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How about William “One Shot” Beaudine? His nickname came from his unwillingness to reshoot ANY scene. And he remade really BAD 1950s science fiction and horror films into EVEN WORSE 1960s films, taking The She Creature and turning it into Creature of Destruction, or Invasion of the Saucer Men and turning it into **Invasion of The The Star Creatures ** (sic – which shows how little thought and effort he put into this. See the MST3K vilification of this one)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0064415/
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Sorry to nitpick, but I think the MST3K show you’re referring to had the movie Attack of the Eye Creatures directed by Larry Buchanan. The title card did indeed say “Attack of the the Eye Creatures”. One of the funniest MST3K episodes.
Michael Bay still has a career (because his shitty movies make money). Maybe it hasn’t been “lengthy” compared to some others, but it’s definitely been too long already.
You’re right – I mistook Larry Buchanan’s 1950s remakes for Beaudine’s work. My fault.
Beaudine’s the guy who did Billy the Kid vs. Dracula and Jesse James meets Frankenstein’s Daughter, which isn’t any improvement (except technically – at least the film is clean-looking. Buchanan’s stuff looks like he shot it through mud.)
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
DC Cab
St. Elmo’s Fire
The Lost Boys
Cousins
Flatliners
Dying Young
Falling Down
The Client
Batman Forever
A Time to Kill
Batman and Robin
8mm
Flawless
Tigerland
Bad Company
Phone Booth
Veronica Guerin
The Phantom of the Opera
The Number 23
OK, a few of these movies are actually good. But I think that is because the ‘director’ was too imcompetent to screw it up. (1981- how long lord, how long)
Joel Schumacher, you are the hackiest hack of Hacktown. Put the megaphone down, and back away from the set.
[QUOTE=CalMeacham]
How about William “One Shot” Beaudine? His nickname came from his unwillingness to reshoot ANY scene. And he remade really BAD 1950s science fiction and horror films into EVEN WORSE 1960s films, taking The She Creature and turning it into Creature of Destruction, or Invasion of the Saucer Men and turning it into **Invasion of The The Star Creatures ** (sic – which shows how little thought and effort he put into this. See the MST3K vilification of this one)
Wow – taking a second look at his entry, I see his directing career spanned 61 years, from 1915 to 1976, as movies went from silent one-reelers to just before Star Wars.
I’m not recommending any Beaudine movie, just pointing out that the 61-year career has already been explicitly pointed out.
I don’t think I’d recommend any Beaudine flick, although, as I’ve said, Ten Who Dared is probably the best choice of what I’ve seen. It’s Disney hiostory, though, so take it with plenty of salt.
[QUOTE=RickJay]
I challenge you to name a more financially successful director with less artistic talent. He’s not so much a director as he is a wedding photographer.
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Raja Gosnell is coming up fast on the outside track.
[QUOTE=Zebra]
Joel Schumacher, you are the hackiest hack of Hacktown. Put the megaphone down, and back away from the set.
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I would argue Tony Scott gives Schumacher a run for his money, since he’s made a whole lot of crap (and yes, I’m including True Romance, which has a rather inexplicable cult following) but never a movie as good as Tigerland. Still, Schumacher has him on sheer volume and diversity of badness; at least with Scott, most of his films are bad in the same, inevitably LOUD, blue-filtered way.
[QUOTE=Chefguy]
Had to pop back in to mention David Lynch.
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Lynch is inscrutable, and makes hard-to-understand films, but they’re art. Like them or hate them, you can write a dissertation on each one of his films – even the execrable DUNE – and someone else could write an equally credible dissertation disagreeing with you.
Try writing a dissertation on anything Brett Ratner has churned out. He’s got connections, and it looks like he’ll have a lengthy career re-imagining the complex works of Schumacher and Columbus so that they’re lighter and easier for the modern audience to understand. Or better yet: sequels!
[QUOTE=TripleTee]
Quentin Tarantino. I have never understood why anyone likes his crap. I think he is the most overrated director in the history of filmmaking.
I am sure many would disagree with me. But that’s the way I see it.
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I for one agree with you,I’ve always thought that QTs movies are formulaic and designed to shock in a juvenile way.
IMO his films are not so much for watching as for young males to talk about afterwards.