Brett Ratner Welcomes Fanboy Hatred
Wed, October 14, 2009 
I just don’t understand this inane hatred for Brett Ratner. The dude’s made a couple of decent films like Red Dragon and The Family Man and seems likeable enough. Oh that’s right. “He ruined X-Men!” screams fanboys. Reality check, people. Ratner was brought so late into the game of X-Men: The Last Stand that he had little-to-no impact on key decisions made for the third installment.
The producers and 20th Century Fox had already settled on the story, casting, locations, etc. under director Matthew Vaughn. But after he jumped ship at the 11th Hour, they needed someone to do a “9 to 5” job in order to make its Memorial Day 2006 release, tell the DP where to point the camera, bullshit with the cast/crew between takes, etc. Ratner happened to be available just at that moment.
You wanna place the blame on someone? Take your hatred to the studio (for basically settling on a release date 100% to say “Fuck you!” to Bryan Singer for leaving to helm Superman Returns), the producers and Matthew Vaughn who cooked up the story with the screenwriters. Hell, one could even place a bit of blame on Singer too for jumping ship like he did (even though it was understandable and I’m personally on his side in that situation!)
But no, fuck the facts. It’s still all Ratner’s fault. Give me a break. It doesn’t help matters that Ratner himself is adding fuel to the fire with some of his recent statements like this month-old interview with Star Pulse - which for some odd and unexplained reason is just now making the rounds. To be fair, he makes some valid points like this one:
“Every single person that wrote shit went to see that movie multiple times because a movie doesn't gross $200 something million unless people go to see it more than once. Every single person who said, ‘I'm never seeing that movie,’ they were the first ones there.”
At the same time, he comes off like a douche stating that his solo X-Men outing remains the franchise’s highest grosser “by far.”
Although that fact is undeniable (unless you're an idiot fanboy who ignores said facts), it's two-fold. Bryan’s first two films were so damn popular (and successful) that it didn’t matter who the Hell directed the third one. It was going to be a monster hit regardless based on how effective Bryan adapted that universe to the silver screen, cast the roles, etc. Can't have it both ways, Brett.
Then again, there's nothing he can do to "win" with some of these idiots.
Reader Comments (1)
Red Dragon? Remaking a Michael Mann film seems like an excellent idea... not.