Before I even care about who the actor/actresses are in a film, it's the director or writer that will first make me interested in seeing it or not. Who are your favorite directors, and which director do you feel is the most over-rated?
Just a couple of my favorites are Martin Scorsese, Akira Kurosawa, and David Lean. With only a few movies under his belt, Peter Jackson is right up there for me as well. There are MANY more, but I'll leave some for you.
For over-rated directors, I have to go with the Wachowski Brothers. I'm not saying they're bad directors, just over-rated. Before Matrix, their only movies were Assassin (pure crap) and Bound, which was pretty good. While I enjoyed The Matrix, it definitely wasn't near good enough to give these guys their "super director" status. One decent movie shouldn't make these guys icons!
And don't even get me started on Brett Ratner!
