Your favorite movie director!

[Low-Budget-Superhero]

Who is your favorite movie director?

My second favorite has to be M. Night Shyamalan, the guy responsible for The 6th Sense and Unbreakable. This guy takes full advantage of the art of film making! Plus his best movies always have some sort of twist ending. Me like twist endings...

But my favorite director of them all is a guy named Melvin Kaminsky... or as he is more commonly known... Mel Brooks!

Fun Fact: Mel Brooks supplied extra voices in the movie "The Prince of Egypt"

[olskoo]

At 9/18/01 11:08 PM, GameboyCC_Advance wrote: Who is your favorite movie director?

Terry Gilliam, he's whacked.

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At 9/18/01 11:13 PM, traekwon wrote:

At 9/18/01 11:08 PM, GameboyCC_Advance wrote: Who is your favorite movie director?

Terry Gilliam, he's whacked.

Terry Gilliam is THE man, YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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At 9/18/01 11:15 PM, SLjames wrote:

At 9/18/01 11:13 PM, traekwon wrote:

At 9/18/01 11:08 PM, GameboyCC_Advance wrote: Who is your favorite movie director?

Terry Gilliam, he's whacked.

Terry Gilliam is THE man, YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But I also got to give props to my man, Stanley Kubrick for directing masterpieces like Full Metal Jacket and Dr. Strangelove. I still do not believe Eyes Wide Shut was one of his works.

[Katzenjammer]

I like Mel Brooks as well.

But I also like Sam Ramimi or whatever. He did Army of Darkness, one of my favorite movies.

[Low-Budget-Superhero]

At 9/18/01 11:17 PM, SLjames wrote: But I also got to give props to my man, Stanley Kubrick for directing masterpieces like Full Metal Jacket and Dr. Strangelove. I still do not believe Eyes Wide Shut was one of his works.

Believe it, dude. But... he was really sick when he made it... in fact he died before he could finish it. Kubrick was a genius, Dr. Strangelove has to be one of the best movies of all time!

[mcdog620]

I directed some pretty good stuuff with camera in my neighbors window

[THE-DAN-of-Justice]

Kevin Smith is hardcore!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Perdix]

Come on people! What about the greats such as: Russ Meyer, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Lucio Fulci, Ray Dennis Steckler, Larry Cohen and John Waters?!!

goodness....

[JimiBudah]

At 9/18/01 11:08 PM, GameboyCC_Advance wrote: Who is your favorite movie director?

I really like hitchcock, no oen tops him in suspense or even dark comedy, although the sixth sense guy is good, and so is the guy who did memento. I also really enjoy all of terry gilliams movies. He has yet to make a bad film. People willa rgue that with me, and I guess they're entitled to their opinion, but terry gilliam is the man, every time I watch one of his movies Is ee something new. Its like where's waldo on crack.

[JimiBudah]

At 9/18/01 11:13 PM, traekwon wrote:

At 9/18/01 11:08 PM, GameboyCC_Advance wrote: Who is your favorite movie director?

Terry Gilliam, he's whacked.

time bandits pic! god demoted them to the repairs department for making the pink bunkadoo!!!! it was 10 ft tall, bright red and smelled terrible.

[Dragonesque]

Stephen Spielburg and Kevin Smith are definitely up on my list. :) Spielburg is my #1 fav of all, however.

[andy4]

At 9/18/01 11:08 PM, GameboyCC_Advance wrote: Who is your favorite movie director?

I have to say Tim Burton, i just love his dark humor

[skweeds]

At 9/19/01 12:02 AM, Perdix wrote: John Waters?!!

John Waters is excellent, my mom like hung out with him for a week while he was staying at her guesthouse in Key West and got his autograph in a book for me :)

Unfortunately none of the local video rental/purchase places carry Pink Flamingos, so I have yet to see it. :'(

[Radam]

At 9/18/01 11:08 PM, GameboyCC_Advance wrote: Who is your favorite movie director?

Kevin mothafuckin' Smith.

[mattymetro]

At 9/19/01 02:00 AM, glimmerjelly wrote:

At 9/19/01 12:02 AM, Perdix wrote: John Waters?!!

John Waters is excellent, my mom like hung out with him for a week while he was staying at her guesthouse in Key West and got his autograph in a book for me :)

I like John Waters too. He sometimes hang out at this place where I live in baltimore city called the Ottobar (www.theottobar.com) I have talked to him a few times. Never about anything important though. I like Cecil B Demented.

[The-archmagi]

I have to many favorites, But, Kevin Smith is one of em!

[captainofindustry]

I gotta agree I'm another Kubrick fan.

[The-archmagi]

Jay and Silent Bob, was genius, I mean, of course it's only ONE movie, but I am an instant fan, I also like the Army of Darkness guy too.

