[CaptainCrunch]

You know, I've been thinking about this for a while.

One of the previous posters is right, why is there an expectation that a movie with tits, explosions and gadgets doesn't have to be smart, because it looks terrific. I'll admit, I wasn't overly negative about Terminator Salvation because I went in with low expectations.

I hated Star Trek XI because I went in with high expectations and the thing to me was pooo.

The Dark Knight was amazing because it combined all the elements strongly.

But the bottom line is that I hate directors like McG and Bay because they think that they're smarter then the average film goer who is reduced in their minds to being entertained not by a good story, not by a good plot or good acting but by loud sounds, CGI and explosions.

I will admit to all people here that I love all of the Star Wars movies, thats right, the pre and original movies. Because George Lucas has an incredible story vision, he has an inner mind where he see's his story. His problem is that his dialogue pulls you right out of that vision. We saw that it worked in Empire Strikes back when you combined his vision with great dialogue.

Bay and McGee have no vision where they can see a story, and they certainly can't connect it with fleshed out characters.

I hate JJ Abrams' as well, I hate him because instead of writing strong stories that you can get behind he has to go out of his way to do stupidly shocking things to get your attention instead of letting his movie work and character work and visual work hook you. You go knowing that there's going to be a twist or surprise.

Lost isn't a new story, its basically Gilligan's Island with monsters, but he hooks you because you can live with the bad dialogue and sometimes stupid characters to get to the end.

Cloverfield was a very average horror movie, but you kept expecting that hook or surprise near the end, and you never got it so you left feeling slightly nauseous and irritated.

Call me when a director can make you care enough about their movie so that 30 years later you still wonder who the hell "Rose Bud" is, or your so into characters that you cry when old yeller gets plugged, or you feel real fear for your character when Darth Vader starts blasting his buddies left right and center and he's next.

These big name directors have gotten lazy and you don't feel attached to movies anymore.