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Post by Super Nintendo Chalmers on Jun 15, 2012 22:23:11 GMT -5
I don't think we've ever done this thread.
Personally, I can think of anyone's movies that I enjoy more consistently than the Coen Brothers. Fargo and The Big Lebowski are in my top 10 movies of all time, and I've never seen one of their movies I didn't like (Burn After Reading and A Serious Man are really underrated, FWIW). I also like almost everything Tarantino has done, and Ridley Scott is really solid too (and, if nothing else, Alien and Blade Runner make him a top pick). In terms of newer people, I like Matthew Vaughn and Edgar Wright too.
Two big ones I'm sadly unfamiliar with are Guillermo del Toro and Kurosawa. I need to remedy that.
Name your favorites!
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Post by Tommy on Jun 15, 2012 23:08:19 GMT -5
(Burn After Reading and A Serious Man are really underrated, FWIW). definitely. A Serious Man is one of my top 5 favorite movies, and Burn After Reading is also one of my favorite Coen movies. my #1 is easily David Lynch. Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, and Inland Empire are three favorites of mine. and Twin Peaks? I even love the shitty episodes. I also love Terry Gilliam, if only for Brazil and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Time Bandits is great too)
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Post by Cei on Jun 16, 2012 1:28:57 GMT -5
Guillermo Del Toro is mine. The man makes beautiful, haunting films. And Hellboy.
Also a big Wes Anderson fan.
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Post by mandate of heaven on Jun 16, 2012 2:45:26 GMT -5
Alejandro González Iñárritu is definitely one of my favorites. I absolutely adore everything he has done so far. I'll just list a few others.
Stanley Kubrick Michael Haneke Almodovar Martin Scorsese Terrence Malick Wes Anderson
I like Ridley Scott, but he has done way too many shitty/mediocre movies for him to be a favorite of mine.
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Post by rc on Jun 16, 2012 19:57:06 GMT -5
Darren Aronofsky and Christopher Nolan. I really like good psychological thrillers and these guys both make very interesting films along that nature. Pi and Memento are two of my favorite films ever, and Inception and Black Swan were two of my favorites in recent memory.
I like David Fincher films as well much for the same reason.
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Post by Super Nintendo Chalmers on Jun 16, 2012 20:07:59 GMT -5
I like Nolan a lot too, but he's so clinical. Almost no emotion, and he's shit when it comes to women characters.
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Post by rc on Jun 17, 2012 1:18:53 GMT -5
I can be a bit oblivious to those type of things. When a particularly amazing portrayal comes along, I notice, but I'm not the most aware of the opposite. That said, I'm getting better.
I like Kevin Smith, but I've grown apart from his work over the years.
Spike Jonze is particularly amazing. I'm so in love with Charlie Kaufman at times that I forget how well Jonze did with work.
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Post by mandate of heaven on Jun 17, 2012 2:58:36 GMT -5
Pi and Memento are two of my favorite films ever, and Inception and Black Swan were two of my favorites in recent memory. I agree on Memento, but Pi? Really? Not to knock you or anything, I just think it's Aronofsky's weakest by a longshot.
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Post by Terp Torp on Jun 17, 2012 11:15:26 GMT -5
Edgar Wright, Jean-Luc Godard, Sam Raimi, David Lynch, John Carpenter. Vince Gilligan, though he doesn't direct every episode of Breaking Bad, is definitely responsible for it having one of the strangest, coolest visual styles on TV.
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Post by Nick Taxidermy on Jun 17, 2012 14:41:43 GMT -5
David Lynch, Wes Anderson, Hideaki Anno
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Post by rc on Jun 20, 2012 15:51:57 GMT -5
Pi and Memento are two of my favorite films ever, and Inception and Black Swan were two of my favorites in recent memory. I agree on Memento, but Pi? Really? Not to knock you or anything, I just think it's Aronofsky's weakest by a longshot. It's just so strong and poignant! The plot is unusual and crisp and the psychology of it is so properly shown with the film's editing. The movie has this pulse that carries it the whole way through and thrills like very few movies can. I adore all of his movies, but this one refuses to remove its teeth from me.
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Post by Nick Taxidermy on Jun 21, 2012 13:01:47 GMT -5
oh, yeah, and George Lucas.
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Post by Cheryl Prime on Jun 22, 2012 1:20:43 GMT -5
In no particular order; Kubrick, Scott, Murnau, (early) Burton, Friedkin, Tarantino, Fincher, PT Anderson I'm really interested to see what Duncan Jones has to come next, Tomas Alfredson too.
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Post by JAN! on Jun 22, 2012 2:06:01 GMT -5
She hasn't done a lot, but I'd probably say Kathryn Bigelow. Point Break, K19, The Hurt Locker - I really enjoyed all of these movies.
Outside of that I can't think of anything off the top of my head. A lot of good directors get super boring after a while, so it's just like, why bother. Because you've probably already seen that movie.
Like Ed Zwick - he was doing well and all (woo, The Siege!), until he kept making movies into the 2000's.
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Post by Pillars of Aaron on Jun 24, 2012 0:44:03 GMT -5
Spielberg's up there. Jurassic Park, Jaws, Indiana Jones...yes please.
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Post by rc on Jun 24, 2012 12:40:31 GMT -5
Ya, I overlook him because he barely needs mention, but my avatar says it all.
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Post by Nick Taxidermy on Jun 25, 2012 10:01:25 GMT -5
Moonrise Kingdom reasserts Anderson as someone who tries new things. Not that I dislike his work even on coast-mode, but he has definitely broken a few old boundaries.
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Post by Super Nintendo Chalmers on Jun 25, 2012 10:23:03 GMT -5
Oh yeah, definitely Spielberg. Even War of the Worlds was pretty awesome except for Dakota Fanning's incessant screeching.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2012 14:45:21 GMT -5
Michael. Bay.
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Post by Ryan on Jun 25, 2012 19:53:42 GMT -5
Moonrise Kingdom reasserts Anderson as someone who tries new things. Not that I dislike his work even on coast-mode, but he has definitely broken a few old boundaries. Oh hell yes. Anderson is my favorite director, and Moonrise Kingdom is already one of my favorite Wes movies.
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Post by Ryan on Jun 25, 2012 23:53:16 GMT -5
Also, Guy Richie. I'm watching Snatch right now and it's still one of my favorite movies ever.
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Post by Cei on Jun 26, 2012 0:06:42 GMT -5
Oh yeah, definitely Spielberg. Even War of the Worlds was pretty awesome except for Dakota Fanning's incessant screeching. And the bit where somehow the world has fallen apart but his son and his ex-wife and her parents are all totally fine chilling at home. But yeah, Spielberg movies are always pretty solid. I love The Colour Purple.
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