X SHOULD have directed Y

[ChronoGrl]

Ever watch a movie that you thought COULD or SHOULD have been better if someone else had directed it?

• Name the movie.
• Name the execution problem.
• Name who SHOULD have directed it and why.

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I would LOVE to see The Happening redirected. I thought that the underlying concept was definitely intriguing and that some its scenes at the beginning could have carried significantly more weight if M. Night Shyamalan wasn't too busying trying to jerk himself off. He was going for a muted feel that honestly drained the movie of all impact and climax that it could and SHOULD have had. Not to mention he was unable to direct a believable performance from ANYone in the cast. The Happening SHOULD have been more gritty, violent, disturbing, and much more of an actual horror movie. I HATED the movie score and think that it would have benefited from less. It was FAR too over-produced.

The Happening SHOULD have been directed either by:

• David Bruckner and Dan Bush, the directors of The Signal. The Happening has a similar feel to it and I think that they would have made it more gritty, violent, and shocking. Not to mention, they know how to handle horror-comedy, so I think they would be able to interlace that into The Happening nicely.
  
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• Danny Boyle, who directed 28 Days Later. Boyle is good at portraying panic and disarray and I honestly think that he would have brought a much-needed horror element to The Happening.

[Festered]

Death Wish (1974)

Removed from Michael Winner's hack directorial hands and placed in the control of a Donald Siegal(preferrably), Sam Peckinpah(preferrably), Ted Post or Walter Hill(2nd stringers), this film could have become the classic urban crime noir film that would have propelled Charles Bronson into the A list of world film stars, rather than pushing him ever deeper into grade B action flicks. Winner chose to stay in the moment(early 70s angst) rather than push the boundaries and make this the bloody urban nightmare it could have become.

[newb]

Originally Posted by Festered

Death Wish (1974)

Removed from Michael Winner's hack directorial hands and placed in the control of a Donald Siegal(preferrably), Sam Peckinpah(preferrably), Ted Post or Walter Hill(2nd stringers), this film could have become the classic urban crime noir film that would have propelled Charles Bronson into the A list of world film stars, rather than pushing him ever deeper into grade B action flicks. Winner chose to stay in the moment(early 70s angst) rather than push the boundaries and make this the bloody urban nightmare it could have become.

I thought it was pretty good as it was.......but I definitely agree on Peckinpah....would have loved to see that.

[newb]

Would have liked to see Tim Burton direct Spawn. I may be one of the few who didn't hate the movie....but TB would have put a nice touch on it.

[ChronoGrl]

Good call! The Spawn movie was pathetic. Or Mimic, too. He would have made a GREAT Mimic.

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So one of the more recent It Could Have Been Better films I have seen was Teeth. It wasn't bad, per se; I loved the concept (woman coming into her sexuality and its physical - not metaphorical horror), but I feel as though director Mitchell Lichtenstein was trying to pull it in too many directions - Shock, Dark Comedy, Social Commentary, Feminism, Anti-Christian, Schlock - But didn't necessarily excel in any of them...

I wonder what Teeth would have been like if Takashi Miike (Audition, Visitor Q and Gozu fame) had taken a swipe at it:

• He definitely would have added more absurdity (and we might even show the teeth)
• The comedy would be dark, very dark
• The sex/violence scenes would be more explicit and schlocky
• There would be more incest
• She would follow a more explicit hero path

I would LOVE to see Teeth done by Miike, to think about it...

[urgeok2]

Peter Jackson should have directed War of the Worlds.

why ? he tries to stay as close as the source material as possible. He has no problem putting lesser known actors in the leads and the more established actors in supporting roles.

he has a grand scale view of things

and i need someone to make a proper fucking version of War of the Worlds !!!


it isnt a religious vehicle
it isnt about America
it didn't take place in modern times for chrissakes.

turn of the century england... english actors .. do it right !!!

[ChronoGrl]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

Peter Jackson should have directed War of the Worlds.

why ? he tries to stay as close as the source material as possible. He has no problem putting lesser known actors in the leads and the more established actors in supporting roles.

he has a grand scale view of things

and i need someone to make a proper fucking version of War of the Worlds !!!


it isnt a religious vehicle
it isnt about America
it didn't take place in modern times for chrissakes.

turn of the century england... english actors .. do it right !!!

Ooooo.

Very VERY good call.

Though I think about his King Kong remake and how......... unnecessary it was.

[urgeok2]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

Ooooo.

Very VERY good call.

Though I think about his King Kong remake and how......... unnecessary it was.

hell no - King Kong introduced the story to a ton of new people.
i thought it was brilliant, and very necessary ... until the point where Jack Black fumbled that last line.

but the movie was so awsome .. i can forgive that.

[newb]

How about Russ Meyers directing Charlie's Angels?


boobs galore

[urgeok2]

Originally Posted by newb

How about Russ Meyers directing Charlie's Angels?


boobs galore

big giant boobs ... and a bunch of mean stupid people.

I'm half way through a russ meyer biography right now - god he was a useless piece of garbage as a person ... wow