Will ‘Van Helsing’ director Stephen Sommers be the next Spielberg?
05-06-04, 11:27 PM
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Will ‘Van Helsing’ director Stephen Sommers be the next Spielberg?
The article is pure blasphemy:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4892866/
Quotes that made me gag:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4892866/
Quotes that made me gag:
Hollywood has another Stephen on the horizon — different spelling, shorter resumé, hardly a household name. Yet. But the start of Stephen Sommers’ career is eerily reminiscent of the master.
Sommers unveils “Van Helsing,” ....... and it could also send Sommers into the stratosphere of the beyond-A-list directors who can name their price and their next projects.
Some artists go by one name. Madonna, Sting, Prince come to mind. In movie-making, there is only one Steven. But if Sommers continues to have commercial success and then segues into more serious fare, they may just have to make room for a Stephen.
05-07-04, 01:36 AM
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I enjoyed The Mummy films and I like how Sommers makes these big action epics fun and fluffy (though I haven't seen Van Helsing yet), but I'd never consider him in the ranks of Spielberg. Michael Bay.... that's a little more accurate.
05-07-04, 08:20 AM
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Sommers unveils “Van Helsing,” ....... and it could also send Sommers into the stratosphere of the beyond-A-list directors who can name their price and their next projects.
05-07-04, 09:00 AM
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Originally posted by cleaver
M Night Shamalamadingdong
M Night Shamalamadingdong
Anyway. To reply to the topic at hand. Eh, No. The first Mummy movie was a decent flick, The Mummy Returns was easily one of the worst movies ever made. It made the first movie look better than it actually is. So in my book he is 50-50. Just because his movies are marketed to death and they made a bunch of money does not make him a good director.
05-07-04, 09:32 AM
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Even though I thought the first Mummy was very entertaining, I find this comparison radiculos at best, insulting at worst.
Will ‘Van Helsing’ director Stephen Sommers be the next Spielberg?
Yeah, if aliens abduct Sommers and replace him with a genetically altered clone.
Will ‘Van Helsing’ director Stephen Sommers be the next Spielberg?
Yeah, if aliens abduct Sommers and replace him with a genetically altered clone.
05-07-04, 10:09 AM
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I think Stephen Sommers would like to remain Stephen Sommers if you ask me. Besides, wasn't this "Next Spielberg" title already given by Newsweek or some other such news mag to one-trick-pony Night when Signs came out?
05-07-04, 02:27 PM
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Next Speilberg?
Well, maybe if in Schindlers List, Liam Neeson ran around and killed CGI zombie Nazis.
or
In The Color Purple Danny Glover discovered Whoopi was a Voodoo Preistess and he then ran around killing CGI zombies.
or
In E.T. Elliot discovers E.T. is really an evil alien plotting to take over the world and he then has to run around killing CGI Aliens.
oh yeah, and if all of Speilbergs films were crap too, then yes.
Well, maybe if in Schindlers List, Liam Neeson ran around and killed CGI zombie Nazis.
or
In The Color Purple Danny Glover discovered Whoopi was a Voodoo Preistess and he then ran around killing CGI zombies.
or
In E.T. Elliot discovers E.T. is really an evil alien plotting to take over the world and he then has to run around killing CGI Aliens.
oh yeah, and if all of Speilbergs films were crap too, then yes.
05-07-04, 02:54 PM
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Spielberg and Sommers aren't even comparable at all...or even allowed to coexist in the same sentence when talking about quality directors.
MATT
VH certainly won't make Sommers the next big thing...sure it's fun, but it's not half as much fun as the Mummy flicks.
MATT
VH certainly won't make Sommers the next big thing...sure it's fun, but it's not half as much fun as the Mummy flicks.
05-07-04, 04:26 PM
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Originally posted by cleaver
That's even worse than the Hitchcock/M Night Shamalamadingdong comparisons.
That's even worse than the Hitchcock/M Night Shamalamadingdong comparisons.
Last edited by Pants; 05-07-04 at 06:03 PM.
05-07-04, 04:34 PM
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The biggest problem with this crapola journalism is that no director has ever been the "next" anything.
When Spielberg showed up on the scene no one called him "the next Curtiz".
When Soderburgh made a splash no one called him "the next Casavettes".
Great directors emerge in their own right, they aren't the reincarnation of anybody.
When Spielberg showed up on the scene no one called him "the next Curtiz".
When Soderburgh made a splash no one called him "the next Casavettes".
Great directors emerge in their own right, they aren't the reincarnation of anybody.
05-08-04, 03:08 PM
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Just wait Mummy 3 will be here,I bet by next summer,and no this guy shouldnt even be mentioned in the same breath,Spielberg make's good/great movie's,Sommer's make's crappy summertime popcorn flick's,end of story.
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Let's see...
Stephen Sommers has no idea how to frame a shot, craft a decent (much less intriguing) narrative, move a story, use good CGI, or write convincing characters.
But aside from those things, he's a great director.
Stephen Sommers has no idea how to frame a shot, craft a decent (much less intriguing) narrative, move a story, use good CGI, or write convincing characters.
But aside from those things, he's a great director.