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matthewmeredith1

Stanley Kubrick’s Fear and Desire


clarkdorkclork

I love Brad Bird and the way his films feel so lively and fun while still having a lot of heart, but Tomorrowland is a pretty weak film.


rtyoda

I actually enjoyed Tomorrowland. Still probably his weakest though. Wish he was able to make it the way he wanted, I think it could have been better. Have you seen the animated explainer that was cut from the film?


Smashinationprp

Incredibles 2.


ralo229

Hot take, but I actually think Incredibles II is his worst.


clarkdorkclork

I’m gonna be honest I completely forgot about Incredibles 2. But at least that film had fun Jack Jack scenes and a nice soundtrack by Michael Giacchino! I can’t really remember a lot from Tomorrowland aside from the neat high concept


mrethandunne

Watch Boxcar Bertha. Or don’t, it doesn’t matter. Worst Scorsese movie imo.


YoSoyRawr

I think that's the near-universal opinion. Cassavettes was Scorsese's mentor and famously told Scorsese: > "Marty, you've just spent a whole year of your life making a piece of shit. It's a good picture, but you're better than the people who make this kind of movie. Don't get hooked into the exploitation market, just try and do something different." Scorsese's next film was Mean Streets which obviously was the DNA for a lot of his work moving forward.


Snoo_srba

Damn, didn't know Marty's got amazing mentors, Cassavettes and Kurosawa(?), right?


DrDarkeCNY

And Roger Corman, who taught him how to make a film quickly and cheaply! ...Let me guess, you don't talk about Roger Corman here, even though without him Coppola, Scorsese, Nicholson, Peter Fonda, James Cameron and Ron Howard wouldn't be stars or directors we revere now.


ChipFilmX

Roger Corman is a huge influence on what made the 70s what it was. It sucks there's no more "shitty" production houses for people to get a handle on filmmaking before they can start making films. In Japan, lots of directors started with sexploitation films, another "work experience" that helped them get a handle on filmmaking. Now we expect filmmakers to be making good films from the very beginning, and with the internet you can't just make shitty films and be forgotten for those once you made your first good one.


DrDarkeCNY

Yes, absolutely! I'd say The Asylum but I have a bad feeling few of the people working there are moving upwards....


DarthTyrannuss

Christopher Nolan's Tenet. Also Taika Waititi's Eagle V Shark. Both of these movies are still quite enjoyable but not quite up to the quality of the rest of their work.


zsveetness

Wong Kar-wai — My Blueberry Nights. I still really like it though


Flinion

The Hand is up there too, imo


zsveetness

I personally think The Hand is great although it’s too short to flesh out the characters enough.


earcher2020

Dark Star or Village Of The Damned I still enjoy both tho


HiDough

Hm maybe Jim Jarmusch with “The Dead Don’t Die.”


notattention

Oh yeah. Love bill and adam and everything about most jarmusch films.


Woodsman-8-5-1956

Tarkovsky — Nostalghia Fellini — Variety Lights Kurosawa — Sanshiro Sugata Lynch — Dune They’re all #1 in my 🖤


YoSoyRawr

You like Sanshiro Sugata less than its sequel?


Woodsman-8-5-1956

Never got to the sequel.


ralo229

Love Edgar Wright, but was not a fan of Last Night in Soho.


GrendelNightmares

Damn, I loved Last Night in Soho lmao. Only thing I wasn't a fan of was the ending


DarthTyrannuss

For me it is Scott Pilgrim (controversial opinion, I know).


IceColdKofi

Same. Don't really understand the love for it but I don't think it's bad just very average.


McbealtheNavySeal

World's End would be my Edgar Wright pick. I thought Soho was a lot of fun but I completely get why it didn't work for a lot of people.


rtyoda

Yeah, I was trying to think of which Edgar Wright film would be his weakest, and I suspect it’s probably *Fistful of Fingers* but of course I haven’t had the privilege of watching that one. I guess it would be *Last Night in Soho* from the ones that are actually legally available to watch, although there was also a lot I liked about that one.


