Danny
08-30-2007, 07:32 AM
Ok folks, who are your favourite film Directors ?... or which 5 do you rate the highest as the most revolutionary and important ?. Try and give a little (or big) explanation for each of your choices to make it interesting and give us all a bit of insight. I'll get the ball rolling with my favourite 5
1. Steven Spielberg: Spielberg has made a few pap movies, but you take a good look at the guys catalog of work and im not sure any other Director comes close to the sheer volume of brilliance that Spielberg has made. Everything from the likes of Indiana Jones to Jurassic Park to Minority Report to Munch. Or how about Schindlers List and Saving Private Ryan ?.
2. Ridley Scott: Ridley Scott would get my vote simply for being born in South Sheilds, Country Durham (HAWAY THE LADS). But having Directed such groundbreaking features as Alien, Blade Runnder, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down he's well worth the mention.
3. Peter Jackson: Jackson get's my vote simply for The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. I own all 3 extended edition 4 discs a peice DVD's and having watched countless hours of footage of making of and listened to all commentaries I can safly say that the production of these movies was earthshattering more so than groundbreaking. It was a mammoth undertaking started way back in 1995 or so and in someways only completed with the release of the extended edition DVD's. Those DVD's were the way Jackson wanted to release the movie in my opinion, and they're amazing. His ambition and determintion coupled with his sheer directorial brilliance are the reason they got finished and were as good as they were and are as good as they are. A worthy vote if ever there was one.
4. Tim Burton: Tim Burton is something of a one trick pony to be fair, but his trick is just stunning a great deal of the time. You just need to look at the stylistic beauty of Beetlejuice, Batman & Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and so on and so forth. A quick glance at the latest screens of Sweeney Todd prove that he still has the magic. And all that without even a mention of the gorgeous treats that are The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride
5. Gore Verbinski: There are quite a few others I SHOULD have put first, but Gore directed y much adored Pirates Of The Caribbean Trilogy. And for that alone I have to place him in my Top 5. He had the humility and sense of humour to incorporate a great number of small gags and jokes that many other directors would have cut out pretty quickly. He threw it all in and I love that about those movies, it sets them apart. Thanks for that Gore lol. Didn't hurt having the Deppster create a modern cinema Icon either with Capt. Jack.
What about you guys and gals ?... you have your faves ?... :) :thumb:
1. Steven Spielberg: Spielberg has made a few pap movies, but you take a good look at the guys catalog of work and im not sure any other Director comes close to the sheer volume of brilliance that Spielberg has made. Everything from the likes of Indiana Jones to Jurassic Park to Minority Report to Munch. Or how about Schindlers List and Saving Private Ryan ?.
2. Ridley Scott: Ridley Scott would get my vote simply for being born in South Sheilds, Country Durham (HAWAY THE LADS). But having Directed such groundbreaking features as Alien, Blade Runnder, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down he's well worth the mention.
3. Peter Jackson: Jackson get's my vote simply for The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. I own all 3 extended edition 4 discs a peice DVD's and having watched countless hours of footage of making of and listened to all commentaries I can safly say that the production of these movies was earthshattering more so than groundbreaking. It was a mammoth undertaking started way back in 1995 or so and in someways only completed with the release of the extended edition DVD's. Those DVD's were the way Jackson wanted to release the movie in my opinion, and they're amazing. His ambition and determintion coupled with his sheer directorial brilliance are the reason they got finished and were as good as they were and are as good as they are. A worthy vote if ever there was one.
4. Tim Burton: Tim Burton is something of a one trick pony to be fair, but his trick is just stunning a great deal of the time. You just need to look at the stylistic beauty of Beetlejuice, Batman & Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and so on and so forth. A quick glance at the latest screens of Sweeney Todd prove that he still has the magic. And all that without even a mention of the gorgeous treats that are The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride
5. Gore Verbinski: There are quite a few others I SHOULD have put first, but Gore directed y much adored Pirates Of The Caribbean Trilogy. And for that alone I have to place him in my Top 5. He had the humility and sense of humour to incorporate a great number of small gags and jokes that many other directors would have cut out pretty quickly. He threw it all in and I love that about those movies, it sets them apart. Thanks for that Gore lol. Didn't hurt having the Deppster create a modern cinema Icon either with Capt. Jack.
What about you guys and gals ?... you have your faves ?... :) :thumb: