Originally posted by BackFire
Nah, Kubrick beats him out in the range department. When I say range I mean dabbling in different genres. Kubrick made masterpieces in every major genre: Horror, Drama, Comedy, Sci Fi, Action, and Fantasy. Most of Akira's works are drama/action/thriller.
Ah, I see what you mean now. For some odd reason I thought you meant 'Quality'. 😬
I gotta stop poppin' those pills.
Originally posted by Solo
He had Ran, Rashomon and Seven Samurai. His work doesn't come close to Kubrick's.
He has more than that.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000041/
Don't get me wrong, having seen all of his filmes I love Kubrick. But Akira has a good bit behind his belt.
Originally posted by Dusty
He has more than that.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000041/
Don't get me wrong, having seen all of his filmes I love Kubrick. But Akira has a good bit behind his belt.
I have a few...
Kubrick. for well, being Kubrick and showing his range of style. He's done everything nearly perfectly comedy, drama, sci fi, ect... Albiet most being a bit dark, but whatever.
Coppala, basically for Apocolypse Now, which I thought was brilliant, and doing Godfather as a side project... which still amuses me.
Hitchcock for being so inventive. He has a few exceptional films, The Birds, Rear Window, Pycho. and some are simply mediochre. But his camera work is what really sets him apart. his camera angles, positioning and movement is so inventive, so original. Its simply amazing.
It's Hard To Judge A Director's Talent Because There's Really Nothing Solid To Base An Opinion On. If You Didn't Like The Subject Matter, Story And Dialogue Of A Film (Which In Large Part Is The Writer's) Of A Film It's Impossible (In My Opinion) To Form A Completely Unbiased Opinion Of The Director. Any Indie Director With No Talent Can Sit Down With A Pulp Fiction DVD And Use The Same Angles To Shoot His Or Her Flick, And What Ese Are You Gonna Judge A Director By? His Choice In Films To Work On? His Choice Is Just That: His Choice. You May Like A Director But Inevitably He May Do Things Differently Than You Would. Does That Make You Not Like Him? No. But It Certainly Changes Your Opinion Of Him. Sparing You Another Paragraph Of Rant, I'll Summerize By Saying Its Hard To Judge A Favorite Director Because One Day Your (Favorite Director) Will Make A Mistake In Your Book And Thereby Change Your Opinion. Its Impossible To Be Completely Static Towrad Something You Love. Films.
Originally posted by Solo
Yes, I know. I simply meant that those three are the only films that may even be compared to almost any film by Kubricks and almost stand a chance. This is, of course, in my opinion.
Throne of Blood? The Dead Sleep Well? High and Low? The Hidden Fortress? Yojimbo? Sanjuro? Dreams? He's got a few more than the atypical trilogy everyone knows of. He was a modern day Shakespeare in his writing, whom he often adapted in his movies.
They're about even, if not giving Kurosawa a sligh edge for the infinite amount of filmmakers he's inspired, and the scope of his work.
Originally posted by C-Dic
Throne of Blood? The Dead Sleep Well? High and Low? The Hidden Fortress? Yojimbo? Sanjuro? Dreams? He's got a few more than the atypical trilogy everyone knows of. He was a modern day Shakespeare in his writing, whom he often adapted in his movies.They're about even, if not giving Kurosawa a sligh edge for the infinite amount of filmmakers he's inspired, and the scope of his work.
Kubrick gets my vote. Stanley Kubricks movies seem more like "motion art" rather than motion pictures. He really puts you into the movie, makes you feel like your experiencing it rather than just watching.
The fox hole scene with Kirk Doulglas in Path to Glory.
The b52 bomber and War room in Dr. Strangelove.
The Hotel in The Shining.
The spaceship in 2001.
Nearly every scene in Clock Work Orange and Barry Lydon which is probably the most beautiful looking movie ever.
The only problem with this is that Kubrik seems alot less concerned with character development as he was with the story and visuals of his films. Basically most of his characters are exactley the same type of person they were at the end as they were at the start.
Rounding out my top five in no particualr order are:
Steven Speilberg
Martin Scorcese
Sergio Leone
John Ford
Out of the people you included (top five):
1. Martin Scorsese (I'm a fanboy)
2. Quentin Tarantino
3. David Fincher
4. Christopher Nolan
5. Danny Boyle
I'm not that familiar with Clint Eastwood's filmography, to be honest (I know all of his notable films, I just haven't seen 'em). Blade Runner is brilliant, but Ridley Scott simply doesn't have the modern movies to compete with the above five. Peter Jackson is good, but LotR, despite being awesome, isn't enough to place him on the top five.
Darren Aronofsky? Embarrassing as it is, I've never watched any of his films (although I'm downloading Requiem for a Dream as we speak).