I'm not going to argue that Sayles has an impeccable track record, but Eight Men Out, Matewan, and Lone Star are all excellent features. I think Lone Star was easily one of the best films of 1996 which is no small feat as '96 was a terrific year for film in general. Easily in my top ten for...
I seem to recall someone on the HTF giving me a good natured hard time about preferring 1941 to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. Hmmm, who could that be? :)
- Walter.
Tarantino, Fincher, Nolan, Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson are all about as reliable as it gets. My thoughts on some of the films being mentioned...
I understand why some folks dislike Alien 3 in terms of the direction the story went - all the struggle in Aliens was for nought, but that is...
I've watched a LOT of Star Trek over the years, so I feel pretty comfortable in describing some of Star Trek: The Motion Picture's aesthetics as feeling like an outlier. I don't think Ive ever seen Audrey Rose.
While I haven't viewed the entirety of his resume, I would add The Great Wall by Yimou Zhang as a film that is noticeably weaker than the better films in this director's career.
Another film that comes to mind is Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Robert Wise. There are things I like about this...