Yeah, matterless of what you or I think about his films, I think his films holds up. Not only has he made a lot of absolute classics, but he's also mastered many different genres. I'd probably not fit him in my top 10, but if I were to compare his best with just about anyone he'd at least not be far behind.
Film Who is your favourite movie director?
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I think most directors are gonna have a few stinkers. Likewise there will be some who create a masterpiece and then never bounce back. All of the below have directed at least 3 films that I like:
Akira Kurosawa
Chan-wook Park
Danny Boyle
Hayao Miyazaki
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Ingmar Bergman
Joon-Ho Bong
Peter Jackson
Quentin Tarantino
Stanley Kubrick
Steven Spielberg
Wong Kar-Wai
Spielberg is dining on Jaws and childhood nostalgia. Jackson makes the cut because of the LOTR trilogy.
I'm pretty sure that Denis Villeneuve will make the list once I've seen more of his films. Coppola too once I rewatch the Godfather films and Apocalypse Now (not seen yet). Peele and Aster also have a good chance once they have a bigger library.
Scorsese, Nolan, Scott and Cameron are not my cup of tea, even though they've all made film(s) that I like.
Akira Kurosawa
Chan-wook Park
Danny Boyle
Hayao Miyazaki
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Ingmar Bergman
Joon-Ho Bong
Peter Jackson
Quentin Tarantino
Stanley Kubrick
Steven Spielberg
Wong Kar-Wai
Spielberg is dining on Jaws and childhood nostalgia. Jackson makes the cut because of the LOTR trilogy.
I'm pretty sure that Denis Villeneuve will make the list once I've seen more of his films. Coppola too once I rewatch the Godfather films and Apocalypse Now (not seen yet). Peele and Aster also have a good chance once they have a bigger library.
Scorsese, Nolan, Scott and Cameron are not my cup of tea, even though they've all made film(s) that I like.
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Basic Instinct - Feminist thriller on how the feck of the century for men might actually be pretty mid for women.
Robocop - “I'd buy that for a dollar!” American Jesus/Ronald Reagan dystopia. So ahead of its time we are living in the nightmare world it predicted.
Total Recall - Elon Musk Mars satire and the best 3 boobs in cinema history.
Show Girls - The true American dream/barbie masterpiece. A Big Mac burger dropped kicked into a giant puddle of lube, cum and glitter.
Starship Troopers - Greatest anti war film of all time. 21st century fascism will be done by daytime tv actors.
Benedetta - Radical and universal Christianity is two beautiful french lesbians.
God tier director.
Final scene - Day after the 2024 election
A enormously red faced Starmer(Played by Shaun William)sits at his desk in Downing Street. Starmer is alone and the room is empty except for the British flags which surround his body.
Starmer
(Inner monologue)
What have I become? The son a of tool maker. Everyone I know goes away. In the end
(Inner monologue)
What have I become? The son a of tool maker. Everyone I know goes away. In the end
Rachel Revees(Played by Olivia Colman)enters the room and selects one of the many flags available. She begins to rub it against Starmer crotch. Ode to joy(Clockwork Orange version )starts to play over the scene.
Rachel Revees
(Whispering into Starmer right ear)
There is no money left. There is no money left.
Govern from the centre. Govern from the centre.
(Whispering into Starmer right ear)
There is no money left. There is no money left.
Govern from the centre. Govern from the centre.
Ode to joy is now at full blast about to reach the climax and so is Starmer.
Rachel Revees
(Breathing heavily)
We will have to…
Have to…..
To…..
Suddenly the music stops. There is silence. Revees thrusts the flag into Starmer genitals.(Breathing heavily)
We will have to…
Have to…..
To…..
Rachel Revees
(Letting out a moan)
Cut disability benefits.
Budget will be around £100 million to £200 million as it’s going to be 6 hours long and filmed completely in Imax. Plus the giant alien Thatcher scenes will all be practical effects and not cgi.
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I didn't know I needed a Starmer rendition of Hurt
Tough to pick one.
Steven Spielberg
Tarantino
Christopher Nolan
Peter Jackson (Simply for the greatest trilogy ever made and will never be reached)
Steven Spielberg
Tarantino
Christopher Nolan
Peter Jackson (Simply for the greatest trilogy ever made and will never be reached)
Well...
Yeah, bad might be a reach. But I'd say he's done quite a few mediocre ones. Nothing like Ridley though.
Not THAT one! The hobbits was enjoyable but it should have been way better.
Yeah, I usually don't judge directors for their bad films. At least not if their good films far outnumber the bad ones (which Spielberg certainly has).
