Best Director Poll.

[The Chairman]

How can anyone say Tarantino? Or Jackson? Or several of the names on that list.

I agree on Jackson, personally I feel he's very overrated, but Tarantino still managed to create one of the most influential films of all time (Pulp Fiction), and he did to a degree create his own distinct style...even if he did rip it off from various foreign films and directors.

It could be that you really don't need to see too many films by one director to gain an appreciation of their overall style and skill. I could tell several things about Nolan simply from his first film, Following. Things that made his future films, all of them really, so great.

Well, that's one reasoning. But I think it's still too early for people to say Nolan is the best director. Making four very good films in a row doesn't make you one of the all time best overnight. You have to make films that influence later directors as well as to an extent change the way we look at certain elements of cinema, neither of which Nolan has done so far.

Of course, the more likely answer is simply that he made Batman Begins, and everyone's kissing his ass because of it.

Bingo.

 

[aaronx]

Where's Akira Kurosawa?

 

[CConn]

I agree on Jackson, personally I feel he's very overrated, but Tarantino still managed to create one of the most influential films of all time (Pulp Fiction), and he did to a degree create his own distinct style...even if he did rip it off from various foreign films and directors.

You could say the exact same thing for Nolan and Momento.

Well, that's one reasoning. But I think it's still too early for people to say Nolan is the best director. Making four very good films in a row doesn't make you one of the all time best overnight. You have to make films that influence later directors as well as to an extent change the way we look at certain elements of cinema, neither of which Nolan has done so far.

Agreed. But going back to my previous point, there's multiple directors on this poll in the same situation as Nolan.

 

[aaronx]

Sorry about a few miss spelled names but i am not the best computer typer and well i will admit it but grammer was bad subject. I sometimes spell by ear. I am getting a talk type thing that spells things when you talk type. Again i am sorry i spelled Kubiak wrong for i am rushed sometimes when i type.

You spell by ear? Ku-brik = Ku-b-ak

 

[The Chairman]

You could say the exact same thing for Nolan and Momento.

I don't consider Memento nearly as influential as Pulp Fiction. It's a great movie, no doubt, but it doesn't seem to have the impact PF did. I mean, there's been tons of directors who've copied QT's style since PF. I haven't seen many, if any it all, Nolan-esque films.

Agreed. But going back to my previous point, there's multiple directors on this poll in the same situation as Nolan.

Oh, no doubt. IMO the only ones who truly belong on there are Hitchcock, Scorsese, Stone, Hawks, Cameron, Kubrick and Scott. The rest are either inconsistent or haven't really had enough of an impact on film to be considered among the best.

 

[XwolverineX]

Spielberg

 

[aaronx]

PF is more influential, although I feel overrated, while I think Memento is a much better film.

 

[supzfan]

how could you not include these guys?
1)George Stevens
2)William Wyler
3)Michael Curtiz

just look at their body of work which includes "Ben-Hur", "The Best Years Of Our Lives", "Shane", "Casablanca", "The Adventures Of Robin Hood".

 

[Immortalfire]

Hitchcock....none other.

 

[CConn]

I don't consider Memento nearly as influential as Pulp Fiction. It's a great movie, no doubt, but it doesn't seem to have the impact PF did. I mean, there's been tons of directors who've copied QT's style since PF. I haven't seen many, if any it all, Nolan-esque films.

Actually, that may work in Nolan's favor. Sure, Tarantino has inspired people to copy him by, well, copying others, but Nolan did something, something great, with Memento that's rarely done (if ever done) before, and hasn't really been done since. That's something quite respectable in itself.

In any case, I think (most) can agree, both films are some of the best ever made either way.

Oh, no doubt. IMO the only ones who truly belong on there are Hitchcock, Scorsese, Stone, Hawks, Cameron, Kubrick and Scott. The rest are either inconsistent or haven't really had enough of an impact on film to be considered among the best.

Yeah. Really, guys like Raimi, and Nolan, and Jackson, etc. are perfectly fine for "favorite director" picks, but not really for best.

 

[BloodyWolverine]

I tell why i choose who a and why.

Ridley Scott and James Camron are great directors for they can do many types of movies.

Peter Jackson made one of the greatest trilogies ever. Weither the Peter Jackson haters like it or not.

Hitchcock becasue of vertigo, Huston though i spelled it Houstan was because of some truely great classic films. Demelle beacause of the epic The 10 Commandments.

Kevin Reynolds many don't like but he likes to to movie with the old story style which i like.

Depalma, Stone, Scorsese and Del Toro should need no explanation. Fro they are great.

My one regret is not putting ona coupld of the James Bond Directors and Terry Gulliam the Monty Python genious.

 

[Darren Daring]

George Clooney.

 

[BloodyWolverine]

My regrets that i didn't put in are as thus.

Tim Burton.
Ang Lee because of crouching tiger not Brokeback Mountain.
Farqua. Training Day, Tears Of The Sun, King Arthur.
Roland Emmerich because of The Patriot.
M Night Shamylan.
Gore Vebinski.

You know it comes down to the fact you sometimes think of names after your post somthing. Which leads to regrets. Thats why i put other for i can't please everyone.

 

[Darren Daring]

Too many hurt feelings, just stop making polls

 

[Majik1387]

It was between Hitchcock and Spielberg for me out of that list but I chose Alfred because I like more of his movies than I do of Stephen.

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

My regrets that i didn't put in are as thus.
Farqua. Training Day, Tears Of The Sun, King Arthur.
Roland Emmerich because of The Patriot.

Ugh, Fuqua has a very shaky track record. Training Day was good only because of Washington's character and performance. The rest of those movies....uber-meh...

And Emmerich. Sorry, The Patriot sucked, just like EVERY OTHER movie of his. He's a poor man's Michael Bay, which is more badder because Bay also sucks the royal fat one.

And there is a little known website called IMDb that can help you in nailing down the proper spelling to these people.

 

[BloodyWolverine]

Yes that is true but that web sight at times has accuracy difficulties. They were right about Geoffrey Rush in pirates 2 and 3 but news at times is not always the best source. I would rather agree to dissagree on what we view as favorite movies and directors and leave it there. An well i think i am doen for now. I find commenting gets you less hate male then posting threads.

 

[CConn]

Yes that is true but that web sight at times has accuracy difficulties.

I really don't think their inaccuracy applies to the spelling of people's names.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

It is impossible to say one is the best. They are too many amazing directors.

 

[Riven]

Out of the choices given, I'd have to go with Stanley "Kubiac"...

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

I dont think there is just one "Best Director".

Didn't you know?
Film Direction is a commodity, that can be quantified...measured out, like flour in cups, like water in gallon jugs.