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710334, In his defense he's got fantastic visuals plus what he did with 300
Posted by BigReg, Mon Apr-04-16 11:01 AM
Which, if memory serves me correct was released more like a 'Gods of Egypt' cheap winter action movie but ended up being a blockbuster in every sense of the word.

I just keep on expecting him to get it as far as plot/storytelling is concerned (Watchmen might have been the pressure of an adaptation, Sucker Punch may have been him just getting his surreal film student nut on, etc)...but its just apparent its hard coded into his DNA as a film maker. its just needlessly clunky/obtuse and nonsensical.

Like the convoluted Inception-esque 'dream within a dream' layers in Sucker Punch which was just needless paint job over action pieces involving sci-fi/fantasy and tits and ass. He thinks he's the Terrence Malick of action filmmaking when he's just Brett Ratner.


Imho only way to save his future filmography is to have him work on other people's scripts that play to his strengths (maybe dark scifi/horror, noir, etc)