redhawk23
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adding the the deluge of decade countdown threads, i thought it was time we argued amongst ourselves about what director has had the best decade. At first glance this could just devolve into another best movie thread but having one great movie doesn't really qualify you in my opinion. There are a few directors that have come out with more than one truly good film these past 10 years.
I personally will have to go with Peter Jackson, he directed three of the highest grossing and award winning movies of the past 10 years. Lord of the Rings I think will stand as a decade defining landmark. For better or worse King Kong was an acheivement in many aspects of special effects, and I know he considered it the completion of a life long dream. Though he did not direct, he lent his influence to get D9 off the ground. I trust The Lovely Bones will be an experience unto itself.
His name gets thrown around with way too much worship on these threads but I will still be the first to nominate Chris Nolan. I personally enjoy most of his movies. Nearly his entire major motion picture career has been within this decade (which reminds me someone needs to comeup with a name that sticks for this decade) with Memento, Insomnia, The prestige and obviously his Batman films.
Martin Scorsese finally won Best Director for The Departed, he also made The Aviator, and Gangs of New York, and a handful of documentaries and such.
The Coen Brothers won both best picture and best director for No Country for Old Men, also had O Brother where art thou, burn after reading (which i really liked) and their new film A Serious Man, theres probably a few others that I'm forgetting.
I personally will have to go with Peter Jackson, he directed three of the highest grossing and award winning movies of the past 10 years. Lord of the Rings I think will stand as a decade defining landmark. For better or worse King Kong was an acheivement in many aspects of special effects, and I know he considered it the completion of a life long dream. Though he did not direct, he lent his influence to get D9 off the ground. I trust The Lovely Bones will be an experience unto itself.
His name gets thrown around with way too much worship on these threads but I will still be the first to nominate Chris Nolan. I personally enjoy most of his movies. Nearly his entire major motion picture career has been within this decade (which reminds me someone needs to comeup with a name that sticks for this decade) with Memento, Insomnia, The prestige and obviously his Batman films.
Martin Scorsese finally won Best Director for The Departed, he also made The Aviator, and Gangs of New York, and a handful of documentaries and such.
The Coen Brothers won both best picture and best director for No Country for Old Men, also had O Brother where art thou, burn after reading (which i really liked) and their new film A Serious Man, theres probably a few others that I'm forgetting.
