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  1. Thatislife Thatislife is offline

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 7:48am)

    1. Francis Ford Coppola

    2. Scorsese

    3. Hitchcock

    4. Tim Burton(88-94)

    5. Spielberg(Has to be on the list with all the great movies he has made)

    Whats yours?
  2. bfactor bfactor is offline Server Clogger

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 7:58am) in reply to Thatislife

    1. Stanley Kubrick (obviously (not close at all))

    2. Alfred Hitchcock

    3. Quentin Tarantino

    4. Sergio Leone

    5. Francis Ford Coppola

    edit: I probably should replace one of them with Darren Aronofsky. He seems to own pretty hard.
  3. ucantbeatthemeat ucantbeatthemeat is online now

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 8:25am) in reply to bfactor

    David Lean is #1 IMO
    2-5= Sam Fuller, Martin Scorcese, Quentin T, Stanley kubrick.
  4. spacemandave spacemandave is offline

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 8:44am) in reply to bfactor

    1. Michael Bay

    jk

    1. tarantino
    2. kubrick
    3. paul thomas anderson
    4. spielberg
    5. nolan (although i see insomnia got great reviews but i thought it was the worst movie id ever seen when i saw in theaters, perhaps i was just an angry teenager at the time...but if yahoo serious directed dark knight id forgive all his past movies too)
     
  5. threeven threeven is offline

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 9:29am) in reply to bfactor

     
    Originally Posted by bfactor View Post

    1. Stanley Kubrick (obviously (not close at all))

    2. Alfred Hitchcock

    3. Quentin Tarantino

    4. Sergio Leone

    5. Francis Ford Coppola

    edit: I probably should replace one of them with Darren Aronofsky. He seems to own pretty hard.

    I could write an epic bfactoresq post as to why Stanley Kubrick is clearly the worst director in the the history of the universe, but Im too tired and lazy. Perhaps I shall share my genius on a later date.
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  6. whaler55 whaler55 is offline

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 9:40am) in reply to Thatislife

    scorcese
    robert altman
    spielberg
    coen bros
    hitchcock

    honorable mention: farrely bros
  7. j_money24 j_money24 is offline

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 9:48am) in reply to Thatislife

    1. Stanley Kubrick (by far...like a ridiculously absurd margin)

    2. Luis Bunuel

    looooooong gap

    3. Coen Bros.

    4. Akira Kurosawa

    5. Werner Herzog

    6. Federico Fellini

    7. David Lynch

    8. Alfred Hitchcock
    9. Terry Gilliam

    10. Quentin Tarantino

    this sounds about right
  8. j_money24 j_money24 is offline

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 9:49am) in reply to threeven

    i would like to hear that. particularly because i think you would be so wrong in your assessment it would reduce me to both fits of tears and laughter
  9. Unforseen Unforseen is offline

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 9:50am) in reply to Thatislife

    Danny Boyle
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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 9:51am) in reply to j_money24

    Seymore Butts
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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 10:44am) in reply to threeven

     
    Originally Posted by threeven View Post

     
    Originally Posted by bfactor View Post

    1. Stanley Kubrick (obviously (not close at all))

    2. Alfred Hitchcock

    3. Quentin Tarantino

    4. Sergio Leone

    5. Francis Ford Coppola

    edit: I probably should replace one of them with Darren Aronofsky. He seems to own pretty hard.

    I could write an epic bfactoresq post as to why Stanley Kubrick is clearly the worst director in the the history of the universe, but Im too tired and lazy. Perhaps I shall share my genius on a later date.

