Brett Ratner Interview

[The Original Bamfer]

 

[AznBABYBANDIT]

Brett should try to be the swearing king... instead of a director...

 

[Retroman]

All I can say is... very interesting. Make sure you read the WHOLE THING.

http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=interviews&id=7251

Great interview

The stuff that went on with Harry Knowles...whoa!

 

[Retroman]

I could have had a two hour and twenty minute version of X-Men, but there would have been a lot of stale **** going on.

He likes the work **** doesn't he?

 

[AznBABYBANDIT]

yea!

 

[Retroman]

How come more people aren't discussing this? Theres some pretty heavy stuff in that interview or as Brett Ratner would say some ****ing heavy ****.lol

 

[Bastila]

intresting interview, long as well, and the swaering bad him lol.

 

[La_She-Beast]

How come more people aren't discussing this? Theres some pretty heavy stuff in that interview or as Brett Ratner would say some ****ing heavy ****.lol

Yeah, I agree. There must be an existing topic or something awready?

 

[Retroman]

Yeah, I agree. There must be an existing topic or something awready?

Its brand new, less than a day old.

 

[Electrix]

I could have had a two hour and twenty minute version of X-Men, but there would have been a lot of stale **** going on.

People waited for 3 years for only 1 hour and 40 minutes worth of work? I'd rather have 20+ minutes of stale **** going on...its called character development!

 

[PhoenixFire]

How come more people aren't discussing this? Theres some pretty heavy stuff in that interview or as Brett Ratner would say some ****ing heavy ****.lol

I don't feel it really opens that up for discussion, I mean it basically confirms everything we've been lambasting since he was announced as the director - ADD, not getting the story, not beig a good director...

 

[AznBABYBANDIT]

RatnerHater[/COLOR]
X-men The Last Stand Hater]I don't feel it really opens that up for discussion, I mean it basically confirms everything we've been lambasting since he was announced as the director - ADD, not getting the story, not beig a good director...

He is a good enought director adding the fact i dun like RH1/2

 

[BMM]

Brett Ratner may be an amiable guy in person, but I am not a big fan of some of his interviews . . . I'm not a big fan of a lot of director interviews lately (Singer). I'm glad he speaks up regarding his treamtment via Harry Knowles . . . other than that, someone should really pull him aside and tell him that pacing is not his forte. Also, I would like to see these alleged comic book panels he continues to refer to, because aside from a handfull (that aren't even that accurate) . . . there is hardly anything in The Last Stand reminiscent of any panel via the comic books . . . what were Kinberg and Penn doing? Fooling him with their own hand drawn versions or with comic book covers? That's not to say that this is a fault of Brett's, because he's stated he's not familiar with the X-Men comics--but someone needs to tell him that this statement he continues to pilfer is far from accurate . . . and I highly disagree concerning the J.J. Abrams script.

 

[PhoenixFire]

someone should really pull him aside and tell him that pacing is not his forte.

Seriously. When he goes on about he loves each and every frame or whatever that was, I want to smack him. Artists can be and often are arrogant, when they're especially talented they're rather entitled to be, but part of what makes a true artist is a lack of satisfaction with what you produce. To proclaim your work your masterpiece is one thing, to claim it's perfect - especially when it's The Last Stand is ludicrous.

 

[ntcrawler]

I don't feel it really opens that up for discussion, I mean it basically confirms everything we've been lambasting since he was announced as the director - ADD, not getting the story, not beig a good director...

Basically. We thought he was an ass, and he's acting like an ass. He's damn proud of himself and can't take criticism, nor does he feel he needs any as his work is brilliant. If this is his attempt to reach out to fans and tell us how he's one of us and a true comic fan at heart and loves X-men as much as we do, then it's not working.

 

[flavio_lebeau]

Basically. We thought he was an ass, and he's acting like an ass. He's damn proud of himself and can't take criticism, nor does he feel he needs any as his work is brilliant. If this is his attempt to reach out to fans and tell us how he's one of us and a true comic fan at heart and loves X-men as much as we do, then it's not working.

its not only not working, but its going the opposite side. Aside from the Harry Knowles story,that if true, i stand by his side, this interview made me hate him a lil more. He seems a VERY selfish person and appears to have NO perfectionism. He will never become a good director as long as he starts to see the mistakes in his movies and actually recognising them.

 

[antariksh]

I have to agree Brett is selfsih person and thinks he is one of the best directors in town BUT that does NOT change my opinion on X3.

