Is Brett Ratner one of the worst directors in the business?

[Gamma Ray]

Besides for being an obnoxious egotistical jerk-off, he's a pretty crappy director, IMO. What is your thought?

 

[블라스]

This is, of course, not directed to you, but I'd say that he's the target of the classic fanboy hate bandwagon, even more now because of X-Men 3.

He's a good director, not great not bad.

The Rush Hour movies are always great for a fun time I'd say, and I thought Red Dragon was very very good.

X-Men: The Last Stand was a very fun superhero movie and IMO a very good continuation of the great Synger X-movies.

Nowhere near being one of the worst in the biz.

 

[Abaddon]

One of the worst?Thats a huge overstatement.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Besides for being an obnoxious egotistical jerk-off, he's a pretty crappy director, IMO. What is your thought?

A. Ratner had virtually no time to prepare for X3. He was thrown in at the deep end. That he even managed to make the movie at all, let alone make such a financially succesful one, is impressive.

B. There are many much worse directors than Ratner out there, Steven Sommers, Dean Devlin, Paul WS Anderson, to name three that everybody will have heard of.

 

[Immortalfire]

Nah, loved X3..Rush Hour was funny. He's alright.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

Hmm, he's not one of the worst at all. But the fact that he admits to being bored easily and instead of developing characters, scenes, and so forth, he moves on to the next scene and doesn't allow any breathing room.

But I don't think he's the worst at all. I just don't think he should be directing movies like X-Men or any comic book movie in general.

I did, however, enjoy The Family Man and Red Dragon. Other than that I hated the Rush Hour movies and didn't enjoy X3 as much I would've loved to have enjoyed it.

 

[MoviesKickAss]

Ratner had virtually no time to prepare for X3. He was thrown in at the deep end. That he even managed to make the movie at all, let alone make such a financially succesful one, is impressive.

You do realize no one forced Ratner to take the job either. The time X3 had to be made = his type of thing

 

[Darthphere]

You do realize no one forced Ratner to take the job either. The time X3 had to be made = his type of thing

LOL! Yeah, hey theryre giving me this big budget movie which can cement my name as a big time director but I have to film it under a very tight schedule, let me turn it down.

 

[Mr. Credible]

welp... this is the dumbest thread i've seen all day. and i saw a thread earlier called 'best movie where someone pulls out of a driveway'

ratner, whether or not you'd ever admit it, has never made a bad movie. red dragon, while not exactly a worthy successor to silence of the lambs, was a great film, the rush hours were 2 of the best 'buddy cop' movies to date, and x3 was great, and could have been greater if he hadn't had to follow in the stylistic footsteps of the 2 most mediocre, paint by numbers (although still pretty good) superhero movies out there.

you're just downright stupid for even suggesting that he's even close to 'the worst' director out there. that's not even something that can be chalked up to "that's my opinion"... it's stupid, plain and simple.

 

[Aiden]

LOL! Yeah, hey theryre giving me this big budget movie which can cement my name as a big time director but I have to film it under a very tight schedule, let me turn it down.

and I also get paid to tell people what to do...

This is, of course, not directed to you, but I'd say that he's the target of the classic fanboy hate bandwagon, even more now because of X-Men 3.

He's a good director, not great not bad.

The Rush Hour movies are always great for a fun time I'd say, and I thought Red Dragon was very very good.

X-Men: The Last Stand was a very fun superhero movie and IMO a very good continuation of the great Synger X-movies.

Nowhere near being one of the worst in the biz.

Red Dragon was awesome

 

[sithgoblin]

Dean Devlin

He hasn't directed anything yet.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

He hasn't directed anything yet.

Beg your pardon, I mean Roland Emmerich.

 

[Aiden]

Beg your pardon, I mean Roland Emmerich.

I can't believe Boll hasn't been mentioned yet...

 

[ZER0C00L]

anyone watch the behind the scenes footage of rush hour where jackie chan is proving ratner wrong for being a dumbass, then ratner tries to take credit for what jackie chan was saying the whole time.
hes a prick.

 

[Hunter Rider]

No.he's ok

 

[Obsidian]

he's the studio's yes-man and he does a pretty good job at it...although when the script is poor...so is the film

 

[ord0g]

he's the studio's yes-man and he does a pretty good job at it...although when the script is poor...so is the film

Agreed. Ratner is a "go to" man when they just need some dude to do the job.

 

[Triligors]

He did a good job for X3 with what he had. He was stepping onto a film that wasn't his own. Continuing characters that he didn't know the original vision of and only a script to base his film on- which directing a third in a trilogy with no prior experience on the first two= really difficult.

After the Sunset is one of my favorite action/ comedies.

Family Guy is a great christmas film that is also a favorite of mine.

And Red Dragon is the only Hannibal & only horror film that ever scared me and still does.

So, Ratner is a great director. Compare Red Dragon to Family Guy and to Rush Hour- it's amazing that they were all directed by the same guy.

 

[Warhammer]

I like him.
I think it's funny that alot of people are only dogging on him because they didn't like X3. If Ratner didn't direct X3, I am absolutely sure that Ratner wouldn't be dogged on or be in this thread.

 

[The Dark Defender]

He's ok.

The director that came before him in the X-Men franchise is easily one of the worst filmmakers in the business. He just points and shoots. He needs great scripts and casts just to be make decent movies(which other people made and he just gets credit for.)

 

[Lighthouse]

I wouldn't say he's the worst or bad. I would say mediocre.

 

[Mr. Credible]

He's ok.

The director that came before him in the X-Men franchise is easily one of the worst filmmakers in the business. He just points and shoots. He needs great scripts and casts just to be make decent movies(which other people made and he just gets credit for.)

if it weren't for Superman Returns looking as good as it does, i would definately agree with you. X1 and 2 were very much paint by numbers.

 

[The Kid]

his movies lack greatness in some way I can't quite get a grasp of. to me he's average, and makes pretty forgettable films.

 

[jusblaze21]

Though I did'nt like X3. He's hardly one of the worst directors in the buisness IMO.

 

[Motown Marvel]

he's a mediocre director....he surrounds himself with pretty good crew though, so in a film like red dragon he comes off as being a better director than he really is.