    I'd love to read that. I'd probably laugh a little bit, but I'd still read it. There really aren't many directors who are equal to or more important to cinema than Kubrick. Read a book about him. His work is much deeper than what you see on screen.
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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 10:46am) in reply to Fife19

    Not ranking them, that's too tough, so in no particular order:

    Akira Kurosawa

    Wong Kar Wai

    Zhang Yi Mou

    Chan Wook Park

    Stanley Kubrick

    David Lynch

    David Cronenburg

    Werner Herzog

    Chris Marker

    Sogo Ishii

    Ingmar Bergman

    Sergio Leone

    Hitchcock

    Richard Kelly

    David Fincher

    Takashi Miike

    Wim Wenders

    ANDREI TARKOVSKY

    Cohen Brothers

    Scorsese

    I'm sure I forgot a few, this could be a very long list
  13. Dr23 Dr23 is offline

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 10:48am) in reply to Glo4m

    Christopher Nolan is one of my most favorite.

    Memento for starters, and the new Batmans
  14. Glo4m Glo4m is offline Confess to me

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 10:49am) in reply to AnEmergency

     
    Originally Posted by AnEmergency View Post

     
    Originally Posted by threeven View Post

     
    Originally Posted by bfactor View Post

    1. Stanley Kubrick (obviously (not close at all))

    2. Alfred Hitchcock

    3. Quentin Tarantino

    4. Sergio Leone

    5. Francis Ford Coppola

    edit: I probably should replace one of them with Darren Aronofsky. He seems to own pretty hard.

    I could write an epic bfactoresq post as to why Stanley Kubrick is clearly the worst director in the the history of the universe, but Im too tired and lazy. Perhaps I shall share my genius on a later date.

    I'd love to read that. I'd probably laugh a little bit, but I'd still read it. There really aren't many directors who are equal to or more important to cinema than Kubrick. Read a book about him. His work is much deeper than what you see on screen.

    I agree I would love to read it. I wouldn't say he was the greatest director of all time, not by a long shot, but you cannot deny some of his films are incredible and western cinema wouldn't be the same without his work. He has influenced so many modern directors its ridiculous.
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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 11:01am) in reply to Thatislife

    Quentin Tarentino

    Kevin Smith

    Martin McDonaugh

    Guy Ritchie
  16. apc8923 apc8923 is offline

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 11:10am) in reply to jdillon3

    Kevin Smith?? I would put him down as a magnificent comedic writer but i haven't seen any of his films that really portray him as a talented director
  17. Glo4m Glo4m is offline Confess to me

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 11:15am) in reply to apc8923

     
    Originally Posted by apc8923 View Post

    Kevin Smith?? I would put him down as a magnificent comedic writer but i haven't seen any of his films that really portray him as a talented director

    He did almost as much as Tarantino for "independent" filmmaking, so he deserves a little credit there, but he wouldn't make my list. Then again, neither would Tarantino.
  18. Luckpete Luckpete is offline

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 12:01pm) in reply to Glo4m

    Only one person mentioned Guy Ritchie?

    1: Guy Ritchie

    2: Who Cares
  19. uncpeej uncpeej is offline

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 12:07pm) in reply to Luckpete

    Peter Weir
    Coppola
    David Fincher
    Clint Eastwood
  20. Glo4m Glo4m is offline Confess to me

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 12:43pm) in reply to Luckpete

     
    Originally Posted by Luckpete View Post

    Only one person mentioned Guy Ritchie?

    1: Guy Ritchie

    2: Who Cares

    Because he's not that great. We're talking over 100 yrs of cinema here.
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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 12:49pm) in reply to Thatislife

    The original post title was favorite director not greatest:

    so based on that i also say

    Guy ritchie
    coppala
    scorcese
    ridley scott
    john favreau
  22. stevieg987 stevieg987 is offline

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 1:37pm) in reply to moses rob

    Not in any order Bergman Kurosawa Fellini Welles Cuaron Innaritu Renoir Godard Kubrick Boyle Ratner
  23. Hateflops Hateflops is online now 7 over par. ship it!

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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 1:38pm) in reply to moses rob

    scorcese
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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 1:40pm) in reply to Thatislife

    I thought this thread was, post your favorite Dictators...

    my Castro and Vlad the Impaler pictures are now useless.
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    Oct 23rd, 2008 (10/23/2008 1:40pm) in reply to Thatislife

    John Carpenter
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