Directors Are Bigger Stars Than Their Stars
Isn’t it weird how Directors are now just as big as the stars are? It seems to me like movies are relying less on saying “From the director who brought you” and instead are just saying “Directed By *INSERT-NAME* (Yeah you should know them, they are the greatest thing since chainsaw sliced bread)”. Ok I must admit this isn’t as common as it is in the comedy genre, they do have to rely on telling you past projects, but action, drama and thrillers just seem to tell you the director.
Also another thing is that alot of today’s hip new directors are Ex-Music Video directors so there look is stylish and exciting but some could say that they lack substance, also they are often given huge budgets even if it is their first film. Compare this with 10-15 years ago and the hip new directors were from the indie scene (E.g. Kevin Smith, Tarrantino, Rodregiez, Linklatter, etc) who had done huge things with little budgets that resulted in films with both substance and style.
Ok so I’ve rambled a bit, Its just weird you know?
