Ratner is, sadly, exactly what I expected following Singer's departture. I figured that some new, foreign, or music video director would get the big break, or that they'd hire some journeyman that would be either bad (Paul Anderson), or just boring.
Ratner is definitely a boring choice, but I don't see him as quite the Antichrist some do. "Red Dragon" was very well done in my opinion, he showed he could adapt the script and leave bullshit at the door, and credit him or not, he got some nice performances.
Hopefully he'll snag Dante Spinotti again and the film will look fantastic. Hopefully he'll get another great composer like Lalo Schiffrin and we'll get a nice score. Hopefully he brings his "Red Dragon" inner director instead of his bullshit "After the Sunset" sensibilities. Hopefully Fox doesn't do what its most like going to do and fuck the whole thing up.
I was getting really excited about Vaughn. I wonder what happened.