Who's the Better Director?

[MessiahDecoy123]

Burton

mostly for his early work.

 

[Rukus]

Burton

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Burton. I just love his visual style and he's more consistent.

You mean his high school goth crap and crush on Johnny Depp?

But no, I choose Tim Burton.

 

[returntovoid]

Burton. I just love his visual style and he's more consistent.

Yeah, his visual style/use of atmosphere is awesome.

The visual style/use of atmosphere he used for Batman was the most accurate to the comics plus Danny Elfman and Anton Furst should also get credit for all that to fall into place.

Gotham City was originally Gothic looking in the comics and afterwards it started to depend on the creative teams, for example Neal Adams brought it back in the 1970's with writer Dennis O'Neil.

And yeah, Burton is more consistent because he has way more amounts of great work in his filmography.

 

[gwynplaine]

Hasn't Burton won yet?
Milos Forman vs Hal Ashby, now that would be a tough match. I'm not sure I could even chose one.

 

[Vengeance]

Tim Burton but close

 

[spidermilk]

Results of Matches
Spielberg vs Cameron - Cameron
Hitchcock vs Kubrick - tie
Eastwood vs Scorcese - Scorcese
Carpenter vs Craven - Carpenter
Jackson vs Zemeckis - Jackson
Nolan vs Fincher - Nolan
Ridley Scott vs. Quentin Tarantino - Ridley Scott
Sam Raimi vs. Bryan Singer - Sam Raimi
Francis Ford Coppola vs Woody Allen - Francis Ford Coppola
Bay vs. Emmerich - Bay
Frank Darabont vs. Darren Aronofsky - Frank Darabont
Judd Apatow vs. John Hughes - John Hughes
John Ford vs Orson Welles - Orson Welles

 

[El Payaso]

Tim Burton vs Terry Gilliam - Tim Burton.

 

[david icke]

I know the vote is over , but my take on that particular bout is that Gilliam could have made any movie Burton has, but no way Burton could have made Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or Brazil.
Burton wishes he could make them like Gilliam at his best.

and on Darabont vs Darren A.. I can't believe a guy who follows the formula of adapting Stephen King books beat a guy who has pushed himself creatively with each successive movie and has proved to be being genuinely innovative. sorry, had to get that off my chest.

 

[El Payaso]

I know the vote is over , but my take on that particular bout is that Gilliam could have made any movie Burton has, but no way Burton could have made Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or Brazil.
Burton wishes he could make them like Gilliam at his best.

Apart from the actors, Fear and Loathing wasn't very good. I haven't seen Brazil but once many many years ago so I can't share my opinion. I'll only say that there might be a reason why I have been never interested in watching it a second time.

 

[p4poetic]

You mean his high school goth crap and crush on Johnny Depp?

But no, I choose Tim Burton.

Yeah, what's up with that? What happened to Michael Keaton Tim?

Every time I see Tim Burton I just want to comb his hair.

 

[El Payaso]

Every time I see Tim Burton I just want to comb his hair.

 

[david icke]

Apart from the actors, Fear and Loathing wasn't very good. I haven't seen Brazil but once many many years ago so I can't share my opinion. I'll only say that there might be a reason why I have been never interested in watching it a second time.

Well, if you don't like the book you won't like the movie, because it was a good adaptation, but cinematically, it's a visual feast, probably his best one visually.
I used to have Brazil on tape but have not seen it for a while, but it's a very unique movie, and the dream sequences come across as very strange as opposed to self conciously trying to be strange, like many do.

 

[Peyton Westlake]

If the thread originator gives his ok, I would like to nominate the next match up. Richard Donner [Superman (1978) , Lethal Weapon] vs. John McTiernan [Die Hard, Predator]

 

[gwynplaine]

Good one. The Omen vs Die Hard. It's a tie for me.

 

[El Payaso]

Donner.

 

[Dark Victory]

McTiernan, no doubt. Without him, my childhood wouldn't have been as awesome.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I refuse to vote.

Both directors directed my two favorite movies (Predator and Superman the Movie)

 

[Two-Face]

Tim Burton.

 

[returntovoid]

This is a tough one but I'll vote for John McTiernan.

 

[Figs]

John McTiernan

I really like Donner's Superman film/s and I love Lethal Weapon but McTiernan gets the vote due to the badassery of Predator, Die Hard 1 & 3 not to mention I love Hunt For Red October and 13th Warrrior was a really fun film for me(a lot better than the other Viking film Pathfinder).

 

[nite-owl]

John McTiernan

 

[bunk]

Donner

 

[Peyton Westlake]

Not sure myself, I have a liking for most they have done.

 

[Peyton Westlake]

I will go with Donner after going back & forth a lot.