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Posted on 2/23/10 at 12:24 pm to Jimbeaux
Howard is obviously a very successful director with an Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture to his credit along with a long list of popular movies. No, I would not say he is overrated.
Posted on 2/23/10 at 12:29 pm to davesdawgs
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No, I would not say he is overrated.
Posted on 2/23/10 at 1:24 pm to Jimbeaux
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Ron Howard overrated as a director?
YES. He's like Clint Eastwood as a director: He could film poop steaming on a girl's chest and it will still garner Oscar buzz. His movies are ok at best.
This post was edited on 2/23/10 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 2/23/10 at 1:30 pm to Turkey Burger
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YES. He's like Clint Eastwood as a director: He could film poop steaming on a girl's chest and it will still garner Oscar buzz. His movies are ok at best.
Damn man, Eastwood is a good director, too. Maybe you just don't like his world view, or something. What about Unforgiven and Mystic River did you think qualified as a "steaming pile of poop"?
Posted on 2/23/10 at 1:31 pm to Turkey Burger
At least Clint Eastwood has the masterpiece Unforgiven to fall back on. Ron Howard has nothing.
Posted on 2/23/10 at 1:53 pm to Jimbeaux
I don't think Turkey Burger is in tune with many of us on this board.
Don't get me wrong, Turk. I love ya, but judging from your Top 10, we do not have the same taste in movies.
Don't get me wrong, Turk. I love ya, but judging from your Top 10, we do not have the same taste in movies.
Posted on 2/23/10 at 1:57 pm to Turkey Burger
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YES. He's like Clint Eastwood as a director: He could film poop steaming on a girl's chest and it will still garner Oscar buzz. His movies are ok at best.
He, like Eastwood, has done a couple of better than good movies, but yeah overall, both are generally just empty Oscar nods more than anything else. I love Unforgiven, but outside of that Eastwood is bland.
Posted on 2/23/10 at 2:01 pm to Freauxzen
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I love Unforgiven, but outside of that Eastwood is bland.
I'd disagree there High Plains Drifter is a great western. A Perfect World, The Eiger Sanction and Play Misty for Me are all pretty underrated IMO.
Posted on 2/23/10 at 2:06 pm to constant cough
quote:Genius. Love this movie. Did he direct Outlaw Josey Wales? I don't feel like looking it up.
A Perfect World
Is Ron Howard an innovative, ground-breaking director? No. He does not re-invent the wheel. Ron Howard's talent lies in the fact he realizes the wheel is a great damn invention.
Posted on 2/23/10 at 2:07 pm to Baloo
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Genius. Love this movie.
My appreciation for it grows with each viewing.
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Did he direct Outlaw Josey Wales? I don't feel like looking it up.
Yeah he did I just didn't list it cause I don't like it as much as others.
This post was edited on 2/23/10 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 2/23/10 at 2:21 pm to constant cough
To be overrated, don't you have to be endlessly fawned over by people?
I hardly ever hear anyone mention his name in discussions of the best directors of our time.
I think he is rated about where he should be. A competent director. Not great but also very rarely bad.
I hardly ever hear anyone mention his name in discussions of the best directors of our time.
I think he is rated about where he should be. A competent director. Not great but also very rarely bad.
Posted on 2/23/10 at 2:24 pm to Freauxzen
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I love Unforgiven, but outside of that Eastwood is bland.
I'd say everything post-Unforgiven is mediocre. Eastwood's resume before then is loaded with incredible movies whether he directed or just starred.
Posted on 2/23/10 at 2:28 pm to Turkey Burger
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I'd say everything post-Unforgiven is mediocre. Eastwood's resume before then is loaded with incredible movies whether he directed or just starred.
This is a better assessment of Eastwood...
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I'd disagree there High Plains Drifter is a great western. A Perfect World, The Eiger Sanction and Play Misty for Me are all pretty underrated IMO.
I always forget that he directed HPD and Play Misty for Me
Posted on 2/23/10 at 2:40 pm to Lacour
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I don't think Turkey Burger is in tune with many of us on this board.
Don't get me wrong, Turk. I love ya, but judging from your Top 10, we do not have the same taste in movies.
I get where you are coming from. I spent a year or so on this facebook movie group (now defunct) with a group of self-proclaimed movie elitists that called themselves the Celluloid Sodomites and they talked often about obscure art films and the like. They exposed to me a whole hidden world of films and because of that I just have a slightly different viewpoint on the medium. I'm sure we like the same movies, but I'm just more inclined to praise a movie like Dead Ringers before I praise The Godfather.
This post was edited on 2/23/10 at 2:43 pm
Posted on 2/23/10 at 3:08 pm to Turkey Burger
I imagine the movies on your list are excellent. I've just never seen any of them. The only one I've ever heard of is Dead Ringers.
Posted on 2/23/10 at 3:45 pm to Lacour
If only Ron could get out of his brother's shadow.
Posted on 2/23/10 at 5:31 pm to BamaFanInTigerland
The greatest thing Ron Howard has ever associated himself with is Arrested Development. I enjoy some of his movies, but they all fall short of being great.
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