Who is your favorite director right now?

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illuminati_guy

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david cronenberg: legend. he doesn't direct so often, but every movie he does is dope. haven't seen his latest yet tho. his top 5 is: videodrome > the dead zone > eastern promises > naked lunch >the fly

johnnie to: king of hong kong crime cinema right now. exiled, election 1-2, vengeance..

darren aronofsky: dude is just dope. i haven't seen the fountain, but all the other movies from him are great

christopher nolan: haven't seen a bad film by him. can't wait for next batman
 
Mcthuggin99

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David Fincher. everything since Seven has been dope. a lot of people hate on Panic Room and The Social Network but they are great IMO and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is out now, and imma see it Friday

Nicolas Winding Refn. i havent seen the Pusher Trilogy but Bronson, Valhalla Rising, and Drive are great

Christopher Nolan. Ive seen alll of his films except his first one. he doesnt have one bad film

like Illuminati_Guy said, Darren Aronofsky. The Wrestler, Black Swan, Requiem For A Dream. all classics


and you cannot leave out Scorsese. Goodfellas, Casino, The King Of Comedy, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, The Departed, Gangs Of New York
 
Elemenno

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Aronofsky and Nolan are both great. I think my favorite has to be P.T. Anderson (Hard 8, Boogie Nights, Punch Drunk Love, There Will Be Blood). Waiting for The Master to come out this year.
 
L.D.S.

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Guillermo del Toro - Mimic, Hellboy, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Blade II(they should have given him full reign over the trilogy), Pan's Labyrinth, and the soon to be Pacific Rim(2013)

That's not even mentioning his production credits - the Hellboy Animated films, Kung Fu Panda 2, Rise of the Guardians, and Pinocchio.

His cinematic vision and artistic sense appeals to me more than other directors in Hollywood. Plus, he's everyone's friend and a comic book nerd.
 
2-0-Sixx

2-0-Sixx

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I gotta throw Chan-wook Park's name out there. Oldboy, Thirst, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Lady Vengeance, I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK. Can't wait for his American debut with Stoker.

Aronofsky & Nolan are probably my favorites. I think Fincher is overrated tbh.
 
KrazeeRDM

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2-0-Sixx said:
I gotta throw Chan-wook Park's name out there. Oldboy, Thirst, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Lady Vengeance, I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK. Can't wait for his American debut with Stoker.

Aronofsky & Nolan are probably my favorites. I think Fincher is overrated tbh.
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lol. say that to the Academy Awards. i dont even think they gave him a nomination for best director. but you can't argue with you're favorites since those are all top of my list aswell. i just think fincher draws a certain type of crowd and he can be looked at as average by some and great by some. he made a movie about Facebook be an amazing film, not many directors can do that shit.
 
2-0-Sixx

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KrazeeRDM said:
lol. say that to the Academy Awards. i dont even think they gave him a nomination for best director. but you can't argue with you're favorites since those are all top of my list aswell. i just think fincher draws a certain type of crowd and he can be looked at as average by some and great by some. he made a movie about Facebook be an amazing film, not many directors can do that shit.
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Academy Awards doesn't mean much to me. Usually it's popularity or the more "political correct" winners.

Anyways, I'm not saying Fincher is a bad director or anything like that, obviously he's very talented. I just think recently he's been a bit overrated, especially with the social network (personally, again my opinion, I honestly didn't think it was a great movie at all). Talented, absolutely. Good at what he does? He's great. Just a bit overrated imo. Se7en & Fight Club were fantastic films. Everything since, in my mind, has been pretty average.

What he's really good at is signing on to projects that are really interesting and are typically different stories than what we're used to.
 
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