He's honestly not that bad a director
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Brett Ratner
SpaceRain — 11 years ago(July 25, 2014 12:12 AM)
I'll admit I was pretty harsh and unfair towards him after X-Men 3. Yes, he sure made a mess of things in it, but the blame can't entirely be put on him. It was rushed by Fox and you could definitely feel it at many points. Plus I think DoFP fixed all that damage done so I can say I forgive him for it at this point.
It's not like his films are critically savaged like most if Michael Bay's films. 5b4Over half of them are rated fresh on RT, if I'm not mistaken.
When I saw the first preview for Hercules, I thought it looked absolutely terrible. It played right after the Ninja Turtles trailer and I thought, this looks just as bad as that. Then I see Brett Ratner's name and think, wow Ratner you've sunk to a new low. You really are a Hollywood hack.
But I'm really surprised its at a 70% or so on Rotten Tomatoes. Of course I haven't seen it, but I'm sure if I saw it with the expectations I had then I would really enjoy it. His only movies I liked were Rush Hour 1 & 2, but that doesn't make him an incompetent director. Maybe Ratner's not so bad. Just a thought. -
activista — 11 years ago(August 03, 2014 10:33 PM)
HERCULES is actually a pretty good film, with memorable characters, some genuine humor, and some truly awesome battle scenes that didn't completely rely on CGI for a change. I don't get all the hate for Ratner either, considering that he hasn't even make that many films to begin with. I enjoyed all three of his first films when they came outloved the RUSH HOUR series, as well as MONEY TALKS, which actually turned out to be better and funnier than I thought it was going to beonly went to see it because it had Chris Tucker in it, anyway. He's actually a pretty good directorbetter than he's given credit for,anyway.
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SpaceRain — 11 years ago(August 08, 2014 12:24 PM)
I think his douchebag reputation (I'm not entirely sure where it comes from) colors the way people see him as a director. People have a habit of not separating a person's real-life persona from their professional life and work. I can somewhat understand this, because no one wants to praise someone who may be an arrogant jerk in real life. But it shouldn't be that big of a deal. I watched him on Kimmel and sure, he seemed pretty into himself, but that doesn't make me enjoy Rush Hour 1 any less.