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Directors whose last films were their best...
Posted on 11/27/14 at 10:43 pm
Posted on 11/27/14 at 10:43 pm
can you think of any?
I prefer Lumet's "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" (directed in his early 80's) over "12 Angry Men" and "Network". I still haven't seen "Dog Day Afternoon", so that opinion may change.
Can anyone think of another going off on a high note?
I prefer Lumet's "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" (directed in his early 80's) over "12 Angry Men" and "Network". I still haven't seen "Dog Day Afternoon", so that opinion may change.
Can anyone think of another going off on a high note?
Posted on 11/27/14 at 10:49 pm to THRILLHO
Just to give props to Lumet, don't forget Serpico, Prince of the City and The Verdict. Agree on the greatness of Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.
Posted on 11/27/14 at 10:55 pm to flvelo12
Haven't seen any of those. Will check them out, though I fear that Pacino in Serpico won't be able to match Alway's Sunny's Charlie Day as Pacino in Serpico.
Posted on 11/27/14 at 10:59 pm to THRILLHO
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I fear that Pacino in Serpico won't be able to match Alway's Sunny's Charlie Day as Pacino in Serpico.
probably not
Posted on 11/27/14 at 11:14 pm to THRILLHO
Fincher with Gone Girl. Alfonso Cuarón with Gravity. Ben Affleck with Argo. Kathryn Bigelow with Zero Dark Thirty. Still thinking.
Posted on 11/27/14 at 11:45 pm to abellsujr
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Fincher with Gone Girl. Alfonso Cuarón with Gravity. Ben Affleck with Argo. Kathryn Bigelow with Zero Dark Thirty. Still thinking.
You're kind of cheating, and I disagree with every one of those except possibly Zero Dark Thirty.
Posted on 11/27/14 at 11:46 pm to THRILLHO
Seriously, Gravity > Children of Men? Argo > The town?
Posted on 11/27/14 at 11:47 pm to THRILLHO
quote:How?
You're kind of cheating
quote:You liked The Town, didn't you?
I disagree with every one of those except possibly Zero Dark Thirty
Posted on 11/27/14 at 11:52 pm to THRILLHO
quote:Yes. Absolutely.
Gravity > Children of Men
Posted on 11/28/14 at 12:02 am to abellsujr
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Yes. Absolutely.
I was kind of talking about their definite last film,ie before they died or retired, not their straight up most recent (though I have no problem with including those in the thread, you're just wrong, doe).
Posted on 11/28/14 at 12:14 am to THRILLHO
I think a director will always peak before their last film. I can't think of a director retiring on a high note.
Posted on 11/28/14 at 12:15 am to THRILLHO
COM > Gravity
Gone Baby Gone > Argo > The Town
Gone Baby Gone > Argo > The Town
Posted on 11/28/14 at 12:22 am to Blue Velvet
Forgot about Gone Baby Gone. Easily the best of the trio, and one of the few movies to ever get me questioning my own morality. So no fricking way that Argo was Affleck's best.
Posted on 11/28/14 at 12:31 am to THRILLHO
I actually liked The Town better personally. I think Argo is his most solid film, he hasn't had a bad movie, though.
Posted on 11/28/14 at 12:32 am to abellsujr
The Town is bad. Argo is okay. Gone Baby Gone is great.
Posted on 11/28/14 at 12:53 am to THRILLHO
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I fear that Pacino in Serpico won't be able to match Alway's Sunny's Charlie Day as Pacino in Serpico.
4 the mare!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on 11/28/14 at 1:27 am to abellsujr
Ha Children of Men smokes Gravity. You're taking crazy pills. And missing the point of this thread.
Posted on 11/28/14 at 1:40 am to ligerbait
quote:Yea, that's kind of been pointed out already. And shoot me for having an opinion.
And missing the point of this thread.
Posted on 11/28/14 at 8:14 am to THRILLHO
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Seriously, Gravity > Children of Men? Argo > The town?
Yeah . . . my question exactly.
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