I've just got to say, when if comes to filmmakers today.
Kevin Smith - A total wash, not even a one hit wonder, more of a one hit blunder (he likes to claim he has two hits, but not really). Boring and more interested in himself than in making a good film. Clerks 2 is his best film to date (a summer film this year) but that being his best film is like saying The Unearthly was better than Beast of Yucca Flats.
Quentin Tarantino- I'll fight for him stronger. Reservoir Dogs is a good film even if it is a rip-off, something he himself has pointed out interview after interview. Pulp, blah, Jackie Brown, good story but overall blah, but the Kill Bills? Damned good stuff.
Wes Anderson- Sorry, he's one of the best filmmakers of over 40 years. Bottlerocket? It was really a bore to me other than a showcase for Luke and Owen Wilson. Rushmore was a really amazing piece. Royal
Tenenbaums even more so. It's like it dares people to watch it once, or even twice and dislike it. It's smarter than that. If you watch if three times and don't find the brilliance, well, you should seek help. Life Aquatic of Steve Zissou, this could be argued as his first simple feel good, don't have to think about it to get it film, and while it lacks the depth of his earlier work, it is excellent.
But there's still Darren Aronofsky and Richard Kelly and David O. Russell. To claim these modern pioneers don't understand the big picture of film, is only to admit your own shortcomings. Ron
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