Most Underrated Director is...
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How is Altman underrated? He was nominated for Best Director five times!
Do you ever hear anybody talk about him? How many people actually have ever even heard of him? I'm 36. I bet 90% of the people I know don't even know who he is.
I hear a lot of people who know film talk about Altman. You have to have a criteria based a little bit more than on the popular zeitgeist or you're gonna have Micheal Bay topping lists.
My apologies, I didn't know the thread was Most Underrated Director among people who know about film. All of the responses point to such.
Geez.
Geez.
I watched Yoga Hosers. Art is subjective but **** is still ****.
Does Kevin Smith write the movies? As for "Directing".. there's nothing there that the lot of us couldn't do.
However, it's the writing that makes Kevin Smith movies great.
So not sure how to classify him..
However, it's the writing that makes Kevin Smith movies great.
So not sure how to classify him..
Too many big names on this list to be underrated. But I have to go with John Carpenter. People think "Oh Horror movies.. he made Michael Myers, right?".. and that by itself says how underrated he is.
Most people don't even know about The Thing (@Willy4UK 's favorite movie, ask him about it), let alone who directed it.
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Most people don't even know about The Thing (@Willy4UK 's favorite movie, ask him about it), let alone who directed it.
They Live
BTLC
Halloween
AP13
Tusk was alright. Mall Rats. J&SBSB.
It's difficult to work with a word like underrated. We use it in basketball, because there are clear metrics. Movies and films are all opinion.
It's difficult to work with a word like underrated. We use it in basketball, because there are clear metrics. Movies and films are all opinion.
What about Jackie Chan? He does it all for his genre.
I think Del Toro also has some interesting movies like Pan's Labyrinth.
I think Del Toro also has some interesting movies like Pan's Labyrinth.
I'd probably add David Fincher. His acclaim to quality movie ratio is super low.. and that to me says "underrated". Dude has put out some of the greatest movies but his name never seems to carry well (at least as well as Tarantino, Spielberg, or Scorsese).
Cronenberg is maybe 1/10th as known as Carpenter and he's had some great sci-fi horror mvoies: The Fly, Video Drome, Scanners, History of Violence.. def underrated.
Cronenberg is maybe 1/10th as known as Carpenter and he's had some great sci-fi horror mvoies: The Fly, Video Drome, Scanners, History of Violence.. def underrated.
That CGI was amazing though. Same reason LOTR was popular and Star Wars early. Star Wars now just rules all freaking disney
You're right, I haven't seen every pre-70s movie and I don't know old directors (besides Alfred Hitchcock) but I do know a good movie when I see it. And James Cameron makes good films, but he's still viewed as this CGI specialist who doesn't write good plots. And my opinion is that he is more than that.