5. Bryan Singer - Superman Returns
When youre break into the mainstream is The Usual Suspects, youre always going to be fighting a losing battle. Youre never going to match perfection, but its the mark everything you do will be judged against. Thankfully for Bryan Singer, the average Apt Pupil was followed up by the first two X-Men. Films so influential they jumpstarted a new era in blockbuster filmmaking and brought him a new fanbase, they showed that there was more than a good twist in him. But just after hed reaffirmed his status, Singer went and not only missed the mark on his next film, but doomed X-Men to wallow with skin deep outputs until he returned (as producer). Superman was always Singers true superhero love, but Returns didn't appeal in the right way to those of a similar disposition (or the general audience). Thats all by the by, however, as it was more what Singer didn't do, than what he did, that reflected badly on him. He let down the fandom that had pulled him beyond being a one shot director, leaving Brett Ratner and Vinnie Jones to make such a mockery of X-Men its amazing wasn't fully rebooted.
Did he pull it back? Jack The Giant Slayer was CGI coated mediocrity, but X-Men: Days Of Future Past promises something fresh. If it lives halfway up to the hype we should be very happy.