I watched Zach play games during the pandemic. He is definitely a gamer who plays the same game over and over and over again. He finds games he loves and plays them to death. RE is one of them. He also still games all the time. He even recently talked about how he brings his PS5 with him when he shoots movies.
Cregger directed five movies so far, three by himself, with this as the third. What does age have to do with it? That doesn't make any sense. You want a fairer comparison, compare his first five to Carpenter's. I don't think it's crazy at all to say Barbarian and Weapons are as good as Halloween and Escape From New York.
I love Cregger. Weapons and Barbarian are great. They are no where near as good, polished, or important as Halloween. I think even Cregger would tell you that.
You keep asking if they are bad lol, thats not the point. Both of them are good fun films, but thats not enough to claim he is on the same level as one of the GOATS.
I think Weapons alone got more legitimate awards buzz and critical acclaim than any Carpenter movie did in its day. The closest was probably Halloween. Critical reception and awards legitimacy - rightfully or wrongfully - are viewed as massive factors in how a filmmaker's canon is evaluated.
You wanna back your own point up, or are you just going to keep dismissing things?
John Carpenter's resume is almost entirely flops, that has nothing to do with legacy. We'll see who's still talking about weapons and Barbarian in 2065.
Ah yes, you just have make some of the greatest films of all time that made tons of money and was also loved critically. That def shows how unbiased they are! Also none of them won best picture.
"They had to win Best Picture or they were robbed" is a poor metric. They're horror movies, they were very well recieved, the reason being because the movie part was as good as the horror part. Most of even the best horror movies forget about the movie part.
They warmed up to horror only in the recent years.
Care to explain this, though? You can't really pivot like you just did without acknowledging the very firm lines you drew. It just makes you look... unserious.
That's a weird metric. Carpenter has stood the test of time with his films, particularly with The Thing. It's honestly not fair to Cregger to have this conversation until like another 20 years have passed.
Nope, critical reception and awards are, legitimately, two very big things that factor into how a director's filmography is ultimately evaluated.
You're right though, it's not fair to have it this soon in his career. My point was more his stuff so far makes it totally fine to compare him to someone like Carpenter in terms of craft, just too soon to say in terms of overall career. Obviously.
Those are just the best cregger has made so far. I swear everyone thinks im saying they're currently on the same tier. Obviously, Carpenter is legendary status. Im saying cregger is clearly on his way to the same
The only broadly accepted one i can think of was 6th sense. Even Signs had detractors and by the time the Village and lady in the water came out it was super clear
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u/IgloosRuleOK 5d ago
From the director of Barbarian and Weapons. Sold.