Lockdown has allowed me to catch up on some movies that I normally wouldn't have the time to watch. Honestly was never really a movie buff to begin with and to be honest most of what Hollywood produces is complete trash. One director I always seem to enjoy though is Tarantino. He's insanely consistent in my view. Even his recent work which I know isn't to some people's liking is better than a lot of what we see on our screens. The dialogue in his films at times is outstanding.
Who is everyone's top director and why?
Favourite Director
posted on 19/5/20
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 8 minutes ago
Peter Jackson is up there for me just on LOTR alone.
It was an incredible job to turn a masterpiece of fiction into what he managed.
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Yep, I go along with that.
posted on 19/5/20
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 6 hours, 15 minutes ago
Some comments above about Tarantino and Spielberg.
"It's why I think Tarantino is such a good shout; his early stuff was about the same time and had a massive impact but the quality of his output over the last 25 years has remained so high."
What Naby maybe sees as consistency from Tarantino is what I find a bit disappointing about him: his basic shtick hasn't really changed much over the years. A very stylish and stylised mash-up of genres and references accompanied by razor-sharp dialogue. It felt so fresh and exciting in Reservoir Dogs and especially Pulp Fiction (and I really enjoyed Kill Bill). But I get the feeling he has never really grown up as a film maker. It's all the same style-over-substance, amoral approach, no real sense of having anything to say. It feels increasingly wearing to me.
On Spielberg, I reckon he's been a victim of how influential he has been. The innovations of his early films have been so assimilated by mainstream cinema that they don't seem particularly remarkable anymore. And he's such a crowd-pleaser that snobs like me don't tend to have much to say about his films. But I rewatched Jaws after a couple of decades and I realised what my younger self hadn't: it's so much more than a popcorn movie. It's a masterpiece of pacing, cinematography and editing. It's a great film.
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Exactly, and well said regarding Jaws. I too saw this film recently and I picked up on how great the direction is in terms of the camera techniques, lighting and building up of tension. We even studied it in Film Studies back when I was in college.
All these monster movies that have come since don't hold a candle to Jaws and that is largely down to how well the film has been crafted. If, hypothetically speaking, Jaws never existed and then came out now, I think it would still be seen in high regard.
posted on 19/5/20
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 hour, 30 minutes ago
Peter Jackson is up there for me just on LOTR alone.
It was an incredible job to turn a masterpiece of fiction into what he managed.
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Oh 100%
He must’ve been smoking Old Toby when he made The Hobbit trilogy.
By the way, if you’re a big fan of the LOTR music, there’s a brilliant YouTube channel called ‘Ambient Worlds’ https://youtu.be/30b7_S0paCQ
posted on 20/5/20
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posted on 20/5/20
comment by Fourzah (U22366)
posted 17 minutes ago
Bad Taste is Peter Jacksons masterpeace.
Much better than LOTR (tho tbf he had too follow the books plots)
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Disgusting and absolutely hilarious
posted on 20/5/20
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posted on 20/5/20
Since most names have been listed are from west I'll list some names from from this side and also Tarkovsky because I think he was top top director. In bracket is the movie I enjoyed the most.
Andrei Tarkovsky (Stalker)
Na Hong-Jin (The Chaser)
Park Chan Wook (Oldboy)
Bong Joon-Ho (Memories of Murder)
Takashi Miike (Shield Of Straw)
posted on 20/5/20
Peter Jackson went downhill after the LOTR trilogy. Nothing since has even been as good as the stuff he did before the LOTR movies.
posted on 20/5/20
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 8 seconds ago
Peter Jackson went downhill after the LOTR trilogy. Nothing since has even been as good as the stuff he did before the LOTR movies.
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King Kong was ok (if an hour too long! )
posted on 20/5/20
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 8 seconds ago
Peter Jackson went downhill after the LOTR trilogy. Nothing since has even been as good as the stuff he did before the LOTR movies.
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King Kong was ok (if an hour too long! )
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Too long and some poor use of CGI in places, but it was ok.
Jackson has gone the way of Lucas using CGI too much.