No love for Gladiator?
Film Who is your favourite movie director?
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Feel free to name the films - Thelma & Louise? OK cool. Black Rain? GI Jane?
Hannibal is pants, Black Hawk Down is flat and boring.
I always forget he did the Martian which is great but yeah, so many average films.
Most overrated film I think. I also think it suffers what a lot of certain films do; was viewed by teenage boys/young men who then boosted this narrative it's some incredible film. It's alright, decent but meh, not for me.
I think we have very different taste in film, judging by your multiple posts in the EF, and maybe it's best to leave it at that.
I do find it strange that someone would call his films flat and boring and then name Soderbergh as one of their favourite directors.
Agreed. Gladiator was the most amazing film when I was a young teenager. Then I rewatched it as an adult...
Out of Sight
Ocean's 11
Traffic
Magic Mike
Erin Brokovich
Behind the Candelabra
Director shout will naturally be based around who directed some of your favourite films or films you enjoyed right? If I don't enjoy Ridley Scott films, how can I name him as a director.
Never understood the hype apart from memes of standing pants down in a public space shouting "Are you not entertained!?".
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the army of the north, yada yada.
A pissed Oliver Reid, some violence, revenge. All very manosphere.
I really enjoyed The Last Duel... American Gangster too.
I do like Ridley, but I always actually prefered Tony Scott's output for whatever reson (probably because Denzel was in half of them)
My man!
That's not the point I was making, at all.
Oh ok, then what point were you making?
beautiful mateI think it's still very watchable. It's not like an all-time great film or anything, but it has good action sequences, good performances from Crowe and Phoenix in particular, a solid plot, etc. It still holds up as a well-produced historical action flick.
You seem to have an issue with Scott's films being "flat and boring", on top of him being "ass". Whatever that means.
Soderbergh (who is a director that has made a few films I enjoy) is well known to make rather slow, meticulous, emotionless often films.
In general, I think people who have seen several Scott films and several Soderbergh films would associate the term "flat and boring" with one rather than the other - and not the one you seem to, hence the use of the word "strange". It obviously had nothing to do with one of them making films you like more, I understand how a "your favourite film director" thread works.
Yeah it's a fine film. Not an all-time classic but it holds up ok, there's just a bit of revisionism going on.
Avoiding the usual suspects that are always on these lists, I really like Kosinski's work so far.
Tron: Legacy was actually really good, albeit safe, but visually brilliant. Oblivion was solid, Only The Brave is an under watched gem.
Then he's done Top Gun: Maverick which for me was one of the best cinema experiences in years, genuinely brilliant sequel that surpassed the original.
Spiderhead was his first mis-step, seems like he took a Netflix payday on that one. The F1 film could go either way, it's bound to look good though.
Tron: Legacy was actually really good, albeit safe, but visually brilliant. Oblivion was solid, Only The Brave is an under watched gem.
Then he's done Top Gun: Maverick which for me was one of the best cinema experiences in years, genuinely brilliant sequel that surpassed the original.
Spiderhead was his first mis-step, seems like he took a Netflix payday on that one. The F1 film could go either way, it's bound to look good though.
I agree, but people over venerate in my opinion.
Only the brave was good.
You misunderstand me, I find the tone and script of Ridley films flat. The periods between action lack any fizz or energy and I think it's down to the director and the script.
The fact Soderbergh makes slow, meticulous films is a completely different matter, and has nothing to do with my criticism of Ridley Scott. Even though the pace is slow, the script and the general tone has so much more life.
Soderbergh can’t make any top list before he apologises for „remaking“ Solaris.
Pedro Almodóvar
10 in no real order:
Zvyagintsev
Coppola
Tornatore
Loach
Gilliam
Scott (R)
Kieslowski
Lumet
Tarkovsky (sometimes)
Herzog
If Lynne Ramsay ever gets to do her idea for Moby Dick in space, then also her (hopefully).
Zvyagintsev
Coppola
Tornatore
Loach
Gilliam
Scott (R)
Kieslowski
Lumet
Tarkovsky (sometimes)
Herzog
If Lynne Ramsay ever gets to do her idea for Moby Dick in space, then also her (hopefully).