For me it was still the best X-men movie of the franchise.

 

[flavio_lebeau]

I have to agree Brett is selfsih person and thinks he is one of the best directors in town BUT that does NOT change my opinion on X3.

For me it was still the best X-men movie of the franchise.

thats great for you
i used to like it very much, but seeing the wasted posibilities made me a little more...distant from it.

 

[antariksh]

thats great for you
i used to like it very much, but seeing the wasted posibilities made me a little more...distant from it.

actually i was a bit dissapointed as well with only one thing that i didn't get to see colossus vs. Juggernaut BUT to me it was still the most emotional, action packed with good sfx movie in the x-men franchise.

If the DVD has collusus vs. juggernaut i will be extremely happy.

the movie in my opion right now is 8/10.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

Brett has no sense of perfectionism at all. That's what seperates him from directors like Scorsese, Raimi, Kubrick, Jackson, Singer, Cameron, Scott, Fincher, and John Carpenter(During his prime of Halloween, Starman, and Assault on Precinct 13.

Those directors take their time with the material, thus doing more than one take and letting moments breathe instead of quickly cutting away. Is Ratner a horrible director? No. I don't think he's horrible and I don't think he made a ****ty movie, but what he did do was make a movie that was and is out of focus.

When he said that he gets bored very easily on the set which is why it's always a first take and out type of a deal, I knew then that X3 was in bad hands.

I respect him for trying his best and for at least turning out a movie that wasn't a trainwreck like a Uwe Boll, Pitoff, or an Anderson film. So because of that he has my respect.

For him to be "friends" with Bryan Singer, you'd think that aura of perfectionism from Bryan would inspire him to do better with his work.

 

[oneteen]

"when Beast goes to see the little boy"

Lol it's like he never knew it was Leech.

 

[ntcrawler]

"when Beast goes to see the little boy"

Lol it's like he never knew it was Leech.

Now that I think about it, what was the point of having Leech as a character in the first place? Leech could have been some generic black box or giant glowing crystal or rock that if you get too close it takes away your mutant powers and somehow they managed to squeeze Mutant-cure-juice out of it.

 

[X-Maniac]

Now that I think about it, what was the point of having Leech as a character in the first place? Leech could have been some generic black box or giant glowing crystal or rock that if you get too close it takes away your mutant powers and somehow they managed to squeeze Mutant-cure-juice out of it.

Now you're being silly! Using the mutation-cancelling mutant Leech as source of the cure was a masterpiece of thinking - making it a rock or crystal would be some crappy TV cheapo sci-fi gimmick! Leech gave it a real 'human touch'

That's one of the worst things you've ever said on here! I think you must be tired.. go to bed!

 

[My Red Sight]

I liked the film, but I think Brett needed some perfectionism. He just seems to shoot something and say "WOAH HOLY CRAP, that was awesome - i'm sooo good."

I didn't know that he changed the whole Golden Gate Bridge thing. Using it in the middle of the movie to break a lot of mutants out of Alcatraz does seem kind of smarter than moving it so they can get their army to alcatraz, but I do like that the battle was on the island.

What's so wrong with having the war at Washington D.C?

 

[ntcrawler]

Now you're being silly! Using the mutation-cancelling mutant Leech as source of the cure was a masterpiece of thinking - making it a rock or crystal would be some crappy TV cheapo sci-fi gimmick! Leech gave it a real 'human touch'

You're missing the point. I meant that using a magic crystal or a black box would have the same effect since Leech's perfermance in the movie was about equal to a magic crystal or black box. He didn't really do or say much, and everyone was fighting over him. You never heard his opinion on the matter or his views of the world or whether or lot he didn't mind being locked up in a lab like a rat. He was more of a plot point than a character, like Angel.

Remember the team's disgust in X1 at the idea of experimenting on mutants? Well guess what's happening to Leech? They're keeping him locked up in a lab against his will, while they milk him to produce their Cure. Except that this time no one was as disgusted with the concept as they were back in X1. To me he seemed less of a character but a device, an item. Something that needed to be rescued before Magneto got to it first. I have nothing against the concept of a mutant who's natural ability is to suppress another mutant's powers. Hell, that would be a perfect mate for Rogue. But they should have made Leech's character more of a... person.

That's one of the worst things you've ever said on here! I think you must be tired.. go to bed!

Thanks, but I'm going mountain biking instead.