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M Jackson
Professor
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Originally posted by mazaite: I say Terry Gilliam. He has a feel not many others can really duplicate. I like Terry Gillaim, but i'd say he's fairly similar to Tim Burton. But they're both very talented guys with great off the wall ideas.
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BumbleBeeTheta
Starship Captain
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My favorite director of all time is Tim Burton. I love all his films, even the film everyone loves to hate Planet of the Apes. He's able to evoke so much from me, whether it's morbid laughter (Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow), deep empathy (Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood) or a childlike sense of wonder (Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman Returns). I'm very eager to see Big Fish and I know he'll do great with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. After Burton, I love the master of neuroses, Woody Allen. His work is just so absurd and astute at the same time. Annie Hall is one of the greatest films of all time, as is the amazing Manhattan. He's also great at insanely funny spoofs like What's Up, Tiger Lily? and Sleeper. And who could forget Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex*(*But Were Afraid to Ask)? I even like his newer films, especially Anything Else, which seems like a throwback to the days when Diane Keaton inspired fashion trends. Other notables would be Alfred Hitchcock, Terry Gilliam, Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg.
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M Jackson
Professor
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Sorry but i've got to disagree with you there. I love AI as it is. As much as I love the dark Kubrick influences (like the flesh fair, and the whole futuristic design), without Spielbergs emotional ending, it would be missing something. AI was instantly one of my favourite films, I truely think that it's perfect in every way. As brilliant as Kubricks version would have been, Spielberg made it even better. I think AI is probably the most under rated film in history, it should so clearly have won a best picture oscar, or atleast been nominated!
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OC_James
Liquid Emperor
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Originally posted by BumbleBeeTheta: My favorite director of all time is Tim Burton. I love all his films, even the film everyone loves to hate Planet of the Apes. He's able to evoke so much from me, whether it's morbid laughter (Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow), deep empathy (Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood) or a childlike sense of wonder (Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman Returns). I'm very eager to see Big Fish and I know he'll do great with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
I'm a big Tim Burton fan too and I think the reason so many people disliked his remake of Planet of the Apes is because it pales in comparison to the original. The original Planet of the Apes was a sci-fi breakthrough and I think a lot of the fans of the original movie weren't comfortbale with the film being remade at all, no matter how good the remake may be. I just hope Burton's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory does better.
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M Jackson
Professor
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« Reply #53 on: 10-07-2003 17:18 »
« Last Edit on: 01-06-2004 00:00 by Tweek »
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Originally posted by evan: Yeah, about 20 minutes of screentime.
When I first saw "A.I." in the theater, I thought it was a pretty good film. Then it just kept going on and on and on and on...way past the point where it should have stopped. We didn't need a 20 minute epilogue in which Daniel gets warm and fuzzy. It's manipulative and tacky.
"Lies! Lies and slander!" I great and you know it! OK, i'll calm down. But, how could you not find the ending totaly moving?! I think it rivals ET and Forest Gump for the biggest tear jerker in any film ever! I get completely absorbed in AI every time I see it. It beautiful, disturbing, original, thought provoking, and brilliant. [UBB code Fixed]
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Mr. Potter
Professor
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Forrest Gump? Tearjerker? Blasphemy.
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Nefnar
Professor
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Orson Welles Quentin Tarantino Stevie Spielberg Francis Coppola David Lean
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Sil
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I am amazed that no one has mentioned Stephen Soderburgh - Traffic was amazing. And some of the crazy shots in Ocean's 11 are unbelievable.
Also Quentin Tarantino, Kenneth Branagh and Terry Gilliam (just for Brazil - if you haven't seen it, do so now).
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i_c_weiner
DOOP Secretary
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*Yet Another Bump*
My favorites are Orson Welles, Steven Spielberg Francis Ford Coppola, Mel Brooks, and Woody Allen. Yet, this thread talks of the best director, which, for me, would be Spielberg. No one has had more success and no one has had more classics.
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bored idiot
Delivery Boy
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Originally posted by newhook_1: His recent stuff hasn't been as good, but what about Raiders of the Lost Ark? Jurassic Park? Jaws? E.T.? Saving Private Ryan? None of those were any good? News to me. this post reminded me that i am probably the only person on this website to like war of the worlds. ah, well, it was tons better than independence day. but anyway, two favorite directors are terrence malick (thin red line is easily my all time favorite film), clint eastwood (letters from iwo jima), and peter weir (witness and gallipoli). can't stand any quentin tarantino after pulp fiction and have never really been able to stand kevin smith. the guy named his daughter after a comic book character. she's gonna have some scars.
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