From the Brow of Zeus

Ever notice that most big name directors start out doing horror movies?

• Stephen Speilberg [Indiana Jones], Duel (1971).
• Kathryn Bigelow [The Hurt Locker], Near Dark (1987)
• Sam Raimi [Spider-Man], The Evil Dead (1981).
• Peter Jackson [Lord of the Rings], Bad Taste (1987).
• Guillermo Del Toro [Pan's Labyrinth], Cronos (1993).
• James Cameron [Titanic], Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981)
• Francis Ford Coppola [Godfather], The Terror (1963).
• Tony Scott [True Romance], The Hunger (1983).

It's like the Correct and Unalterable Path of an A+ Director is to start out doing horror movies and end up making big budget action features.

Also helps explain why everyone hates Michael Bay. After directing a Playboy video or two (heh), Michael Bay's first picture was the action buddy cop movie Bad Boys. Only after directing successful action movies like Armageddon and The Rock did he dabble in horror, producing remakes of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th.

Other reasons no one respects Michael Bay: Pearl Harbor, his face, and that two and a half our Shia LeBouf romantic comedy with some robots in the background.

Note: Thanks to Googleshng for helping me come up with this list.

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