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One of the worst directors of all time.

posted 7 years ago by LetThemEatCake (2717)
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Enjoy your fame, enjoy your money, good for you, you are still a talentless charlatan hack. It's funny because directors like him, who are almost any director working today, eschew the most basic rules of cinema, not because they are rebels but because they truly do not get it. It's astonishing that they've managed to succeed. Just look at how awful this scene is directed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4rzoRzqmyc

Or what about this scene where he uses exposition in the climatic moment because he had no idea how to convey the information otherwise:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyhK7a2s_V4

Sad that this is what stands for filmmaking nowadays.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Meh, he's ok. He makes fairly watchable movies. I do think he's extremely overrated though, I've grown tired of watching the same movie again over and over with only slight changes.

[–] Renovatio (2990) 7 years ago

he's more overrated than bad (those scenes are really bad, but the movies as passable overall)... It's sadder that there aren't better popular horror directors active today... Very low level of craft...

I prefer Eli Roth, but he hasn't had a fraction of Wan's success and popularity...

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

I totally disagree. He is nowhere near one of the worst directors. He is a pretty good director.

[–] Heisenberg (6730) a year ago

Yes, he is dogshit.
But that is what studios want now, dogshit directors for dogshit "properties", it's not cinema anymore, just dogshit business.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8855) a year ago

Aquaman and The Conjuring are both good, enjoyable films. I've also heard good things about Death Sentence.

Directing a movie is very difficult. Perhaps you should try it before being so critical.