SwimmingLaddersWings t1_j6iornc wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:47 PM

Reply to comment by gee_gra in I just finally watched Bone Tomahawk last night by utopiandiorama

Have you seen todays filmmakers? It’s really not a low bar when most of them can’t even do that

gee_gra t1_j6iq1ep wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:55 PM

>todays filmmakers

That's pretty fuckin vague pal hahaha, who in particular has earned your emnity? I'd also say there's plenty of directors who can get actors to act and can utilise their budget well

SwimmingLaddersWings t1_j6itq4s wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:18 PM

I would say most of them aren’t good lately. I can name plenty of names. Richard Linklater, Jennifer Kent, Rian Johnson, Ryan Coogler ever since Disney bought him, Martin McDonagh, Pablo Larrain, David Lowery, Julia Ducournau, Sean Baker, Chloe Zhao, Alice Wu, list goes on and on

These new filmmakers are shit. The Safdies and Zahler are maybe some of the few ones that have talent.

gee_gra t1_j6ivyij wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:32 PM

I think this is just a matter of taste cuz you've listed some fucking terrific filmmakers imho hahah

Ashamed_Ladder6161 t1_j6jhocd wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:47 PM

Of course it’s a matter of taste. But you can’t have it both ways. He named a bunch of action directors as being very poor, you counter many of them are really good, while also arguing the bar is low. That’s counter intuitive.

gee_gra t1_j6jiiw6 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:52 PM

Well, he named one person who you could contend is an action director with Coogler. I'm not sure what you mean by "it's counter intuitive" — most of those directors have gotten good performances from their actors and seem to have handled their budgets well, they've crossed that low bar, and managed to make good films while doing it.

I'll also add that the guy I responded to seems to be some kinda lunatic so there's no much to be mined there

Ashamed_Ladder6161 t1_j6jjbn6 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:57 PM

I’m not sure I’d agree many of them handle their budgets well, although they certainly have bigger ones, and I’ve seen plenty of weak performances in their catalogues, but I think we’re just going to have to politely accept we see this differently.