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- K4Lic0, on 11/20/2008, -3/+117Am I the only one that liked "Catch Me If You Can?"
- SpectralSounds, on 11/20/2008, -7/+97"and Big Fish was, well, stupid."
I disagree. It isn't a movie that would make it anywhere near my top 10 list, but I wouldn't say it was a stupid movie. - lumpyup, on 11/20/2008, -8/+79So like.... every well known director there is? And Big Fish was an awesome movie.
- conkeso, on 11/20/2008, -3/+73Cool fact: Look at M. Night Shyamalan's movies rating on imdb
The Sixth Sense: 8.2
Unbreakable: 7.2
Signs: 6.9
The Village: 6.6
Lady in the Water: 5.9
The Happening: 5.3
See a trend? - RoroCo, on 11/20/2008, -11/+76Either Michael Bay was excluded from this list because they do not think he is rated well to begin with, or they actually think he is a good director in comparison... Either way an explanation is due as to why that high-budget, load of suck is not included in this list.
- FullMetalNIN, on 11/20/2008, -19/+72Wow is this list bad
- sexynemesis, on 11/20/2008, -15/+57M Night Shamalan--most overrated director ever. i've had to re-evaluate who I go to movies with because of this man, because they all say "OMG you HAVE to see his new movie! Its soo much better than XXXX movie from 19xx - 200x"
sixth sense was the only good movie of his, and by good, i mean watchable.
He relies waaay too much on convenient coincidences.
What's that you say? the aliens invaded a planet made up of 75% water, yet they are ALLERGIC? AND the young girl leaves water glasses all over the house???? and the brother knows how to swing a baseball bat?
WHAT A TWIST! - SketchaMPM, on 11/20/2008, -4/+40He bashes 'Catch Me If You Can', 'Royal Tennenbaums', 'Big Fish' and 'Lost in Translation'. Screw this guy and his crappy 'Spike' list.
- jun2san, on 11/20/2008, -9/+43Wow, spike.com is retarded.
- IronGoldfish, on 11/20/2008, -7/+33I loved The Darjeeling Limited, and I related very well to most of the characters. I haven't come out of a Wes Anderson movie and not been completely satisfied yet. I say, just because The Darjeeling Limited wasn't quite as amazing as Rushmore, doesn't mean it wasn't still a great film.
- bruins72, on 11/20/2008, -11/+34It's a good list but I still have a soft spot for Kevin Smith and Judd Apatow films. Sorry, I just like what they do.
Tarantino is definitely overrated and I've been let down by most of his post-Pulp Fiction work but I'll still be eager to see Inglorious Bastards when it comes out. - bontzmachine, on 11/20/2008, -16/+39this list is an absolute abomination. I guess it makes sense that it comes from the television network that makes me most embarrassed to be an American man.
- diggleague, on 11/20/2008, -7/+28Wasn't going to submit this b/c I didn't agree with Tarantino, but they nailed it on the head later in the article with the comment - "Lucas is more money than man now." Also made me think of the Patton Oswald bit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIMEYe5WLJ8
- Jeepinator, on 11/20/2008, -1/+22I liked it as well as The Terminal. I dont know why he said The Terminal was bad. It was creative and Tom Hanks is always good.
- uzusan, on 11/20/2008, -1/+21For most of the directors on that list it should really be called the 10 most gone to ***** directors. Some of the films they have directed have been classics (the godfather trilogy to name but one), but the later offerings are crap.
- brown2hm, on 11/20/2008, -5/+24Quick Summary:
"I'm going to name the 10 most famous directors and they write about how I think all their movies are stupid!"
So what directors aren't overrated? He didn't leave a lot of options, or maybe he's just obsessed with Woody Allen. - protectyaneck13, on 11/20/2008, -6/+25worst list of all time
- SlyT862, on 11/20/2008, -1/+19That was the whole point of signs... that you can either believe that there are coincidences, or that you have faith in a higher power. He finds his faith when he realizes all those things happened for a reason
yeah, Signs has a lot of holes in it:
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=si ...
but sexynemesis completely missed the whole point of the movie!
