Posted by Strictly Skewed at c-66-41-119-252.mn.client2.attbi.com on January 23, 2004 at 09:34:09:
In Reply to: Die Hard is an action classic posted by Will Turner, Karaoke King on January 23, 2004 at 07:06:31:
: Let's not forget Orson Welles appeared in Transformers: The Movie and whisky commercials, but I don't think anyone here denies he was a genius.
: It's just sad that people like him and Jan De Bont have one great film in them and then peter out (Or in the case of John two or three). Still, making a great action film is an achievement.
: : Predator too.
: : The other movies? Meh.
: : Basic was shit. So was Rollerball.
: : -Evan
When they peter out like this, making Hollywood pap, THEN it's really sad. When they peter out because their creative vision doesn't fit society's expectations, well, I suppose it's still sad, but in a completely different, and more respectable way.