Loving the Wong Kar-wai shout. In The Mood For Love is one of the best ever films for me.
It's pure magic. The most visually stunning film I've seen. I think this is the film that made me reconsider my stance on good writing being the end all be all when it comes to films (even though the writing is good too). Brilliant cinematography and vibes can do a lot.
Tarantino and Wes Anderson are my favorite directors, in the sense that I'll watch anything they make and probably enjoy it. They don't necessarily make my favorite movies though.
Ridley is ass tbh, nothin in the last thirty years has been good. It's like all of his films look good but are just flat, lack any depth, weight. Swear the scripts are terrible.
Runner/Alien - great but what else?
Drive is a great shout on this point, it's a legitimately poor movie yet it looks fantastic and has good vibes.
My favourite Directors and my favourite film of theirs.
Tarkovsky - The Mirror
Wenders - Wings of Desire
Herzog - The Enigma of Kasper Hauser
Ozu - Good Morning
Lynch - Lost Highway
Verhoeven - Robocop
Cronenberg - Crash
Alex Cox - Repo man
Phillip Ridley - The Reflecting Skin
Tarkovsky - The Mirror
Wenders - Wings of Desire
Herzog - The Enigma of Kasper Hauser
Ozu - Good Morning
Lynch - Lost Highway
Verhoeven - Robocop
Cronenberg - Crash
Alex Cox - Repo man
Phillip Ridley - The Reflecting Skin
It used to be Lynch but i sort of grew out him. Now i don't really have one.
David Lynch
Billy Wilder
Sergio Leone
Gerald Thomas (his "Carry On" films are true masterpieces)
Billy Wilder
Sergio Leone
Gerald Thomas (his "Carry On" films are true masterpieces)
I'm not a fan of all things Nolan but he didn't purely make his name based on the Batman films.
A little bit of love for female directors, as I don't think any have been mentioned so far:
- Agnès Varda
- Greta Gerwig
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Ava DuVernay
- Jane Campion
- Chloé Zhao before she sold her soul to Disney
- Charlotte Wells, although she's only directed one film
- Céline Sciamma
- Agnès Varda
- Greta Gerwig
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Ava DuVernay
- Jane Campion
- Chloé Zhao before she sold her soul to Disney
- Charlotte Wells, although she's only directed one film
- Céline Sciamma
Oh I know not THAT one, but even the LOTR one, with as much love as I have for it, I don't think it's the "best one ever" or miles ahead of others. I love it but it has loads of issues.
Well, I enjoyed Matchstick Men quite a bit, but that's kind of a one viewing thing. Thelma and Louise was very good as well. I do think he's made a few other good movies since the 80s, but mostly they tend to be either mediocre or just plain bad. No high hopes for Gladiator 2.
I think there's an argument for it to be the best. However, there's a lot of great, lesser known, trilogies out there that you can make an argument for. As far as mainstream cinema goes I think LOTR really is the trilogy.
Lina Wertmüller also deserves a shout.
I don't know her, what did she direct?
The seduction of Mimi is great. Really funny movie. You should check it out.
She was the first ever female nominee in Best Director, for Seven Beauties. So that might be worth checking out (haven't seen myself).
I'd definitely add Celine Song, even though she's only made one feature as well. Justine Triet just for Anatomy of a Fall as well, even though I know she's done more (that I haven't seen).
Michael Bay
Everyone is welcomed! To quote John Waters - If someone threw up at one of my screenings, it would be like a standing ovation.
Solid list
Denis Villeneuve is the best director in the world, no contest.
Good shout. Portrait of a lady on Fire is great.
And Bigelow's Near Dark is one of my favourite vampire films.
Elia Kazan, Nicholas Ray, Lynn Ramsay and Yorgos Lanthimos are a few others I really like.
Yes!! While I was typing out that list I knew there was someone I was forgetting, and it was Celine Song - still early days and we'll see if she follows up with something good but that was a more than promising first film. Justine Triet not so much, I really didn't think much of Anatomy of a fall.
His first 20 films were pretty damn good. Even since then most films are decent.
20 films?
That seems a lot but I just looked at his filmo (after re-watching Alien last night, my God what a film), and he's got loads of excellent films. Saying "he's ass" is just bizarre.
The thing with Ridley is that his best (three) movies obviously is as good as anyone's basically, and he has a few other that could be called really good or even great. Then he's got about 10 that's downright mediocre to just plain bad. The rest is probably somewhere around 'eh' to fine.