Oh, and Sixth Sense isn't just watchable, it's an incredible film. - fuckupedoslut, on 11/20/2008, -2/+18Any relevance this article might have had just kept getting destroyed by their insistance on simply taking anything and anyone popular, and finding something bad to say about it. Kill Bill being a snoozer, forgettable? Umm...?
Note to Spike: compiling a list of things that everyone loves and then finding a way to ***** on them isn't cutting edge or deep. Its just desperate.
And Kevin Smith and Judd Apatow may not be "great" directors, but their movies are ***** hilarious. That's all I really care about when it comes to those two. I'm not looking for a cinematic masterpiece.
How about Lynch? The man has insanity confused with avant garde, yet no mention of him? And if you can leave out Oliver Stone and call Big Fish stupid...wow, you shouldn't even be allowed to watch movies. No wonder this was written for for Spike dot com. I suppose their definition of a great director is Michael Bay. - gilgamesh23, on 11/20/2008, -0/+15No kidding!!
I'm a 6'4" black man about to hit my fourties and when i saw Big Fish I freaking cried at the end like a baby! Ahh crap.. just thinking about that movie gets me all gushy!
::tear:: - NexFrost, on 11/20/2008, -0/+15**** spike, i loved Catch Me if You Can and The Terminal
- dhammond, on 11/20/2008, -1/+16Why on earth would you think that Michael Bay is rated highly by anyone?
- coldwind777, on 11/20/2008, -0/+14no way dude. That was a great film. I loved it. It definitely was better than Minority Report.
- fuckupedoslut, on 11/20/2008, -0/+14uh, you missed the point of Signs entirely. The point was the coincidences. It was those "coincidences" that led Mel Gibson's character back to his faith as a preacher.
- adventchild08, on 11/20/2008, -0/+14I loved it...
- SlyT862, on 11/20/2008, -2/+16I guess you could say Speilberg is overrated just simply because he's the most famous director in general, but lets not forget he really is a master storyteller. Besides the new Indiana Jones, I even liked the movies that are considered by critics to be his worst (Hook, Catch Me If You Can, even A.I.).
I disagree that Munich leaves audiences going, "Meh," it's an outstanding film. And even Kubrick, Hitchcock and Welles had some lesser movies in their career.
But as far as the quality and range of a storyteller, I'll take Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Jurassic Park, Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan over the top movies of any other director! - mikbunn, on 11/20/2008, -1/+15I agree. He's appropriately rated. While there are hordes of rabid Tarantino fans, most critics have said 'meh,' to his recent stuff.
I think he'd do better if he'd direct something he hadn't written. The cinematography and acting in his movies is always excellent, but I think people are tired of the drawn-out diner-breakfast dialogue. - Twag86, on 11/20/2008, -0/+13I really liked Unbreakable.
- soupnumber5, on 11/20/2008, -3/+16Yup... The guy just wants to be a hater cause he's stuck writing for Spike. A really grand job.
- iceman0113, on 11/20/2008, -0/+11I liked it...
- KickTown, on 11/20/2008, -0/+11I thought Catch Me if You Can was good and The Terminal was excellent. It doesn't need to be viciously original to be good.
- HouseofEl, on 11/20/2008, -2/+13Spielberg isn't overrated, he's just in more of a twilight of his career now. I mean that in the best way. He's just done everything he's wanted to . Now he is making films for fun or just to keep busy. Once and a while he has another great one, but I think Spielberg just feels he's done everything he's wanted to do. I don't call that overrated. He just isn't hungry anymore. Let's be honest, does he need to be? The man has done enough for film, at this point he should be able to do what he wants.
- diggleague, on 11/20/2008, -2/+13Agreed .. and please just stop featuring yourself in your movies. We get it already. You directed it, Great .. now please just get out of them.
- TheGooseyOne, on 11/20/2008, -1/+12A lot of things worry me about this list and its author.
