Who is more important in the director´s chair?

[Isildur´s Heir]

What do you think is more important to have on a comic book movie helm?
A great director or a director that is a fan?
And no, you can´t have both....either you have a great director, that might be a fan or a fan that might be a great director.

I go with great director easily, because, more than not, a fan will just want to put things in the movie, and ends with a mess on his hands.
A great director will do some homework and get to understand what the hell is the doing.
You might say also that, a great director might have a enormous ego and want to do things his way, with little respect for the character is based on.
But, for starters, that´s less and less true, the little respect part, that is..it if was in the 90´s it would have been totally diferent; second, even if that´s the case, it might be awful, but in the bright side, we might end with a great movie on our hands.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Whether the director is a fan or not is completely irrelevent. A good director is a good director.

Bryan Singer was never an X-Men fan. Richard Donner was never a Superman fan. Tim Burton was never a Batman fan, nor was Chris Nolan. And so on.

 

[CConn]

Whether the director is a fan or not is completely irrelevent. A good director is a good director.

Bryan Singer was never an X-Men fan. Richard Donner was never a Superman fan. Tim Burton was never a Batman fan, nor was Chris Nolan. And so on.

Chris Nolan was a Batman fan. He included Bat symbols of two of his three films before BB, and was the one who approached WB about the project.

In any case, I'd say a great director is the most important. However, that director, whether a fan of the original comics or not, should be in love with the project he's undertaking.

 

[The Chairman]

I agree with CConn. It doesn't matter if they're a fan or not, just as long as they enjoy doing the project and take it seriously.

 

[Katsuro]

They don't have to be a fan before, but they definatley have to become a fan afterwards. Of course, any great director would do just that. If you're making a Batman movie, you better damn well read any Batman comic you can get your hands on.

So yeah, I'd take a great director over David Goyer.

 

[CConn]

I swear, Goyer gets slapped around more than Whitney Houston on...on...well, any day of the week, really.

 

[zer00]

It's the new fad, like beetle boots and cellular telephones.

 

[jimmylace]

yeah Paul Anderson was a Mortal Kombat fan and an Alien fan...look what happened. Jonathan Mostow was also a terminator fan.
But I really think a producer is what kills a movie. John Davis- predator 2, garfield 1&2!!!, AvP...the man should be shot. Joel Silver=good producer who picks decent directors....

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

A great director ofcourse.

I liked Mortal Kombat^

 

[britrogue]

A great director would research his project anyway, so being a fan IMO isn't a factor