What are your favourite/most disliked directors out there?

For me....these are a couple of the guys who's movies I always look forward to:

Guy Richie- ('Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels', and 'Snatch')

Ridley Scott- ('Blade Runner', 'Gladiator', 'Alien', etc.....although he did make a few terrible flicks IMO, like 'Black Rain' for example)


Most overrated in my opinion:

M. Night Shyamalan I thought the 'Sixth Sense' was predictable as hell and was full of plot holes, and 'Signs' was unbeleivably stupid. IMO ofcourse..

Oliver Stone 'Platoon' was brilliant, my fave war movie of all time because I think it was the first to show hard reality (American soldiers aren't always heroes!), but everything I've seen him do after that has been kinda so-so...


Anyways, discuss..

Well I liked that Jackson (or something) guy from the LOTR pics.

Also, I thought black rain was pretty good. It's the one with Douglas and Garcia right?

Ridley Scott is definitely the best at present, followed by Peter Jackson.

Jackson should have won the Best Director Oscar although Ron Howard did eventually....

Stanley Kubrick was one of my favorite directors too :p

Joel and Ethan Coen are pretty good too :)

Kubrick was ok, Stone I have to agree has had some misses. Jackson still needs time. The Coens are ok too.

I gotta say though, David Lynch is my man of the moment. I recently had the Twin Peaks series out, followed by Fire Walk With Me, to watch them again for the umpteenth time. I just love it. Eraserhead was pushing the limits, but pretty much anything else he has done makes it onto my vid machine.

I completely hate that director who made that teen horror series Scream, Urban Legends, etc, I forget his name, but those movies were directed by him. All of it trying to be scarry, but they`re not, and the ending sucks, the whole story sucks, especially Scream 1.

I like the kind of Spielberg, Benigni, and Guy Ritchie. Just the kind of director who made meningful movies. Wes Craven also. And anyone who directed the first two Batman movies ( forgot the name, but a gloomy dark Gotham is trully felt there ).

Quinten Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), Guy Ritchie (Snatch), Steven Soderbergh, David Fincher (Seven, Fight Club, Panic Room) they're all magnificent.

I personally admire Lars von Trier. Although I don't have enough patience for some of his movies, I do consider 'Kingdom' to be the masterpiece of cinematography.

We have couple of talented directors in Poland, but it's extremely difficult to make a movie here (financial reasons) so it's a good idea for them to move abroad just as Roman Polanski did years ago.

By the way. Anyone has seen Trzaskalski's 'Edi' ?? The action of this movie takes place in my hometown. Since the film is about homeless, the dull scenery of the town is emphasised so don't get wrong impression about Zielona Góra once you've watched the movie.
:f***: :)

I also like Mathieu Kassovitz for his 'la Haine'.

My personal favourites are Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock and Tim Burton.

I also like most films by Scorsese, especially Goodfellas.

Originally posted by Hans
I completely hate that director who made that teen horror series Scream,

I like the kind of Spielberg, Benigni, and Guy Ritchie. Just the kind of director who made meningful movies. Wes Craven also.

Dude, didn't Wes Craven direct "Scream"!? :kader: :rolleyes:


From the new wave of directors, I think there's one that clearly stands out: David Fincher. Soderbergh had too many flops, Tarantino is yet to prove he can work with different genres, same for Ritchie.

I love cinema, so there's really lots of directors that I appreciate. All the names that were cited in this thread (the Spielbergs, the Kubricks, the Scotts, the Coppolas, etc.), plus a number of europeans, like Manuel de Oliveira (oldest active director, over 90yo), Jean-Pierre Jeunet, etc.

Mirun, you have a great taste, man.

Here's my favorite directors.

1. Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
2. James Cameroon. (The Titanic, Terminator 1 & 2, True Lies, Point Break).
3. John Woo. (Hard Boiled's Chow Yun Fat, Broken Arrow, Hard Target, MI2, Face/Off, Windtalker).
4. Ridley Scott's Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, G.I. Jane.

Originally posted by INFESTA


Mirun, you have a great taste, man.

Thanks man.

Films, books, music all could have been better I suppose, what I am really enthusiastic about is my taste for women.... Hugo I wish you could appreciate the girl who's been on my mind for the past couple of months....will I ever approach her.... eehh. :( But we now have a separate thread to talk about these matters, don't we ;) (I give the credit to LaBrujita for starting that one)

I pretty much like all from Spielberg and David Fincher.
Tarantino has a lot of fans and he's movies are long awaited, have you seen the trailer of Kill Bill? seems amazing:rockman:

about Kubrick, I didnt like his latest work in Eyes Wide Shot, horrible movies, I really didnt get what he tryied to do:confused:

and yes Ridley Scott is doing great movies these times

Originally posted by Mirun
what I am really enthusiastic about is my taste for women.... Hugo I wish you could appreciate the girl who's been on my mind for the past couple of months....will I ever approach her.... eehh.

I don't want to turn this thread into something else, but I love that part you're going through. The expectation of not knowing if she likes us, even if she's noticed our interest in her, or noticed us at all... Everything is still possible, there's a road ahead that you can walk on. I love it. I'm thinking about it and I'm instantly teleported into similar situations that I've lived...

Me, I'm in the post-nuclear war, pal. Broke up with a long time gf, who I love but have lost all passion for, and I'm madly passionate about a girl I dated recently but who told me she wanted to be alone for now (with 0 chances of getting back).
Great. :|

Mirun, you know what I'm going to say, even though there were times that I didn't made any move and let the girl slip away. But there were also times that I went for it, I liked her so much that I overcame the fear and it payed off, so... GO FOR IT! If you don't risk, you'll surely lose her. If you do risk and make an approach, the worst that can happen is being stuck where you were before. You might also learn that, after all, she wasn't quite what you expected, or vice-versa, but you can always make a new friend (that will eventually introduce you to new friends :p :brow: ), but you can also get lucky.
I believe it's always worth a try.

