Yeti4623

This is more in fun, not bashing. In your opinion, what are are some really pretentious directors? One that comes to mind as of now, is Cameron Crowe. I've listened to a few of his DVD commentaries, and most of what he says, and how he says it, is hilariously calculated.

Brack

I think Crowe's commentary with John Cusack and Ione Skye for "Say Anything..." is one of the better ones out there, but I get what you're saying. He really gets into it. He is a writer after all.

I think John Carpenter has become kinda pretentious.

Shannon Nutt

abe55

Paul Thomas Anderson

SeekOnce

M Night

Ronnie Dobbs

Although I love him for his style I must say Wes Anderson.

Daytripper

Damn it, you beat me. He is the obvious answer. And should be #1 on this poll.

SkullOrchard

George A. Romero.

This guy places waaaaaay too much value on his ability to interject social commentary into his movies. He acts like he invented the entire concept.

I love the original 'Dead' trilogy, but I love those films in spite of the supposed "social commentary", not because of it.

NoirFan

David Lynch all the way, although in general I am a big fan of his films.

dx23

Yep, Uwe Boll. He is a pretentious hack. Or at least that's what he thinks of himself.

riotinmyskull

every good director? i mean seriously name one good director who isn't pretentious.

Ron G

I might get shot for this, but Jean-Luc Godard.

dx23

I forgot George Lucas

Supermallet

George Lucas never struck me as pretentious. A blowhard maybe.

As for directors, I'd go with Julie Taymor (although I did enjoy Titus).

JarJar Fett

Baz Luhrmann is the first name that came to mind.

Rizor

Alejandro González Iñárritu strikes me as a bit pretentious. Amores Perros is great. As is 21 Grams. I like Babel just fine, but it feels like he's making the same movies over and over again with each one somehow aspiring to be a masterpiece. Maybe it's because his pals Alfonso Cuaron and Guillermo Del Toro don't seem to mind making more commercial or simpler movies every so often.

inri222

Harmony Korine

The thread can now be closed.

Sean O'Hara

Any director who explains a commercial or critical flop by saying people didn't "get it." Sure, they may occasionally be right, like Verhoeven with Starship Troopers, but usually they're full of it -- Boll with Postal, Stone with Alexander; I think McG or Michael Bay did it once.

Supermallet

What could McG possibly have said that about? Charlie's Angels 2?

BullGooseLoony

Paul Thomas Anderson
Spike Lee
Sam Raimi (wear a f*cking t-shirt to the set, you look stupid!)
Gus Van Sant

Supermallet

Sam Raimi has always seemed pretty down to earth to me.

fumanstan

Danny Elfman sure doesn't think so!

Gdrlv

This is what I came in to post. I can't stand him.

Neeb

Michael Bay.

Supermallet

True enough. I still think of Raimi in Evil Dead 2 terms, not Spider-Man 3.

Edit: Then again, I wouldn't call what Raimi did to Elfman pretentious, just obnoxious.