The best movie director

[AbsurdRandomness]

yarly

Who's your favorite film director? I's got to go with scorsese or hitchcock.

[Romolo]

My favorites:

- Martin Scorcese

- Stanley Kubrick

- Alfred Hitchcock

[BadAssBob]

Guy Richie: Snatch, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Layer Cake.

[enquencle]

Uwe Boll!! lol
No really, maybe Scorsese(sp?).

[Bumblbee]

At 7/30/07 08:44 PM, Live wrote: srsly

Wah?

[AbsurdRandomness]

At 7/30/07 08:45 PM, Romolo wrote: - Stanley Kubrick

I find him pretty overrated.

His only good films are 2001, THE SHINING, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, DR. STRANGELOVE, BARRY LYNDON, FULL METAL JACKET, EYES WIDE SHUT, THE KILLING, PATHS OF GLORY, SPARTACUS, and LOLITA.

[Sekhem]

Ok I have too many to pick a favorite so top 5 in no particular order:

Herschell Gordon Lewis
David Cronenberg
David Lynch
Alfred Hitchcock
Dario Argento

[HOLY-FUCKING-SHIT]

Quentin tarrintino, Terry gilligan, Tim burton.

[Romolo]

Damn, how could I forget Francis Ford Coppola? No "Best Movies of All Time" list is complete without The Godfather Trilogy or Apocalypse Now!

[Gendo]

At 7/30/07 08:47 PM, AbsurdRandomness wrote: BARRY LYNDON

Last time I checked, Barry Lyndon was a dull piece of shit.

Kubrick is Godly, though, great director.

My nods for best director:
Jonathan Demme
Kevin Smith
Takeshi Kitano
Takashi Miike
Katsuhiro Otomo
Satoshi Kon
Rintaro
Akira Kurosawa
Tod Browning

[Romolo]

At 7/30/07 08:47 PM, AbsurdRandomness wrote: I find him pretty overrated.

You shocked me for a second until I realized that you just listed his entire filmography...

Kubrick is one of the most brilliant directors of all time. It has to be his perfectionist qualities that makes him produce a brilliant picture one after the other. From what I've heard, he runs each shot at least a hundred times - destroying the actors but also demanding them to give the best performance possible.

If it wasn't for his brilliant subtlety and attention to detail, and Nicholson's amazing acting; The Shining would have been just another crap Hollywood slasher flick, not the best horror movie of all time.

[Danny88]

At 7/30/07 08:43 PM, AbsurdRandomness wrote: yarly

Who's your favorite film director? I's got to go with scorsese or hitchcock.

martin scorseese is my 2nd most favorite director my 1st is Quentin Tarantino
and clint eastwood is my most favorite actor hes also one of my favorite movie directors

[Mr-Noobiwix]

At 7/30/07 08:45 PM, Bumblbee wrote:

At 7/30/07 08:44 PM, Live wrote: srsly

Wah?

stop whoring the fuck out of those pictures

[Romolo]

At 7/30/07 08:52 PM, Gendo wrote: Akira Kurosawa

Another God of cinema I forgot.

I love his adaptations of King Lear and Macbeth (Ran & Throne of Blood)

[Mewie]

Everyone mentioned so far is awesome.

I just wanted to add: Sam Raimi - no, not b/c of Spiderman, but for the Evil Dead/Army of Darkness series... those are CLASSIC cult films. =)

[freeway8989]

Quentin Tarantino, or the guy who directed Hell Boy/Pan's Labyrinth

[FinalPizzaHut]

Darren Aronofsky is just starting out, but he's damn good. As far as I'm concerned he's three for three.

[Jack]

The best are..

The Coen Brother's
Wes Anderson
Michel Gondry
Francis Ford Coppola
Sam Raimi

[Hellian00]

Zach Snyder. He did 300. He MUST win..

[AbsurdRandomness]

At 7/30/07 09:33 PM, freeway8989 wrote: Quentin Tarantino, or the guy who directed Hell Boy/Pan's Labyrinth

Guillerm del Toro?

Okay, here's my full list of great directors (no order):

Alfred Hitchcock (VERTIGO, NOTORIOUS)
Martin Scorsese (RAGING BULL, GOODFELLAS)
Francis Ford Coppola (THE GODFATHER, APOCALYPSE NOW)
Steven Spielberg (SCHINDLER'S LIST, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN)
David Lynch (THE ELEPHANT MAN, MULHOLLAND DRIVE)
Stanley Kubrick (2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, THE SHINING)
Sergio Leone (THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY; THE NUN'S STORY)
Quentin Tarantino (PULP FICTION, KILL BILL 1 & 2)
Peter Jackson (LORD OF THE RINGS)
David Fincher (FIGHT CLUB, SE7EN)
Hayao Miyazaki (SPIRITED AWAY, CASTLE IN THE SKY)

[Dropkicked]

Tarantino, without question.

[Trampalite]

Kubrick Scorsese and Hitchcock have already been mentioned, so I'll just have to go with my fourth choice... Spike Lee

[AbsurdRandomness]

At 7/30/07 09:54 PM, Trampalite wrote: Kubrick Scorsese and Hitchcock have already been mentioned, so I'll just have to go with my fourth choice... Spike Lee

for some reason Spike Lee reminds me of Oliver Stone

[Inferno42]

Sam Raimi

Kevin Smith

Martin Scorese

Quentin Tarintino

That guy who did die hard 1&3

[Romolo]

At 7/30/07 10:01 PM, AbsurdRandomness wrote: for some reason Spike Lee reminds me of Oliver Stone

Hmm. Film-content wise?

Most people confuse Oliver Stone and Scorcese (Marty actually taught him at NYU). They even had a celebrity deathmatch awhile ago where the two duked it out.

[STOLEN-1]

Darren Afronosky (The Fountain, Requim for a Dream)
Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men)
Wes Anderson (Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums)
Stanley Kubrick (Dr. Stragelove, 2001)
Michel Gondry (Enteral Sunshine for the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep)

[Armissea]

Alfred

[fli]

Fedrico Fellini...
He has a way to make the philosophy of a script comprehensible to people such as la Vita Dolce.

[CoolGoat]

At 7/30/07 08:45 PM, Romolo wrote: My favorites:

- Stanley Kubrick

I dont like him simply for the fact that he fucked up The Shining.

[DoomyCheese]

George Lucas.