Match Cut Director Consensus - John Landis

[Ezee E]

"Keep it classy!"

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[Watashi]

Thriller - 10

[MacGuffin]

The Stupids (1996) - 6
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) - 8
Animal House (1978) - 6

Been too long since I've seen Trading Places and The Blues Brothers.

[Ezee E]

Hmm... I'll accept Thriller.

[Ezee E]

Kentucky Fried Movie - 6.5 (he did this? ha. probably would be funnier back in those times)
Animal House - 7.5
An American Werewolf in London - 9.5
Thriller - 7
Twilight Zone: 7
Coming to America - 7

I can already feel the, "Why this director" criticisms coming.

Already have American Werewolf in London at home, will check out his MoH as well.

[MacGuffin]

I forgot about his segment in the Twilight Zone movie, that's a solid 7 if it counts.

EDIT: But the movie probably gets a 6. This is based on how I remember it, like, seven years ago or so.

[Spinal]

Animal House - 3.5
The Blues Brothers - 6
An American Werewolf in London - 9
Trading Places - 5.5
Three Amigos - 2.5
Innocent Blood - 6

Been too long:
Into the Night
Spies Like Us
Amazon Women on the Moon

I am not going to rate Thriller, much like I am not going to rate Black and White.

[Spinal]

I can already feel the, "Why this director" criticisms coming.


I think he's definitely a legit choice. He was a fairly significant and active mainstream director in the 80s.

[Boner M]

Animal House - 5 (10 for the boner-pushing-ladder-off-house gag tho)
Trading Places - 6
An American Werewolf in London - 8
The Stupids - 6.5 (this is fun, and Atom Egoyan, Gillo Pontecorvo and David Cronenberg cameo!)

Can't remember a lot of the others.

[Grouchy]

Thriller - 10
Amazon Women on the Moon - 7
Innocent Blood - 5

[Watashi]

I think I'm the only one alive who's seen The Blues Brothers 2000 but not The Blues Brothers.

[Derek]

I can already feel the, "Why this director" criticisms coming.

No way. Landis gave us Soul Glo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktl6L3ZwvL4), we can give him a week.

Kentucky Fried Movie - 6.5
The Blues Brothers - 7.0
An American Werewolf in London - 6.0
Trading Places - 7.0
Coming to America - 7.5
Beverly Hills Cop III - 5.5
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project - 6.5

Been too long for Animal House, not rating extended music videos.

[Yxklyx]

Animal House - 8
The Blues Brothers - 8
An American Werewolf in London - 8

[Dukefrukem]

Animal House - 8
The Blues Brothers - 8
An American Werewolf in London - 8

ditto

[Raiders]

Animal House (1978) 7.0
The Blues Brothers (1980) 6.5
An American Werewolf in London (1981) 7.5
Trading Places (1983) 6.0
Three Amigos (1986) 4.0
Coming to America (1988) 7.0
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) 3.5
Masters of Horror: Deer Woman (2005) 4.0
Masters of Horror: Family (2006) 6.5

[thefourthwall]

Three Amigos - 2.5




Three Amigos (1986) 4.0



Huh, it's not often that you're both wrong.

[thefourthwall]

The Blues Brothers - 9
Three Amigos - 8
Oscar - 6


I've seen some others, but don't have enough recall to properly rate. Does tv count? I just realized he did a few episodes of Psych, which is one of the best shows on tv these days.

[Sycophant]

Three Amigos - 7.5

[Raiders]

People really like that movie? I rated it higher than I was going to for the sheer nostalgia of my dad often quoting the "plethora" line. I found it painfully unfunny. It all seemed a bit calculated, or maybe just not goofy enough. Martin is uber-bland, Chase is, well, unfortunately he's Chevy Chase, and Short plays the stright man but the film around him ain't funny enough to make his straight-routine funny. I also can't really tell what the movie is spoofing, if anything, and I really had absolutely no fun watching it.

[thefourthwall]

I find all kinds of good-natured, mostly clean fun. For me the humor comes from the sheer goofiness and the dramatic irony of the plot. I will admit that it's a childhood fav, but my family still quotes regularly and extensively from it, so I believe it has some staying power that makes it very worth while.

