Directors we need to see more of

[Thedudehimself]

speilberg

Every time I read this it makes me die a bit. Also every time someone writes that a little kitten dies. I see this mistake all over the Internet. Its like people doing it on purpose. How hard can it be to get a legends name right?

 

[DarkSovereignty]

so I made a typo unclench the sphincter dude.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

He's the guy who got the cast together, knew who the right kids were, created the look of Hogwarts, and found the cinematic way to present Quidditch. Not to mention everything else that's remained a staple to the very end of the series. So, in my view - he set everything up for the others to come in on.

All the other directors seemed to bring were muddy camera lenses, a constant gray sky and needless gothic design patterns. While the books did get darker, I highly doubt they got to the point where that would be the right palette. I'm not even sure how many directors got brought on between him and the last guy because they all blended together way too much. What I do know is that after Chris, the only guy to last was the last guy they brought on. Which tells me he was the only one similarly capable of capturing both the studio's, the author's, and the audience's attention or else one of those in-between directors would have stuck around. You want maturity and growth, you go after the themes and character dynamics - not making something look overly gothic at times. Maturity is one thing, scarier creatures is one thing, unnecessary darkness is completely another. To me the in-between HP films are, at times, even darker than the darkest scenes of LOTR - which wasn't the case for the guy who introduced it to film or the guy who finished it in film, which tells me that probably wasn't the case of the books in-between and rather what the other directors did.

I'm not disagreeing that he didn't set it up for others come on. I just think that other directors did it better, especially Cuaron. Also you're wrong about the inbetween directors not being able to be capable of handling the series. They were able to handle the series. They just didn't want to. There's a difference between getting rejected and deciding not to come back.

The reason why Cuaron stay on was not because he got it wrong like you're implying, but rather he decided not to come back. WB did extend an offer for him to return. WB really wanted Cuaron back, but Cuaron wanted to move on to other projects, mainly directing Children of Men which he was attached to before he ever did Prisoner of Azabhan. In fact, he put off doing Children of Men to direct Prisoner of Azkabhan. Also, if you're implying that they couldn't handle the pressure Cuaron also mentions that it was the most beautiful two years of his life working on Prisoner of Azkhaban.

Newell also declined to come back and return, though I personally didn't care that he left.

Yates I felt did a great job on the look of the movies on all of them except for Half Blood Prince, which I felt went too far with the bleakness of the look.

Also, the look of the movies have to reflect the themes and the character dynamics. I couldn't possibly imagine Colombus' style working with the later Harry Potter movies as they got older. They lost the childlike innocence, and were moving into darker terrority and I felt the directors after Columbus did a great job of emphasizing that.

 

[flickchick85]

Cuaron's work on the HP franchise was leagues ahead of anyone else's, imo, but Yates did an admirable job and was a worthy substitute. Newell and Columbus easily made my least favorite contributions.

 

[Jordacar]

On that note, I don't think Yates gets enough credit. I mean, he directed half the franchise, and these are huge movies made one after another, not like the Batman movies where there's some rest in between. I look forward to what he puts out next.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

He's my realistic pick to direct Guardians of The Galaxy.

 

[Homer J. Fong]

Yates did a great job, I admire the hell out of what he did. I respect all of them, but Yates made my favorite movies of the series. I actually give Columbus more credit than most, because I think Sorcerer's Stone is a genuinely great movie. He doesn't have as much personality as a director as the others, and he stayed more faithful to the books he had than the others (which he could afford to do, because he was dealing with the shortest books), but even though they don't have the spark of the latter films, I give Columbus a lot of credit.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

On that note, I don't think Yates gets enough credit. I mean, he directed half the franchise, and these are huge movies made one after another, not like the Batman movies where there's some rest in between. I look forward to what he puts out next.

I would love for the next batman franchise to be helmed by yates, either him or guy ritchie.

 

[Ultimatehero]

To me they just seemed to blend in that I couldn't tell them apart. Ironically with Half Blood I was alright with the bleakness - but that's also because the core of the story was delving into the history of Voldemort.

It would be awesome if Yates directs Guardians & Guy Ritchie seems, stylistically, like someone who could bring a whole new tone to the Batman universe.

Other classic Chris Columbus films, imo:

Home Alone 1
Home Alone 2
Mrs. Doubtfire
Bicentenial Man
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Also... the name of the 'Gremlins' director - Joe Dante:

Gremlins
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Small Soldiers
Innerspace
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (alright movie, but amazing style)
The Hole

Basically, I'd like to see more family-friendly live action films like the ones I grew up with lol. There just seemed to be more a magic and innocence to them that doesn't seem to be around as much anymore.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

here's more of a general statement, any of the directors from the show ALPHAS. my god are the visuals in that show just awesome. the way they portray superpowers in a realistic setting is so stylish and refreshing, i wish the x men films were done like this show.

 

[Jordacar]

Especially since "Alphas" is pretty much X-Men-lite. It's still a cool show, and they come up with a lot of creative ways to portray superpowers.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

seriously. I wasn't looking forward to this when I first heard about because it had a tired concept, but man did this show surprise me.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

I'd love to see another directorial effort from joe cornish. Attack the Block was some great cinema.

 

[flickchick85]

I would support Yates for Guardians of the Galaxy, but I think he's more likely to direct something for DC/WB since they have an established relationship. And JL looks to be going to Affleck, so maybe Wonder Woman?

I do look forward to seeing what he does next, whatever that may be.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

I think david yates would do wonders with green lantern, but I think Wonder Woman has a better chance at getting made atm. personally I think green lantern shouldn't pop up again until the JL movie, and they should probably just use john stewart ala the bruce timm cartoon.

also I'm really glad to see Joss Whedon taking off, I can't wait for Much Ado about nothing.

 

[flickchick85]

also I'm really glad to see Joss Whedon taking off, I can't wait for Much Ado about nothing.

Ditto.

And on a semi-related note, I really hope to see a lot more of Drew Goddard in the near future. Cabin in the Woods was an excellent directorial debut, imo. Plus, I've always loved the Buffy episodes he wrote way back when.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

which episodes did he write?

 

[BizarroAids]

Stephen Hopkins - Still love Blown Away and Predator 2

Chris Columbus - Getting back into more comedies.

John Woo - American audiences need more Hard Boiled,Killer, Face/Off and less Paycheck and Windtalkers.

 

[Thundarr]

Joss Whedon!

 

[flickchick85]

which episodes did he write?

He didn't come onto the show until its final season, but he pretty much wrote all of my favorite episodes from that season: Selfless (aka the only truly Anya-centric episode), Conversations with Dead People (which he co-wrote with Jane Espenson), Dirty Girls (a great introduction to Nathan Fillion's villain Caleb), and Lies My Parents Told Me (A Spike-centric episode on par with, or possibly even better than, Fool for Love). They aren't just my favorite episodes of an arguably weaker season, they're also some of my favorites of the entire series, period.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

Chris Nolan (with Jonah) in the Sci-Fi genre.

Duncan Jones

Neill Blompkamp

Alfonso Cuaron

Guillermo Del Toro

Ridley Scott for Prometheus: Paradise

 

[DarkSovereignty]

anyone know what David Mamet is up to?

 

[Jordacar]

Stephen Chow. Kung Fu Hustle was a masterpiece.

 

[Project862006]

I'd love to see another directorial effort from joe cornish. Attack the Block was some great cinema.

he is gonna Direct Rust a comic book adaption for FOX next

 

[DarkSovereignty]

for some reason that doesn't fill me with excitement. I'll most likely see it though.