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Have to go with Stanley Kubrick here...Man was a genius
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Can be alive or dead
Have to go with Stanley Kubrick here...Man was a genius
I thought Stanley Kubrick was overrated. I found so much of his stuff to be contrivedly strange. Like it showed how he was deliberately doing strange things rather than letting art happen that coincidentally happened to be weird.
My favorites are Sidney Pollack, Clint Eastwood, Ang Lee and, I think, Robert Redford. All four of them can just take your breath away with their breathtaking visuals and, at the same time, the subtlety of their films.
Luis Buñuel
M. Night Shamalan.:dance: :thumbsup: :rasta: :pimp: :smokin: :stoned:
Quentin Tarantino ... :thumbsup:
i love tarrantinos kinda retro-cool thing,
i also like tim burtons darkly enchanting style,
but the award for "outstanding achivement in the field of excellence" has to go to ( as much as i hate to say it ) stephen spielburg, if you look at his filmography on the IMDB site, theres pretty much no competition.
Orsen Welles (well, at least just Citizen Kane). Stanley Krubrick is not overated either. Things in his films that many consider wierd are there for a purpose. You don't realize the scope are magesty of his films until you get to know the back story. Every detail is significant in some way. Gus Van Sant is also a very good director, as is Tim Burton.
HELL YEAH!.Quote:
Originally Posted by the image reaper
Ridley Scott.
Martin Scorsese and Alfred Hitchcock are on the top of my list ....
Worthy to mention, although their portfolio is much smaller are David Lynch, Clint Eastwood, Q Tarantino, David Cronenberg and David Fincher.
P.S. I'm no film student .... but Kubrick was a genius IMO. 2001, Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Dr. Strangelove, .... just forgive him for Eyes Wide Shut ... ....
eww. I like um... that guy. He did the movie about the thing in the place with the dude... you know who i mean.:stoned:Quote:
Originally Posted by twist n shout
Scorsese, Kubrick, and Tarrantino can battle it out. Impossible to decide.
Also, Kevin Smith is mighty nice, too.
Terry Gilliam probably...
Martin Scorsese.
He only beats out Francis Ford Cappola because of all the crap FFC did in the 80's
Wes Anderson, Stanley Kubrick
Cohen brothers....darren arronofsky....tarentino...Spike Jones...Spike lee......Tom Twykler (german, if you don't know his films, get them!)
As you can see, i like directors with less of a 'blockbuster' mentality.
There is zero questions.... Stanley Kubrick. There were other brillant directors that were somewhat close (Akira Kurosawa, Scorsese...) but in the end, looking at their career from start to finish!, hands down it is Kubrick.
I honestly don't understand how people can argue for Clint Eastwood. Way to hit and miss. And when I say miss, I mean Space Cowboys miss. For me, he has the poetic Million Dollar Baby and not a whole lot left in the bag.
Love Tarantino to death and he has a brillant resume but there should be a bar set for how many films they need to direct before they can be considered. He is up there though.
Just my few pennies though :)
I am a huge fan of resevior dogs, pulp fiction, dusk till dawn, all of quentins works as well as other films he helps out with.
I feel that his directing style appeals to me very much, however, these last "kill Bill" movies, I cannot watch. I'm sorry. I was never so disappointed.
akira kurosawa, his wonderful films are full of atmosphere with brilliant characterisation and samurai violence. watch the seven samurai, sanjiro or yojimbo. some of the best films ever made.
hmm.... my top three would be quentin tarantino, kevin smith and david fincher, but for the best i would probably say tarantino
id have to say quentin tarantino
Zhang Yimou.. "House of Flying Daggers" and "Hero"
Asians kick ass...
Quentin Tarantino is a sick mother, and also very over rated.
I vote Stanley Kubrick. I never get tired of watching his films, there is always some new depth to it I find. I have watched 2001 probably 100 times, mostly toked out of my head.
I loved kill bill 1 and 2, he's the manQuote:
Originally Posted by ValkyrieAg
Full Metal Jacket too, dont forget.Quote:
Originally Posted by DonnieDarko
i like all the Directors u all have said but my fav's are
- Stanley Kubrick
- Francis Ford Capollo
- Martin Scorsese
- Quentin Tarantino
- Steven Spielberg
WES ANDERSON IS MY FAVORITE
Jim Jarmusch
Kevin Smith.
Dogma is pure genius.
Oliver Stone - Platoon, JFK, Natural Born Killers, to name but a few of his classics. Oh! and that Spielberg bloke ;)
Im gonna go with Robert Rodriguez, Tarantino, Scorsese, Luc besson (fifth element and the professional and nakita are some of my fav films of all time), I like amny more but these are my top fav at least
tarantino is prolly the best right now as far as im concerned
WHy isnt this threaad under Movies????? I looked for it for a while the other day just gave up on it?? Theirs a reson wwe got different and specific places to post??
how about mike takeshi (old boy) wong kar wai (3-iron) yoji yamada (twilight samurai)
jae-young kwak? (my sassy girl/windstruck)
to be honest, i never thought much of tarantino as a director. but he does choose good stories. it's funny to me, all the tarantino love yet no one has mentioned guy ritchie.
Good list. Would perhaps add Orson Welles, Steven Soderbergh, Akira Kurosawa, Satyajit Ray, and Kevin Smith.Quote:
Originally Posted by 206 DankySpanky