One sentence to describe a filmmaker.

[Canid117]

You get one sentence to describe something good about a filmmaker and one sentence to describe something bad. My example:
James Cameron: The good
The action scenes in his movies are consistently some of the best produced by Hollywood.
The bad
If your ears are bleeding for seemingly no reason it is probably because somewhere James Cameron is trying to do dialogue in modern slang.

 

[Marter]

Neil Marshall:

Good: He knows how to make his movies fun, which is something that a lot of directors don't get nowadays.
Bad: He doesn't seem to get that things get less scary the more you see them, and therefore isn't all that great at doing true horror.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Martin Scorsese

Good: Does atmosphere, setting, and characters really well.

Bad: He can't outrun his own shadow.

 

[Canid117]

James Cameron: Lucky untalented rich bastard.

That isn't really a full sentence...

 

[Je Suis Ubermonkey]

Good: Michael bay is really experienced at doing explosions.
Bad: MICHAEL BAY IS NOT REQUIRE OF GOOD WRITING SKILZ!
Resultant bad: MICHAEL BAY IS ASPLODE! FOR NO REASON!

 

[InsomniJack]

Quentin Tarantino

Good news: He has a good talent/imagination for intense sequences.

Bad news: His dialogue is best reserved for a blog, not a movie.

 

[Canid117]

Quentin Tarantino

Good news: He has a good talent/imagination for intense sequences.

Bad news: His dialogue is best reserved for a blog, not a movie.

I actually like a lot of Tarantino's dialogue. I watched a few episodes of Dark Angel recently and Jesus Christ is the slang awful.

 

[Les Awesome]

Quentin Tarantino

Good news: He has a good talent/imagination for intense sequences.

Bad news: His dialogue is best reserved for a blog, not a movie.

dude......his dialogue and scripts are the best in the industry

 

[tomtom94]

Zach Snyder:
The good - He is really able to put an adaptation together.
The bad - iiiiiiiit'sssssssss alllllll innnnnnnn sloooooooooowwwwwww moooooooooootionnnnnnnnnn

 

[kane.malakos]

George Lucas
The good - He imagined an excellent world with compelling characters.
The bad - He spent the next 30 years shitting all over it.

 

[Someone Depressing]

George Lucas
The good - He imagined an excellent world with compelling characters.
The bad - He spent the next 30 years shitting all over it.

That is so true it's not even funny....

 

[WorldCritic]

Steven Spielberg
The good: He's an excellent writer and director and has made some of my favorite films ever.
The bad: Some of his films can be horribly overrated and overall not very good.

 

[InsomniJack]

I actually like a lot of Tarantino's dialogue. I watched a few episodes of Dark Angel recently and Jesus Christ is the slang awful.

dude......his dialogue and scripts are the best in the industry

And I agree (to an extent). I'm not saying I don't like it or that it's bad. I'm just saying that his dialogue placement (and length) in his movies are kinda what ruins my mood in that film.

 

[hexFrank202]

George Lucas
Incredibly smug, blunt, honest person who is filled with brilliant imagination, but can't be given too much control or too powerful a toolkit.

 

[Breaker deGodot]

Sergio Leone:
Bad: Better make sure that you go to the bathroom first because this is going to take a while.
Good: You're not going to want to leave once the film starts.

 

[DVnotDivvy]

Steven Spielberg
The good: He's an excellent writer and director and has made some of my favorite films ever.
The bad: Some of his films can be horribly overrated and overall not very good.

Took the words right out of my mouth. Jurassic Park was the first film that inspired me to go into the industry.

 

[hexFrank202]

And now, I am going to write one sentence to describe an Escapist user.

James Cameron: Lucky and horribly untalented but somehow a rich bastard.

The good: Has watched Titanic and Avatar.
The bad: Hasn't watched the first two Terminators.

 

[Lilani]

Zach Helm, The Good:

"Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium was a delightful and fun film from start to finish."

The Bad:

"Make something else, plox?"