Minimum of 3 movies
Jan de Bont - Speed
Renny Harlin - Die Hard 2
John Singleton - Boyz n the Hood
Richard Kelly - Donnie Darko
Michael Cimino - The Deer Hunter
Simon West - Con Air
Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
Renny Harlin made Cliffhanger and Deep Blue Sea too.
shareI think there's a difference between good and entertaining.
shareI don't.
Making an entertaining movie is not that easy. And I mean 'entertaining', not 'more entertaining that looking at the wall'
How many movies last year can be said that are as entertaining as Deep Blue Sea? Perhaps John Wick 3, or Toy Story 4, and perhaps a couple more. Not many.
I'm not saying making an entertaining movie doesn't take talent. To me "Deep Blue Sea" is bad but entertaining but "John Wick 3" is good and entertaining.
shareI thought that Twister was decent for what it was but Jan de Bont hasn't really directed enough movies to know how good or bad he really is.
Sofia Coppola also had The Virgin Suicides
I forgot about The Virgin Suicides. For some reason I was think Lost in Translation was her first. She's been pretty mediocre after both film though.
sharei liked her remake of 'the beguiled,' though i haven't watched it since the year it was released. i didn't think it was a great film, and it's mostly drifted away from my memory, but i remember it as being well made & interesting. & it received pretty decent reviews - 77% on metacritic.
shareVirgin Suicides was indeed good.
shareHe may be Dutch, but I agree, Jan de Bont has made only one good movie. And man, it's so good, I don't get why he wasn't able to do it a second time. I guess it all comes down to the script.
The Mummy is Stephen Sommers' only good movie. I'm sorry, but his other movies are so juvenile and cartoonish.
The Wachowskis and The Matrix.
I know none of you know the Dutch director Mike van Diem who made the Oscar winning movie Karakter, but after almost 20 years he finally did another movie and it was just mindboggling bad.
I like Bound, which was directed by The Wachowski's. I couldn't put that there. Except for that and The Matrix, I've hated everything else including the sequels.
shareI know it's not a movie, but I really liked Sense8. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but it restored a bit of faith in the Wachowski's for me.
shareI've never seen an episode. To me, every film they directed after The Matrix has been bad.
shareI think they are great "idea" people. Their stories might be better told with a different director.
shareWatch Sense8 joes!!! It is quite brilliant and leaves Bound for dead. Think 'Heroes' with brains.
shareI don't really watch much TV. I'm a movie guy. Did Sense8 even have a finale?
shareIt did, they released a movie-length finale after it was cancelled in the second season.
At 24 episodes it's not as daunting as starting some tv series, but I understand if TV isn't your thing. For what it's worth it is film-quality and very cinematic.
For what it's worth it is film-quality and very cinematic.
Interesting topic for conversationđź‘Ť
Going through some of their filmographies I do see some have made a few good films but it is very subjective
Certainly interesting to
ponder
Feel free to discuss. These were just my opinions, although sslssg reminded me about Sofia Coppola and The Virgin Suicides.
shareDE BONT ALSO DIRECTED TWISTER..
HARLIN ALSO DIRECTED DEEP BLUE SEA,CLIFFHANGER,THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT AND THE VERY UNDERRATED PRISON.
SINGLETON ALSO DIRECTED ROSEWOOD,HIGHER LEARNING,BABY BOY AND FOUR BROTHERS..
KELLY I AGREE 100%
CIMINO ALSO DIRECTED THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT.
WEST I AGREE 100%
COPPOLA I AGREE 100%
I feel that those movies are entertaining, not necessarily good.
shareI CAN SEE YOUR SIDE...I THINK ENTERTAINING/MEMORABLE YEARS LATER = GOOD...BUT THATS COOL...JOHN SINGLETON IS THE ONE THOUGH.JUST HIGHER LEARNING PUTS HIM IN THE DOUBLE GOOD FLICK CLUB,LET ALONE BABY BOY OR ROSEWOOD THAT ARE RIGHT THERE.
shareMichael Cimino did Year of the Dragon which I thought was awesome. Speed and Con Air are classics imo.
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