J.J.Abrams : The Worst Director of All time ?

Rating: 3/10 (16 January 2020)

As a Director he is mediocre. At best and disappointing at his worst. He definitely doesn't suck at it he knows his way around setting a scene.
He has only really from what i can find directed 7ish movies or maybe it was 8.
But he has helped produce a bunch of movies otherwise. So he is good at organising film production, going trough scripts and writing to put it together.
But looking at the pattern he rarely works outside the box. He makes safe predictable clichÃ©s with poor plot but yummy scenes and scenarios that show grandiose potential. Which is why continuations in his works are rarely anything good.
I think he would make great B-films and mysterious tv-shows. Super 8 is a good example of what he makes best.
Star Wars is sadly where he is at his weakest. That big of a stage with that many moving pieces is not his thing. He works with a mysterious box but never shows the content. Star Wars is all about opening that box and looking inside.
It's like with Rian Johnson i bet he can make a decent stand alone movie but he is not experienced enough to take on big titles with already ongoing plot lines. "Last Jedi" was oh crap i don't dare do anything with the story beyond what is already said to be okay. While again we can see that JJ is just copying George's already superior first trilogy work into his own safe "nostalgia trip" without really working outside the box because that might not sell. :/