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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2024 10:37:57 GMT
For me there is only one true director and that "drumruffle" is Steven Spielberg. ![](https://cdn.britannica.com/98/178798-050-B9399BAC/George-Lucas-filming-Steven-Spielberg-Harrison-Ford.jpg) his list of movies is very impressive. ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/6576594/images/zlchsggXyoDFvzTuyVsI.png) A good second is George Lucas ( also in the picture ^ ) and third is James Cameron.
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Aug 1, 2024 17:04:38 GMT
I also like Deborah Chow(KENOBI) and Edward Zwick (The Last Samurai) But I agree....Speilberg is one of the greatest ever Speilberg and Cameron are two of the best at "Directing"...There is a certain craft and skill that it takes to be behind a camera and those two are hall of famers. Lucas not so much for his Directing ( "do it again. Faster and more intense") but he is a wonderful Writer/storyteller and has vision like nobody else.
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Post by rewindbutton on Aug 2, 2024 7:28:24 GMT
Okay, I'll give you some of my favourites, and why I like them. Steven Spielberg - Indiana Jones trilogy, E.T. , Jaws, Jurassic Park Ridley Scott - Blade Runner Akira Kurosawa - Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, The Hidden Fortress Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Interstellar James Cameron - Aliens, Terminator 2 The Coen brothers - Fargo, The Big Lebowski Stanley Kubrick - The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather trilogy Sergio Leone - Dollars trilogy Oliver Stone - Platoon, JFK Honorary mentions: John Woo, Tim Burton, Peter Jackson, Clint Eastwood, Robert Zemeckis, The Wachowskis, George Lucas (American Graffiti), Jon Favreau (Iron Man and The Mandalorian), Joss Whedon (Avengers and Firefly), Paul Verhoeven, Sam Raimi, Zack Snyder (Watchmen), John Sturges And many more. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/6576594/images/RfSsfnvnYQL0brM0FvUm.png)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2024 13:01:14 GMT
I also like Deborah Chow(KENOBI) and Edward Zwick (The Last Samurai) But I agree....Speilberg is one of the greatest ever Speilberg and Cameron are two of the best at "Directing"...There is a certain craft and skill that it takes to be behind a camera and those two are hall of famers. Lucas not so much for his Directing ( " do it again. Faster and more intense") but he is a wonderful Writer/storyteller and has vision like nobody else. Uh were you there ... are you an actor or something ![:unsure:](//storage.proboards.com/6576594/images/T0YKNEpSqFqRCodVgtjo.png) ? Because how else would you have known something like that.
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Post by rewindbutton on Aug 4, 2024 15:22:18 GMT
Because how else would you have known something like that. I would imagine he's like me, and watches all documentaries and behind the scenes extras he can find. I've always been a fan of film industry, and you'd be surprised how much extra material there usually is. Making of -documentaries are nothing new either. In fact, that's one of the reasons why we know so much about the decisions Lucas made when shooting Star Wars.
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Aug 6, 2024 0:24:50 GMT
I also like Deborah Chow(KENOBI) and Edward Zwick (The Last Samurai) But I agree....Speilberg is one of the greatest ever Speilberg and Cameron are two of the best at "Directing"...There is a certain craft and skill that it takes to be behind a camera and those two are hall of famers. Lucas not so much for his Directing ( " do it again. Faster and more intense") but he is a wonderful Writer/storyteller and has vision like nobody else. Uh were you there ... are you an actor or something ![:unsure:](//storage.proboards.com/6576594/images/T0YKNEpSqFqRCodVgtjo.png) ? Because how else would you have known something like that. Because the main cast of STAR WARS A New Hope all go on record during interviews and they all testify that that was George's way. the Empire of Dreams documentary, it shows raw footage of how the movie was made. Cutting raw footage of the base at Yavin IV in the hangar, it shifts to an interview segment with the late, great Carrie Fisher who says "George never talked. It was sort of, we thought, he wanted us to hit our marks and magically accommodate our dialogue.........Faster and more intense, that was his main Direction. He just wanted us to speed through it." (time index 44:37- 4500) For Antony Daniels' (C-3PO) take on the same issue backing up what Carrie Fisher says go from 45:00 to 45:16
For Harrison Ford's thoughts on George's style of Direction watch from 45:31 to 45:53
Have you never seen Empire of Dreams? It's an amazing documentary! I"ve seen it at least 50x which is how I know it so well and knew the source material from where I made my quote. start at time index 44:37 and watch all the way to 45:54I think I have provided enough evidence as to how/why I had known what I had written. Otherwise, I wouldn't have written it. But don't take my word for it....See for yourself, please. Watch the Documentary from the time index I provided at the bottom to get the whole picture of why I wrote what I did.
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Post by AnDromedary on Aug 8, 2024 17:26:30 GMT
Judging only by the movies themselves of course (don't know too much about the actual people), I'd say overall Christopher Nolan is my favorite. I pretty much liked all his movies. He has huge range in topics and genres he can do (or mix together) and most of his movies have some cool and very intelligent setup or twist to them (Memento, The Prestige, Inception, Interstellar, Tennet). But he can also bring great and impactful action to the screen (Batman trilogy, Inception, etc.). The only thing I don't like about his stuff is the sound mixing. It's often pretty awful and you cannot understand dialogue. Mainly a problem in home cinema, gotta watch his stuff with good headphones usually, which makes movie night with friends or family tough unfortunately.