First, it seems as if the author has seen very few of the movies he blasts these so-called overrated directors about. For example, movies like Catch Me if You Can, Big Fish, all of the Apatow movies except for Drillbit Taylor, Sweeney Todd, and both Kill Bills were all massive critical successes (some like the "clunker" Catch Me if You Can receiving a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes along with 2 Oscar nods) and most were moderate commercial successes as well.
And secondly, while Kevin Smith is an overrated director, the author leaves off his newest film, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, which is easily Smith's biggest critical success in a decade.
Overall, poorly written and even worse researched. I think this article is overrated. - BeastOfGevaudan, on 11/20/2008, -0/+10Big Fish is amazing, this guy's parents didn't shake him enough.
- TheKarmaPolice, on 11/20/2008, -4/+14AKA 10 directors that people who are familiar with movies would know.
he makes some good points, but you could say that anyone who is well-known is overrated. - kmaximilian, on 11/20/2008, -0/+9Agreed. Spike TV is pure, 100% lowest-common-denominator.
This whole list seems like it's written by a cocky frat boy who thinks he's far wittier than he actually is. Anyone who honestly thinks that Steven Spielberg or Francis Ford Coppola are bad directors should not be allowed to write about movies. I wish I could bury this list twice.
And I liked Big Fish... - spaceman84, on 11/20/2008, -0/+9Michael Bay makes dumb, entertaining movies, but no one has called him a great director. That's why he's not on the list.
- bluesdealer, on 11/20/2008, -0/+9Big Fish was excellent. Maybe the plot or genre was not to your liking, but the cinematography, writing, and content was freshly original and HQ.
- fuckupedoslut, on 11/20/2008, -0/+9Lucas was ALWAYS more money than man. How else do you explain his foresight in making sure he owned all the merchandising rights to Star Wars? Space Balls had it right. "MOICHANDISIN' MOICHANDISIN'!"
- AncientWeird, on 11/20/2008, -0/+9I just checked this list to see if Kubrick was on it. He isn't. You may go about your business. All is well.
edit: Whoops I didn't realize this list is meant for contemporary directors. - Mavital, on 11/20/2008, -0/+9The flash ads go well beyond annoying. List below for those who want to avoid that terrible excuse for a site:
10. Kevin Smith
9. M. Night Shyamalan
8. Quentin Tarantino
7. Wes Anderson
6. Judd Apatow
5. Bryan Singer
4. The Coppolas
3. Steven Spielberg
2. Tim Burton
1. George Lucas - Bic823, on 11/20/2008, -1/+10I disagree with the George Lucas call-
I don't think anybody overrates him after the prequel trilogy. His name is pretty much mud. - zadadka, on 11/20/2008, -2/+11Buried as inaccurate.
None of my company's Directors are mentioned.
;) - sideshowRAHEEM, on 11/20/2008, -0/+8I'm sorry I can use the people who rate movies on IMDB as the end all be all of movie reviewers, have you ever read the forums on that site.
- bontzmachine, on 11/20/2008, -1/+9wes anderson is a genius. Tarantino is a genius. Kevin Smith, I kind of agree with, but come on he's a nice guy. Shyamalan makes sense, although I enjoyed everything he made up until the last one, which was admittedly awful. Lady in the Water was tolerable. Saying Spielberg is overrated is like saying the rolling stones are overrated. How do you account for that much fantastic, unbelievably masterful output? Burton I understand I guess, but he makes great movies here and there. Sweeney Todd was fantastic. Coppolas... come on. this is ridiculous.
- fuckupedoslut, on 11/20/2008, -2/+10It was only stupid if you didn't understand it, and didn't want to.
- trolleyfan, on 11/20/2008, -1/+8Uwe Boll, as low a rating as everyone gives him, should *still* be on this list as "overrated." In any universe where he's even allowed to go inside a movie theater, let alone have something to do with making a film, he's being overrated...
- KiltedMile, on 11/20/2008, -2/+9That was the worst and most disagreeable list I've ever read.. I want 4 minutes of my life back!
- comedianX, on 11/20/2008, -2/+9I could write pages on wrong this guy is on about 8 of the 10 picks -- but I don't have the time -- so I'll just bury it.
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