Worst Film director...ever

The_Valeyard

Just curious as to who you think is the worst film director and what did she/he do to urn your wrath?

For me its Joel Schumacher for 'Batman and Robin'

e_e

In before Michael Bay! :pac:

ScumLord

Can you really blame the director in this day and age? He was basically making an hour and a half long product placement feature and as such probably achieved exactly what they set out to achieve. He was just one part of a juggernaut of terribleness.

If you look at a lot of low budget films you'll see real bad directors, once someones made it to a certain level they're probably technically proficient directors that don't get to make good films.

Ardent

M. Night Shamylan (or however you spell his name)

Lady In The Water
The Happening
etc etc

Apart from The Sixth Sense, anything this guy is involved in is guaranteed to be sh*t.

PhiloCypher

Ardent wrote: »

M. Night Shamylan (or however you spell his name)

Lady In The Water
The Happening
etc etc

Apart from The Sixth Sense, anything this guy is involved in is guaranteed to be sh*t.

I'd rank his films thus

Unbreakable
Sixth sense
Signs
The villlage

Haven't seen the rest of his films and by all accounts that's a good thing.

Ardent

How about Wooody Allen? He's kind of like Marmite - you either love him or hate him. Personally, I don't get the affection for his movies.

super_furry

Uwe Boll's got to be a contender.

pixelburp

Ever? Big word that, kinda redundant really

but in terms of modern times? It can only be Tommy Wiseau. No one.else comes close when it comes to an artistic vision only matched by such an utter absence of talent.

Michael Bay, for all his many many faults, is a glorified porn director and once upon a time could actually direct an action film. His trainwrecks are a force of nature really. Wiseau hits Ed Wood heights / lows of directing

/thread

Bipolar Joe

super_furry wrote: »

Uwe Boll's got to be a contender.

Uwe Boll's a pretty smart film maker. He makes massive flops on purpose to fund his own (Very good) movies. Check out Stoic or Rampage for two examples.

delbertgrady

Alan Smithee.
All his films are terrible.

degrassinoel

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

Uwe Boll's a pretty smart film maker. He makes massive flops on purpose to fund his own (Very good) movies. Check out Stoic or Rampage for two examples.

I don't care how smart a film maker he is, i'll never watch anything with his named tagged onto it after all the game to movie conversions he butchered.

Lamper.sffc

These guys come to mind.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Friedberg_and_Aaron_Seltzer

Dermighty

The maggot that made Tree Of Life is the worst.

Tipsy McSwagger

George Lucas

Birneybau

Dermighty wrote: »

The maggot that made Tree Of Life is the worst.

:eek:

fryup

michael winner, seriously what did the guy ever do of note??

those death wish movies are woeful

iDave

Tim Burton.
Cant wait for his next film that stars Johnny Depp as a weirdo with a white face.

pixiel

Steven Soderbergh who directed Haywire!!

du Maurier

Neil Burger. For Limitless, anyway. Wooly-headed direction and had no craft to even tie the loose ended garbage up into a passable flick. Can't say I stuck with The Illusionist either.

Ardent

iDave wrote: »

Tim Burton.
Cant wait for his next film that stars Johnny Depp as a weirdo with a white face.

And Helena Bonham Carter in an equally quirky role.

degrassinoel

fryup wrote: »

michael winner, seriously what did the guy ever do of note??

those death wish movies are woeful

Death Wish is noteworthy, the sequels were crap but the original was and still is brilliant imo. Neil Jordan's The Brave One is pretty much a direct copy of it, as are other countless revenge flicks.

delbertgrady

fryup wrote: »

michael winner, seriously what did the guy ever do of note??

Hannibal Brooks, with Oliver Reed and Michael J. Pollard taking an elephant across the Alps during World War II. A classic.

cursai

Sorry eh! I think yer all a little too harsh on those nominations.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368226/?ref_=sr_2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if5eP3crl_4

roanoke

Depends what you mean by "worst". Michael Bay makes one terrible movie after another but he knows what he's doing and is very successful at it.

