I like Rodriguez, but those spy kids movies are pretty hard to watch. I also like special effects/fantasy movies, but spy kids 3 had some of the worst special effects I’ve ever seen. It just really felt slap-dash, like he wan’t putting enough time into it.
The interviews I’ve seen with Rodriguez lately don’t help things. He comes off very arrogant. He talks shit about all the failures of the “studio” system or the traditional way of filmaking, but isn’t really putting out superior product, IMHO. He does seem happy with it, though. Most DVD commentaries from directors seems to focus on failures or things they are not happy with, but not Rodriguez.
Say what you want about him, there is no doubt that that is his vision on the screen. He does so many jobs now that there is really only him to blame for failures or give the credit for successes. Production designer, cinematographer, camera operator, editor, director and now he learned how to score film for OUATIM.
He said that the reason OUATIM was delayed was because he wanted to take the time to learn how to do real film scoring.
I also applaud him for being one of the few mainstream directors out there who employs or makes stories about Latinos. He’s also a populist, in that he seems to really encourage people to learn about filmmaking and that’s nice.
He seems to make his money back each time he makes a film, so I’m sure we’ll be seeing a lot more movies from him in the future.
