The original three Star Wars episodes stood as the most obvious comparison for Jackson's trilogy, whose classic literary origins helped them be taken more seriously. (dvdizzy.com)
The most obvious comparison for «wunderkind gone sour» in recent memory is M. Night Shyamalan, who was Oscar - nominated at 29 for making The Sixth Sense (the second highest - grossing movie of 1999) but hasn't directed a remotely well - received film since 2002's Signs. (theatlantic.com)
At the mid-point this clever play with conventions descends into the kind of torture porn that presently dominates the genre, with a cruelty that drew obvious comparisons with Michael Haneke's Funny Games (1997). (sensesofcinema.com)