Everyone's a critic. Yeah, that's a cliched statement, but it's true. It's human nature. We can't help it. And it's especially true among us pop culture nerds. We spend years devouring movies, TV, novels and comic books to develop our palettes. So, we think we have a pretty good idea of what quality material is. And we also think we have a good idea of what sucks. Look anywhere on the internet, and you'll find lists of directors who are considered bad. Directors that lack any real vision, are catering to what's wrong with the movie going public today or who just seem to be making movies for a paycheck. The directors that I'm going to talk about today are typically on those lists. Michael Bay, Eli Roth, Roland Emmerich...they're all here. These directors receive so much hate that it's actually starting to get old. But the truth is, while maybe they don't make the best movies or directing choices, they're far from the worst directors of all time (Hal Warren and Coleman Francis, anyone?) So, hows about we stop pretending to hate these guys and just get on with our lives, eh? Oh, FYI, Uwe Boll isn't on this list. All hate towards him is pretty justified.
10. Dennis Dugan
Dennis Dugan has gotten a bad rep all his career. Mostly because he's Adam Sandler's go-to director, and there really hasn't been an Adam Sandler movie that people considered good in quite a while (and some would say there's never been one). Dugan usually takes all the flack for this, but I don't think it's particularly his fault that these movies are the way they are. The scripts for these movies are the real problem, and Adam Sandler is such a big name that he has more control over his material than whatever poor sap he signs on to direct. Dugan probably just shuts up and doesn't question anything. That's maybe his biggest problem, but then again, he has a job that most people would kill for. Also, he directed Problem Child and Saving Silverman. I'll always have sort of a soft spot for those movies.