[JeremyLokken]

Definitely the top directors. They didn't get there for nothing. Lucas, Speilberg and Burton are my top 3. There are many great movies directed by other directors that also must have acknowledgement, so cancel out those top 3. :)

[xvllvx]

Darren Aronofsky

[xvllvx]

At 9/19/01 02:46 AM, xvllvx wrote: Darren Aronofsky

Note, that pic was not Darren Aronofsky, that is the main character from Pi... but you already knew that.

http://www.pithemovie.com/pithemovie.html

[unterart]

At 9/19/01 01:56 AM, andy4 wrote:

At 9/18/01 11:08 PM, GameboyCC_Advance wrote: Who is your favorite movie director?

I have to say Tim Burton, i just love his dark humor

yeah, burton would be my first choice either, but on the other hand: i saw "planet of the apes" yesterday and it really sucked. tim burton must have been in need for money....

all of his other films are great (maybe except "edward scissorhands.

btw.: where did you get that penguin-sketch from?

[eggatron]

my favourite director of all time is John Carpenter. I would attempt to explain that, but I don't really think it needs explaining, I mean, it's John Carpenter.

[toma]

definitely kevin smith all the way.
and Xelloss_Metallium, jay and silent bob strike back was the 5th movie in the series silly! ^_^
i talked to brian o'halloran (guy who plays dante) once. i asked him when he started masturbating. i can't remember if he said he was 11 or 12, but it was one of the two. i think i scared him... heh...

[arrogancy]

At 9/19/01 02:42 AM, alienature wrote: Definitely the top directors. They didn't get there for nothing. Lucas, Speilberg and Burton are my top 3. There are many great movies directed by other directors that also must have acknowledgement, so cancel out those top 3. :)

Sorry to cancel out your opinion here, but Lucas is not a good director...possibly even a bad director. I think you're a bit confused as to what he actually directed. Spielberg is a great DIRECTOR perhaps the best of all time when it coes to presenting an idea on the screen for a wide audience, and so are people such as Ridely Scott and others. Then you have people like Cameron who are great at creating movies (since he also writes all of his movies), and Lucas who are good at producing them.

Kevin Smith also is not that good of a DIRECTOR, but his dialogue is often quite hilarious.

[TheUnknownJobber]

At 9/18/01 11:08 PM, GameboyCC_Advance wrote: Who is your favorite movie director?

My second favorite has to be M. Night Shyamalan, the guy responsible for The 6th Sense and Unbreakable. This guy takes full advantage of the art of film making! Plus his best movies always have some sort of twist ending. Me like twist endings...

But my favorite director of them all is a guy named Melvin Kaminsky... or as he is more commonly known... Mel Brooks!

Fun Fact: Mel Brooks supplied extra voices in the movie "The Prince of Egypt"

Kevin Smith is probably my favorite director, but that has more to do with my enjoyment of his body of work than whether or not he has superb directorial skills. I'm also a big fan of John Woo, even if MI2 was kind of a poo. There is an old 70's martial arts/sword fight movie that he made that has been showing on Action Channel that friggin rocks. Also, Mel Brooks kicks the tuckus.

UJ

[arrogancy]

Kevin Smith is probably my favorite director, but that has more to do with my enjoyment of his body of work than whether or not he has superb directorial skills. I'm also a big fan of John Woo, even if MI2 was kind of a poo. There is an old 70's martial arts/sword fight movie that he made that has been showing on Action Channel that friggin rocks. Also, Mel Brooks kicks the tuckus.

UJ

How could I forget John Woo; he has some of the most beautiful direction ever. I liked MI2 - it was possibly his most beautifully directed movie yet (and was actually a James Bond movie at heart), and I can't wait for Windtalkers.

I believe you're talking about Lasy Hurrah For Chivalry, which is my thrid favorite Woo movie (My fav is The Killer).

[arrogancy]

LAST Hurrah. typo.

[TheUnknownJobber]

At 9/19/01 10:44 AM, arrogancy wrote:

Kevin Smith is probably my favorite director, but that has more to do with my enjoyment of his body of work than whether or not he has superb directorial skills. I'm also a big fan of John Woo, even if MI2 was kind of a poo. There is an old 70's martial arts/sword fight movie that he made that has been showing on Action Channel that friggin rocks. Also, Mel Brooks kicks the tuckus.

UJ

How could I forget John Woo; he has some of the most beautiful direction ever. I liked MI2 - it was possibly his most beautifully directed movie yet (and was actually a James Bond movie at heart), and I can't wait for Windtalkers.

I believe you're talking about Lasy Hurrah For Chivalry, which is my thrid favorite Woo movie (My fav is The Killer).

Yes...that is the exact movie I am referring too. Alot of those old 70's martial arts movies kind of grate on me after a few minutes, but this one TOTALLY drew me in. I thought it was great. And to clarify my opinion of MI2, while I found alot of the action sequences to be cool as hell, I found the story a little wanting at times. I certainly see what you mean about it being a Bond movie at heart...hadn't really thought about it before, but it has all the Bond trademarks, i.e. romance, fast cars, etc. All it needed was a character whose name was a delightful pun like everyone's favorite Pussy Galore :P

UJ