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I think he's over-rated.you dn't think it's possible for a director to hide his shortcomings by highlighting his strong point(s)? Argento is totally visual, but I don't get much else from him. His stories are generally Hitchcock ripoffs. And how many "gloves" do we need as vilains? I wouldn't call his dialogue great either. SO to me he has one really great sense (the visual side) and other than that he's not a great director. BUt people hype his shit like he's brilliant. Honestly I've seen at least a dozen if not more of his films. There's a small handful I found enjoyable.
The ones you listed as horrible films are horrible. And I'd say that the majority of his films just didn't entertain me or I found them too --- I don't know? Can you be a cliche of yrself?
Now Fulci is far more consistant. That part I agree with.
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