Greatest film director?

[LATEXXX COMMANDO]

All I know is it would be between these 3:

Kurosawa
Hitchcock
Coppola

 

[europe1]

Kubrick
Kurisawa
Fritz Lang
Hitchcock

And when it comes to B-movies, Cirio H. Santiago

 

[Guestx]

Spoiler

Just kidding. He sucks.

Was gonna like this until I read the spoiler.

 

[Mondo Freaks]

No John Ford?

 

[Guestx]

Someday Refn's name will be among the greatest.

I have seen four of Refn's films, and I do think of him as a great filmmaker. I don't know about putting him up there with guys like Spielberg, Scorsese and Fincher, though.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Terminator 1
Abyss
Aliens
Terminator 2
Titanic
True Lies
Avatar

Cameron is GOAT.

Spielberg uses Cameron for toilet paper.

 

[Nathan LaMontagne]

Fuck I meant to put Kubrick.

 

[Sir Galahad]

I have seen four of Refn's films, and I do think of him as a great filmmaker. I don't know about putting him up there with guys like Spielberg, Scorsese and Fincher, though.

Not yet but soon.

 

[dc007]

Hitchcock

 

[Skip Reming]

look david cronenberg needs to be on this

 

[Skip Reming]

bran should time travel back to when eddard is about to get his head chopped off and scream "turtle turtle"

 

[Skip Reming]

he killed Calista Flockheart

 

[iThrillhouse]

Tough choice....body of work though

Jaws
Close Encounters
Raiders of the Lost Ark
ET
Temple of Doom
Empire of the sun
Last Crusade
Hook
Jurassic Park
Schindlers List
Amistad
Saving Private Ryan
Minority Report
Catch me if you Can
Munich

vs.

Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Goodfellas
Cape Fear
Casino
Gangs of New York
Aviator
Departed
Shutter Island
Wolf of Wall Street

vs

Paths of Glory
Spartacus
Lolita
Strangelove
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
Shining
Full Metal Jacket


tough pick

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Spielberg uses Cameron for toilet paper.

Let's compare their greatest films...

Terminator 2, Terminator, Titanic, and Aliens.

To Indiana Jones 4, A.I., Munich, and The Terminal.

Fuck me, you're right. Spielberg is unquestionably the better director.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Let's compare their greatest films...

Terminator 2, Terminator, Titanic, and Aliens.

To Indiana Jones 4, A.I., Munich, and The Terminal.

Fuck me, you're right. Spielberg is unquestionably the better director.

Spielberg legit pisses on Cameron

 

[TCE]

Kubrick for me.

A Clockwork Orange, Shining, Full Metal Jacket, 2001 etc... just can't beat 'em.

I do like a good Scorsese movie though, like Goodfellas.

 

[JSN]

Kurosawa the best on poll

Tarkovsky GOAT

great minds think alike!

 

[JSN]

Spielberg legit pisses on Cameron

I think it's pretty hard to compare the two. Speilburg definitely has a stronger body of work and has been much more prolific, but he's a guy who's strongest films have been written by other people, whereas Cameron tends to control everything to large degree and force innovation to create his visions, so the dude is only putting out one movie every 5 years or so.

Obviously writing isn't directing, but I think that when people colloquially speak about a film director, it usually carries an implication that you're talking about someone who's a driving force type of filmmaker more akin to a show runner in television.

 

[ehtheist]

Cameron. No brainer.

 

[the ambush]

I think it's pretty hard to compare the two. Speilburg definitely has a stronger body of work and has been much more prolific, but he's a guy who's strongest films have been written by other people, whereas Cameron tends to control everything to large degree and force innovation to create his visions, so the dude is only putting out one movie every 5 years or so.

Obviously writing isn't directing, but I think that when people colloquially speak about a film director, it usually carries an implication that you're talking about someone who's a driving force type of filmmaker more akin to a show runner in television.

If I had to vote for only one person it would be Cameron, but I also really enjoy some of Spielberg's work and Carpenter's work. Those would likely be my three favorite directors of all-time.