Lightning Strikez! said:
Not necessarily.
The advantage that Bryan's X-Men films had over Brett's Rush Hour comedies is a strong A-List cast and a political message that all of us can relate to: Intolerance. THOSE are the elements that gave those films such high critical ratings, not just Bryan's direction.
For example: In
X-Men you have acclaimed stage performers i.e. Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan and Hugh Jackman. You have Oscar-Winning actresses i.e Anna Paquin and Halle Berry.
In contrast, Brett had Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker and Kung-foo grip to work with.
Yet interestingly enough, the times Brett did delve into darker, serious themes (i.e. with
Red Dragon)
the critics loved it. In other words, the palatte was different and the masterpieces reflected that.
We shall see just how good Bryan does with SR: He now doesn't have the heavily star-studded cast to buoy his works, nor does he have the controversial political message that will resonate with fans of all colors, sexes, orientations and ages. Brett, however will, and he could excel or flop with what he's been given.
And the same applies for Mr. Singer.
ok , let's see why Bryan is the best of the two:
yup , the combination of a strong cast ,Singer direction,and a political message (and i will add commercial )that all of us can relate to(that was well written don't forget that) gave those films such high critical ratings,..
(And We shall see if Simon Kinberg do another well written script..he has written by himself XX2 don't forget that...we shall see if Zach Penn is good without Marion dougherty and Dan Harris)
now note something , by you logic Usual Suspect had a disadvantage , yup it did not have the kind of political message that you're talking about..but higher critical ratings, than Xmen 1 and 2 (and than anything Ratner ever done including Red Dragon),what does it tell you?
so yes Red dragon had less good critics than Usual suspects but it had good critics..but let's examine what those critics tell us in summary:.The conscensus was it was competently made nothing more.. and althrought with a similar script and a "lesser" cast Michael Mann did Manhunter, (and great actors , but not necessarily. A listers unlike Red Dragon) a movie considered a classic , a movie which had higher rating than Red Dragon..( and it's a masterpiece imo , have you seen it? )
So Ratner did good work once when he worked with great material .. but you say that when Brett do Rush Hours with Chan , and Chris Tucker he can't do great work?How do you explain so that Tom Dey has higher critical ratings with Chan and Kung fu in Shangai noon? (and that a lot of Chan movies had higher critical ratings)
Singer , on the other hand with Usual Suspect , with a low budget movie , without A listers, Singer had more succes than Ratner ever had with his actors(including Red Dragon..and they were A listers).. And he revelead Kevin Spacey , benicio Del Toro among others to the general public, and then they had the great career that we know...well,i think that we can conclude that Singer has often found great talents.. that maybe he has a talent for it..that he is a great director of actor:Jackman had success in theater yes and in some of his movies..But in America Xmen 1 and 2 were the only movie that gain him some praise... So is Routh or Bosworth the next best thing? maybe not , but it's really possible because of Singer track record..
To conclude:
Yes we shall see just how good Bryan does with SR: but one, he has the writers who helped him to have his second best critical sucess..And they have the material to do a great movie :the story about an idealistic , naive man lost in the post 11 september era can speak to people (as does the religious overtones...if done well...Look at the Passion....) anyways what is sure is that Superman speak to a greater numbers of people in the world than Xmen...Look at the numbers.. what is sure ,althought Singer lacked in some areas of his first big budget movie ,he improved with his second one(it was not perfect then but it was close) ..and even more, it's a known fact that he had not the budget that he needed or the time(and neither with Xmen).....He has
all he ever wanted with Superman.
On the other hand ,we have Brett Ratner who, althrought he has the kind of budget that Singer always wanted (..and the same sort of shedule that Singer had with the Xmovies..only with less pre production) althrought, he has great cast , althought ,that he is competent when the material is great(and again the track records of Kinberg and Penn are not great) , he couldn't be as good as another director with almost the same material and A listers..(and he showed it again with his kung fu comedies with "b" actors) he didn't improve movies after movie , he only had one critical sucess ....
For the moment, i let you guess who has the big assets as a director..
