Brett Ratner is an A-hole!

By Brian Kronner on 10.20.2009

Director Brett Ratner has blasted fan who were unhappy with X3: THE LAST STAND…because he is stupid.

Everyone who knew anything was skeptical when Ratner was chosen to replace Bryan Singer for the follow-up to the ultra-popular X2: X-MEN UNITED. We were skeptical because Ratner sucks. And he proved us right, but he doesn’t think so.

Ratner: "You can’t make these people happy. I’m kind of the anti-Christ to these comic book geeks. 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.”

That is right, it grossed over $200 million, but $122 of that came in the first weekend. Then, after word of mouth got around, it did only $34 million the following weekend. That’s a 72% drop. X-MEN only dropped 58% back when the general public had no idea who the X-Men were. Then X2’s drop was only 53% the second weekend. That’s 20 percentage points that Bryan Singer built up and Ratner lost. Not to mention a large percentage of X3’s opening weekend came with that Midnight showing on Thursday before people could be warned off. Myself included.

Ratner: "Every single person who said, ‘I’m never seeing that movie’, they were the first ones there. What are they concerned about? It’s out of the filmmaker’s hands. A film is a collaborative effort. How’s a person sitting at home going to worry about how a movie is going
to turn out to be?"

How are we going to worry? Really? Just cause we’re not collecting a paycheck doesn’t mean we’re not invested. Obviously we were more invested than you since we actually care it sucked. Ol’ Mr. Ratfink just took his check and was done with it. The hip thing to do now is to bag on the fanboys and laugh at the internet comments, but truth is no one can even debate this was as good as the first 2 movies. Ratner measures success with Box Office, ignoring what the critics and fan base think. This isn’t some personal project of yours Brett. It’s not something you can say “I’m gonna make this for me and if they don’t like it they can blow me”. Upon accepting the job you took on a responsibility to bring to life the characters we loved. You had it easy. Singer had already laid the ground work. The previous movies were well received and you have characters that were widely popular. But that was your problem, you knew no matter how shitty the movie was it would still make money because of the previous 2. You knew you didn’t have to try so you didn’t.

Ok, maybe that was unfair. After all you couldn’t have had a no-care attitude when you did MONEY TALKS right? That was your first big movie, so I would assume you worked real hard right? Yeah? Well, there you have it. That movie sucked balls too, so I guess it’s not an effort thing. You’re just a no-talent hack.

Hard to believe someone who directed so many Mariah Carey and Madonna videos wouldn’t have what it took to make a good movie. Weird. Ok, I’ll give you RUSH HOUR 2. That was good for a sequel. Unlike RUSH HOUR 3.

Oh and here is the prize winner here, Ratner insists that he helped to revive the series and ultimately made it more popular than ever.

Ratner: "The most ridiculous statement I’ve read is - and of course I looked at the internet after the movie came out - that I buried the franchise. If I buried the franchise how the fuck did they make a Wolverine? I mean, that’s ridiculous. And they’re making three other
fucking X-Men movies. Mine kept the franchise alive!"

Yes, Wolverine, maybe the most popular character in the entire Marvel Universe, got a movie because of you. If you’re movie didn’t fuck everything up, we would’ve gotten X4 instead of the 2 hours of homo-erotic behavior that was the WOLVERINE movie.

In no way did Brett Ratner make X-Men more popular. Unless he just means stronger, like as in “What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.” He didn’t keep it alive, the franchise survived him. And his shittiness leaked into the WOLVERINE movie by having lowered the bar to a point Gavin Hood could trip over it and still come out ok.

brett ratner

Unrelated: X3 shouldn’t have been called ‘THE LAST STAND’, it should have been ‘X3: MUTANTS WHO JUMP REALLY HIGH’. Just sayin’.

28 Comments

		2009-10-20 20:10:25 UnknownSoldier84 This guy is a grade A boy-toucher! What a dick!

		2009-10-20 22:10:04 batfan5748 ratner is a total piece of shit.... we fanboys and comic geeks are the ones giving him a paycheck... he can suck my balls.... X-3 was a bigger pile of shit than gili... he made wolie into some pussy bitch... im just sayin i hope mr ratner gets hit by a bus pissed on and then lit on fire... fuck you mr ratner

		2009-10-20 23:10:47 MUNKRAWK Like I say, He should be tied to an over filled hot air balloon by his tiny nut sack. Then shot at with pellet guns.

		2009-10-21 00:10:10 DEATHDEALER What a douche.

		2009-10-21 05:10:34 Toni Smith Bear in mind: this asshole worships that fucking child rapist Roman Polanski, he even gave him a cameo in Rush Hour 3. Even worse when you consider how many of Ratner's tweets were about the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus, no joke.

		2009-10-21 09:10:39 Grimlock Fuck you Ratner! You deserve to get your ass rocked by an elephant with blue balls. You are the epitome of a douche bag who can't see his own faults. Stop directing, you look like a strung out dope dealer who likes to molest small children. Fucktard.

