My vote is for Martin Scorsese.
Second would be Spike Lee.

George Lucas for me!

lazycrockett said:

im surprised it took til post 18 for peter jackson to be mentioned....

out of the original 3 directors, imma going for lucas, only coz he has Harrison ford in a huge chunk of his movies

^I give it to Jackson cause he was really able to take the EPIC lord of the rings book and turn it into a engaging character study. For all the special effects the screenplay writers really took such care to make sure that the story was full and that each character was well rounded.

lazycrockett said:

LOTR never interested me as a book, til the movies.

i was determined to read them before seeing the movies, and swore id never read them again (wasnt a huge fantasy fan...kids fantasy is a different story lol)

But once i watched the movies, i went back and re-read them books...twice!

i actually managed to hold off seeing any of the trilogy til it was all finished, so glad i did, got to watch them back to back

^Well what I loved is that Peter and crew honored the books. Everyone bitched bout the several endings of return of the king, but a true fan loved every minute of them. N the Extended DVD's are just sooo much more. Swoons.

lazycrockett said:

im hanging out for the Hobbit

will actually go to the pics to see it when its eventually released

David Tennant once again linked to Bilbo Baggins role
http://the-hobbit-movie.c...ins-again/


oh i hope this is true
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GirlBrother said:

Yes, Woody Allen and Clint Eastwood should definitely be part of this discussion. I watched Woody´s "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" last week and it has instantly become one of my favorite movies.
And Clint Eastwood is probably THE most underrated person in Hollywood....great actor, has done many genres, great director, great soundtrack composer and musician, and a very humble person.


I miss Abel Ferrara in this thread.....he hasn´t done a lot of great movies lately but the good ones he´s done in the past are among my favorite movies....The King Of New York, Bad Lieutenant, and the rare cult classic Snake Eyes (starring Madonna in what I consider her most interesting role ever).

Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorcese are also legends, and I love Robert De Niro´s work as a director for "A Bronx Tale", though he hasn´t really done much to be considered a proper director.

Fury said:

If we're talking mainstream movies, well, I'd take Tim Burton, the Coen brothers and Paul Thomas Anderson over Cameron (who does the same film over and over again: big FXs with a small, badly played love story), Spielberg (can you say "always overly sentimental ending"?) and George Lucas (honestly, to even consider George Lucas a filmmaker rather than just a media entrepreneur these days is beyond me) anyday.
Even the old man, Ridley Scott is better than at least Cameron and George Lucas.

A new pair of fresh mainstream directors for the modern age could prove to be: Christopher Nolan and Spike Jonze.

However, I'll personally lean towards more interesting directors, who are pushing the media with intelligence: David Lynch and Lars von Trier (especially!).

Mike Leigh & Rowan Woods for me.

Harlepolis said:

i love tarantino, but i'm not sure i would put him above cameron or speilburg.

Harlepolis said:

bboy87 said:

spike lee, yes. spike lee is great.
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ufoclub said:

yea, i mentioned that earlier. he's only made 6 films. 3 are utter crap. the original star wars is good, AG is great. i tried to watch 1138, but fell asleep.

MissEmeraldCity said:

i LOVE spike.

have you seen passing strange yet? it's AWESOME

cborgman said:

Jay was joking

double post
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mcmeekle said:

yes, me too pl-

wait a minute...


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Cravens said:

Harlepolis said:

he'd better be




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cborgman said:

I wanted to include Spike Lee in my post, but the ONLY thing thats not working for his favor is his editing the man just doesn't know when to cut a scene, and what to leave alone. Other than that, his work speak for itself

I just wish his college project/debut Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop:
We Cut Heads get distributed. I heard that he made a deal with criterion collection, but that was so long ago I'm not sure by now if it'll ever be done.

Kevin Smith.

Because of this movie alone, he gets my vote:



I'm lame.

Fury said:

Not a big fan of those three but they certainly bring in the $$$

Modern era directors I would have to say David Fincher is a class act

Lucas seems to have lost his way. The last three Star Wars movies paled in comparison tho the first 3 and Phantom Menace was crapolla!
Speilberg does the best job of actually directing people and making you care about the characters.
Cameron is a great film maker but as an actual director, it's Spielberg FTW

Acrylic said:

i LOVE kevin, but i would not count him in the greats.

endymion said:

though i thought benjermain button was tedious, fincher is superb.

Of those three, I'd go with Spielberg. He's done the most films with the widest range. His movies have some genuine emotion. A film like ET is able to be big and intimate at the same time. He's not close to my favorite, but he is very good.

Cameron is decent, but his stuff is always over the top IMO. The drama doesn't really work for me. Titanic did have some human interest, but that's about it. Avatar didn't move me, it was wonderful to watch.

Lucas has a lot of imagination, but he seems to have lost interest in directing, at least directing human beings.

NDRU said:

I think Cameron could have been a great story editor for Lucas on the 3 new Star Wars film, Lucas has the brains to come up with interesting retro/future content, Cameron has the organizational story structure skills and mainstream human elements down pat.

ufoclub said:

that is true, Cameron has some of what Lucas seemed to have lost in between the first three Star Wars movies and the last three. Cameron's movies are far more balanced & even than Lucas' recent efforts.

I doubt their (or at least Cameron's) ego would have allowed for that, but it probably would have vastly improved those movies.

I'd vote 4 Ridley Scott.