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Uwe Bolle and Ed Wood are two completely different entities that have nothing in common except, as you said, there are a lot of detractors towards their films. Uwe's can't be enjoyed on any level, as the few I've seen (House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark) aren't funny, scary, gory, artful, or entertaining in any way. But he is simply a robot, manufacturing films to fit the genre stereotypes afforded to him by major studios with B-class (maybe C-class; Tara Reid?) stars to boot. Ed put a lot of heart and effort into his works, and if you just ignore any association with him and sit down and watch his films, they're really fucking good! Straight-up hilarious (and, again, at least most of this had to be intentional) and full of good ideas. Plan 9 is not my favorite film by him, in fact I think it IS one of his worst (though it's still really good, especially compared to any of the Hollywood bullshit films coming out today).. my favorite is DEFINITELY Glen or Glenda, which is fucking brilliant. Ed Wood, to me, was like a John Waters for his time. He had a grin on his face when doing those movies -- who wouldn't? It was his dream. And even his porn flicks are pretty cool. He also wrote some novels, only one of which I've been able to read. Good stuff. Real classy. And it'll hold up years from now. Uwe Bolle's films would've looked dated 10 years before they came out. He will be forgotten. Anyway, my point was that Ed did everything pretty much on his own. Very "DIY". And he had a flare for production and marketing. His films can't all be only celebrated for their ineptitude considering that all the shots look good and are in focus. I think the biggest thing to me, though, is that his films all seem to have heart. Which is odd. But watch one of his films and then watch something completely heartless and greed-consumed like The Matrix Revolutions and you tell me which one is better. Very odd.
And while I totally respect Ed Wood's films and his artistic vision, I will have to say that I don't totally enjoy the fact that he was racist, an alcohol, and a wifebeater. I wonder why that stuff wasn't in Tim Burton's film.......
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