Also like the other usual famous ones mentioned here of course. One exception to this is Stephen Spielberg. Don't get me wrong, he did make a whole bunch of great movies but there are a whole lot of them, I don't like much (even fan favorites like Indiana Jones are not really my cup of tea). In general, I find the style of movies he tends to make often too bland and straight forward (with some notable exceptions like Schindler's List of course). So yeah, I wouldn't go as far as to say he is overrated, he clearly has skills but his stuff is often just not for me.
Oh, and an honorable mention for great director goes to Peter Jackson but purely for the LotR trilogy. That was one hell if a masterpiece. For that trilogy, I actually watched all the hours and hours of making of that's on the extended version DVDs. I am not even a big fan of his other films (including the Hobbit movies which were a let-down for me) but you can just tell that he poured his entire heart and soul into the LotR trilogy and the result was amazing and still is almost 15 years later. Kudos for that one.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2024 19:53:20 GMT
I'd say overall Christopher Nolan is my favorite. Ditto that and Jackson's LotR. Nolan's not perfect, but he knows what he's doing in terms of crafting an epic. Interstellar is still arguably my favourite movie nowadays. (Dragonheart being the old one.) I'd add in Joss Whedon for TV Director. Some of his shows were a bit dated even when they were airing but nothing quite matches his emotional gutpunches and aptitude for creating a great tragedy. He's mostly known (apart from the whole cancellation thing) for his quippy dialogue, but for me it's Buffy's "The Body", and Angel's "You're Welcome" and "A Hole in the World." There isn't a lot of TV out there that can match those episodes.
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Post by q5tyhj on Aug 13, 2024 19:55:11 GMT
Darren Aronofsky, and its not close. Some of my absolutely favorite movies (Pi, Requiem For A Dream), and The Fountain is my absolute favorite movie of all time. Lots of other directors who might be more technically skilled or whatever, but the creativity of Aronofsky's movies always really caught my attention.
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Post by q5tyhj on Aug 13, 2024 19:57:27 GMT
I'd say overall Christopher Nolan is my favorite. Ditto that and Jackson's LotR. Nolan's not perfect, but he knows what he's doing in terms of crafting an epic. Interstellar is still arguably my favourite movie nowadays. (Dragonheart being the old one.) I'd add in Joss Whedon for TV Director. Some of his shows were a bit dated even when they were airing but nothing quite matches his emotional gutpunches and aptitude for creating a great tragedy. He's mostly known (apart from the whole cancellation thing) for his quippy dialogue, but for me it's Buffy's "The Body", and Angel's "You're Welcome" and "A Hole in the World." There isn't a lot of TV out there that can match those episodes. I have some major complaints about Interstellar, but despite that, its still one of my favorite movies that I always go back and re-watch every now and then. Great movie. The Nolan Batman movies are the definitive Batman movies, and I'll fite anyone in RL who disagrees
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Aug 13, 2024 20:42:07 GMT
I agree with your comment about Nolan's BATMAN trilogy. I like the original one with Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton (for different reasons) but as far as hard core movie for movie's sake with acting, directing, writing etc....I agree that the Nolan Trilogy is the "definitive version"
I never did finish the one with Robert Pattinson, nor could I get through The JOKER with Joaquin Phoenix......Tried 3x with the Joker, couldn't do it).
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Post by q5tyhj on Aug 14, 2024 0:37:49 GMT
I agree with your comment about Nolan's BATMAN trilogy. I like the original one with Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton (for different reasons) but as far as hard core movie for movie's sake with acting, directing, writing etc....I agree that the Nolan Trilogy is the "definitive version" I never did finish the one with Robert Pattinson, nor could I get through The JOKER with Joaquin Phoenix......Tried 3x with the Joker, couldn't do it). Yeah I like pretty much all the other Batman movies- I just love Batman in general- but the Nolan series is, in my mind, THE definitive Batman series. Its as good as Batman gets. And I tried to get through the Joker but couldn't. Heath Ledger made a really tough act to follow (RIP), his performance in Dark Knight has got to be one of the best performances ever. So good.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2024 0:50:19 GMT
nor could I get through The JOKER And I tried to get through the Joker but couldn't. Couldn't get through it either. It's all cringe humour, I can't stand cringe humour.
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Post by rewindbutton on Aug 14, 2024 7:19:52 GMT
the one with Robert Pattinson It's a good movie, just a different take, is all. The JOKER with Joaquin Phoenix I tried to get through the Joker Surprising. It's good, not a masterpiece, but good. But it is drama, depicting the tragic fate of one Arthur Fleck. It's quite good, as tragedies go, and it is disturbing to watch, which I find rare, and frankly welcome these days. The stairs scene deserves to be mentioned: it became iconic overnight. Give it another go, guys.
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Post by rewindbutton on Aug 14, 2024 7:22:39 GMT
It's not funny, it's serious. Joker, as a character was never funny. He's quite serious, as we all know. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/6576594/images/RebJidSPcxyF0U0Rr0uW.png)
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Post by q5tyhj on Aug 14, 2024 14:21:40 GMT
the one with Robert Pattinson It's a good movie, just a different take, is all. The JOKER with Joaquin Phoenix I tried to get through the Joker Surprising. It's good, not a masterpiece, but good. But it is drama, depicting the tragic fate of one Arthur Fleck. It's quite good, as tragedies go, and it is disturbing to watch, which I find rare, and frankly welcome these days. The stairs scene deserves to be mentioned: it became iconic overnight. Give it another go, guys. I've been meaning to try again. For me a lot of it is the difficulty of following up Heath Ledger's Joker with something else, since I feel like nothing is going to top it. But its been a couple years since I last tried, so maybe I'll find it easier going now than I did previously.
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