what other films has he directed again?

(quintsy, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:29, 3 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Super 8, one of the mission impossibles, and the star trek reboots.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:30, Reply)

:/

(quintsy, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:31, Reply)

And cloverfield.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:31, Reply)

Cloverfield was excellent.
I quite liked Super 8 as well.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:32, Reply)

I liked cloverfield because all the annoying characters were dead at the end

(quintsy, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:33, Reply)

The big joy with JJ Abrams films is the hidden bits and pieces.
There are squillions of self-referential things that you don't pick up on the first viewing. Cloverfield is full of them.
And in Lost, almost every flashback scene has some kind of reference to the six numbers, or another character, or something about the island.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:36, Reply)

that's what I want from what I watch
A complete lack of plot, shit unlikeable charcters and plenty of unconnected shit in the background
(quintsy, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:37, Reply)

You can equate with the people who study literature in depth.
At first read, it's a story - good, bad or indifferent.
To an English Lit graduate, it's an insightful allegory with hidden motifs and repeating themes.

You get what you want out of entertainment.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:39, Reply)

I want tv and films that grab me by the throat, punch me in the face and shit down my throat
That's why I really loved Kindergarten Cop
(quintsy, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:41, Reply)

I love that bit where Arnie says "Who is your daddy and what is his job"

(PsychoChomp, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:44, Reply)

and one girl goes 'my daddy stares at vaginas all day long'
Nice one
(quintsy, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:46, Reply)

:O

(quintsy, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:32, Reply)

Star Trek reboot was boss.
Excellent casting
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 14:11, Reply)

Lost was his big thing

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:30, Reply)

oh that shit can fuck right off

(quintsy, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:31, Reply)

Yeah, the problem with Lost
seems to be that JJ Abrams didn't know how it was supposed to end, so he made up some shite that didn't explain anything.
Fucking rip off.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:34, Reply)

it never had any point or direction
It was any old random pile of shit every week for as long as boxset loving dicks were prepared to swallow it
(quintsy, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:35, Reply)

He also wrote Armageddon.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 28 Jan 2013, 13:31, Reply)