Match Cut Directors Consensus - Joe Johnston

[dreamdead]

Welcome to Joe Johnston's week. Rate his stuff, y'all.

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Filmography here:

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) (director)
The Rocketeer (1991) (director)
Jumanji (1995) (director)
October Sky (1999) (director)
Jurassic Park III (2001) (director)
Hidalgo (2004) (director)
The Wolfman (2010) (director)

[dreamdead]

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) - 4
The Rocketeer (1991) - 7
Jumanji (1995) - 4
October Sky (1999) - 6
Jurassic Park III (2001) - 4

[Boner M]

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - 5
Jumanji - 7
Jurassic Park III - 5

[Mysterious Dude]

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - 7.5
Jumanji - 6
October Sky - 8
Jurassic Park III - 6

[EyesWideOpen]

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) (director) - 6
The Rocketeer (1991) (director) - 6
Jumanji (1995) (director) - 7
Jurassic Park III (2001) (director) - 5
Hidalgo (2004) (director) - 6

[Dead & Messed Up]

Honey I Shrunk the Kids - 7
The Rocketeer - 8
Jumanji - 6
Jurassic Park III - 7

[Ezee E]

I haven't seen Honey, I Shrunk The Kids since I was a kid, so I'll abstain from that.

The Rocketeer - 9
Jurassic Park III - 4
Hidalgo - 3
The Wolfman - 3

[Raiders]

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) 6.0
The Rocketeer (1991) 6.5
Jumanji (1995) 4.0
Jurassic Park III (2001) 6.0

[Weeping_Guitar]

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) - 5
The Wolfman (2010) - 5

[MacGuffin]

Why bother?

[soitgoes...]

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) - 5.5
The Rocketeer (1991) - 6.0
The Pagemaster (1994) - 2.0
Jumanji (1995) - 5.0
October Sky (1999) - 6.0
Jurassic Park III (2001) - 2.0
Hidalgo (2004) - 3.0
The Wolfman (2010) - 4.5

[Grouchy]

The Rocketeer - 8
Jumanji - 5

Weird that I never saw Jurassic Park III, but there it is.

[baby doll]

I think it's officially time we switch over to doing actor consensuses.

[B-side]

Why bother?
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[soitgoes...]

I think it's officially time we switch over to doing actor consensuses.
That's ridiculous. There's still a ton of directors out there that are worthwhile to do. Joe Johnston isn't one of them, but I don't think because he pops up one week that that should be the end of these. The next 6 weeks consist of good/great directors.

[MadMan]

Even though he only made five films, I'm all for covering Cornel Wilde sometime. Mainly because I recently saw and liked The Naked Prey.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) (director)-8.0
The Rocketeer (1991) (director)-7.5
Jumanji (1995) (director)-6.5
October Sky (1999) (director)-7.5
Jurassic Park III (2001) (director)-7.0
Hidalgo (2004) (director)-7.0

He's an okay director who's made some entertaining movies. I like him well enough-maybe one day he'll knock something out of the park.

[Rowland]

I haven't seen Honey I Shrunk the Kids or Jumanji since I was a kid.

Jurassic Park III - 5.0
Hidalgo - 4.0
The Wolfman - 5.5

[StanleyK]

Jurassic Park III - 2

[StanleyK]

According to the scores, JPIII is more well received here than The Lost World. That is disgusting.

[Spinal]

Jumanji - 5.5

[Derek]

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[Spinal]

Yeah, I almost didn't bother showing up for this one.

[MadMan]

According to the scores, JPIII is more well received here than The Lost World. That is disgusting.Its correct, though. JP III is better than the rather bloated and mediocre Lost World.

[origami_mustache]

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - 6
Jumanji - 2
Jurassic Park III - 2

[dreamdead]

The Rocketeer - 7.25 (8)
October Sky - 6.875 (4)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - 6 (10)
Jumanji - 5.2727 (11)
Hidalgo - 4.6 (5)
Jurassic Park III - 4.5833 (12)
The Wolfman 4.5 (4)

Did not Qualify:
The Pagemaster - 2 (1)

Completist: soitgoes... :pritch:
Surveying his last decade, the chance that Captain America is good: pretty much nil

[balmakboor]

I came in late so I'll just say I like the top three very much. The others not so very much.

[StanleyK]

Its correct, though. JP III is better than the rather bloated and mediocre Lost World.

No way. The Lost World is actually about something, namely the strength of the parent-child bond (key theme in Spielberg's filmography), in this case as it encompasses all sorts of species, building on the 'life finds a way' moral of the first film; it has flaws, sure (like the groan-inducing scene of the little girl kicking the Raptor, or the fact that the protagonists are actually the cause of most of the problems), but it's overall successful, and it's held up for me on repeated viewings. Plus it has some amazing action sequences; the set-piece with the truck hanging on the cliff is better than the entirety of it JPIII, which is just a soulless cash-in.

[baby doll]

Surveying his last decade, the chance that Captain America is good: pretty much nilI hope based on the title that it's about a rabid tea-bagger who wants to take his country back by rounding up illegal immigrants.

[eternity]

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) - nostalgic 7
The Rocketeer (1991) - 7
Jumanji (1995) - 5
October Sky (1999) - 3
Jurassic Park III (2001) - 2
Hidalgo (2004) - 3

[NickGlass]

Oof. The two reasons I participated: (1) Jumanji is a childhood favorite and (2) I wanted to knock the dreadfully dull The Rocketeer, October Sky, and Jurassic Park III down another peg.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: 6.0
The Rocketeer: 4.0
Jumanji: 7.0
October Sky: 4.0
Jurassic Park III: 3.5

[Morris Schæffer]

Plus it has some amazing action sequences; the set-piece with the truck hanging on the cliff is better than the entirety of it JPIII, which is just a soulless cash-in.

And the most thrilling scene doesn't even involve dinos. I'm speaking of that pier + boat scene. The build-up is masterful and the boat emerging from the darkness looks terrifying. But, but perhaps I prefer JP III. I'm not sure.