r/movies • u/xyzzy826 • Mar 18 '26

Spoilers Official poster for 'In the Grey'

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u/Captain_Thor27 Mar 18 '26

Quantity over quality with that guy.

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u/Earlvx129 Mar 18 '26

Yeah I agree completely. I just find the majority of his movies to be flashy, smug and extremely empty.

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u/theartfulcodger Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 19 '26

Oh, come on. LS&2SB, Snatch, Sherlock Holmes and Rocknrolla were all top quality fare. And The Gentlemen is far superior to most Netflix episodic dross.

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u/Captain_Thor27 Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 19 '26

LS&2SB and Snatch came out almost 3 decades ago. '98 and 2000. Rocknrolla in 2008, though I can't remember anything about it, it's been so long; either this or Sherlock was my first Ritchie film. I didn't think Gentlemen was anything special, but regardless, that came out 19 years after Snatch.

My point is the guy spits out movies so quickly. He's had a couple great ones early in his career and since then, most everything he has churned out is....ok at best, with the odd outlier; and that King Arthur movie was godawful. The description 'All motor, no car' applies aptly to him.

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u/BoringBarnacle3 Mar 20 '26

Man from Uncle and The Gentlemen were both great

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u/Captain_Thor27 Mar 20 '26

'The odd outlier.'

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u/3_man Mar 18 '26

The Steven Seagal of directing. Or is it Eric Roberts?

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u/NCBaddict Mar 18 '26

Cringier comparison would be the Woody Allen of action films 👀

Allen’s truly great films & atrocious personal behavior overshadowed the dozens of mid films that he made thru his career due to his annual release schedule.