brehs what happened to Michael Mann
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Good question. Dude was a beast in the 1980s and 1990s and Collateral was excellent.
Guess he kinda just fell off...
Guess he kinda just fell off...
Public Enemies has its moments but in no way would I call it a great flick. Collateral is incredible though. Maybe he's not attached to the material like he used to be and not really telling stories he's attracted to?
Public Enemies was so flat to me. Its in my blu ray collection because I like the history behind it, but its more style over substance. The Warren Oates' Dillinger movie is 10 times better than Public Enemies in telling Dillinger's tale.
Yup agree word for word. Style over substance. It's a gorgeous movie to look at and it's made beautifully but it seems like no one cared about the characters because even the performances are good. It's an example of "hey, here's the best technical way to make a movie"
Uncle_Ruckus
We The North
Collateral is so overrated and Heat is his only great movie imo. One hit wonder director in my book. Never seen Last of the... and never plan to. I didn't even know he directed that Blackhat trash.
I didn't even know he directed that Blackhat trash.
Homie you need to check Thief. Manhunter too.
Man I can't roll with you on that. Thief and Heat are his masterpieces and Manhunter is damn near a masterpiece, so that's his 3-peat imo. Collateral was a very good movie but not on the same level with those other 3 and last of the Mohicans was good, just not a memorable film outside of the homie Day-lewis
I didn't even know he directed that Blackhat trash.
Lefty Gunz
Superstar
I fukkin hate the cameras he used in Public Enemy and Miami Vice
Uncle_Ruckus
We The North
Yea, I should. I just never really liked his style of directing after seeing Collateral, Miami Vice and Public Enemy. I didn't even like Heat at first until I watched it a few more times growing up. I think he's very overrated, but if those movies you mentioned are really great, I can see why he's such a cult favorite.
I fukkin hate the cameras he used in Public Enemy and Miami Vice
He's been doing that since he started but the technology finally caught up with where he was going and what he was doing. I love it on the real
Uncle_Ruckus
We The North
And CollateralI fukkin hate the cameras he used in Public Enemy and Miami Vice
shyt looked like it was shot by a high school student.
I think he's more than a cult favorite. his heyday was the 80s and 90s and I can see why you feel how you feel since you're watching his latter stuff, you definitely need to peep his earlier work to get the full scope of why people love him and why he's heralded..which is why this thread is even made because of the fall off
Uncle_Ruckus
We The North
If your calling those movies masterpieces then I guess I've been sleeping. I'll put them on my to watch list. But everything after Heat was overrated to trash imo.
Lefty Gunz
Superstar
Didn't know that, Heat looks nothing like it
And Collateral
Sometime it feels like the camera shaking, i hate that shyt
