Hal Needham 46.14
Quentin Tarantino 45.38
Bob Clark 45.00
Tom Shadyac 44.40
Peter Segal 44.00
Nick Castle 43.75
Jan de Bont 42.50
Dennis Dugan 40.17
Mark L. Lester 40.00
Hugh Wilson 39.75
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- Mon Aug 20, 2012 4:37 am
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- Forum: Filmmakers
- Topic: The ten lowest-scoring directors
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Re: The ten lowest-scoring directors
This is surprisingly fun, especially if you adopt martryn's idea of doing a commentary on the works. With a four film minimum, (and oddly enough, 9 of the 10 directors on this list had exactly 4 films I had seen by them!)
10. Michael Bay, 4 films, 38.75
Not as high/low in the rankings as one would imagine, since once upon a time, he made a very good film called "The Rock", and also because I haven't seen the travesty known as the "Transformers" franchise.
9. Rob Cohen, 4 films, 38.5
A crappy action director; "xXx" was moderately enjoyable only thanks to the outstanding stunt work, and even the first "Fast and Furious" flick was mediocre. And then he also released overly melodramatic, dumb stinkers like "Daylight" and "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story".
8. Aaron Norris, 7 films, 38.4
Chuck Norris' younger brother, who directed many of the latter's films. Whether because he sucked that much or bad luck however, Aaron never got to direct any of the rare, fleeting GOOD Chuck Norris films like the original "Missing in Action" or the first "Delta Force".
Instead, he directed the many shitty, garden-variety, unoriginal pieces of crap Norris put out, with the worst offender being the straight-to-cable "Forest Warrior" abortion.
7. Brian Levent, 4 films, 38.0
Despite having a soft spot for both "Problem Child 2" and "The Flintstones", I can't condone horrific travesties like "Beethoven" and "Jingle all the Way". A true hack.
6. Tom Shadyc, 4 films, 36.25
Bizarrely enough, Shadyc's very first major Hollywood feature, "Ace Venture: Pet Detective", was actually good. After that, he settled into a long career of comedy films that were as funny as corpses while simultaneously beating the viewer over the head with preachy, moralistic, incredibly dumb themes.
Fuck this asshole and the horse he rode in on.
5. Andrzej Bartkowiak, 4 films, 35.25
Strangely enough, I feel like this guy actually has some modicum of ability; his debut picture, "Romeo Must Die", was a very good action film.
But since then, it has been nothing but one disaster after another. The apotheosis being "Street Fighter 2: The Legend of Chun Li", one of the worst pictures ever made. What can I say? He accepted every awful film script offered to him, and consistently mailed it in.
4. Thomas Edison, 4 films, 35.00
The most talented and brilliant man of either this list or anyone's list in this topic...
3. Hugh Wilson, 4 films, 34.5
He is marginally better as a writer, thanks to the almost-good "Down Periscope". Regardless, after a watchable picture in "Police Comedy", he has just made one awful action comedy after another, culminating in "Dudley Do Right". I'm just glad this hack is no longer working in Hollywood, although other hacks have appeared to take his spot...
2. Dave Fleischer, 4 films, 33.75
The asshole responsible for the inane, worthless "Betty Boop" series. Apparently, he also "graduated" to Pop-eye shorts later on in his career, so maybe it wasn't all bad with him. He was young and dumb at the time, and probably didn't know any better.
1. Jay Roach, 4 films, 20.0
Wow. Note the amazing gap between number 2 and number 1 in terms of average score; Roach is in a category of shittiness all by himself.
He is responsible for both the "Austin Powers" and "Meet the Parents" franchises, which aside from being insultingly stupid, ruthlessly boring, and never funny, are also disgusting and nauseating much of the time.
This guy truly panders to the lowest common denominator; a stoned 13 year-old missing a couple of chromosomes is the main target audience he is directing his films for. Roach (an appropriate last name) is a vile maggot feasting on the stupidity of the masses.
One of the worst condemnations of Hollywood is that someone like Roach has not only been working in Hollywood for 15 years, but has been enormously successful in it.
10. Michael Bay, 4 films, 38.75
Not as high/low in the rankings as one would imagine, since once upon a time, he made a very good film called "The Rock", and also because I haven't seen the travesty known as the "Transformers" franchise.
9. Rob Cohen, 4 films, 38.5
A crappy action director; "xXx" was moderately enjoyable only thanks to the outstanding stunt work, and even the first "Fast and Furious" flick was mediocre. And then he also released overly melodramatic, dumb stinkers like "Daylight" and "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story".
8. Aaron Norris, 7 films, 38.4
Chuck Norris' younger brother, who directed many of the latter's films. Whether because he sucked that much or bad luck however, Aaron never got to direct any of the rare, fleeting GOOD Chuck Norris films like the original "Missing in Action" or the first "Delta Force".
Instead, he directed the many shitty, garden-variety, unoriginal pieces of crap Norris put out, with the worst offender being the straight-to-cable "Forest Warrior" abortion.
7. Brian Levent, 4 films, 38.0
Despite having a soft spot for both "Problem Child 2" and "The Flintstones", I can't condone horrific travesties like "Beethoven" and "Jingle all the Way". A true hack.
6. Tom Shadyc, 4 films, 36.25
Bizarrely enough, Shadyc's very first major Hollywood feature, "Ace Venture: Pet Detective", was actually good. After that, he settled into a long career of comedy films that were as funny as corpses while simultaneously beating the viewer over the head with preachy, moralistic, incredibly dumb themes.
Fuck this asshole and the horse he rode in on.
5. Andrzej Bartkowiak, 4 films, 35.25
Strangely enough, I feel like this guy actually has some modicum of ability; his debut picture, "Romeo Must Die", was a very good action film.
But since then, it has been nothing but one disaster after another. The apotheosis being "Street Fighter 2: The Legend of Chun Li", one of the worst pictures ever made. What can I say? He accepted every awful film script offered to him, and consistently mailed it in.
4. Thomas Edison, 4 films, 35.00
The most talented and brilliant man of either this list or anyone's list in this topic...
3. Hugh Wilson, 4 films, 34.5
He is marginally better as a writer, thanks to the almost-good "Down Periscope". Regardless, after a watchable picture in "Police Comedy", he has just made one awful action comedy after another, culminating in "Dudley Do Right". I'm just glad this hack is no longer working in Hollywood, although other hacks have appeared to take his spot...
2. Dave Fleischer, 4 films, 33.75
The asshole responsible for the inane, worthless "Betty Boop" series. Apparently, he also "graduated" to Pop-eye shorts later on in his career, so maybe it wasn't all bad with him. He was young and dumb at the time, and probably didn't know any better.
1. Jay Roach, 4 films, 20.0
Wow. Note the amazing gap between number 2 and number 1 in terms of average score; Roach is in a category of shittiness all by himself.
He is responsible for both the "Austin Powers" and "Meet the Parents" franchises, which aside from being insultingly stupid, ruthlessly boring, and never funny, are also disgusting and nauseating much of the time.
This guy truly panders to the lowest common denominator; a stoned 13 year-old missing a couple of chromosomes is the main target audience he is directing his films for. Roach (an appropriate last name) is a vile maggot feasting on the stupidity of the masses.
One of the worst condemnations of Hollywood is that someone like Roach has not only been working in Hollywood for 15 years, but has been enormously successful in it.