You just constantly make your opinion known over and over and over and over, it being a thread or not doesn't matter.
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'Knives Out' Cements Rian Johnson as one of the Greatest Writer / Directors of This Era
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Imo it is better than anything he done. Didnt see KO prolly will catch on netflix or something.
Yeah sure but you guys keep creating bait thread so I contribute. Dont create one and you wont see me opinion on TLJ. Ironic you telling me yet you cool with theese Rey avatars creating same thread and posting their opinions over and over again tooo....
The Last Jedi really got people fucked up, you got one side treating him like Lucas was treated(and still is) and you have threads like this and takes where TLJ is treated like the new Citizen Kane.
Looking forward to watching Knives Out though, love me a good classic mystery.
Looking forward to watching Knives Out though, love me a good classic mystery.
You constantly post crazy shit like this in any SW thread.
"Rey avatars"
Jesus.
They usually have an avatar with pic of Rey? Sooooo? You gonna call me alt right and sexist now? Lol. I wish you peace friend.
No, you just sound ridiculous but that's you in every SW thread.
Very well then dont be ironic i expect you to call out these bait threads by the usual Peeps too friend. Show equality lol. No hard feelings just be fair 😘.
I genuinely don't understand how you can compare Johnson to anyone on this list tbh. The body of work is miles apart.
I think he is even if I don't like every single movie he has made I still find this contribution to cinema much more impactful than Rian Johnson.
Okay, but that's a reasonable thing to say. "Christopher Nolan who is widely considered to be greatest filmmaker living today" is not.
I mean, you may think it all you want but he is not "widely considered to be greatest filmmaker living today". At that point you're not giving your personal opinion but rather the general conesus.
There's not a single director alive right now that is widely considered to be the greatest of them all.
I mean, he certainly has better style than Rian, and I would argue has a way with making movies that makes you know you're watching an Wright movie, whereas, Johnson you couldn't really differentiate his style with anyone elses.
Naw. Still a mediocre writer as fun as Knives Out was. The Last Jedi was awful in terms of writing and structure.
I will agree he's a phenomenal director and definitely in the upper echelon of modern directors. Looper, Knives out, and even TLJ has some pretty incredible standout scenes due to his direction. (Not to mention his breaking bad episodes)
I will agree he's a phenomenal director and definitely in the upper echelon of modern directors. Looper, Knives out, and even TLJ has some pretty incredible standout scenes due to his direction. (Not to mention his breaking bad episodes)
I don't agree that Todd Phillips is better than Rian but I do think they both belong in the list of directors in the OP.
Everyone moved on from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, I barely hear a peep about it on these forums
Maybe if it was called Who's Afraid of Mon Mothma people would spend years arguing about it
Looper and Knives Out are probably two standout films from their year for me. Incredible stuff
TLJ whilst still good was a massive miss in my book though. Looper and Knives Out are far better than it and TLJ let's rian down for me over the last decade.
Definitely one of the most exciting new directors
TLJ whilst still good was a massive miss in my book though. Looper and Knives Out are far better than it and TLJ let's rian down for me over the last decade.
Definitely one of the most exciting new directors
If you're taking about the general american populace I would bet a majority of people think of Christopher Nolan or Tarantino as the best director alive. I still know so many people who say that TDK is their favorite movie of all time.
I have to imagine that people sore over The Last Jedi are elevating the response to this thread's premise in terms of outrage.
I never claimed that everything was about The Last Jedi. I claimed that the usual people who overreact to The Last Jedi, at least a contingency of that, is probably popping up in this thread.
Why are you so heated over like, a basic post? Why is that level of aggression even mildly warranted? This is a thread about a director, relax buddy.
Well yeah, if you ask the general public, they'd probably say Spielberg. Most people have absolutely no clue what Brick or Looper was or who Rian Johnson even is.
Pretty much. Rian wishes he could write a movie half as good as Joker.
Knives Out, Looper, Brick, and Rian's work on Breaking Bad are all fantastic. Did not care for TLJ though but it is what it is. I don't hold it against him because he is extremely talented. Knives Out is my favorite movie of the year and I hope he does do more whodunits like it.
IDK I think it's nice to see people getting enthusiastic about stuff they like
I mean...yikes. hyperbolic thread title. Yikes. Jesus Christ. Yikes. The hyperbole on display.
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Todd Phillips? Road Trip / Hangover / School For Scoundrels / edgelord Todd Phllips? Dude's yet to direct a good movie.
(Someone needs to make Knives Out's final shot into a gif asap)
Joker isn't what I'd call a cinematic achievement though.
First project of his that I like. Reminds me of like Clue, but I guess yeah just a whodunnit
So...yeah, good and enjoyable film but it's not cementing anything for me legacy wise.
So...yeah, good and enjoyable film but it's not cementing anything for me legacy wise.
Knives Out was great. TLJ left a lot to be desired in the writing department, even though the direction was good. Looper's writing was atrocious and made no sense as a time travel story, and was pretty trite in terms of the personal drama. Directing wise it was fine. Haven't seen Brick. He's got talent as a director, but everything (including Knives Out) that he has written has the mark of someone who thinks they're way more clever than they actually are, and he always falls over himself to demonstrate how big brained he is as a writer. The simpler the premise, the better his writing works. Hope he sticks to relatively more restrained stories like Knives Out where his better qualities shine.
Knives Out had the perfect setup and a well-executed anti-twist that led into a so actual twist. However, the red herring was never convincing due to lacking characterization and all the revelations in the last act were much more sloppy compared to how precise everything in the 1st and 2nd were. The true mystery of the film is it's actual genre. It's honestly less of a whodunit and more of a political drama.
But extrapolating from your own logic, Joker is good because reviewers said so.
