Which once-great director has sunk to the lowest quality output in recent years?
08-04-08, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Decker
How about Roland Joffe? He received back-to-back Oscar noms for The Killing Fields and The Mission, but was last seen gathering a Razzie nom for the torture-porn film Captivity. 
08-04-08, 05:12 PM
#53
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I disagree with Soderbergh. Especially considering his output this decade has included the Ocean's trilogy, Bubble, and Solaris.
I also disagree with Rodriguez. I feel that he only has three real failures; The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Once Upon a Time in Mexico and Spy Kids 3-D. Everything else the man has made has been pretty solid.
Dario Argento hasn't had a consistent track record since Opera. The Stendhal Syndrome and Sleepless were solid, but everything else in the past twenty years has been completely scattershot.
John Carpenter hasn't made a decent film since In The Mouth of Madness. One could even argue his output prior to that as well (I have soft spots for Big Trouble in Little China and They Live).
Roland Joffe's career was fucking done with once he was brought in to finish Super Mario Brothers.
I also disagree with Rodriguez. I feel that he only has three real failures; The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Once Upon a Time in Mexico and Spy Kids 3-D. Everything else the man has made has been pretty solid.
Dario Argento hasn't had a consistent track record since Opera. The Stendhal Syndrome and Sleepless were solid, but everything else in the past twenty years has been completely scattershot.
John Carpenter hasn't made a decent film since In The Mouth of Madness. One could even argue his output prior to that as well (I have soft spots for Big Trouble in Little China and They Live).
Roland Joffe's career was fucking done with once he was brought in to finish Super Mario Brothers.
08-05-08, 12:12 AM
#54
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Originally Posted by Decker
It was intended to be an excuse for Clooney and his friends to get an all-expenses paid trip to Europe, eat well, get drunk and joke around with the cameras rolling. On that level it excelled magnificently.
this is exactly the same that can be said of the original ocean's eleven
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08-05-08, 12:45 AM
#55
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Originally Posted by whotony
that isn't what makes it a bad film, even if it was a bad film.
this is exactly the same that can be said of the original ocean's twelve
this is exactly the same that can be said of the original ocean's twelve
08-05-08, 04:13 PM
#58
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Originally Posted by wendersfan
I love Soderbergh, but Erin Brockovich and Traffic were fairly mediocre, and Ocean's 12 was fantastic. Along with The Limey it could well be his finest effort.
08-05-08, 05:43 PM
#60
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The Departed was somewhat of a return to form, but Scorsese's best work is definitely behind him. There is no way that Gangs of New York or The Aviator can compare to Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, or Mean Streets. And Shine a Light vs. The Last Waltz? Forget it. Shine a Light is about twenty years too late for the band and the director - they would have made a hell of a team in 1978. Scorsese seems content to make primarily bio-pics and documentaries these days, abandoning the personal cinema of his heyday: his next two projects are an untitled George Harrison doc and DiCaprio as Theodore Roosevelt.
Last edited by NoirFan; 08-05-08 at 05:45 PM.
08-05-08, 05:59 PM
#61
Actually, before he makes those films about Roosevelt & Harrison,
Scorsese's next project is
Shutter Island (2009) - Leonardo DiCaprio/Mark Ruffalo/Ben Kingsley/Emily Mortimer/Michelle Williams/Max von Sydow/Jackie Earle Haley/Patricia Clarkson/Elias Koteas/Ted Levine
Shutter Island tells the story of a U.S marshell Teddy Daniels, and his Partner Chuck Aule and their search for an escaped patient of the Shutter Island mental institution run by Dr. Cawley and the Warden. Through his search Teddy finds hidden secrets about the Island, the patients, his partner, and even himself. Remember Things aren't always what they seem to be...
Scorsese's next project is
Shutter Island (2009) - Leonardo DiCaprio/Mark Ruffalo/Ben Kingsley/Emily Mortimer/Michelle Williams/Max von Sydow/Jackie Earle Haley/Patricia Clarkson/Elias Koteas/Ted Levine
Shutter Island tells the story of a U.S marshell Teddy Daniels, and his Partner Chuck Aule and their search for an escaped patient of the Shutter Island mental institution run by Dr. Cawley and the Warden. Through his search Teddy finds hidden secrets about the Island, the patients, his partner, and even himself. Remember Things aren't always what they seem to be...
08-05-08, 08:00 PM
#62
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Friedkin and Coppola were the first names that came to my mind.
