Overrated Directors?
Who are the ones that immediately come to your mind?
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I knew he would come up
Spielberg made a lot of very fine movies...too sentimental? I get it but that's his signature...
A lot of people want to pretend to hate on him because it's cool to do so now...no worries, I don't respect it but it is popular to claim so now
Spielberg is a great director and many of his movies have been excellent
Frank Capra is sentimental. Nobody lists him. Spielberg has a heavy hand and forces it. He's not skilled.
shareThe guy that directed Schindler's List, Empire of the Sun, Amistad, Temple of Doom, Saving Private Ryan, E.T., Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Catch Me if You Can is a try-hard hack?
You have a really high bar in terms of directing HushPuppy!
Yes. I don't think I have a high bar. I like dumb action movies. But even when Spielberg tries to cut down on pretense, he's like a sadistic robot, his sense of humor, people screaming into the camera. Imagine a Spielberg love scene. There's nothing exhilarating about a Spielberg fantasy.
shareSpielberg does ok with a certain type of film. Indiana Jones, ET, Catch Me If You Can, more old school kind of fun films which is perfectly fine. I like some of those films myself.
Where he fails in my opinion is the heavier stuff, he still approaches it in a childlike or simple manner. He doesn't handle emotional depth well.
Yes. Not that he's not good, but truly overrated.
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