Which of these directors under age 50...is your favourite?

[Gordon]

IMDB ran this poll a few days ago, the full title of which was: Which of these directors, who are under age 50 and have at least two films in the IMDb Top 250, is your favorite?

I almost never look at their polls, but I found this one intriguing and the results really shocked me. According to the average movie-goer -- and that is what IMDB represents, the average movie-goer in every sense of the word average -- PTA and Aronofsky only account for about 10% of the vote combined.

I thought this was an absurd result and I figured I would throw it up to the generally more sophisticated viewers over at JoBlo to see if the results are as different as I want them to be, or if this is just how genuinely people feel.

[ilovemovies]

1. Nolan
2. Fincher
3. Tarantino
4. Anderson
5. Aaronofsky
6. Ritchie

[Hucksta G]

1. Anderson
2. Aronofsky
3. Tarantino
4. Fincher
5. Nolan
6. Ritchie

[MikeMovie]

1. Anderson
2. Tarantino
3. Fincher
4. Aronofsky
5. Ritchie
6. Nolan

[ilovemovies]

Originally Posted by MikeMovie

1. Anderson
2. Tarantino
3. Fincher
4. Aronofsky
5. Ritchie
6. Nolan

You really think Ritchie is better than Nolan?

To me, Ritchie doesn't belong with these other guys. Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed some of Ritchie's work (most notably Snatch and the Sherlock Holmes flicks) but IMO he's just not even close to being in the same league as the other five.

[MikeMovie]

Originally Posted by ilovemovies

You really think Ritchie is better than Nolan?

To me, Ritchie doesn't belong with these other guys. Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed some of Ritchie's work (most notably Snatch and the Sherlock Holmes flicks) but IMO he's just not even close to being in the same league as the other five.

Ritchie may not be great, but i've honestly never enjoyed even one Nolan film. I enjoyed 'Snatch' a bit more than all of Nolan's films, but I didn't think Snatch was that great either. But I agree that Ritchie doesn't really belong on the list. But if Nolan wasn't as popular as he was, I would say Nolan doesn't really belong either.
Thats just me though.

[Gordon]

Originally Posted by ilovemovies

To me, Ritchie doesn't belong with these other guys. Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed some of Ritchie's work (most notably Snatch and the Sherlock Holmes flicks) but IMO he's just not even close to being in the same league as the other five.

Originally Posted by MikeMovie

But I agree that Ritchie doesn't really belong on the list. But if Nolan wasn't as popular as he was, I would say Nolan doesn't really belong either.

Why wouldn't they belong on the list? The criteria for selection in the IMDB poll was having two separate films on the Top 250. This strikes me as fair since the choices in the poll weren't random, but simply the outcome of a previously designed question. It's only once you start stacking them up in a poll like this that you can see who 'belongs'. According to the IMDB users PTA doesn't.

[jaw2929]

1. Fincher
2. Tarantino
3. Aronofsky
4. Nolan

*The rest

[blankpage]

1. Tarantino
2. PTA
3. Aronofsky
4. Fincher
5. Nolan
6. Ritchie

[Lost in Space]

1 Aronofsky
2 Tarantino
3. PTA
4. Fincher

Don't like the other two and frankly I don't think they should even be on this list so they're not.

[Lazy Boy]

1. PTA
2. Tarantino
3. Fincher
4. Aronofsky
5. Nolan
6. Ritchie

[bigred760]

Tarantino . . . with Nolan a close second.

[Bourne101]

Originally Posted by Lazy Boy

1. PTA
2. Tarantino
3. Fincher
4. Aronofsky
5. Nolan
6. Ritchie

Yep.

[Matchbox225]

So according to the poll at imdb, Guy Ritchie has 2 films in the top 250.

I have liked or loved all of Anderson's movies, so him easily.

1. Paul Thomas Anderson
2. David Fincher
3. Quentin Tarantino
4. Darren Aronofsky
5. Christopher Nolan
6. Guy Ritchie

[Gordon]

Originally Posted by Matchbox225

So according to the poll at imdb, Guy Ritchie has 2 films in the top 250.

They're Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and Snatch. So, y'know, pretty much the same movie.

[shawn-o]

Originally Posted by ilovemovies

1. Nolan
2. Fincher
3. Tarantino
4. Anderson
5. Aaronofsky
6. Ritchie

This is me too.

[Terror Australis]

1. Tarantino
2. Nolan
3. Fincher
4. Aronofsky
5. Anderson
6. Ritichie

[Moviefreek]

1. Fincher
2. Nolan
3. Anderson
4. Tarantino
5. Aronofksy



6. Ritichie(He he has a couple of good flicks, but not the resume as those above)

[Frosty_86]

1. Tarantino
2. Fincher
3. Anderson
4. Aronofsky
5. Nolan
6. Ritchie

[echo_bravo]

Fincher

[SS-Block]

Nolan - I've never seen The Following. Memento and Insomnia were pretty damn enjoyable. The Batman films, The Prestige, and Inception were nothing bad, but nothing special to me.