If we're going after guys who made terrible movies on a big scale then I probably mention guys like Tim Story and Stuart Baird. They've both made what I consider to be technically awful blockbuster franchise movies that flopped and more or less became directorial career-killers for both.

Baird hasn't directed another movie in 11 years since Star Trek 10 and Story (who had been on the rise but handed in what I could only describe as a complete train-wreck of a movie with Fantastic Four 2) had to pretty much go back to square one again.

I've even listened to directors comms by these two guys and they give off an air that they simply don't 'get it' when it comes to directing. On the Comm for FF2 Story repeatedly talks about how he was blocked from doing "this-that-and-the-other" (basically he comes off as weak) and on ST10 Baird seemed to be obsessed with things like colour-schemes and picking the right looking phasers rather than delivering an interesting or exciting story.

It's all well and good to say Uwe Boll or Michael Bay make garbage, but at least they deliver the product (and after all that is all it is to them). In the case of Baird and Story I see two guys who were clearly out of their depth and dropped the ball in front of a wide audience.

hidinginthebush

Dermighty wrote: »

The maggot that made Tree Of Life is the worst.

That won't go down too well here!

though I hated ttol and the thin red line

On topic, having seen the director's cut of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, I have severe reservations of Guy Richie. I'm sure he's probably not too highly acclaimed, but my god! Usually the Director's cut of a movie is a longer, superior version of the theatrical release, in the case of lock stock, the directors cut is a shambling mess, with an erratic pace and completely unnecessary dialogue.

nyarlothothep

Christopher Nolan, the filmic equivalent of Tool/Radiohead ie emperor's new clothes syndrome

cookie1977

Brian Levant:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0505152/?ref_=sr_1
A Christmas Story 2 (video)

2010 Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (TV movie)

2010 The Spy Next Door

2009 Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (TV movie)

2005 Are We There Yet?

2002 Snow Dogs

2000 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas

2000 Father Can't Cope (TV movie)

1996 Jingle All the Way

1994 The Flintstones

1992 Beethoven

1991 Problem Child 2

Welsh Megaman

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Mr. Raja Gosnell!

His masterpieces include...

Scooby-Doo and its sequel
The Smurfs and its sequel
Big Momma's House
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Home Alone 3

Jason Todd

cookie1977 wrote: »

Brian Levant:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0505152/?ref_=sr_1
A Christmas Story 2 (video)

2010 Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (TV movie)

2010 The Spy Next Door

2009 Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (TV movie)

2005 Are We There Yet?

2002 Snow Dogs

2000 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas

2000 Father Can't Cope (TV movie)

1996 Jingle All the Way

1994 The Flintstones

1992 Beethoven

1991 Problem Child 2

*Gasp* Jingle All the Way?! Blasphemy! :pac:

AnonoBoy

pixiel wrote: »

Steven Soderbergh who directed Haywire!!

But not Steven Soderbergh who made Out of Sight presumably...

MrStuffins

nyarlothothep wrote: »

Christopher Nolan, the filmic equivalent of Tool/Radiohead ie emperor's new clothes syndrome

Jaysus!

The_Valeyard

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Just curious as to who you think is the worst film director and what did she/he do to urn your wrath?

For me its Joel Schumacher for 'Batman and Robin'

Schumacher has made some very poor films but I don't think it's fair to put the blame for the travesty that was Batman & Robin at his feet. He job was nothing more than to make a film that made selling Happy Meal toys easy, the studio had no interest in anything other than merchandising.

super_furry wrote: »

Uwe Boll's got to be a contender.

Boll has made some terrible films but he's also in recent years redeemed himself with a number of very good ones. Rampage in particular is a great low budget film that really is worth a watch and Postal is one for anyone who enjoys a little black comedy.

Tony EH

Bruno Mattei has to step up and accept an award.

Sam Raimi too. Can't stand most of his pictures. 'A Simple Plan' is good though.

The_Valeyard

nyarlothothep wrote: »

Christopher Nolan, the filmic equivalent of Tool/Radiohead ie emperor's new clothes syndrome

Controversial :P

AnonoBoy

Tony EH wrote: »

Sam Raimi too. Can't stand most of his pictures. 'A Simple Plan' is good though.

