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re: Top 5 Working Directors (Updated)
Posted on 8/12/14 at 11:54 am to LobbyingLeprechaun
Posted on 8/12/14 at 11:54 am to LobbyingLeprechaun
quote:
LobbyingLeprechaun
You sound either very pretentious or very impressionable, probably both.
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Posted on 8/12/14 at 11:56 am to LobbyingLeprechaun
quote:
1. Paul Thomas Anderson
1. Joel & Ethan Coen
1. Quentin Tarantino
good
Posted on 8/12/14 at 11:58 am to ManBearTiger
quote:
You sound either very pretentious or very impressionable, probably both.
Thank you?
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:01 pm to LobbyingLeprechaun
1. Christopher Nolan
2. Christopher Nolan
3. Christopher Nolan
4. Christopher Nolan
5a. Tarantino
5b. Christopher Nolan
2. Christopher Nolan
3. Christopher Nolan
4. Christopher Nolan
5a. Tarantino
5b. Christopher Nolan
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:07 pm to ManBearTiger
Directors who I feel are at currently the top of the directing game, in no particular order:
QT
Coens
Aronofsky
Nolan
Fincher
Left off Spielberg because "what have you done for me lately?" and Scorcese because I thought The Departed was meh and he was obnoxiously indulgent in his direction for WoW. Left off Wes Anderson because he can't get past his lame indy music and color palette shtick. I really like Spike Jonze and think he has a lot of potential, but his collection is long on quality and short on quantity.
QT
Coens
Aronofsky
Nolan
Fincher
Left off Spielberg because "what have you done for me lately?" and Scorcese because I thought The Departed was meh and he was obnoxiously indulgent in his direction for WoW. Left off Wes Anderson because he can't get past his lame indy music and color palette shtick. I really like Spike Jonze and think he has a lot of potential, but his collection is long on quality and short on quantity.
This post was edited on 8/12/14 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:11 pm to ManBearTiger
quote:Number it and I can add to list. (Point system)
DriveByBBQ
quote:Pick 5 and order them to get added to list.
Baloo
quote:Search imdb and pick 3 more awesome names big guy.
biglego
quote:Number it and I can add it.
ManBearTiger
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:19 pm to LobbyingLeprechaun
1. Joel & Ethan Coen
2. Quentin Tarantino
3. Christopher Nolan
4. David Fincher
5. Danny Boyle
2. Quentin Tarantino
3. Christopher Nolan
4. David Fincher
5. Danny Boyle
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:30 pm to LobbyingLeprechaun
quote:
Top 5 Working Directors (Updated)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I look for most recent success, maybe 5-8 years back. 10 seems too far out. With that in mind:
1. Coens - Their movies lately have been outstanding really. Impossible to compete for anyone else.
2. David Fincher - He's been fantastic and is going to get better.
3. Terrence Malick - Surprise from me.
4. Michael Haneke - Tops of the foreign crop, easily
5. Werner Herzog - He's had some great stuff fiction and non
Honorary Mention: Sort of a weak add but Takahishi Miike, almost based on 13 Assassins alone which is the best modern samurai film. Ben Affleck. Only 3 recent films, all 3 very well done. Christopher Nolan - Certainly consistent, but could have higher highs. Eastwood - Has faded. Scorcese - Probably just past his peak. Ask this question 5 years ago and he would have been tops. Boyle - Interesting mix of films, the lows are too low though. Linklater - He's operating outside the mainstream...sort of like Herzog.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:41 pm to Freauxzen
Man, I find Haneke to be so punishing. It's like he just hates joy. I'm pretty much done with him. I keep getting sucked in on people's recommendations, and I always regret it. I don't doubt his talent, I just never want to watch his films ever again. He's a lot like Lars von Trier in that sense, another guy who I've just stopped watching. I just can't take his worldview.
I realize I'm light on foreign directors, which is tragic. I should probably add Asghar Farhadi.
I realize I'm light on foreign directors, which is tragic. I should probably add Asghar Farhadi.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:43 pm to LobbyingLeprechaun
Fincher
Coens
PTA
Alexander Payne
Scorsese
Linklator
no particular order
Coens
PTA
Alexander Payne
Scorsese
Linklator
no particular order
This post was edited on 8/12/14 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:44 pm to Baloo
quote:
Carruth only has two movies, but they are both brilliant.
really excited about anything he decides to do
It's almost like UC isn't even a film. It just makes me feel all these different things. It's awesome
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:48 pm to LobbyingLeprechaun
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Coens
Scorsese
Cronenberg
Fincher or PTA
Coens
Scorsese
Cronenberg
Fincher or PTA
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:49 pm to Freauxzen
quote:
Scorcese - Probably just past his peak.
