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Has any director ever cranked out 3 straight genre defining classics like John McTiernan?

Posted on 6/29/18 at 1:53 pm
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 1:53 pm
In a four year span this genius gave us:







Has anyone ever cranked out three, completely unrelated classics in 4 years?
Posted by ohiovol
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 1:56 pm to
In a similar time span, Nolan directed The Prestige, The Dark Knight, and Inception.
Posted by LSUBoo
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 1:59 pm to
Depends, do you consider Hook to be a classic?

Because Spielberg came back two years after that with Jurassic Park and Schindler's List.
Posted by 1999
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 1:59 pm to
great run

but his imdb profile after that

yikes


1992 Medicine Man
1993 Last Action Hero
1995 Die Hard with a Vengeance
1999 The 13th Warrior
1999 The Thomas Crown Affair
2002 Rollerball
2003 Basic

This post was edited on 6/29/18 at 2:01 pm
Posted by Midget Death Squad
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 2:04 pm to
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1995 Die Hard with a Vengeance



yikes



da frick is wrong with you!?
Posted by Rep520
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 2:06 pm to
If you don't count a one off, Spielberg had runs of

Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Raiders of the Lost Ark
ET

This run was broken in the middle by 1941. He also had a run of:

Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
Amistad
Saving Private Ryan

The Lost World was the meh effort in the middle.
Posted by 1999
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 2:06 pm to
vengeance is a far cry from the first two.
Posted by Midget Death Squad
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 2:12 pm to
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vengeance is a far cry from the first two.


I can understand if you don't put it in the same category as those, but saying it's "yikes" is dumb. Vengeance was a very good to even great movie.
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 2:15 pm to
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Vengeance was a very good to even great movie.


It was okay. The last great film he directed was Last Action Hero.
Posted by craigbiggio
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 2:17 pm to
Michael Mann did The Last of the Mohicans - Heat - The Insider
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 2:19 pm to
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Michael Mann did The Last of the Mohicans - Heat - The Insider


I wouldn't consider The Insider a classic and those three were over a seven year period.
Posted by 1999
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 2:23 pm to
quote:

Vengeance was a very good to even great movie.


meh i thought i was serviceable at best. but everyone has their own taste.
Posted by lsujag
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 3:05 pm to
Sounds like someone was listening to LeBatard show today
Posted by tigerpimpbot
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 3:06 pm to
That's a great 4 year run
Posted by dawgdayafternoon
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 3:12 pm to
Hitchcock (1958-1960)

Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho
Posted by Baloo
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 3:16 pm to
Has anyone ever released one stone cold classic bookended by two pretty good movies? Yes. lots of people.
Posted by xenythx
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 3:17 pm to
Rob Reiner directed these 5 movies in a 6 year span:

Stand By Me
The Princess Bride
When Harry Met Sally
Misery
A Few Good Men

Didn't make anything close to as good as any of those over the next 25 years.

Posted by PhilipMarlowe
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 3:22 pm to
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I can understand if you don't put it in the same category as those, but saying it's "yikes" is dumb.


yeah, it's definitely the last good die hard movie. i like to imagine there were only three.

Posted by H-Town Tiger
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 3:30 pm to
Dr Stranglelove
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Posted by wildtigercat93
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Posted on 6/29/18 at 3:57 pm to
Taylor Sheridan’s writer/director run is wildly impressive

Sicario, Wind River, Hell or high water, right out the gate
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