Guest Mystery Eskimo Posted April 19, 2002 Report Posted April 19, 2002 My favourite director of all time would have to be Stanley Kubrick...who are your favourites and who do you avoid like the plague?
Guest toggle Posted April 19, 2002 Report Posted April 19, 2002 Joel and Ethan Coen rock the house(can't remember off hand which one gets the directing credit). Can't stand Joel Schumacher, generally. I've never forgiven him for taking Tim Burton's cool, dark noir Batman and making him a goofy cartoon.
Guest razazteca Posted April 19, 2002 Report Posted April 19, 2002 M. Knight John Woo Tsui Hark Coen Brothers Quentin Tourtino Robert Rodiguiz Kevin Smith hate George Lucas Schumacher damn Batman movie!!!! David Lynch if you ever watch his movies your head will explode
Guest El Satanico Posted April 19, 2002 Report Posted April 19, 2002 Kubrick Terry Gilliam Tim Burton Roger Corman Peter Jackson(haven't seen Lord of the Rings) Sam Raimi Dario Argento George Romero John Carpeter(his earlier stuff) Coen Brothers Quentin Tarintino Darren Aronofsky(yes even after just two movies) David Fincher Orson Welles Alfred Hitchcock Martin Scorsese Mel Brooks Oliver Stone Guy Ritchie Kevin Smith Ed Wood
Guest dreamer420 Posted April 19, 2002 Report Posted April 19, 2002 My Favs: ed wood (my alltime hero) quentin tarantino robert rodriguez oliver stone tim burton barry sonnenfeld kevin smith joel and ethan coen
Guest TUS_02 Posted April 19, 2002 Report Posted April 19, 2002 All time favorite is Peter Jackson. Then is probably David Fincher. Then the Coens... then after that, its usually a toss-up. And I hate Ron Howard, but it's only been since the Oscars, and it probably won't last much longer.
Guest godthedog Posted April 19, 2002 Report Posted April 19, 2002 the single greatest director of all time, bar none, without whom probably no director could have ever been seriously considered an artist: of course, orson welles. he was the original breakthrough maverick director. every director has his strengths, but i don't think anyone had quite as many strenths as welles did. he always got great performances on film. his sense of pure visuals (framing, lighting, everything) and sound were off the page. his editing was revered. above all, he knew how to tell a great story. i also love lynch, scorsese, kurosawa, & paul thomas anderson, but i don't feel like writing a long, hyperbolizing paragraph about any of them. spike lee's a big hit-or-miss guy: 'girl 6' and 'he got game' are 2 of the worst movies i've ever seen, but his good stuff ('do the right thing' and 'bamboozled') is enough to make him a great director. there's no directors i can think of that i actively avoid, but there's plenty i think are overrated: coppola, peter jackson, fincher, guy ritchie, kevin smith, et al.
Guest ArkhamGlobe Posted April 20, 2002 Report Posted April 20, 2002 Okay, here goes... Woody Allen Dario Argento Tim Burton John Carpenter Claude Chabrol The Coens Francis Ford Coppola David Fincher Terry Gilliam Jean-Luc Godard Howard Hawkes Werner Herzog Alfred Hitchcock Jean-Pierre Jeunet Stanley Kubrick Akira Kurosawa Sergio Leone David Lynch Sam Peckinpah Sam Raimi George A. Romero Martin Scorsese Oliver Stone Quentin Tarantino Francois Truffaut John Woo EDIT: Add Michael Mann to the favorites list. EDIT again: Fuck, I forgot Brian De Palma, who should of course be included on among my favorites. A few that I can't put on the list because they haven't really made enough films for me to make a judgement on: Wes Anderson Darren Aronofsky Bryan Singer
Guest 5_moves_of_doom Posted April 20, 2002 Report Posted April 20, 2002 Ok, there's way too many to list, but here are my top 10. And just for fun, I'll put my favorite movie that each one has made. 1.) The Coens (The Big Lebowski) 2.) Quentin Terentino (Pulp Fiction) 3.) Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver) 4.) Oliver Stone (Scarface) 5.) Stanley Kubrick (Clockwork Orange) 5.) David Lynch (Maholland Dr.) 6.) Alfred Hitchcock (Rear Window) 7.) Kevin Smith (Clerks) 8.) Ed Wood (Plan 9 from Outer Space) 9.) James Cameron (Terminator) 10.) George Lucas (Star Wars: The Emire Strike's Back) The only one I try to avoid (even though he has made SOME good movies,) is Spike Lee. I also don't like Peter Jackson.
Guest El Satanico Posted April 20, 2002 Report Posted April 20, 2002 Oliver Stone didn't direct Scarface he has a writing credit for it but Brian Depalma directed it.
Guest dreamer420 Posted April 20, 2002 Report Posted April 20, 2002 My dislikes: george lucas gus van sant
Guest Kahran Ramsus Posted April 20, 2002 Report Posted April 20, 2002 Best: David Lean Orson Welles Alfred Hitchcock Akira Kurosawa Francis Ford Coppola Martin Scorcese Steven Spielberg Robert Altman Mel Brooks Worst: Kevin Smith Joel Shumacher Michael Bay Peter and Bobby Farelly Tom Green Oliver Stone (He makes good movies, but I hate his style.) John Woo (USA version)
Guest Posted April 20, 2002 Report Posted April 20, 2002 I like John Carpenter because he always sticks to his guns and never sold out just so he could do a big budget movie. I also like Steven Spielberg, who I find to be the most talented mainstream director. Another favourite of my is Terry Gilliam. I love Time Bandits and Baron Munchausen.
Guest Anorak Posted April 22, 2002 Report Posted April 22, 2002 Personal dislikes/overrated Woody Allen Jean Luc Goddard Oliver Stone Mike Leigh
Guest godthedog Posted April 24, 2002 Report Posted April 24, 2002 shit, i forgot about goddard. he sucks too.
Guest Vern Gagne Posted April 26, 2002 Report Posted April 26, 2002 I'm shocked no one mentioned Billy Wilder. He's considered by many people to be the greatest director of all time. He's made some classics. Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Sunset Blvd, Stalag 17 (my personal favorite), Some Like it Hot, and the Apartment.
Guest redbaron51 Posted April 26, 2002 Report Posted April 26, 2002 Fav. Directors. George Lucas Kevin Smith Francis Ford Cappola Steven Speilberg Alfred Hitchcock James Cameron John Woo Quentin Taratino
Guest muzanisa Posted April 26, 2002 Report Posted April 26, 2002 Kurosawa Welles Wilder David Fincher John Woo Fritz Lang
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