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Yeti4623 09-14-08 09:20 AM

Really pretentious directors?
 
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 09-14-08 10:07 AM

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 09-14-08 10:09 AM

http://www.dabbledoo.com/ee/images/u...l/uwe_boll.jpg

abe55 09-14-08 10:53 AM

Paul Thomas Anderson

SeekOnce 09-14-08 10:56 AM

M Night

Ronnie Dobbs 09-14-08 10:56 AM

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

Daytripper 09-14-08 11:04 AM


Originally Posted by SeekOnce (Post 8938132)
M Night

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

SkullOrchard 09-14-08 11:15 AM

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 09-14-08 12:10 PM

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

dx23 09-14-08 12:23 PM


Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt (Post 8938075)

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

riotinmyskull 09-14-08 12:26 PM

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

Ron G 09-14-08 12:29 PM

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

dx23 09-14-08 12:43 PM

I forgot George Lucas

Supermallet 09-14-08 12:54 PM

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 09-14-08 01:23 PM

Baz Luhrmann is the first name that came to mind.

Rizor 09-14-08 02:30 PM

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 09-14-08 02:32 PM

Harmony Korine

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Sean O'Hara 09-14-08 02:34 PM

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 09-14-08 02:46 PM

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

BullGooseLoony 09-14-08 02:50 PM

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

Supermallet 09-14-08 02:56 PM

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

fumanstan 09-14-08 03:01 PM


Originally Posted by Suprmallet (Post 8938552)
Sam Raimi has always seemed pretty down to earth to me. :shrug:

Danny Elfman sure doesn't think so!

Gdrlv 09-14-08 03:03 PM


Originally Posted by inri222 (Post 8938518)
Harmony Korine

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

Neeb 09-14-08 03:14 PM

Michael Bay.

Supermallet 09-14-08 03:27 PM


Originally Posted by fumanstan (Post 8938566)
Danny Elfman sure doesn't think so!

:lol: 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.


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