Dementeleus Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I'm intoxicated cuz my girl broke up mee dont take my posts seriously as of rrght now I was going to like this because drnka typing is always awesome, but then I realized you might take it the wrong way. So...... hang in there, buddy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I like 'em both! But I wouldn't call either "great". I really related to Unbreakable. I really thought the slow burn of the film helped establish the feel of the film and the tone of what he was going for. I know not everyone sees it that way, as the diminished box office indicates. But that film really blew me away. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217869/reviews-44 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Hey tele, Do you want to do a couple write ups tonight for the top 100 lines? There are some lines coming up that I think would benefit from your knowledge of the era and film. It's getting hard for me to write up nice things for lines I'm not familiar with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Hey tele, Do you want to do a couple write ups tonight for the top 100 lines? There are some lines coming up that I think would benefit from your knowledge of the era and film. It's getting hard for me to write up nice things for lines I'm not familiar with. Uh.... sure. What #s do you want me to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 You don't have to. It's time consuming and if you have better things to do, no big deal. But if you can, start at number 59, and then make your way to number 50. Whatever of those you feel like doing, I'm sure you can do a much better job than I can. The only one I might be better than you at is number 58 (as per our conversation here right now. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAtGender Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 The discussion about M. Night dovetails into something I've been wondering about. Does a bad film count against a director? Is greatness a question of how good they got at a peak (when a movie worked) or is some of that canceled out with a misstep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Disney Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 The discussion about M. Night dovetails into something I've been wondering about. Does a bad film count against a director? Is greatness a question of how good they got at a peak (when a movie worked) or is some of that canceled out with a misstep? I voted for peak. If there were some truly great films in there, then I put the director on the list. Even with directors who I felt made a truly horrendous film (like Oliver Stone), I still voted for them if they had a great peak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 The issues with M. Night's films post-Unbreakable have much more to do with his writing than his directing (though arguably his last three films he did a terrible job getting good performances from his actors). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnY Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Based on what it's looking like, some of the higher-profile snubs IMO:Luis Buñuel, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Vittorio De Sica, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Wong Kar Wai, Buster Keaton, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, Satyajit Ray, Jean Renoir, Preston Sturges, Isao Takahata and Luchino Visconti (just missed). Most surprised by Kar Wai and De Sica not making it among that list. I did vote for Clouzot and Takahata, but didn't expect them to make the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarJarBinks Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 You do realize the demographic of people voting here probably have never heard of most of those directors. I haven't hear of half of them and I'm 42. Doesn't mean that there aren't a lot of GREAT films from each of the listed directors. Google, Wikipedia and Netflix are your friends. On a more serious note, whether someone agrees with those choices or not as being "snubs", wouldn't hurt to at least be familiar with the careers of each of the directors I listed. Maybe at least some of them will strike some interest with some members, and if so, then it made making the post worth it to me. That is all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnY Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 The discussion about M. Night dovetails into something I've been wondering about. Does a bad film count against a director? Is greatness a question of how good they got at a peak (when a movie worked) or is some of that canceled out with a misstep? One misstep doesn't mean much, but take P. Jackson for example... The LoTR trilogy was amazing, then you have King Kong.......... then you have The Lovely Bones........ then you have The Hobbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Lisa you need to keep posting. I want to see the list finish tonight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Saw an additional 5 pages. Thought countdown was done,Lies.Lisa finish it. NAO. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Your re-education shall begin shortly. in a camp. run by fema. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 okay, i just woke up. which means that everyone in the US is asleep. oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 9. james cameron - 42 pts [*]TITANIC [*]AVATAR [*]THE TERMINATOR 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 8. christopher nolan - 44 pts [*]INCEPTION [*]THE DARK KNIGHT [*]MEMENTO 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 7. francis ford coppola - 46 pts [*]THE GODFATHER [*]APOCALYPSE NOW [*]THE CONVERSATION 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acsc1312 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 (edited) 9. james cameron - 42 pts [*]TITANIC [*]AVATAR [*]THE TERMINATOR :rofl: Edited February 12, 2014 by acsc1312 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 6. ethan & joel coen - 47 pts [*]NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN [*]FARGO [*]THE BIG LEBOWSKI 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
