Who is the most consistenly great filmaker?

[atdtennis]

Who make the most consistenly great moves in holylwood right now? Speilburg? Fincher? Mann? Hallstrom? Crowe? Lucas? Scorsese? Coppolla? Tarantino? Lee? I dont know about you but im kind of going with Mann?? i dont know though?

[QUENTIN]

Scorsese

He's the only director who has made more than 10 films that has never made a bad or dissapointing film.

[ghostworldfan]

I truly love every single one of the Coen Brohers films. They are all great.

[Fergus]

Kubrick

It's opinion of course, but he never made a bad movie ever. We're not including "Fear and Desire", and "Killer's Kiss". My favorite director, and the best, despite being dead.

[dicaprio_travolta_man]

Steven Soderbergh

He is by far the best director in Hollywood. The man is a genious, a master, and the Lord of all filmakers, he has given us 4 back to back masterpieces, 1. Out Of Sight, 2. Erin Brockevich, 3. Traffic, 4. Ocean's Eleven. No director is as talented as this man is. Who else can recieve a best director nomination for two different movie's in the same year. Steven Soderbergh is the King of Hollywood.

[Mitch Cumstein]

Mr. John Crapenter is the greatest director(besides Hitch) to ever enter the business.

[Nate6]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mitch Cumstein:
Mr. John Crapenter is the greatest director(besides Hitch) to ever enter the business.</font>

Hehehe, yeah, I would also call him John Crapenter. No, just kidding, he isn't terrible, but he's sure made some stinkers.

Scorsese all the way (Although I was kinda on the fence over Kundun).

[bskutle]

I'd go with the Coen Brothers. I've never been really let down by a film of theirs. I wasn't much of a fan of Scorsese's "Bringing Out the Dead." Steven Soderbergh would be my next choice.

[Mitch Cumstein]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Nate6:
Hehehe, yeah, I would also call him John Crapenter. No, just kidding, he isn't terrible, but he's sure made some stinkers.

Scorsese all the way (Although I was kinda on the fence over Kundun).</font>

Ok, Memoirs of an Invisible Man could have been better. But I still like the film(how can you not like anything Sam Neill is in?)

Carpenter is the greatest director of the 20th century. He doesn't give fuck what the studios want. He says " I've got a story to tell and for fuck's sake I'm gonna tell it" God bless the man.

[idealdiscountdude]

Steven Soderberg, John Singleton and Robert Altman are definetly very consistent.

After them, Micheal Mann is a pretty consistent director as well.

[ColinM]

How come nobody has said Steven Spielberg yet? Almost every one of his movies are great! So A.I. wasn't all that great, but lets not forget Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, E.T., Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jurassic Park!

[dicaprio_travolta_man]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ColinM:
How come nobody has said Steven Spielberg yet? Almost every one of his movies are great! So A.I. wasn't all that great, but lets not forget Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, E.T., Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jurassic Park!</font>

I would have to agree, Steven Spielbergh has given us some great movies, he does seem to make consistently good movies back to back (although he broke the streak with A.I.), I would give him the title of being the Prince of Hollywood, but that title is already taken by M. Night Shyamalan. So Spielbergh can be known as I don't know, The Duke of Hollywood, something like that.

[Antonio]

Hitchcock, Capra, Welles and Wilder.

[bitch tits bob]

Tim Burton is an outstanding director when he keeps to his movie arc! When he strays due to this annoying urge to be different with films like 'Mars attacks' and pota he doesnt seem to put himself into it! Films like 'Batman', 'Batman Returns', 'Sleepy Hollow', 'Edward Scissorhands' and so on are all works of art and nothing comes close to 'Vincent'!

[Lindsey]

I think Tarantino is the best filmaker. But,he hasn't done anything for a while. Except upcoming Kill Bill. Otherwise,I'd go with Scorsese and Spielberg.

[James Logan]

I'd say Steven Spielberg, because I don't know one single movie of his I don't like. All of his movies I saw are very good or simply great.
Before PLANET OF THE APES, I would've said the same of Tim Burton. But POTA, even though it was good, wasn't just the same level as the previous movies of the Fantastic Master -- making him unconsistent, right? http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Cyclonus]

Stanley Kubrick
Martin Scorsese
David Fincher

[KornKidJedi]

David Fincher
Darren Arronfsky

[ColinM]

I'd also like to give honorable mention to Frank Darabont. I loved both of his movies. The Green Mile (9/10) is fantastic, and The Shawshank Redemption (10/10) is my favorite movie of all time (along with Casablanca (10/10)).