[D_Davis]

Kentucky Fried Movie - 9
The Blues Brothers - 7
An American Werewolf in London - 10
Spies Like Us - 6
Three Amigos - 6
Amazon Women on the Moon - 6

Man, I love KFM. It's amazing how much more people could get away with back in those days. It's such a product of its time. The only studio I know of making stuff like that now is Troma - but KFM was actually widely released theatrically. That is amazing.

[Kurosawa Fan]

For some of his films, it's been far too long since I've seen them.


An American Werewolf in London - 8.5
Trading Places - 7.0
Three Amigos - 5.0
Coming to America - 7.5
Beverly Hills Cop 3 - 2.0

[B-side]

Thriller - 10

This.

[balmakboor]

Animal House - 8
The Blues Brothers - 6
An American Werewolf in London - 9
Trading Places - 8
Twilight Zone: The Movie (prologue & segment 1) - 5
Coming to America - 6

What sad memories I have about Twilight Zone. I actually thought he was going to kill himself over it.

[B-side]

That final shot in the "Thriller" video of Michael turning to the camera with those eyes... so creepy. Used to scare the hell out of me as a kid. Had to look away at that part.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Animal House - 8
The Blues Brothers - 8
An American Werewolf in London - 9
Trading Places - 8
Spies Like Us - 5
Coming to America - 8
Deer Woman - 7
Family - 9

[Pop Trash]

The Kentucky Fried Movie -8
Animal House -8
An American Werewolf in London -9
Twilight Zone: The Movie; Prologue -8, Segment One -7
Thriller -9
Three Amigos! -7
Amazon Women on the Moon -9
Coming to America -8
Beverly Hills Cop 3 -6
Black or White -5

Apparently, I like him.

[Spinal]

When you guys are giving "Thriller" a '10' rating, are you comparing it to other films or other music videos? Cause it's going to be silly when it gets a higher rating than The Bicycle Thief.

[Kurosawa Fan]

When you guys are giving "Thriller" a '10' rating, are you comparing it to other films or other music videos? Cause it's going to be silly when it gets a higher rating than The Bicycle Thief.

Exactly. Perhaps you and I should edit our ballots and give it a one to avoid this problem? :P

[Spun Lepton]

Kentucky Fried Movie -- 9/10
Animal House -- 10/10
The Blues Brothers -- 8/10
An American Werewolf in London -- 9/10
Trading Places -- 7/10
Spies Like Us -- 5/10
Three Amigos -- 7/10
Amazon Women on the Moon -- 6/10
Coming to America -- 8/10
Innocent Blood -- 7/10
Beverly Hills Cop III -- 3/10
The Stupids -- 4/10

[soitgoes...]

Animal House (1978) - 6.5
Trading Places (1983) - 4.5
Spies Like Us (1985) - 6.0
¡Three Amigos! (1986) - 6.0
Coming to America (1988) - 3.0
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) - 1.5
The Stupids (1996) - 1.0

[D_Davis]

When you guys are giving "Thriller" a '10' rating, are you comparing it to other films or other music videos? Cause it's going to be silly when it gets a higher rating than The Bicycle Thief.

Haven't we declared that ratings aren't relative?

[eternity]

Animal House - 7
The Blues Brothers - 8
An American Werewolf in London - 8.5
Trading Places - 8
Three Amigos - 7
Coming to America - 7.5
Beverly Hills Cop 3 - 4
The Stupids - 7 (It's much worse than a 7, but I don't care)

[Thirdmango]

I think I'm the only one alive who's seen The Blues Brothers 2000 but not The Blues Brothers.

I saw 2000 about four years before I saw the original.

Animal House -- 7
The Blues Brothers -- 6
Trading Places -- 4
Spies Like Us -- 5
Three Amigos -- 6
Coming to America -- 4
Oscar -- 5
Beverly Hills Cop 3 -- 3
Blues Brothers 2000 -- 6

Thriller -- 6

Hey, it's not often I have a lot on the consensus.

[MadMan]

Looking over what I've seen from him, I didn't realize I liked the guy so much as a director. I'm also trying to decide if Thriller should crack my Top 100 or not, seeing it is could be considered as a short film. Hmmm.

1. Thriller(1983)-10.0
2. Animal House(1978)-9.5
3. An American Werewolf in London(1981)-9.0
4. Blues Brothers(1980)-9.0
5. Trading Places(1983)-8.5; hmm this needs a second viewing
6. Coming to America(1988)-8.5-See above
7. Three Amigos!(1986)-7.0

My local videostore has a couple of his other movies, and I may check those out. Overall, he qualifies as one of my favorite directors, I guess.

