J.J. Abrams responds to criticism over TFA being a rip-off of A New Hope

[hershel_layton]

coolbeans said:

hershel_layton said:
Why do people hate him so much?

he's honestly not that bad of a director as people make him. His Star Trek movie was the only one that actually convinced me to watch a Star Trek movie for the first time ever.

http://www.siggraph.org/discover/news/jj-abrams-receive-ves-visionary-award

It's not like he's that great of a director either.  And that's where a lot of counter-reaction to him probably lies: he's not some King Midus where everything he's involved in directing is gold like bullshitters in Hollywood try to hold him up as being.  He's just coming off getting some of these awards after his last directional effort was the terribly disappointing Star Trek: Into Darkness.  And, aside from lens flaring shit up, his visual style + writing (in films) is just in mimicking the people he grew up with: Speilberg, Lucas, etc.  It's all surface-level stuff when given a more thorough analysis.

Edit: I should say that's always been my reaction before TFA.

 

 

I don't see why anyone even considers him amazing.

 

I mean, I enjoyed the Star Trek he directed. However, of course Spielberg and others are going to be much greater. It's common sense