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Proof On Why Ron Howard Is Annoying

posted 15 years ago by dave_matthews79
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He seems like a nice guy but, he annoys the crap out of me because he tends to jump on the bandwagon of mainstream goings-on and other people's ideas. To back up my argument somewhat:
1. CINDERELLA MAN - Let's make a glorious boxing movie the year after Million Dollar Baby wins best picture

2. ED TV - Let's make a movie about a guy who's life is a TV show, right after the popularity of The Truman Show

3. THE DA VINCI CODE - Let's make a movie about that really popular book that is selling millions of copies

4. A BEAUTIFUL MIND - Let's take an important issue such as schitzophrenia and simplify it by making the character have three imaginary people follow him around. And exploit it even more by making the delusions a plot twist.

5. FAR AND AWAY - Let's make a movie using the biggest married couple in Hollywood

But having said that, I absolutely looooove some of his movies like SPLASH, COCOON and even his more recent FROST/NIXON. But there's just something niggling at me telling me he probably made the latter after watching All The President's Men one too many times.

Does anyone else agree or am I just being a prick?

[–] jamalinoski 8 years ago

Do you lose respect for anybody who doesn't agree with you?

[–] Destinata (3349) 6 years ago

Why should you, if they can make a good case for why they disagree? Yes, one does when it's a matter of morality -- "I don't see what's all that wrong with murder." If you're dealing with a moral bankrupt, then of course you're going to lose respect for them. But if it's a matter that can be argued by rational people, I can't see the point in losing respect for them -- IF they make a good case for seeing it the way they do.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Yeah, Ron Howard is a shit director. He's the definitive yes man filmmaker. The type that relies on studio notes and focus group statistics to compensate for their lack of vision. He's essentially just another Chris Columbus or Brett Ratner. I don't think I've ever seen anything from him that I like.

[–] MIchiganJFrogg (-35) 6 years ago

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[–] Destinata (3349) 6 years ago

You make good points. I hadn't thought of it before, but that might also be why his popularity is waning -- that his worst work is the result of jumping on a popular bandwagon, or even worse, trying to do a movie like someone else's more original work. My favorites are "Splash" and "Apollo 13," both of which aren't following in other's footsteps.

[–] johnmarti59 (2356) 5 years ago

A prick.

[–] DuesExBiological (99) 4 years ago

Ron Howard movies always comes across to me as standard fair type of entertainment. He's never really edgy like Ridley Scott, Scorsese, Mann, Mendes, Manghella, or DePalma and he's not quite as colorful as Tarantino, Shamaylan, and Guy Richie. He's sort of in the middle of Spielberg and Zemeckis.