Overrated directors

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Who is your most overrated?

Mine is Nolan with the exception of Memento.

Inception was garbage, he ruined the final Batman.

I don't think he lacks tslent just feel he isn't that amazing.
 
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Y'all are crazy.

James Cameron. He's a respected version of Michael Bay.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
Nolan and Tarantino are both great.
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Seconded.

Memento alone is enough for Nolan and The Prestige was fantastic, as well. Not to mention any of the Batman movies. Tarantino is a better writer than he is a director. But he is still a better director than most and gets the best from his actors every time.
 
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I don't get how Nolan ruined the final Batman when it's easily better than the 5 non-Nolan Batmans.
 
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trevols81 said:
It just wasn't the Dark Knight. The bar was set pretty high.
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Right, so because he made the best comic-adapted movie ever and the follow-up wasn't as good, he's overrated. Makes sense.
 
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There are plenty of overrated directors. The OP just failed to mention them. Peter Berg comes to mind. I'm sure I can think of a few more..
 
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Yeah, it's all a matter of opinion. I still think James Cameron is a good director, but just overrated.

I hated the writing in the Prestige, but the directing was so good I still found it enjoyable. That's where I really earned respect for Nolan.
 
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Tim Burton jumps to mind immediately. I feel he misses more than he hits.
 
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burntorangeVOLffle said:
Tim Burton jumps to mind immediately. I feel he misses more than he hits.
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I read a good article on Cracked that talked about him and Depp working together too much. They're so chummy they don't tell each other when they have bad ideas.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Right, so because he made the best comic-adapted movie ever and the follow-up wasn't as good, he's overrated. Makes sense.
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Well you would have to assume I agree with your premise, which I don't . The dark knight had a great performance but as a movie was nothing special.
 
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The issue I have w nolan is his movies have the same feel to all of them, same tone.

Now the only director i absolutely hate is m night.
 
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Vols520 said:
Well you would have to assume I agree with your premise, which I don't . The dark knight had a great performance but as a movie was nothing special.

What doesn't make sense is a 30 something year old man that wears fedoras and posts a picture of himself in a fedora on the internet.

That doesn't make sense.
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?
 
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But I do wear a fedora (beach kind, not dress kind) and I am 30 something. What's wrong with that?
 
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I think Nolan is a fine director but nothing he has ever done (besides Memento) has ever really resonated with me. I am definitely a fan of The Prestige, BB, and TDK, though. He's overrated in the vein that he should never be mentioned in the same echelon as Scorsese or Kubrick.
 
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