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Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Wed October 25, 2017 7:01 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
The Argonaut wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:The Argonaut wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Not ranking things, but the run of Sicario -> Arrival -> Blade Runner 2049 is pretty great...
His previous three, Incendies->Prisoners->Enemy is also a nice one-two-three
Yeah, I really like Incendies and Enemy. Wasn't a big fan of Prisoners.
Prisoners wasn't perfect, but it was gripping as hell. Uncommonly so. I put it on late at night, planning to watch half of it one day and the rest the next day. Even though i never felt myself loving the movie, I couldn't turn it off. That's rare and very difficult and impressive. It might be my favorite of his for that reason

Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Wed October 25, 2017 7:02 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Wed October 25, 2017 7:05 pm
by The Argonaut
I'm impressed that Villeneuve has six movies over the last eight years, especially considering the scope of some of them.
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 2:17 am
by LoathedVermin72
Updated Spielberg:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Saving Private Ryan
Jurassic Park
War of the Worlds
Jaws
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Empire of the Sun
Amistad
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
The Post
The Color Purple
Duel
Bridge of Spies
War Horse
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Always
Catch Me If You Can
Munich
Minority Report
The Terminal
1941
Ready Player One
The Sugarland Express
Hook
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Lincoln
Schindler's List
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Adventures of Tintin
The BFG
Ridley Scott:
Alien
Alien: Covenant
Legend
Prometheus
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Gladiator
Blade Runner
The Duellists
The Counselor
Body of Lies
Matchstick Men
American Gangster
Black Hawk Down
Black Rain
White Squall
The Martian
Thelma & Louise
Need to rewatch Hannibal and Kingdom of Heaven before I'd feel comfortable ranking them.
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 5:10 am
by BurtReynolds
Ridley Scott:
Alien
Blade Runner
Gladiator
Legend
Black Hawk Down
Matchstick Men
Thelma & Louise
Hannibal
Black Rain
The Martian
Kingdom of Heaven
G.I. Jane
Prometheus
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 5:26 am
by LoathedVermin72
It’s very hard for me to wrap my head around the facts that Scott:
1. Was 40 years old when he made his first film.
2. Is 80 years old.
I am not prepared for him to die any time soon.
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 5:35 am
by Orpheus
LoathedVermin72 wrote:It’s very hard for me to wrap my head around the facts that Scott:
1. Was 40 years old when he made his first film.
2. Is 80 years old.
I am not prepared for him to die any time soon.
That's good perspective. He's really a hugely underrated influence on the culture of the last forty years, if you think about it.
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 8:43 am
by BurtReynolds
Orpheus wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:It’s very hard for me to wrap my head around the facts that Scott:
1. Was 40 years old when he made his first film.
2. Is 80 years old.
I am not prepared for him to die any time soon.
That's good perspective. He's really a hugely underrated influence on the culture of the last forty years, if you think about it.
Gives me some hope that my second 40 years won't be as disastrous as the first.
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 1:06 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 2:31 am
by daft twat
Someone more familiar with it, do Ron Howard’s list. I’ll start with what I know:
1) Willow
2) Solo (I’m safely assuming)
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Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 2:46 am
by BurtReynolds
Apollo 13
Whatever else
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 3:21 am
by LoathedVermin72
Yeah Apollo 13 is great
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 3:34 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Sat June 23, 2018 11:45 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Fri September 14, 2018 8:35 pm
by epilogue
I haven't seen enough of Spike Lee's films but here's how I'd rank the ones I have seen:
Do The Right Thing
Black Klansman
Summer of Sam
25th Hour
Inside Man
Miracle at St. Anna
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Fri September 14, 2018 8:58 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Fri September 14, 2018 9:47 pm
by epilogue
I need to see Malcolm X. I know I've seen some of it but not the whole thing.
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Fri September 14, 2018 9:52 pm
by swan
The acting in Gladiator is so bad. I had to turn it off last time I tried watching.
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Fri September 14, 2018 9:54 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Rank a Director's Filmography
Posted: Fri September 14, 2018 10:00 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:I need to see Malcolm X. I know I've seen some of it but not the whole thing.
it's rather tedious, is my best memory. but i could stand to watch it again.
