I would agree with you about Tarantino, but not about Lee.
I have not seen THE HULK although I probably will. I loved
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, however, I loved THE ICE STORM.
There is a difference between evaluating a film and evaluating the
direction
of a film. In my opinion Lee is a very deft director. He
understands the
language of film in a very thorough way. Whether his canon is as
important
as Spielberg's, Welles' or Roy Del Ruth's, for that matter, is
another question altogether.
But watching his films is a pleasure for me because the way he says
something in film
is amazing. That is the mark of a good director for me. Not what
his films are about, etc.
Kirby McDaniel
www.movieart.net
On Jan 4, 2006, at 8:50 PM, Erik wrote:
Quentin F#*&ing Tarantino has made a career out of rapid-fire
gutterspeak
dialogue and spastic, MTV-fueled direction. Ripping off entire
sequences of
other (superior) movies and then branding yours an "homage" does not a
director make.
Ang Lee is wildly overrated, too. Shoot me.
Taking one of the most revered characters in Marvel history (The
Hulk) and
trying to make it a dramatic art film was a very bad choice. Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Ripoff: been there, done that. Blowhard critics went
nuts and
acted as if Lee had created something fantastically new, regardless
of the
fact he did absolutely nothing the Shaw Bros. hadn't done before (and
better, I might add).
Just my .02.
Cheers,
Erik
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Edwards Cinema Arts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] ANG LEE
Tarantino - 18 films.
So why was KILL BILL sold as "The Fourth Film by Quentin Tarantino".
Having one's name attached to a film as a producer, executive
producer,
associate producer or even screenwriter
does not infer that person "made" it.
Nor does it even infer that they had anything to do with the creative
process at all that produced the final result... and that includes
the
screenwriter. In some cases it can even mean the director.
And of course Henry is absolutely correct about Terrence Malick.
Now, what about that chap, Orson Welles?
Phil
Henry Mazel wrote:
Terrence Malick - only five films, I think. Pretty damn good
director.
Henry
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