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What exactly defines a "visionary director"?
is there, like, a rating system?
is there, like, a rating system?
I dont think Snyder is a visionary either, but really, how many are there anyway?
Ridley Scott
Spielberg
Cameron
Lucas(not anymore)
Fincher(maybe)
Is there anyone else?
Well, Miller did do both. I would hardly call that ripped. Plus, what's wrong with taking it in a new direction? It fits more of the style of the comic.
Hell, if I had a comic property, I would want Zack to make an Adoption of it. I personally think he should do Green Lantern. I think he's the guy to translate that kind of power ensemble cast of moderate unknowns to pull of an original property.
Hell, if I had a comic property, I would want Zack to make an Adoption of it. I personally think he should do Green Lantern. I think he's the guy to translate that kind of power ensemble cast of moderate unknowns to pull of an original property.
I must say I was pretty disappointed when everybody I knew went nuts over "300"'s style and largely ignored "Sin City," which was better in every aspect. Snyder's a solid director (although he apparently couldn't direct anyone in "300" to a good performance), but Rodriguez is way better.The style of 300? You mean the ripped from the comic style of Sin City?
Maybe Tarantino's "Kill Bill" or Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."If there's a third category, it should be a movie in which the director tries to do something new (comedy, drama, action). I cant think of any at the moment.
Apparently the guy who helped direct "9" is also now a "visionary director".
It's begun.
Chris Nolan has made some good films, but what has he done that's exceedingly brilliant, tell a story backwards? He didn't exactly invent non linear film, after all.
Yes, Chris Nolan used overlapping timelines as misdirection in THE PRESTIGE. Know what else he used as misdirection?
Misdirection.
That is, while the script is fairly clever about the "changes" between Bordens, and the sense that the whole of Borden's story is a "magic trick", the writers don't ever even introduce the "twist" element on any real or honest level until it was ready to be revealed. Oh, that guy's Borden's brother? Oh. And here I thought he was Borden's assistant because that's what he had been presented as.
Boy, Nolan sured fooled us.
Many people in the course of life are lies. Their very presentation is a sham. There is no need for a movie to clue in on whos being misrepresented and who isnt...until needed. There are instances where this is done very, very poorly (for a horrific example, view Bret Michaels Letter From Death Row...in fact...dont view it). Memento and Prestige do it well, so quit complaining.
300 is the most overrated movie in history. Heck, Watchmen is the most overrated comic in history.
I'm not talking down Chris Nolan's achievements. He's made some very good films, and I quite enjoy them, but I don't consider him a visionary director simply because he's managed to weave structure and story together.
I am aware of what MEMENTO is and how its structured. It's neat, but it is not, in my mind, a brilliant concept. It's a bit different from most movies, to be sure. But it's been done before, albeit not as often as it's done now that everyone suddenly decided that was a "brilliant" technique.
Yes, Chris Nolan used overlapping timelines as misdirection in THE PRESTIGE. Know what else he used as misdirection?
Misdirection.
That is, while the script is fairly clever about the "changes" between Bordens, and the sense that the whole of Borden's story is a "magic trick", the writers don't ever even introduce the "twist" element on any real or honest level until it was ready to be revealed.
Oh, that guy's Borden's brother? Oh. And here I thought he was Borden's assistant because that's what he had been presented as.
Boy, Nolan sured fooled us.
I'm not complaining or crying about it. I'm saying it may be clever, and it's done well, but it's not brilliant. ANYONE, and I mean ANYONE, can base a story around a "reveal", and then just "not reveal" the twist until the end. The better structured and executed story twists are the ones that provide audiences with some clues to the twist before the reveal.