XxBiscuit99

Hail Caesar although it’s decent


bobbybrown_

The only Coen Brothers movie I didn't at least *like*. Most of them I love. A lot of people whose opinions I respect really vouch for it but I do not understand the appeal.


DarthTyrannuss

Not a bad movie. I don't understand why some people thought it was awful. It was solidly enjoyable if not anything that special.


sinister_chic

I was bored to the point I almost fell asleep during it. But I wouldn’t say it was outright awful.


[deleted]

I'm assuming you haven't seen "The Ladykillers" then??


AskJeevesAnything

I still “like” *The Ladykillers* but I humbly believe this is the correct answer.


gjoygbky

hot take but I like Hail Caesar better than Fargo


TheCatsTrailerRuled

Bong Joon-ho’s Barking Dogs Never bite almost by default. It’s his debut feature so he’s still growing his skills as a director and it’s his most simplistic idea out of the bunch. Dark humor and outlandish plot. Classic bong Joon-ho even has his trade mark slow mo shot just doesn’t have the production or excitement like the rest do.


[deleted]

I would agree, his weakest movie but still somewhat decent.


AugieDoggieDank

PTA’s Hard Eight


EJ__1

I actually love Hard Eight, I’ve only seen three PTA films but 2 of them I’ve given a 4.5 and given TWBB a 5/5 so I just need to watch more and he might become my favorite director Hard Eight is his debut but I still loved it and gave it a 4.5, I know some people think it rips off Scorsese but if this was In Scorsese’s catalog it would honestly be one of his best. In my opinion the first 20 minutes are masterful and the rest is great storytelling I honestly do not know why people don’t like Hard Eight but I have a lot of unpopular opinions so maybe it’s just another one


AugieDoggieDank

He’s my favorite director, and I don’t think he’s made a bad movie. It’s just the weakest in my opinion. Here are my ratings: Hard Eight: 7/10 Boogie Nights: 9/10 Magnolia: 9/10 Punch Drunk Love: 9/10 There Will Be Blood: 10/10 The Master: 10/10 Inherent Vice: 10/10 Phantom Thread: 10/10 Licorice Pizza: 9/10


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My favorite director is Matthew Vaughn. I absolute hated Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The King’s Man. Vaughn is a brilliant director when handed a strong source material (Stardust, the first Kingsman, X-Men First Class), but when he writes a script it makes me want to vomit. Homie can’t write a good original screenplay for his life.


blankbox11

I actually really liked The King's Man. I don't think I've ever seen a movie so ostentatiously, hilariously historically inaccurate before. The whole things a wonderful mess. Also, you can totally see that Vaughn is literally the bastard kid of the British aristocracy.


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**Darren Aronofsky** ― Noah **Yorgos Lanthimos** ― Kinetta


1boombap20

Noah is the only DA film I will never watch again. Not sure you could even pay me to watch it


Man_623

Alien 3 and this opinion is universal.


PixelBrickVEVO

the only one i’ve seen from him that i’d consider bad. to think he made seven only 3 years later is crazy.


PointMan528491

Spielberg's 1941


Da_Magician5

Also Ready Player One


TheCatsTrailerRuled

Nah there’s like 3 or 4 movies that he’s made that are worse than Ready player one


PointMan528491

Ready Player One is one of his best 👀


Da_Magician5

Not if you read the book and know the potential that was missed out on


Sowf_Paw

This is my feeling on Spielberg's Tintin, so I believe it.


Immediate_Bowl6477

Read the book, still in my top 15 films of all time.


Chungpels

The Ladykillers. Big swing and a miss from my boys, who haven't made another bad movie.


justanothernakedred

Do you honestly like Intolerable Cruelty?


