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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 316973" data-attributes="member: 812">Given that the discussion is to choose between Courtney Solomon and Peter Jackson, I'm voting for Courtney.Not because he's a better director (I doubt HE would disagree with that assessment) but because he obviously loves D&D and loved making that film so much. Yeah, it was goofy and the dialogue was terrible and there were performances in that film that just made me wince, but at least they really really tried.A movie like Swordfish, for example, sucks not because the people making the film don't know their jobs but because they don't have any respect for what they're doing or their audience or the world around them. There's no sense that these people truly love what they're doing. I hate films like that with a passion. I'd much rather watch something made by incompetents who are TRYING than skilled professionals who don't give a crap. I'd rather watch minor hockey or local boxing, too.The D&D movie certainly felt like a labour of love. There were some great moments -- the leads were charming and had great chemistry, Jeremy Irons was crazed and deranged and his second-in-command was GREAT! I thought. And Courtney Solomon learned a lot while making it. It was his first film -- good for him for sticking to it for the many many years it took him to get it made, and getting it done on his own.I doubt he'll get a sequel because my understanding is he only had the rights to a single film, and now that WotC is in the mix they're never going to let some punk from Toronto play around with their trademark. So cheers to Courtney for at least getting it done.</blockquote>

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