Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted December 18, 2002 Alfred Hitchcock vs Martin Scorsece Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest C.H.U.D. Report post Posted December 18, 2002 Whoa, Scorcese beat out Welles? Fear the wrath of the movie elitists! My vote is for: Hitchcock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lethargic Report post Posted December 18, 2002 Scorcese in the finals of best director, good lord, what a complete sham. Hitchcock is the winner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hogan Made Wrestling Report post Posted December 18, 2002 Scorsese Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest J*ingus Report post Posted December 18, 2002 Christ, I have at least a dozen others I'd vote for in an instant instead of these two, but ah well, ya takes what ya can get. Scorsese Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 18, 2002 Scorsese Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Insane Bump Machine Report post Posted December 18, 2002 Hitchcock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LooseCannon Report post Posted December 18, 2002 Hitchcock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted December 18, 2002 noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! scorsese Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ArkhamGlobe Report post Posted December 18, 2002 Gah! How to pick? Ah, fuck it, I'll go with Scorsese. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kahran Ramsus Report post Posted December 18, 2002 Hitchcock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JangoFett4Hire Report post Posted December 18, 2002 Martin Scorcese Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Edwin MacPhisto Report post Posted December 18, 2002 Scorcese, though I'd pick at least 3 people who were in the original poll before either of them. Boo, hiss! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lethargic Report post Posted December 18, 2002 This is the saddest poll in the history of mankind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Gamengiri2002 Report post Posted December 18, 2002 no this isn't the saddest poll ever, Kevin Smith could have made it to the finals.... Scorsese of course I'll go ahead and post my top ten, just to weigh in on the contest as a whole. 1.Martin Scorsese 2.Akira Kurosawa 3.Alfred Hitchcock 4.Howard Hawks 5.Francois Truffaut 6.Fritz Lang 7.Ingmar Bergman 8.Orson Welles 9.Stanley Kubrick 10.Roman Polanski Yes this contest could have been better but it appears as though my fav. is going to win. SO I'm not complaining. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ravenbomb Report post Posted December 18, 2002 YES! YES! YES! THERE IS A GOD! my vote, of course, goes to Martin F'n Scorsese! IN YOUR FACE, ORSON WELLS! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted December 19, 2002 YES! YES! YES! THERE IS A GOD! my vote, of course, goes to Martin F'n Scorsese! IN YOUR FACE, ORSON WELLS! who is this wells you speak of? i learned from calvin & hobbes that hyperboles should be saved for when you really need them. this isn't even close to being the saddest poll in the history of mankind, nor is it even close to being the saddest DIRECTOR poll in the history of mankind. the saddest poll i could think of would have something like 'hal p. warren v. bert i. gordon' for the finals. my top five, for the hell of it: orson welles francois truffaut martin scorsese jean-luc godard akira kurosawa Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ravenbomb Report post Posted December 19, 2002 geez, SORRY, so I accidentally left out the second E. my top 5: Scorsese Kurosawa Hitchcock David Fincher Sidney Lumet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Gamengiri2002 Report post Posted December 19, 2002 hey godthedog, I thought I remembered you saying that you weren't that big of a Godard fan. Am I crazy? If not, did he just grow on you, and if so, suggest some stuff to me, I've seen "Band of Outsiders" and "A bout de souffle" both of which were pretty good, but didn't strike me as hard. I want to understand and appreciate him more but perhaps I'm unsurfacing the wrong material. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ArkhamGlobe Report post Posted December 19, 2002 Top ten, alphabetical order: Claude Chabrol Jean-Luc Godard Howard Hawks Werner Herzog Alfred Hitchcock Stanley Kubrick Akira Kurosawa Roman Polanski Martin Scorsese Francois Truffaut Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted December 19, 2002 hey godthedog, I thought I remembered you saying that you weren't that big of a Godard fan. Am I crazy? If not, did he just grow on you, and if so, suggest some stuff to me, I've seen "Band of Outsiders" and "A bout de souffle" both of which were pretty good, but didn't strike me as hard. I want to understand and appreciate him more but perhaps I'm unsurfacing the wrong material. you are correct, i've previously said on the board that he's the most overrated director ever. i had this weird obsessive thing where i hated him, yet i couldn't stop watching his movies. i kept looking for something that would give me some indication of how people could think he was good, till i saw 'pierrot le fou' in class. totally blew me away & instantly became one of my favorite movies, and i've seen it 3 times in the last 2 months or so. that's easily one of the best movies he ever made (even from an objective standpoint), & the best jumping-on point. godard's usual tendency to get talky & ponderous & boring is totally absent from that movie: everything is vibrant, exciting and a ton of fun to watch. amazing characters, & amazing ways of exploring the medium. here's how i'd rate the godards i've seen: excellent, must-see: 'pierrot le fou', 'weekend' (but don't see 'weekend' until after 'pierrot', or else you'll probably be bored to death) very good: 'le petit soldat' good, worth watching: 'band of outsiders', 'alphaville', 'woman is a woman', 'contempt' decent: 'breathless' marginally bad: 'vivre sa vie', 'masculine/feminine' total piece of crap, avoid at all costs: '2 or 3 things i know about her', 'hail mary' he made about 14 movies in a period of 8 years, & the diversity and depth of those 14 movies are incredible. i can't think of anyone else who did so much in such a small amount of time, which is the main reason i included him. the other reason is that he's an original, & for better or for worse his style is totally unique. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bps "The Truth" 21 Report post Posted December 19, 2002 Hitchcock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted December 19, 2002 Top ten, alphabetical order: Claude Chabrol Jean-Luc Godard Howard Hawks Werner Herzog Alfred Hitchcock Stanley Kubrick Akira Kurosawa Roman Polanski Martin Scorsese Francois Truffaut guide me to some great chabrol movies. i studied him, but i never got to watch anything of his. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Will Scarlet Report post Posted December 19, 2002 Hitchcock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kagato Otaku Report post Posted December 19, 2002 Hitchcock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ISportsFan Report post Posted December 19, 2002 Scorsese Jason Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted December 19, 2002 This is another tough choice for me to make. Alfred Hitchcock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 5_moves_of_doom Report post Posted December 19, 2002 Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeh... Martin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrTom Report post Posted December 19, 2002 I like both, but I'll have to give the nod to Hitchcock. Good eeeeeeevening. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted December 19, 2002 This is the saddest poll in the history of mankind. Cry me a fucking river! These are two of the most popular and critically acclaimed directors of all time. If you have a problem with this tournament than don't vote. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
