Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Yeah, but I don't remember George Lucas ever starring in stupid self-agrandizing credit card commercials.
You've gotta be kidding me. Several celebrities have appeared in American Express ads (in fact, they're famous for it). But because he's in one it's all of a sudden self-agrandizing? Wes Anderson starred in and directed an American Express ad as well, and it doesn't mean he's SPOILED or SELFISH or whatever the hell it is you guys are trying to accuse M. Night of being, it just means HEY IT'S A BUSISNESS THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THESE GUYS DO FOR A LIVING.
Also, I've searched all around and I can't find anything that says M. Night WROTE the commercial, he just directed and appeared in it. For all we know, it might have been written by someone else. Besides, he was ASKED to direct the commercial. It's not like he DEMANDED to be able to direct a commercial. I don't even know what you were trying to prove by this post, other than "HE'S USED HIS NAME TO SELL THINGS" which is true for, like, almost all famous people ever (including Lucas).
I completely agree.
Originally posted by: zombie84
This is the most digusting, ball-less, self-serving, cry-baby-ish display i have ever seen from a director.
Yeah, but I don't remember George Lucas ever starring in stupid self-agrandizing credit card commercials.
You've gotta be kidding me. Several celebrities have appeared in American Express ads (in fact, they're famous for it). But because he's in one it's all of a sudden self-agrandizing? Wes Anderson starred in and directed an American Express ad as well, and it doesn't mean he's SPOILED or SELFISH or whatever the hell it is you guys are trying to accuse M. Night of being, it just means HEY IT'S A BUSISNESS THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THESE GUYS DO FOR A LIVING.
Also, I've searched all around and I can't find anything that says M. Night WROTE the commercial, he just directed and appeared in it. For all we know, it might have been written by someone else. Besides, he was ASKED to direct the commercial. It's not like he DEMANDED to be able to direct a commercial. I don't even know what you were trying to prove by this post, other than "HE'S USED HIS NAME TO SELL THINGS" which is true for, like, almost all famous people ever (including Lucas).
Originally posted by: ricarleite
Yeah but I mean, what director dosen't do what he does? Spielberg does, Hitchcock did, he did self promotion constantly, had his names sustain his films (see the movies after "Birds" and you'll see what I mean), bashed actors and he was a genre director. Orson Welles did that. Tim Burton. And take no talent hacks such as Uwe Boll and McG for instance... Or George Lucas for Christ's sake! I just think you are seriously overreacting about that M Night subject in a way I don't understand...
Yeah but I mean, what director dosen't do what he does? Spielberg does, Hitchcock did, he did self promotion constantly, had his names sustain his films (see the movies after "Birds" and you'll see what I mean), bashed actors and he was a genre director. Orson Welles did that. Tim Burton. And take no talent hacks such as Uwe Boll and McG for instance... Or George Lucas for Christ's sake! I just think you are seriously overreacting about that M Night subject in a way I don't understand...
I completely agree.
Originally posted by: zombie84
This is the most digusting, ball-less, self-serving, cry-baby-ish display i have ever seen from a director.
Hello Tony Kaye, Sam Mendes and Quentin Tarantino! Or what about Elia Kazan? He "named names" and got people BLACK LISTED because he didn't like how they would alter his work. Seriously, several directors are very defensive of their work and don't take constructive criticism well. Sure, there are a lot who are fine with constructive criticism, but the fact remains that M. Night is not the only director who's ever complained about critisism, and he's hardly the worst.