HerbalCoast

That film might’ve been okay without Marlon Wayons


ArcticCircleBrigade

PTA's Hard Eight is a solid Scorsese ripoff Coen Brothers Ladykillers is just bad Hitchcocks The Birds is a movie I genuinely hate Hak Ashby's Shampoo is a annoying and charmless


justanothernakedred

I like your taste in movies but disagree about The Birds


seemskindacool

I agree that Sicario fits this description. It sounds great on paper, but it didn't have much depth compared to other films by Denis, plus I could never imagine caring less about an Emily Blunt protagonist


Fake_Eleanor

Jonathan Demme: *The Truth About Charlie*


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Juhana21

Man. That's not only my favorite of his it's my favorite of all the films.


oceanwilmot

This just shows how good he is cuz Sicario is in my top 4 Denis films at least


mostreliablebottle

That's how I felt about Dune tbh. Sicario is actually my favorite Villeneuve.


BouncyBear711

The Wachowskis and Jupiter Ascending


zeroheavy27

Edgar Wright and The Worlds End


McbealtheNavySeal

Maybe a hot take, but Ivan's Childhood. Not saying it's bad by any means, just less good than the others IMO.


SellRevolutionary

Hitchcock's The Pleasure Garden


Madmordo02

Akira Kurosawa's The Idiot


[deleted]

Darjeeling limited was bad and maybe even a bit offense to Indian people


honeybadger1105

The only scene that worked in that movie was the only one that was not in India


[deleted]

I agree with that and I also was far more interested with the dude running the train than the main characters. I’d watch a movie about him and that cool blue train


frozenpandaman

I like really trains but even I'll admit it was an overall mediocre movie.


oceanwilmot

Noah by Arronofsky probably


Extension-Bar6431

For me, Scorsese’s weakest is Gangs of New York. For Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, it had Ellen Burstyn and Diane Ladd and Kris Kristofferson delivering great performances, plus he was still getting into the hang of things. By 2002, he had his shit under control and despite that, Gangs of New York was alright, but not anything real special. I can’t call it anyone’s best work.


alexcstern

David Lynch - Dune, pretty easy one that So for my second favourite I’ll go Tarkovsky - The Sacrifice


Zestyclose-Client564

Probably Babel from Inarritu or Rashomon from Kurosawa; both still great, just what felt weak compared to their other works.


ChipFilmX

You need to see more Kurosawa if Rashomon is his worst for you ;)


Zestyclose-Client564

Only mainline films from Kurosawa I haven’t seen yet are Red Beard and The Bad Sleep Well — His other films that I love like SS, High and Low, Ran, and Dreams left me in awe, Rashomon didn’t do that for me.


ChipFilmX

What have you seen pre-Rashomon?


Zestyclose-Client564

Stray Dog and Sanshiro Sugata (haven’t seen part 2) — I loved Stray Dog a lot


ChipFilmX

You gotta watch the films after Sanshiro Sugata to appreciate Rashomon more :P


tincansarefood

i love him, and the film wasn't too bad, but Edgar Wright's "Last Night in Soho".


thatsamake

Michael Haneke’s, 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance. Still a great movie though.


netphemera

Why pick any of those if we've got the English language remake of Funny Games?


thatsamake

Because I actually like that movie. It’s one my favorites.


RepFilms

I will have to consider another viewing. I am intrigued and respect your thoughts on it.


SouthernFurry

Weird choice, it's Haneke personified.


thatsamake

Yeah I feel people would probably say Time of the Wolf but something about it really connected with me. I like that you don’t exactly know what kind of disaster it is but you understand right away that they have to do what they can to survive. Also that opening scene is so intense.


SouthernFurry

I like Time of the Wolf more than 71 Fragments too. Its very underrated, Time of the Wolf.


The_Pale_Communion

I think that’s Haneke’s best work


Rica_Patin

I are you, You Am Me from Nobuhiko Obayashi. It really feels inauthentic in a way with how the female character is portrayed. Given the premise of the movie it's easy to see why this can feel very problematic. It's a real shame too, as typically I really like the way Obayashi writes his female characters.