See this is the problem with threads like this. People just start listing directors they don't like as opposed to directors that could be called the 'worst director ever'.

Birneybau

Tony EH wrote: »

Bruno Mattei has to step up and accept an award.

Sam Raimi too. Can't stand most of his pictures. 'A Simple Plan' is good though.

AnonoBoy wrote: »

See this is the problem with threads like this. People just start listing directors they don't like as opposed to directors that could be called the 'worst director ever'.

For "Evil Dead 2" alone, he has a lifetime pass from me anyway.

Tipsy McSwagger

iDave wrote: »

Tim Burton.
Cant wait for his next film that stars Johnny Depp as a weirdo with a white face.

I know where your coming from but he has made great films like Ed Wood, Batman, Batman Returns, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Pee Wee's Big Adventure.

pixelburp

AnonoBoy wrote: »

See this is the problem with threads like this. People just start listing directors they don't like as opposed to directors that could be called the 'worst director ever'.

I agree; clearly everyone's taste is different, there are no wrong opinions etc. etc. yada yada, but calling Nolan or Raimi the worst director 'ever' is a bit too hyperbolic by half. Either that or they just need to watch more films

The_Valeyard

Then if your not happy with the thread, why comment on it at all?

pixelburp

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Then if your not happy with the thread, why comment on it at all?

Where do I say I'm unhappy?

And this isn't a list thread - they're banned under the charter - so we're all perfectly entitled to contend anyone's choices, no matter how hyperbolic they are, and all in the spirit of discssion

Chris Nolan the worst director ever? Overrated? Sure, I can see why people might say that. The worst ever? That's more than a little OTT tbh...

MrStuffins

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Then if your not happy with the thread, why comment on it at all?

Stupid argument tbh.

If you don't like Burton, Nolan etc fine. But calling them the worst movie director ever just makes you look like an idiot!

The_Valeyard

pixelburp wrote: »

Where do I say I'm unhappy?

And this isn't a list thread - they're banned under the charter - so we're all perfectly entitled to contend anyone's choices, no matter how hyperbolic they are, and all in the spirit of discssion

Chris Nolan the worst director ever? Overrated? Sure, I can see why people might say that. The worst ever? That's more than a little OTT tbh...

Im not going to even debate you. I have ice-cream now, I shall indulge in that for the next while.

Zeek12

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

I know where your coming from but he has made great films like Ed Wood, Batman, Batman Returns, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Pee Wee's Big Adventure.

Unfortunately all those movies are 20 years old (or more)!
Burton has done very little of worth in recent times. While I liked a lot of his 80s and 90s stuff, I'd have to agree the neverending Depp and Bonham-Carter "playing quirky" show is getting really tiresome:(

Would certainly not consider him the worst director ever though....just a very irritating output in recent years!

Da Shins Kelly

I don't like Tyler Perry very much. Aside from the fact that his films are just plain sh*t, he's also quite complicit in perpetuating stereotypes about his own people and culture. But then, it seems a lot of people buy it, so I dunno..

degrassinoel

MrStuffins wrote: »

Stupid argument tbh.

If you don't like Burton, Nolan etc fine. But calling them the worst movie director ever just makes you look like an idiot!

lol what? You know when the OP asked which director you hated most, and you had an opinion on it, did that make you an idiot? Nah, me either. So which director do you hate then?

bullvine

MCG! honestly how he still gets a job

Shiraz 4.99

Chap who did Melancholia, sweet jesus

degrassinoel

bullvine wrote: »

MCG! honestly how he still gets a job

I dislike him because he calls himself that, more than i dislike his films

roanoke

Allen, Malick, Soderberg, Nolan, Von Trier have already been mentioned so far!

Anyone want to really raise the stakes and go for a Kubrick, Bergman, Lynch or Tarkovsky? :pac:

bullvine

roanoke wrote: »

Allen, Malick, Soderberg, Nolan, Von Trier have already been mentioned so far!

Anyone want to really raise the stakes and go for a Kubrick, Bergman, Lynch or Tarkovsky? :pac:

Cronenberg or Fincher...

applehunter

Tony Scott's directing used to give me epileptic seizures.