majormet
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I completely agree on Wes Anderson. I literally didn't like any of his films to the point where I thought they were unwatchable. I thought people liked the Royal Tannenbaums because it was cool to like it the way people fawned over Being John Malkovich.
However The Grand Budapest Hotel was just movie magic to me. It all came together in such a Haley's Comet type of way that I'm also quite confident I'll never like another Wes Anderson film.
Also you can add Paul Thomas Anderson and Michael Bay to directors I cannot stand. PTA has this amazing "talent" of however long his film is...It feels doubly as long.
Basically as long as you have a story to tell, try to tell it, but not put your ego above the film, I'll at least respect it.
I feel like I'm missing so many from my list, but cannot think right now.
Also just watched Arrival with Amy Adams and thought it was great. I don't like M. Night Shyamalan, but if you liked Signs then Arrival is definitely in the same genre (just much better). I think Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049) should be on everyone's radar now.
The Coens are like that for me... love Fargo and A Serious Man and then it is a lot of misses for me.... Wes Anderson, just too much to take in some times..
PT Anderson.. wow, he looked very promising with Hard Eight, Magnolia and Boogie Nights.. but you are so right that ego got in the way... The Master, Punch Drunk Love, Inherent Vice, ... wow just bad stuff
I also agree about telling a story and putting the ego away, I can watch a movie that tells a simple story even if it is not good or original more than some mosaic wannabe mindfarts...
Arrival missed for me... wanted to like it, but it didn't say too much in the end... Sicario has a sequel coming out, decent movie.
Being John Malkovich... overrated and I am a huge John Cusack fan.
Some directors rarely fail for me...
No matter how dumb the movie, Farrelly Brothers always entertain
Woody Allen (despite his horrible human character) rarely failed until recently
Richard Linklater is awesome (Boyhood, Slackers, Suburbia, Dazed and Confused and last night's movie for me Last Flag Standing
Clint Eastwood .... storytelling 101 but effective
Director of Sideways, About Frazier etc... great director although I heard Downsizing was awful