[D_Davis]

So few ratings for Kentucky Fried Movie.

[Spun Lepton]

So few ratings for Kentucky Fried Movie.

Yeah! And the ratings here are poor, for the most part. Are we living in Bizarro World, because last I checked, KFM is hysterical. :)

SEE! CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS IN TROUBLE!

[MadMan]

So few ratings for Kentucky Fried Movie.I'll get around to it, eventually ;)

[Bosco B Thug]

The Blues Brothers - 6
An American Werewolf in London - 8.5

[Russ]

Kentucky Fried Movie - 7.5
Animal House - 8
The Blues Brothers - 7.5
An American Werewolf in London - 8.5
Trading Places - 7
Spies Like Us - 4
Three Amigos - 5
Amazon Women on the Moon - 5.5
Coming to America - 6
Oscar - 4
Beverly Hills Cop III - 3.5

[StanleyK]

Trading Places - 8

[Ezee E]

Loved the hell out of An American Werewolf in London. So rare (are there others) in which you see horror and comedy done so well without one overshadowing the other.

The wolf at the end is a bit dated, but the other special effects are still amazing.

Great stuff.

[dreamdead]

I've seen several of his films, and remember being freaked out by the ending of Werewolf when I was younger, but lack sufficient recall to even try to project ratings on these suckas. What a letdown for me.:|

Will put KFC on the queue, though.

[balmakboor]

Loved the hell out of An American Werewolf in London. So rare (are there others) in which you see horror and comedy done so well without one overshadowing the other.

The wolf at the end is a bit dated, but the other special effects are still amazing.

Great stuff.

I thought it was fun how every song had "moon" in the lyrics. That was also the first time I every saw Griffin Dunne. Then I loved him in After Hours. Then he disappeared. Whatever happened to him?

[Ezee E]

RESULTS:
1. Thriller - 8.86 (7)
2. Am American Werewolf in London - 8.53 (17)
3. Kentucky Fried Movie - 7.75 (6)
4. Animal House - 7.38 (16)
5. Blues Brothers - 7.33 (15)
6. Trading Places - 6.96 (13)
7. Coming to America - 6.77 (13)
8. Amazon Women on the Moon - 6.7 (5)
9. Twilight Zone - 6.5 (4)
10. Three Amigos - 6 (13)
11. Spies Like Us - 5.17 (6)
12. The Stupids - 4.9 (5)
13. Beverly Hills Cop III - 4 (10)
-Innocent Blood - 6 (3)
-Oscar - 5 (3)
-Black or White - 5 (1)
-Mr. Warmth - 6.5 (1)
-Blues Brothers 2000 - 6 (1)
-Deer Woman - 5.5 (2)
-Family - 7.75 (2)

= 6.87

THRILLER KILLER - eternity
THE ONLY ONE WHO SAW BLUES BROTHERS 2000 and RATED IT: Thirdmango

Pretty sure this director has the biggest decline in quality over time. Maybe FFC coming close.

[eternity]

...but I didn't rate Thriller.

[Ezee E]

...but I didn't rate Thriller.
Just another award for Thirdmango then.

[Derek]

I hope everyone's planning to watch/rate the "Cold Hearted Snake" video for the Fincher consensus.

[Ezee E]

I hope everyone's planning to watch/rate the "Cold Hearted Snake" video for the Fincher consensus.
Ha. Thriller is a legit choice I think for his consensus. Really started the trend of doing something besides performance-based music videos.

[Pop Trash]

Pretty sure this director has the biggest decline in quality over time. Maybe FFC coming close.

Well, I still think Beverly Hills Cop 3 is better then 2.

[Derek]

Ha. Thriller is a legit choice I think for his consensus. Really started the trend of doing something besides performance-based music videos.

You've opened Pandora's Box E and Fincher's overall rating will have to pay the price. ;)

[Spinal]

Cold Hearted > Benjamin Button

[Ezee E]

You've opened Pandora's Box E and Fincher's overall rating will have to pay the price. ;)
Fincher has directed the best Michael Jackson music video though. "Scream"

[MacGuffin]

Well, I still think Beverly Hills Cop 3 is better then 2.

It is.