Argento Overrated?!

[filmmaker2]

I thought he was in top form with DEEP RED and SUSPIRIA. His other films are fun and good, but those two are really REALLY good, I think.

[Elvis_Christ]

Originally posted by filmmaker2
I thought he was in top form with DEEP RED and SUSPIRIA. His other films are fun and good, but those two are really REALLY good, I think.

Didn't get into Deep Red and Suspiria has its moments but is overrated too. The two I really dig are Creepers (I prefer that cut) and Terror at The Opera.

[The STE]

my opinion of Argento has always been that he's a very talented director that works in the wrong genre. He's made good horror movies (Suspiria and Trauma in particular, although I haven't seen Creepers), but if he'd done more work out of the genre he might've made some really great movies. Fulci isn't as good, but I'd put him in the same boat.

[mothermold]

Originally posted by Elvis_Christ
Never though those words would pass my lips but its the way I'm beginning to feel. I've always enjoyed his films but latley I've just found them average and he doesn't compare to Fulci. I mainly enjoy Argento for the shock value atomosphere and music but after checking out a few of his films I hadn't seen I found it lacking. I was really dissapointed with Deep Red which had a few cool moments but was ultimatley average. I mean he's still better than 90% of the stuff out there I was just wondering what you guys thought? Does he deserve all the praise?

I'm watching Tenebre now so maybe this will change things for me.

argento is certainly the more talented of the two.fulci though a good director can be brutal at times and that can translate into excessive gore(all part of his charm) while argento has a better eye and all around story telling.

as for bad acting,your always going to lose a little of the performance in the translation...it's all forgivable.

[PeaSoupintheye]

I love them both but I'm firmly in the Argento camp. My faves being Terror At the Opera, Stendhal Syndrome, Suspiria, Tenebre and The Bird With The Crystal Plumage.

My fave Fulci films being Zombie Flesh Eaters, New York Ripper, House by The Cemetary and The Beyond.

Argento though for me!

[Angra]

Both Argento and Fulci are overated, in my opinion.:rolleyes:

[The Flayed One]

I really enjoy Argento. The only film I've seen of his that I've been disappointed in is his version of 'Phantom of the Opera.'

[urgeok]

apparently The Card Player - or whatever it's called .. is supposed to be his lowest point ..

[The Flayed One]

Ahh yes...I've heard nothing but bad things about that. However, a lot of people bashed Sleepless, and I really enjoyed it.

[PeaSoupintheye]

I think the Card Player by far is his worst work to date...