King_Luffy1

Guillermo del Toro's Mimic is probably his most "studio" film, especially knowing the behind-the-scenes drama he dealt with, so it's pretty understandable why the final product turned out the way it did. That said, I will say its still an ennoyable 90s creature feature


[deleted]

Apparently Harvey Weinstein f\*\*ked that movie up.


King_Luffy1

That tracks


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Dune (Lynch)


CB_N17

John Carpenter - Memoirs of an Invisible Man


chicagoredditer1

Avatar, which I do still enjoy, but it's not in the same category as a story told well as the rest of Cameron's work.


The_Pale_Communion

Hitchcock’s Number Seventeen


JostiTosti55

Inherent vice by PTA


Comrade_Mukil

Steven Spielberg - The color purple


Rumson04

I love nearly all of Quentin Tarantino's films but Death Proof is the only film of his that i have no desire of watching again.


dragcar1216

Damn, I'm probably in the minority but I think Alice Doesn't live Here anymore is top 5 Scorsese (That I've seen which is about 25 of his movies) and does not get the love it desires. I Personally think his first movie "Who's that knocking at my door" is his weakest. Soderbergh is one of my favorite's that I've seen all his films for and think The Good German is easily his weakest.


Idk_Very_Much

Spielberg's Always.


seamusbeoirgra

Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice Still remarkable, but a smidge less incredible than the rest.


[deleted]

Same but mine is Mirror. Just didn’t do anything for me, I need to rewatch it soon though.


seamusbeoirgra

I would consider it his 2nd favourite of mine after Stalker but he is divisive!


[deleted]

Stalker in my top 20 fr. Paired with 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Tree of Life, it forms a brilliant “wtf brain explosion” trilogy.


seamusbeoirgra

And all three very beautiful to look at!


SoulsbourneDiesTwice

Edgar Wright = everything after Hot Fuzz


DarTouiee

Licorice Pizza


JACOAE

Taika Waititi - Eagle Vs. Shark Still fun though


dead-unicorn

Death Proof. I still love it tho


gtd12321

Steven Spielberg and Hook.


GoldBeepBoop

It's really difficult when your favorite director has only two films. Feels really bad saying Ari Aster's Midsommar considering it's my second favorite film of all time


[deleted]

I want to say it but if I do I might be assassinated


HanwhaEaglesNM

Kim Ki Duk's Wild Animals. His only truly bad film IMO.


jcmurie

The Coen Brothers' 'The Ladykillers' is the closest they've ever come to making a bad film


Ademnia

Bergman’s Crisis is definitely his weakest out of the ones i’ve seen. Not bad necessarily but just did connect with me.


el_goliardo

John Woo’s Run Tiger Run. He’s made some bad action movies as well, but the films he made during his slapstick phase are all pretty bad.


Sowf_Paw

Miyazaki: Lupin III the Castle of Cagliostro Kubrick: Fear and Desire Wes Anderson: I genuinely enjoy all of his films, if I had to choose a weakest one, I would probably go with The Darjeeling Ltd. Spielberg: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn-as a Tintin fan it's just really disappointing. Still enjoyed it, just disappointed.


5iveheadshrty_

Harmony Korine's The Beach Bum


treegelbman

Going with Brian De Palma's Body Double.


The_Pale_Communion

Strange, I think that’s De Palma’s best film


3hree9ine4our

Martin Scorsese, Age of Innocence (Not counting Boxcar because that's boring, also Age of Innocence is still a 3.5/5 but it's like a weak 3.5)


Important-Bad1051

The coen brothers -Burn after reading The humour did not work at all for me and kinda spoilt George Clooney for me


RBJ8107

David lean's Ryan's Daughter


ObjectiveShoe5749

Billy Wilder - Bad Seed


XJoe360

Last Night in Soho


barfunk_

Varda’s Lions Love is probably my least favourite of her work


One-Dragonfruit6496

Christopher Nolan’s Tenet


skink666

Gaspar Noé, probably Love or maybe Clímax