i hate michael bay…and not because he makes hollywood blockbusters, because his production company is responsible for most the horror remakes…
He’s no hitchcock but he did transformers, the rock, n the island 3 films which fed my appetite for action and were reasonably entertaining provided I left my brain at the door and yes in that order =P.
LOL gm n emolib I didn’t mean for it to be such a loaded question granted there are untold amounts of work from countless people we haven’t seen but that doesn’t mean you can’t have favorites knowing they may change someday.
in no order other then #1.
1.fincher
2.kubrick
3.scorsese
4.nolan
5.tarantino
Anyways here’s an interesting list.
http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/movie-pages/movie_directors.html
no ridley scott no michael mann no danny boyle no clint eastwood??? paul thomas anderson…
im suprised you guys have fincher over any of these dudes…
im outi
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my list wasn’t even remotely thought out. there are like 500 directors i love for varying reasons. shit, you could include other directors such as ken kwapis or paul feig for television shows…just depends on what genre…
My problem is this: there are a lot of legendary directors I’ve sampled, but don’t feel comfortable enough to equate them with the ones who have inescapably made their mark on me as a movie lover. Bresson, Bergman, Welles, Hitchcock, Renoir, Schrader, and countless others all deserve my consideration, but if I let one on, then I have to let all of them on. I need more time with all of them before I can safely say that their films mean as much to me as (for example) Taxi Driver or 2001.
Winter Light means more to me than any scorsese or kubrick…
I think it was maxx who mentioned King of Comedy…that one probably comes closest
i have to say everything of bergman’s i’ve seen i’ve loved. i need to watch more of his stuff. i’ve been slacking on movies of substance lately. cheap laughs and little thinking have been my crutches lately.
Alien is one of the greatest films ever made (sequel was betetr though) imo, blade runner was tight the final version anyways, and duelists is great too and he’s has a handful of other good not great films so he could be up there too. I love mann’s style he has a unique way of creating a serious taught atmosphere even when nothing is happening but I wouldn’t count him in my top5, the same goes for danny boyle great but not top5 for me at least and I haven’t even seen slum yet lol. Magnolia, punch, n boogie followed by twbb (one of my all time favorites) is as impressive a resume as a director can have so yeah he could easily be in my top5 as well as eastwood who has more hits then probably all of them combined.
Anyways like libby said our picks weren’t well thought out or whatever just some random names of a much much bigger list picked from the top of my head, although fincher is my personal favorite No one has his rotting and technical style and that really entices me more then anyone else’s work I’ve seen thus far, it’s why fightclub n zodiac are in my top5 favorites.
I see where you’re coming from.
Sundance on Wednesday…I’ll let you know if I see anything good…
I saw a free preview of Revolutionary Road last monday, I thought it was OK, nothing revolutionary (no pun intended). I kept hearing how great the acting was, but I didn’t feel it was anything special. Dicaprio acted like well, how he normally acts, and if anything kate winslet was a bit underwhelming. There’s something about her delivery that makes the way she speaks sound very theater/stage-like.
I’m a fan of Sam Mendes, i liked american beauty a lot, jarhead, and road to perdition.
However, Revolutionary Road just felt like american beauty, just set in the 50s. Same themes kinda, same characters, music sounded the same. Overall, kind of predictable and meh.
Franklyn looks interesting
The film hits theaters in the UK on February 20th 2009. No word on a domestic release yet.
Ehhh…did anyone here watch Righteous Kill…
I’ve been thinking about picking up Sukiyaki Western Django, after seeing this scene: [media=youtube]yalK-jvl954&feature=related[/media]
Is this movie any good? Does SRK recommend it?
I thought the movie was pretty solid overall, but I’d already read the book a while back. Which always kinda ruins the movie. They cut out pretty large chunks of the story, made it notably less dark, and some of the more important areas felt like they were fast forwarding through them. And I thought the structure and ending of the book were both more clever and more effective. So I enjoyed the movie, but I didn’t love it. I probably would’ve liked it more had I not read it beforehand, though.
When a novel is adapted to film it’s only natural to expect some corners to be cut because including everything would force the director to lengthen the running time which runs the risk of the audience feeling it was too long and drawn out whether it really was or not jsut look at the da vinci code it’s a prime example of what Boyle n Beaufoy didn’t want to happen. The “hollywood effect” glossing over the bleaker aspects of a film’s content is par for the course but I thought Boyle did a great job not sugarcoating the realness of what goes on there while not lingering on it more then needed.
I have to read the book soon.
Of course a film is going to have to cut from a book. But what happens is, because they are cutting based on their own interpretation of the story, they cut things that someone else might have found more interesting/effective. That was the case with Slumdog for me. What they did and didn’t focus on worked well enough, but I would have preferred a shift in focus, based on what grabbed me about the book. I also thought the film’s ending was too cheesy. The editing/music combination was too much. I had to stifle a groan. But I realize I’m a cynic in that way.
I generally feel that way about every Boyle movie I’ve seen, outside of Trainspotting. As in, I enjoyed Sunshine overall, but the detour into a common slasher film was pretty ridiculous. I would’ve preferred an entirely different approach, concerning the subject matter. These things don’t kill the movie for me, but they keep me from being something I’d call “great.” But both were movies I was glad I saw, and would consider good films, but not great.
As for the Davinci Code, I thought the film and the book were equally bad. Just two sides of the same shitty coin. But at least the movie was (unintentionally) funny. It was certainly a mess.
Yes!!! Supercop comes out on DVD through Dragon Dynasty tomorrow. I’m so getting it. Hopefully First Strike comes out quicker next.
Man! Mickey Rourke is piling on the work, isn’t he? :lol:
Last House on the Left Trailer (shit actually looks like a good remake!)
Franklyn, a vigilante fairy tale. Might as well title it Rorschach from the looks of things. 