# How important is the director to you on whether you see a movie?

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**Created:** [December 20, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-the-director-to-you-on-whether-you-see-a-movie/644679 "2012-12-20T23:02:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-the-director-to-you-on-whether-you-see-a-movie/644679/61 "2012-12-28T17:05:24Z")

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As important as the author in determining whether I’ll read a book. Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn’t, it’s rarely the sole determining factor.

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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-the-director-to-you-on-whether-you-see-a-movie/644679/62 "2012-12-28T17:42:43Z")

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I could do without anything more from Baz Luhrmann. His frenetic style and the anachronisms in movies of his like _Moulin Rouge_ and _Romeo + Juliet_ get on my nerves. His upcoming version of _The Great Gatsby_ will be problematic as a result, although I do like DiCaprio and Mulligan.

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