Least favorite movie of favorite director

I'm not an Aronofsky hater. Requiem for a dream was an exception in his brilliant career. Otherwise, I thought he had interesting ideas behind Pi, The Fountain (possibly my favourite of his films alongside Pi) and Black Swan - films that were less excessive and exaggerated than Requiem. Still he's one of my favourite filmmakers who dare to make introspective movies.

I don't hate him either. In fact, I think his career has gone from strength to strength. I don't need to know that he is there all the time, when it takes a deep breath and just tells the story like he does with The Wrestler and Black Swan, he is great and his rep seems warranted, but when I think of shite like Requiem For A Dream and The Fountain, I can't stand him.

I agree that Requiem For A Dream is quite overrated although I'm not even a fan of Aronofsky(The Wrestler is a big exception) but I love the way it is filmed.

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Martin Scorsese

I didn't care for Shutter Island at all.

I have to say now that I have seen Alien 3 that is my least favorite film from David Fincher.

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Quentin Tarantino -- Jackie Brown
Kevin Smith -- Cop Out
Christopher Nolan -- (tie) Batman Begins & Dark Knight
John Carpenter -- Village of the Damned
David Cronenberg -- Dead Ringers
Guillermo del Toro -- Mimic
Wes Craven -- Vampire in Brooklyn
George Romero -- Diary of the Dead

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Steven Spielberg's Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was really disappointing for me.

Of the dozen or so that I've seen, there is no Hitchcock film I dislike (wow I must sound like a fanboy). Same for Scorsese, though I think I've only seen 7 of them.

Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, which I watched just recently, was a bit of a disappointment. Dr. Strangelove, which I watched quite a while ago, is another film which I don't think is the masterpiece everyone claims it to be, but I should be re-watching it soon.

And I didn't care for Lynch's Lost Highway.

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Kubrick - Spartacus (1960). Controversial choice, perhaps. But it's just a film that's never *clicked* for me.
Tarkovsky - Solaris (1972). Personally, I love all of his films. But Solaris, although it is his most well known and probably his most celebrated film is in my opinion his weakest. Still a masterpiece. Just not my favoured masterpiece of all of his masterpieces.
Hitchcock - Topaz (1969), just very lacklustre. I'm sure there are worse films in this filmography but they aren't here because I haven't seen them yet.

I absolutely love this movie.

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The funny thing is, I love Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire, the other two pieces of Lynch's "dream logic" trilogy. I honestly can't put up a good argument as to why I think the later two films are masterpieces and Lost Highway is a fascinating misfire, but I think there's just something about the feel and tone of that movie that I don't care for. It all just seems quite grim, sleazy, and mean-spirited- a weak criticism when talking about Lynch (particularly a Lynch film seen through the eyes of a killer), but something about that film rubbed me the wrong way.

It's pretty much a love it or hate it film; much like the rest of Lynch's surreal work. I'd rank Lost Highway as my favourite of his cinematic work, at least in a tie with Blue Velvet. Personally, I think it's a mess, and I couldn't really care less about how it all fits together. But it's a brilliant mess, with some aboslutely brilliant individual scenes and the different storylines are equally engaging and well acted (particularly by Robert Loggia, who is a lot of fun as Dick Laurent).

Plus, like a lot of Lynch's films, it's pitch black comedy. I find a lot of it funny, and even if it isn't, it feels intentional. I loved the scene where Loggia attacks that motorist on the country road. I couldn't stop laughing. But then again, I have a weird sense of humor.

Still, if this is your least favourite of Lynch's, I can't argue it, because it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I do suggest you check out Wild At Heart and see if your choice of Lynch's weakest remains the same.

I do love that scene where Robert Loggia goes bonkers Where can I find Wild at Heart? I don't even think Netflix has the disc.

I'm not sure where you could find it on DVD. I found my copy on eBay.

Christopher Nolan is tied with Tim Burton for my all time favorite director. But I have to say, I did not think that "Batman Begins" was all that great of a film. Not bad, but when compared to the rest of Nolan's work, it seems rather ordinary. (Although I love Michael Cane and Cillian Murphy...)

i have always found kevin smith to be incredibly overrated. sorry, jersey geeks but it's true.

I liked Clerks and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back though.

Stanley Kubrick - Eyes Wide Shut; or
Martin Scorsese - Shutter Island

Shutter Island wasn't too bad actually, but I guess it's based on who you are.