Once great / promising Directors, now disappointing

[Nameizmann]

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Jason Reitman. His first three films – Thank you for Smoking, Juno and Up in the Air – were in the hands of a great director in complete control. His subsequent films that I’ve seen are.. meh

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[TomJerry Joined: Oct 4th, 2020 Topics: 10 Posts: 1881 View Predictions]

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Ridley Scott

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[JV Joined: Dec 31st, 2019 Topics: 9 Posts: 5264 View Predictions]

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Nameizmann wrote:

Jason Reitman. His first three films – Thank you for Smoking, Juno and Up in the Air – were in the hands of a great director in complete control. His subsequent films that I’ve seen are.. meh

I don’t even consider Up in the Air a great movie. It’s a fine movie that certainly didn’t deserve all those Oscar noms.
Young Adult and Tully are good movies, but I guess Charlize did 80% of the job and Diablo Cody did the rest.

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[abelfenty Joined: Jul 14th, 2018 Topics: 5 Posts: 1294 View Predictions]

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Joe Wright. He went from the masterpieces that are Pride & Prejudice and Atonement to crap like The Woman in the Window and that awful Peter Pan movie.

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[Atypical Joined: Dec 1st, 2011 Topics: 91 Posts: 6014 View Predictions]

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M. Night Shyamalan. “The Sixth Sense” was a big ole fluke in hindsight.

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[TomJerry Joined: Oct 4th, 2020 Topics: 10 Posts: 1881 View Predictions]

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Guy Ritchie

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[wgoran Joined: Jan 19th, 2021 Topics: 1 Posts: 31 View Predictions]

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JV wrote:

I don’t even consider Up in the Air a great movie. It’s a fine movie that certainly didn’t deserve all those Oscar noms. Young Adult and Tully are good movies, but I guess Charlize did 80% of the job and Diablo Cody did the rest.

Yea his work is overrated. Reitman got lucky because of his father. his direction and writing is adequate. Never understood how he was nominated for best director for Juno when affleck directed the hell out of gone baby gone the same year.

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[Nameizmann Joined: Jan 16th, 2020 Topics: 33 Posts: 676 View Predictions]

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Hard disagree, the tonal control and the pacing were immaculate in Juno and Up in the Air (except the ending in Up in the Air, which was a bit jarring).

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[Nameizmann Joined: Jan 16th, 2020 Topics: 33 Posts: 676 View Predictions]

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abelfenty wrote:

Joe Wright. He went from the masterpieces that are Pride & Prejudice and Atonement to crap like The Woman in the Window and that awful Peter Pan movie.

Vouch…

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[OscarWatcher1971 Joined: Sep 24th, 2021 Topics: 1 Posts: 1069 View Predictions]

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Shymalan, definitely, although I liked The Village as well as 6th sense.

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[James Gibson Joined: Jul 8th, 2012 Topics: 0 Posts: 3010 View Predictions]

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abelfenty wrote:

Joe Wright. He went from the masterpieces that are Pride & Prejudice and Atonement to crap like The Woman in the Window and that awful Peter Pan movie.

curious how Cyrano goes

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[SN Joined: Dec 7th, 2014 Topics: 4 Posts: 3535 View Predictions]

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JV wrote:

I don’t even consider Up in the Air a great movie. It’s a fine movie that certainly didn’t deserve all those Oscar noms.
Young Adult and Tully are good movies, but I guess Charlize did 80% of the job and Diablo Cody did the rest.

I wouldn’t call Juno a great movie either. It didn’t age well.

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[SN Joined: Dec 7th, 2014 Topics: 4 Posts: 3535 View Predictions]

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Neil Blomkamp. Basically a one hit wonder.

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[Sean Phillips Joined: Apr 4th, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 524 View Predictions]

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Warren Beatty.

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[FilmRoyalty Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 68 Posts: 3010 View Predictions]

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Atypical wrote:

M. Night Shyamalan. “The Sixth Sense” was a big ole fluke in hindsight.

I did enjoy Signs tho.

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