The worst part is going to be the way that NO ONE will admit it publicly for, like, years.  "Yeah, I mean, it's not as good as the original series, but how could it be?" etc, etc.

Oh, yeah, I'd never claim he was bad at his job, but he's absolutely not for me as a general rule.  I'll give Badlands a shot, though.

If I could barely tolerate "The Thin Red Line" - it seemed like Malick really wanted to be a nature photographer, but realized he could make more money if he claimed he was making movies instead (which, I know, if a gross oversimplification, just saying I thought there was too much style and waaaaay too little…

The Battle of Algiers is one of my all-time favorites, but I saw it on the same day I first saw Melville's Army of Shadows and I think that one might just edge out Algiers as one of my favorite 'occupation' movies.  I've never heard of Burn! - I'll definitely check it out, though.