		2009-10-21 14:10:08 Norman SYKISHI - What are you, 12? X3 wasn't that bad? It was fucking terrible, and it was fucking terrible long before IRON MAN and DARK KNIGHT came out. X2 was great, X3 had ZERO redeeming qualities

		2009-10-21 14:10:20 Sykishi x-3 wasent that bad but it seems like if its not dark knight or iron man idiots feel the need to shit on it to make them selfs feel better. I think he has some valid points up there anyway.

		2009-10-21 16:10:33 Sykishi @norman you open with an attack at guessing my age? really? anyway, I have a nack for just enjoying movies at face value instead of trying to constantly compare them to other works. Yes, x-3 was bad compared to many many films but the action was well shot and plentiful.Bitch about ranter all you want the dude can shoot action, but none of you will admit it because your bias.

		2009-10-21 17:10:13 Dr. Kronner Woah now, first off here in all fairness, Norman did bring up the age, but only after Sykishi called everyone idiots who needed to feel better about themselves. Now I don't think of myself as an idiot and I did compare it to something, X2. And it was nowhere as good. Forget that story should be more important than action sequences, Ratner is not gifted. "Oh! Lets have all the mutants jump!" The bridge scene was almost as bad as Juggernaut. Ratner has never done a good movie...ever.

		2009-10-21 21:10:08 MUNKRAWK ..........damned idiot

		2009-10-21 21:10:35 MUNKRAWK I think Ratner is a god

		2009-10-22 01:10:38 Sykishi @ kronner He may have never made a movie you like, but if he never made a "good" movie how is it that he gets millions of dollars to make movies over anyone else? opinion is not fact.

		2009-10-22 03:10:15 MUNKRAWK Rich people can still be an A-hole. Listen, making movies for fat cat execs is completely different from pleasing long time fans of the franchise. So Sykishi, you are just one of the lonely people who liked X3. Simple as that. 90% of X-Men fans fucking hated X3. He only cares about pleasing the people who write his cheques and not the people who watch the movies. of course X-men 3 is gonna make lots of money, because the first two set a standard that created a buzz and got loads of people excite

		2009-10-22 03:10:52 MUNKRAWK excited. Then Ratner comes along and totally FUCKS it up. Hard Core. Word of mouth means fuck all when it comes to fans and their movies. They want to see for themselves. Doesn't mean they liked it and Ratner is STILL an A-hole. End of story

		2009-10-22 07:10:34 Toni Smith And again Sukiyaki, he worships a fucking child rapist, X-3 or no, Worships Polanski, doesn't that speak droves of his character or is it just me?

		2009-10-22 13:10:40 Sykishi @ tane smoth What does his support of polanski have to do with his movies? Personally i hope someone kills polanski via jailhouse-assrape. @munkrawk So hes a a-hole for making a movie, and your the guy blasting him on the internet. So what does that make you?

		2009-10-22 14:10:01 Toni Smith Supporting Polanski has nothing to do with his movies, but it speaks droves of what kind of human he is, combined with just about everything I've ever heard him say or do, the man is the most reprehensible d-bag in the US and A. Polanski gets my worldwide recognition as biggest D.

		2009-10-22 17:10:38 MUNKRAWK Sykishi, wtf are you talking about? You totally conceded the conversation and started talking about something else. Just go home and stare at your Ratner poster. This site is here specifically for people to have conversations on what they think about comic book movies. So please stop asking stupid questions.

		2009-10-22 19:10:18 Sykishi is that what this site is for? all i see is a bunch of whiny nerds cry about things and pat each other on the back.thats hardly productive conversation, but i must say its quite enjoyable seeing your heads spin once a opinion is voiced thats not like your own.

		2009-10-22 21:10:11 MUNKRAWK Dude, your very first post you came on here and called everyone idiots. Of course you are gonna get attacked. What did you think was gonna happen? Go ahead and voice your opinion, just realize you can voice it without insults.

		2009-10-22 21:10:52 MUNKRAWK I wouldn't like this site if there wasn't stimulating conversation. I'm sure I can speak for everyone when I say we want to hear your opinion. Everyone has conflicts, just keep it friendly.

		2009-10-23 13:10:17 Sykishi it would be nice to be civil but why should i be when you people bluntly attack him? i think its only fair that i may want to call names to i don't want to be left out of all the fun.

		2009-10-23 14:10:04 MUNKRAWK We have the right to hate anyone we want for whatever we want. We also have to right to bitch about people who fuck up the origins of our characters or be disappointed in the way a movie is made. You have the right to come on here and call us idiots, but if you do that then we will come back at you in defense.

		2009-10-23 14:10:49 MUNKRAWK By our characters I mean characters we love and grew up with.

		2009-10-24 13:10:40 SupaScoot yea i think we can all agree that X3 aside, Ratner directs videos for Miley Cyrus...that alone makes him a d-bag...'nuff said

		2009-10-29 03:10:41 DFA1979 anybody who thought a scene where iceman freezes a pond so his girlfriend can ice-skate is someone who should have been kept well away from the franchise

		2009-10-29 03:10:41 DFA1979 damn sorry, got distracted...anybody who though that scene was the best part of the film should have been kept away

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