try to do something touching and meaningful. Movie made me want to vomit.

4. Amy Heckerling, 45.5, 5 films

European Vacation was an awesome film, classic Chevy Chase. Doesn't make up for the Look Whose Talking trilogy, which gives me one of the few directors to actually score an average lower than 50, the first of four. You know it's going to get painful now.

3. Jon Turteltaub, 45.4, 5 films

Instinct was ok. Just ok. National Treasure was a fucking sham of a film, with so many better movies in the same general genre. He ruined himself back in '92 when he made 3 Ninjas.

2. Tom Shadyac, 41.29, 7 films

Two decent outings with Ace Ventura and Bruce Almighty, and then a shit ton of awful films. Dragonfly, Evan Almighty, Liar Liar, The Nutty Professor, and Patch Adams. Patch Adams was one of the worst movies of all time, in my opinion, based on subject matter alone.

1. Brian Levant, 39.4, 5 films

Surprisingly, Levant doesn't have any movies that are below 30 on my list, but he doesn't have anything over 55 either. Just a bunch of shitty movies aimed at kids. Maybe he'd be one of my top 10 directors if I was 5.

"You've ranked at least 4 films from 389 directors"

10. Garry Marshall (40.75, 4)
9. Joel Schumacher (40.7, 10)
8. Michael Bay (40.25, 4)
7. Nicholas Meyer (40, 4)
6. Amy Heckerling (39.4, 5)
5. Simon Wincer (38.25, 4)
4. Danny DeVito (37.5, 4)
3. Chris Columbus (36.67, 6)
2. Howard Deutch (29.6, 5)
1. Mark L. Lester (21, 4)

minimum 3 films:
1. Bob Clark - 30.00 (3)
2. Maya Deren - 31.43 (7)
3. Jonathan Lynn - 32.67 (3)
4. Jean-Marie Straub - 33.67 (3)
5. Stephen Herek - 35.33 (3)
6. Stan Dragoti - 35.33 (3)
7. Ron Shelton - 38.33 (3)
8. Grant Munro - 38.57 (7)
9. Kevin Smith - 39.67 (3)
10. Andy Wachowski - 41.00 (3)

minimum 4 films:
1. Maya Deren - 31.43 (7)
2. Grant Munro - 38.57 (7)
3. Steve Miner - 45.75 (4)
4. Joel Schumacher - 48.00 (5)
5. Ivan Reitman - 48.20 (5)
6. Chris Columbus - 50.33 (6)
7. Richard Donner - 51.50 (8)
8. Wolfgang Petersen - 51.75 (4)
9. Evelyn Lambart - 52.00 (4)
10. Hal Walker - 52.75 (4)