[quote=Iroquois]I think it might have to do with the subject matter of most of his movies and how they're rarely (if ever) any more ambitious than the average Hollywood high-concept, which just makes him seem like a glorified journeyman more than anything. I mean his best film is [i]True Romance[/i] and that's basically a Tarantino self-insert fantasy where he marries a hot blonde and they go on crime adventures together, which still makes it more distinctive than the thrillers that have such anonymous-sounding premises like "guy must rescue kidnapped girl" or "runaway train" or "guy on the run from conspiracy".

The aesthetic thing is definitely something that should be good in theory but often isn't, especially when he got extra-weird with it in his post-2000 movies.[/quote]

[quote=Yoda]Yeah, Scott's films always feel so close to being great. Hard to figure out what they're missing sometimes.

Like, why don't I love [i]Spy Game[/i]? I like it a lot. But I don't love it, and I'm not entirely sure why.

I think it might be related to the aesthetics. The washed out look he favors feels like it keeps the audience at a remove. But that might just be me grasping for an explanation.[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois]Ah, Tony Scott - now there's a director I like the idea of more than I like the reality.[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois]It's fun and jaunty for someone, but clearly not us.

Trying to imagine a world where Tony Scott had done it instead.[/quote]

[quote=Yoda]I've always been partial to [i]The Rock[/i]. Wish Michael Bay's career had leaned more into the clever cheekiness and thrilling practical effects of that film.

I don't want to speculate motive too much, but I have a feeling that guy's filmography would be really fun and jaunty if CGI weren't a thing.[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois]I'm not denying that. Hell, I'm the one with an [i]Escape From L.A.[/i] avatar so I can't talk.[/quote]

[quote=Yoda]There's definitely something charming about how unabashedly silly a lot of those films were.[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois]There it is.[/quote]

[quote=Velvet]im thinking more about con air[/quote]

[quote=Velvet]I dont like the matrix[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois][quote=Velvet]late 90s action movies are soo good tho[/quote]

Enough of them, though? They can't all be [i]The Matrix[/i].[/quote]