PopcornTreeCt

It is so funny to see DVD Talk gush over Brett Ratner because they finally got a "celebrity" to return their calls and do an interview. If Brett Ratner ever put his name into the Search box on the forums I'm sure he wouldn't be too pleased with the results. Next time I'd recommend DVD Talk not be so hypocritical.

fumanstan

How is DVD Talk being hypocritical again? A Ratner interview on the main page should have nothing to do with what random people on an internet forum think.

FinkPish

Exactly. If someone who had been constantly ragging on him did the interview and kissed his ass, then that would be hypocritical, but it would only make the interviewer hypocritical, not the whole website. In the same vein, the opinions of individual posters do not define the website as a whole, they are only the opinions of the individuals posting them.

Count Dooku

Brett Ratner and the Hypocrisy

It does sounds like a great name for a band, though.

Flynn

DVDTalk has NOTHING to do with what I might say individually. I think it's cool that the site is getting recognition from filmmakers, and those on the inside of the business, not just us geeks who critique them on their every move...

Flynn

Agreed.

jfoobar

Any man who has the intestinal fortitude to have sex with Serena Williams is worthy of all our admiration.

RockStrongo

One thing that cannot be denied though, is that he has been good to DVD (whether you like his films or not). He, along with some other director's, have really taken hold of dvd and supply lots of special features.

IMO, Red Dragon was a good movie.

mdc3000

and not all dvdtalkers dislike Ratner... I actually am a big fan of his work. He makes highly entertaining movies, makes them well and I always have a great time seeing his flicks. I also think The Family Man is a really great movie and Ratner in general has been underrated as a director and somehow got a rep as a hack for hire, when I think he's better than that... end of rant.

MATT

marty888

I am not a big Ratner fan (after listening to his Rush Hour commentaries, I concluded that the dork factor is very high) but I can't understand what is "hypocritical" about presenting an interview.

natevines

I totally agree. You should've interviewed Hitchcock, or Kurosawa.

Trigger

what the hell is wrong with Brett Ratner? He's a filmmaker, is he not? God forbid we ever interview or feature anyone we all aren't universally in love with.

PixyJunket

Wow. Just, wow.

devilshalo

There goes Geoff's chance to sit down with Lucas.

William Fuld

"Finally"? This site has consistently had celebrity/filmmaker interviews over the years.

RMSpuhler

Spike Lee: http://www.dvdtalk.com/interviews/003724.html

Henry Rollins: http://www.dvdtalk.com/interviews/003614.html

Eddie Izzard: http://www.dvdtalk.com/interviews/002642.html

Kaufman/Gondry: http://www.dvdtalk.com/interviews/002621.html

But yeah, DVDTalk finally got a celebrity to return its calls.

RS

Joe Molotov

Even if you don't like his movies, he still knows more about making movies than any of us.

William Fuld

I wouldn't go that far.

riley_dude

Better than most of his movies.

clemente

If Geoff supposed to wait until there's a filmmaker we all like to do an interview....cause Geoff isn't immortal.

TomOpus

I guess the site better not interview George Lucas.... the internet would implode from all the hypocrisy.

Trigger

see post #14

Corvin

Can't beat the first response.

Rival11

No shit.

TomOpus

Well, crap. Less posting, more reading for me