I'd like to say Hitchcock too, but the only movie of his I've seen so far is Rear Window (10/10). If that one is any indication, he is one of the greatest.

[SubMethod]

Darren Aronofsky
David Fincher
Stanley Kubrick
Micheal Mann



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[dicaprio_travolta_man]

Hey, can someone answer my question? If you can here it is:

Is Franciss Ford Coppola still in the business????????????????????

Some people tell me that he died years ago, I don't think it's true though.. I'd like to know if he still makes movies because he is probaly one of the 3 best director's of all time....

[SAI]

The Coen brothers (though I'm not a huge fan of Miller's Crossing (7.5/10) it's far from bad), this may change though, I'm yet to see The Man Who Wasn't There.

I don't think Martin Scorsese is actually capable of making truly bad film

[sloopyfan]

Although I haven't seen all of them yet, I think The Coen Brothers are the best. I also like Kevin Smith his movies are consistently witty and entertaining.

[idealdiscountdude]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by dicaprio_travolta_man:
Hey, can someone answer my question? If you can here it is:

Is Franciss Ford Coppola still in the business????????????????????

Some people tell me that he died years ago, I don't think it's true though.. I'd like to know if he still makes movies because he is probaly one of the 3 best director's of all time....</font>


No he's alive and kicking, he is mostly a producer now.........

[SteveSzyk]

Although it's not fair since these next 2 directors have only had 2 major films:

DARREN ARONOFSKY: AVERAGE: 9/10
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN: AVERAGE: 10/10

[RicochetShaw]

1. Martin Scorsese
2. Stanley Kubrick
3. Alfred Hitchcock
4. Akira Kurosawa
5. Billy Wilder

Some that are just outside.... (They're not in order)

John Huston
Orson Welles
Frank Capra
Quentin Tarantino
Steven Spielberg
David Lean
Francis Ford Coppola

[dicaprio_travolta_man]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by idealdiscountdude:

No he's alive and kicking, he is mostly a producer now.........</font>

Thank You, for the reply, anyway I just found out from www.upcomingmovies.com (http://www.upcomingmovies.com) that Coppola will be directing a film called Megaoplis due out in 2003, and is set to star Robert DeNiro and Russel Crowe!!!! Does that sound like a great movie or what?!?!?!?!, it is also supposed to be better then Apocalapse Now and any of The Godfather films, alls I can say to that is WOW!!!!!!!! I can't wait!!!

[jaymx]

Definitely Martin Scorsese.

I am sure that I haven't checked out all of his movies but I find no fault whatsoever with Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Mean Streets(I think that was him, correct me if i am wrong), I even thought that Bringing Out The Dead was pretty good. Not too sure about how Gangs of New York will work out though.

Hitchcock, Ridley Scott and the Coens are also up there!!

[Warrior728]

Hmm, I'd have to say...

John Carpenter
Tim Burton
Stephen Spielberg
Clive Barker
Peter Jackson

[Eelco]

1) Ron Howard
2) Peter Weir
3) The Coen Bros.
4) Steven Soderbergh
5) Guy Richie (hasn't made many films, but still no bad one yet)

[HBO]

In no order...

Kubrick
Spielberg (A.I. is the best film of the year on my list dammit)
Fincher
Tarantino
Coen
Lucas

[Dumb-Fokker-**]

Speilberg. Even if every single one of his movies isnt incredible, they are at the very least, entertaining, which is what I look for most in a film anyways.

[TheAngryJew]

Fincher's 4 for 4, as far as I'm concerned.

(OK, Alien3 certainly wasn't great, but I had a good time with it.

[ilovemovies]

Scorsesse just barely beats out Spielberg. Speilberg did have the horrendous Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom but beyond that most of his movies have great when I can't think of a single weak movie that Scorsesse has done that I have seen. Michael Mann is great too as is Steven Sodobergh and Frank Darabont. I can't say M. Night Shyamalan yet because the only two movies of his that I have seen is The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable and two isn't enough for me to include on this list. But if Signs is even half as good as it looks then he will definately be on my list. Oh and who can forget Spike Lee. Sure, he has had a couple of disappointments like Summer of Sam but he is still a great filmmaker who I will always trust.