Tarantino - Pulp Fiction was cool. Reservoir Dogs was well done. Jackie Brown wasn't as good. And the films since were terrible.

Fincher - I don't like most of his work. Zodiac was alright, but not a film I get much replay value out of. Se7en is beautifully made, but so predictable. Alien3 was fun, but overshadowed by the previous superior Alien films.

PTA - Boogie Nights was alright. There Will Be Blood is his only one I would call great. Although it must be said that film was incredible. And I do look forward to his future works.

Aronofsky - I'm not a fan of any of his films, nor am I interested in the upcomming Noah film.

Ritchie - Snatch was good. Lock Stock was alright, amazing when I first saw it, but on repeated viewings i'v become less a fan of it. The rest is a mess. He seems to have burned out.

So which of them is my favourite? its between Nolan and PTA.

[creekin111]

Originally Posted by SS-Block

Tarantino - Pulp Fiction was cool. Reservoir Dogs was well done. Jackie Brown wasn't as good. And the films since were terrible.

[Roy Batty]

1. Fincher
2. Tarantino
3. Aronofsky
4. Nolan
5. Anderson
6. Ritchie

[SS-Block]

Originally Posted by creekin111

I wish it were grittier, gritty like Taxi Driver. I would've much prefered that tone and simply having the Nazi hunters as the sole storyline, following their journey and witnessing Nazi atrocities along the way. An adventure-thriller a bit like a WW2 Apocalypse Now.

The Tarantino film gave me some inspiration, but I found the overall film to be a mess with too many storylines, and the tone was too cartoonish.

[QUENTIN]

Originally Posted by Lazy Boy

1. PTA
2. Tarantino
3. Fincher
4. Aronofsky
5. Nolan
6. Ritchie

Correct.

[Gordon]

Originally Posted by Lazy Boy

1. PTA
2. Tarantino
3. Fincher
4. Aronofsky
5. Nolan
6. Ritchie

I'm pretty certain this is the unambiguously objective truth of the situation.

[Killswitch Stunner]

I picked Nolan cuz he has done no wrong this past decade. Memento, the Batman trilogy, Inception...guy is on fire!!

[Exophrine]

^ wait for Dark Knight Rises before saying that...for all we know, he could just be building up to make a 3-hour long "screw you" :P

Aranofsky FTW

[athf1980]

it was a tie for me between Fincher and Nolan.

[creekin111]

Tarantino vs PTA top 3 in my top 1,000

Pulp Fiction #10
There Will Be Blood # 167
Reservoir Dogs #173
Inglorious Basterds #293
Boogie Nights #419
Magnolia #533

So QT with an AVG ranking of 158 & PTA with an AVG ranking of 373. Not to mention the rest on my top 1,000 being QT

Kill Bill Vol 1. #586
Kill Bill Vol 2. #812
Jackie Brown #894

Grinhouse #912 (although only half QT gets credit.)

& Punch Drunk Love & Hard Eight missing out of my top 1,000 makes this a slam dunk for me.

If PTA comes out with 2 more films slightly better than There Will Be Blood then there might be some competition but right now QT is a clear choice.

[cloneofkelso]

Damn, this is a tough one. I think I would have to give a tie to tarantino and fincher.

[Ripper1888]

Fincher

[izzy2024]

1.Anderson
2.Tarantino
3.Nolan
4.Fincher
5.Aronofsky





50.Ritchie

[Mr. Guiltless]

Tarantino, easily.

[magjournal]

1. Tarantino
2. Fincher
3. Nolan
4. Ritchie
5. Aronofsky

I haven't seen any PTA films aside from a little bit of PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE so I don't feel comfortable giving him a spot on the list. Aronfsky is really overrated. THE WRESTLER and BLACK SWAN are excellent, but THE FOUNTAIN is mediocre and PI is a total piece of shit.

[brainsickhorror.com]

1. Fincher
2. Aronofsky
3. Nolan
4. Anderson
5. Tarantino
6. Ritchie

Man, that is tough.

Seven, Black Swan, The Dark Knight and Magnolia are all in my top movies of all time!

The easiest choice was Richie last.

[dannywalker17]

1. Nolan
2. Fincher
3. Aronofsky
4. PTA
5. Tarantino
6. Ritchie

Originally Posted by MikeMovie

Ritchie may not be great, but i've honestly never enjoyed even one Nolan film.

Wow. I can understand being critical of his work or finding it too "popcorn" or mass-market, but you REALLY had zero fun with any of his films??