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Originally Posted by jackhammer
A 'hack' is someone brought into a film to pick up the missing pieces or is a director for hire that the studio can rely on to do what they are told and produce a film to comply with their commercial criteria.
If you really think that Aronofsky is a hack then you have a very poor understanding of movies in general.
If you don't like his films then that is fair enough but he is far from a hack and each film he has done has a tonality distinctly different from his last.
This is not about one viewers opinion differing to another's either.
A genuine film fan should appreciate a director that constantly challenges the status quo and admire them for it. Liking their films is immaterial.
I am not a big fan of Kubrick, Hartley or Tarantino but I appreciate their films and look beyond my dislike to watch their films without comparing them to genuine 'hack' films that only trade in box office ratio numbers.
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I felt like calling him a "hack" because I don't like his films even though I have watched all of his films at least once. They just do nothing for me. I don't care for his directing style or anything of that nature.