I don't know I saw Hugo a couple weeks ago and thought it was brilliant.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:50 pm to Baloo
quote:
Man, I find Haneke to be so punishing. It's like he just hates joy. I'm pretty much done with him. I keep getting sucked in on people's recommendations, and I always regret it. I don't doubt his talent, I just never want to watch his films ever again. He's a lot like Lars von Trier in that sense, another guy who I've just stopped watching. I just can't take his worldview.
I wouldn't disagree on the tone, I think Haneke finds a sort of peace in his depictions of tragedy (at least outside of Funny Games) though. There'a something really human about the stories he tells (on that note, even Funny Games).
I'd agree on von Trier. I think he makes films that punish you emotionally. "How can I depress you more? Oh THIS!" I don't find the same with Haneke, Haneke is more trying to find something bitter sweet and almost human in the worst of people and situations.
quote:
I realize I'm light on foreign directors, which is tragic. I should probably add Asghar Farhadi.
Good call. Chan wook Park is a bit removed from his best work, I hope he rebounds though.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:50 pm to Pilot Tiger
quote:
It's almost like UC isn't even a film. It just makes me feel all these different things. It's awesome
It really was fantastic.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:51 pm to Freauxzen
quote:Antichrist hurt my brain
I'd agree on von Trier. I think he makes films that punish you emotionally.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:51 pm to LobbyingLeprechaun
1. Joel & Ethan Coen (They can't seem to put out a bad film)
2. Alfonso Cuaron (he hasn't put out many films, but his last two films were two of the best I've ever seen, there may be 7 years separating the two but Gravity was such a masterpiece it took him 7 years to film I think more)
3. Martin Scorese (many great movies)
4. Christopher Nolan (other than his batman movies which are decent, his movies have been amazing some of the best in recent years)
5. David Fincher (he has some great iconic movies that is why he is on this list for me.
2. Alfonso Cuaron (he hasn't put out many films, but his last two films were two of the best I've ever seen, there may be 7 years separating the two but Gravity was such a masterpiece it took him 7 years to film I think more)
3. Martin Scorese (many great movies)
4. Christopher Nolan (other than his batman movies which are decent, his movies have been amazing some of the best in recent years)
5. David Fincher (he has some great iconic movies that is why he is on this list for me.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:52 pm to LobbyingLeprechaun
Fine. The cuts hurt, particularly Carruth. I'm excited by what he's doing, but he needs more films to be on the list. Cuaron also hurt, as I think he's the best visual director out there (his tracking shots are to die for), but Gravity was just so soulless and he doesn't have a deep roster. Add some humanity.
1 Coen brothers - Simply the best, and still at the top of their game.
2 David Fincher - A fantastic stylist who has finally learned how to tell stories.
3 Darren Aronofsky - The most audacious filmmaker working within the system
4 David O. Russell - You know what? Learn to tell a fricking story. So many people get awed by technicians and craftsmen, but directors, at their core, need to be storytellers. He's the best at that right now.
5 Christopher Nolan - He made three of the best movies of the past 15 years (Memento, Prestige, Inception). This is his era.
1 Coen brothers - Simply the best, and still at the top of their game.
2 David Fincher - A fantastic stylist who has finally learned how to tell stories.
3 Darren Aronofsky - The most audacious filmmaker working within the system
4 David O. Russell - You know what? Learn to tell a fricking story. So many people get awed by technicians and craftsmen, but directors, at their core, need to be storytellers. He's the best at that right now.
5 Christopher Nolan - He made three of the best movies of the past 15 years (Memento, Prestige, Inception). This is his era.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:53 pm to Freauxzen
quote:
Freauxzen
is this thread a sign maybe we should do another WADS but this time DWADS (directors we agree don't suck)
edit: I don't think we did this maybe my memory fails me
This post was edited on 8/12/14 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 8/12/14 at 12:56 pm to Freauxzen
quote:
wouldn't disagree on the tone, I think Haneke finds a sort of peace in his depictions of tragedy (at least outside of Funny Games) though. There'a something really human about the stories he tells (on that note, even Funny Games).
I do agree. And I don't think he's downright cruel the way von Trier is. I think he actually wants nothing more than to punish his audience and his actors, while Haneke just wants to explore tragedy together. He has far more humanity, and his films don't come off as mean spirited.
But, man. after Amour... I'm just done. I can't watch his movies anymore. It's too emotionally devastating, and just so bleak. He doesn't delight in torturing his characters, but he does it anyway.
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