Thanks for these words, pal. It's no surprise you're the most popular guy in the forums - always there with either opinion or advice. Great stuff Hugo!

You have really turned this thread around now :)


I have to tell you I know the theory perfecty, but this time there's something more that holds me back. I am prettty sure that my affection is very much physical + the exorbitantly perfect assumptions I made about her (my past experience dictates that I am hardly ever mistaken about a girl, who I can observe as often as it's in this case). It has to be physical as I spoke to THE GIRL on couple of occasions only. There are some facts that tell me that the case was lost even before it started. I don't really want to go into details but I this time it's sth more than just a regular excuse that I often make myslef due to innate laziness. So I am in a backing off stage right now, but I couldn't know it would take so damn long. My friend tells me "You need a remedy? You'll find one. This will be another girl." - that's so true.
But as I've been searching, I am unable to find any girl that I could match with 'the template' named Monica. Still it's early days, so I don't lose the hope...yet :)


What struck me the most are the arguments you've used in your post. If a friend asks me for advice (it has happened a number of times recently - where the hell is this world coming to??) I motivate them using almost identical words(the one with girl's friends is my trademark :D ). But maybe it is what usually one guy tells the other in that situation. Anyways thanks again.

Sorry to other forum members who have actually read what I wrote here as they assumed it would be sth inetresting. heh..
:crazyboy:

Originally posted by Mirun
Sorry to other forum members who have actually read what I wrote here as they assumed it would be sth inetresting. heh..
:crazyboy:

I think it is interesting that here we all are in different parts of the world, yet we all have such similar experiences.

I forgot about Woody Allen, I love his movies.

I wanna go a bit low brow for a second and say Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma). I absolutely love every single one of his movies, sheer brilliance.

And of course Francis Ford Coppola, if only for Apocalypse Now.

Best of all time (favorite film in parentheses):

1.Kubrick ("A Clockwork Orange")
2.Spielberg ("Jaws")
3.Scorsese ("Taxi Driver")

Best as of late (favorite film in last 5 years):

1.Spielberg ("Minority Report")
2.Jackson ("Lord of the Rings")
3.Soderbergh ("Ocean's Eleven")

Originally posted by hermolt
I wanna go a bit low brow for a second and say Kevin Smith

I loved "Clerks" but every film he has made since then has not even come close (especially Mallrats).(:/)

Originally posted by hermolt
And of course Francis Ford Coppola, if only for Apocalypse Now.


He did also direct the Godfather I & II you know, considered by many to be the two best movies ever made ;)

Originally posted by ::shinji::


Most overrated in my opinion:

M. Night Shyamalan I thought the 'Sixth Sense' was predictable as hell and was full of plot holes, and 'Signs' was unbeleivably stupid. IMO ofcourse..

Anyways, discuss..

I think he's a genius. Although I didn't think Sixth Sense was that great, he's improving with every film he makes.

Signs- It was so well made. I don't understand how one can think its stupid....ok....the ending was a little wack.....but i dont think anybody could think of a better conclusion.

Swing away.

Originally posted by xxxFLYERxxx
I think he's a genius. Although I didn't think Sixth Sense was that great, he's improving with every film he makes.

Signs- It was so well made. I don't understand how one can think its stupid....ok....the ending was a little wack.....but i dont think anybody could think of a better conclusion.

Swing away.

uh huh...so don't you think it was a little silly that Mel Gibson needed to be reminded of his dying wife's last words to tell Joaquin Phoenix (who was a minor league home run king, ofcourse) to hit the Alien with the baseball bat? :rolleyes: ...it was also pretty funny how this supposedly super agile and strong alien just stood there like a sack of potatoes while Phoenix repetedly pounded him?

Brilliant aliens too...water was thier weakness, lol It's really hard to imagine that these so-called super advanced beings capable of space travel didn't take the time to learn that our atmosphere is composed of a high amount of water, not to mention that 70% of the planet is covered in it?

I can go on for an hour about how stupid and full of plot holes this movie is...

Genius? I don't think so...he seems like he's way to concerned about producing that super twist ending, that the rest of the movie suffers for it.

Originally posted by Run DMB
He did also direct the Godfather I & II you know, considered by many to be the two best movies ever made ;)

But of course, hence 'if only for Apocalypse Now'.

And Mallrats has some fantastic pearls of wisdom in it: 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned for Sega.'

:p

Originally posted by ::shinji::
uh huh...so don't you think it was a little silly that Mel Gibson needed to be reminded of his dying wife's last words to tell Joaquin Phoenix (who was a minor league home run king, ofcourse) to hit the Alien with the baseball bat? :rolleyes: ...it was also pretty funny how this supposedly super agile and strong alien just stood there like a sack of potatoes while Phoenix repetedly pounded him?

Brilliant aliens too...water was thier weakness, lol It's really hard to imagine that these so-called super advanced beings capable of space travel didn't take the time to learn that our atmosphere is composed of a high amount of water, not to mention that 70% of the planet is covered in it?

I can go on for an hour about how stupid and full of plot holes this movie is...

Genius? I don't think so...he seems like he's way to concerned about producing that super twist ending, that the rest of the movie suffers for it.

I think you spent the whole movie looking for scientific inconsistencies. I bet if you took the movie for what it is, you would of enjoyed it more.

The camera work was brilliant in that movie. Give me that.

Originally posted by xxxFLYERxxx


The camera work was brilliant in that movie. Give me that.

Well, It did have it's moments...I can admit that I jumped during that part when Phoenix was watching the news and they were showing that footage from that kid's birthday party.:o