Reply #79: Hitchcock wasn't going for "important"

[Nailzberg]

That's the difference. It doesn't matter what kind of movie you direct. The question is whether or not you do it well. Speilberg is hit or miss in that department. And the reason he is picked apart by the important film folks, is because what he strives for in his work. He made it his standard. He has to reach it. That isn't what Hitchcock went after, so it doesn't matter if he made "important films".