Oh and by the way dicaprio_travolta_man you are a little of on Megalopolis. Robert DeNiro and Russell Crowe are not set to star in it they were merely just among a group of big stars who were reading for roles. Other actors who were there include: Nicolas Cage, Paul Newman, Parker Posey and Kevin Spacey. But noone is set to star yet. Just thought you should know that.

[Bub]

Martin Scorsese
David Fincher
Steven Spielburg
Tim Burton

[bluntman86]

i love all the work of the farrelly bros,kevin smith and (if "the royal tenenbaums" is good) wes anderson.the coen brothers are cool but i hate "fargo" and "barton fink"."fargo" is too weird for me and alot of the movie is boring."barton fink" is also way too weird and also fucking boring and pointless.i like "the man who wasn't there" and "o brother,where art thou?" and "the big lebowski" and "raising arizona" but my love for their films doesn't compare to that of the farrellys,kevin smith and wes anderson.as far as kubrick goes,he has no talent and he sucks dick for coke,i just can't see what people see in him.spielberg has some real good films.tarantino has "pulp fiction" and "reservoir dogs" which are definetly awesome but he hasn't been around lately,so i wouldn't call him one of my CURRENT favorite directors.

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[bluntman86]

oh and fincher can blow me too,"fight club" was literally the worst movie i have ever seen! "aliens 3" sucked too! as for crowe,i love "almost famous" and "vanilla sky" was pretty cool too.i've been meaning to see "jerry maguire",then i can be sure whether i like his work or not.

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[Magnolia_Fan]

M. Night Shyamalan - Absolutley fantastic direcor, not one bad film UNBREAKABLE and THE SIXTH SENSE are magnificent films.

Quentin Tarantino - All good films, even ones he hasnt directed such as TRUE ROMANCE and FROM DUSK TILL DAWN.

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[jdagnese]

I'd have to go with either the Coen Bros. or Kubrick as well... This is what should be expected of filmakers today. Period.

[Ghostface 2000]

I think Steven Speilberg

[Bullet Tooth Tony]

What about Ridley Scott?

[Hannibal21]

1. Billy Wilde/Stanley Kubrick
2. Ingmar Bergman (from what I've seen, at least)
3. Orson Welles
4. John Huston
5. Akira Kurosawa

[APzombie]

Steven Spielberg. I absolutely love 95% of his films, and I really like the other 5%.

[Ted Pikul]

Ang Lee never made a bad film up until Hulk.

& even that can be classed as an honourable failure I reckon.

[Tayzlor]

Kubrick/Scorsese for all time

For current, I'd say

Wes Anderson
Sam Mendes
David Fincher
M. Night Shyamalan
Sofia Coppola
Coen Brothers

Most inconsistent: Milos Forman and Francis Ford Coppola

[gyro_44]

Originally posted by Tayzlor
Kubrick/Scorsese for all time

For current, I'd say

Wes Anderson
Sam Mendes
David Fincher
M. Night Shyamalan
Sofia Coppola
Coen Brothers

As far as "consistent" goes, Mendes and Coppola have only directed two films each, and Anderson three. It may be too early to call.

I would say Spielberg comes to mind first.

As for most inconsistent, I think of Barry Levinson, Joel Schumacher, Rob Reiner, Barry Sonnenfeld and the late John Frankenheimer.

[HHHLovesMovies]

Quentin Tarantino
Kevin Smith
Sam Reimi
John Hughes

[Sigur509]

Quentin Tarantino - The king of Entertaining
P.T Anderson - By comming with two knock-out and brilliant films in a row.
Wes Anderson - A very talented filmaker, yet to be dissipointed
Spike Jonze - See P.T.A
Kevin Smith - Never been dissipointed
Steven Speilberg

[APzombie]

I would say Wes Anderson & P.T. Anderson, but they made about 20 films less than Spielberg so I think it sways in his favor.

[MickeyKnox]

Quentin Tarantino
Sergio Leone
Martin Scorsese
Stanley Kubrick

[Heavenley]

Spielberg and M. Knight Shyamalan

[Ripper1888]

Contemporary
Peter Jackson
Terry Gilliam
Quentin Tarantino
Curtis Hanson
Martin Scorsese

Classic
Alfred Hitchcock
Stanley Kubrick
Billy Wilder
Blake Edwards