CallaghanFilms
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cygnet74 said:
:evil: ...not that anything's wrong with that :evil:
sorry...I am well into the Christmas "spirit" (several drams to be exact) , and did not feel like cinema-debating (for a change)
Name your 3 TOP film directors
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:evil: ...not that anything's wrong with that :evil:
sorry...I am well into the Christmas "spirit" (several drams to be exact) , and did not feel like cinema-debating (for a change)
J.R. Hudson
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More or less every filmmkaer Cyg just named I gave a thumbs up too
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Hi Cal !
I'm into the 2nd half of a 1.75 Merlot. Good times !
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Hi Cal !
I'm into the 2nd half of a 1.75 Merlot. Good times !
J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
CallaghanFilms said:
:evil: ...not that anything's wrong with that :evil:
sorry...I am well into the Christmas "spirit" (several drams to be exact) , and did not feel like cinema-debating (for a change)
Femme I agree that Femme Fatale misses its mark on a few points; I also like the film more than I should
There are a lot of things going on in this film.
Brandon Rice
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John_Hudson said:
WOW! I can't believe I am hearing that... lol. The Ocean's movies have SO much style... how can you not at least acknowledge that? Are they silly... yeah. But they are meant to be farcicle... They have tons of style and are a ton of fun to watch... I must disagree.
J.R. Hudson
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Style ?
Music Videos have a lot of style. Style does not equal substance.
Disagree all night baby; but Julia Roberts playing Tess Ocean pretending to be Julia Robert's ? Are you kidding me ? Yeah, that's fun.
I don'lt know; it's like the original Rat Pack must just be turning in their graves at this crap and Bishop has to be laughing. The entire franchise is one big Vanity showcase.
I just want something a bit more intelligent in my crime caper and this aint even close. These films are more 'Hardy effin har har'
Style ? Yeah, nice lighting.
Music Videos have a lot of style. Style does not equal substance.
Disagree all night baby; but Julia Roberts playing Tess Ocean pretending to be Julia Robert's ? Are you kidding me ? Yeah, that's fun.
I don'lt know; it's like the original Rat Pack must just be turning in their graves at this crap and Bishop has to be laughing. The entire franchise is one big Vanity showcase.
I just want something a bit more intelligent in my crime caper and this aint even close. These films are more 'Hardy effin har har'
Style ? Yeah, nice lighting.
Zak Forsman
Major Contributor
"Ocean's 11? I've seen better film on teeth!!!"
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J.R. Hudson
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LOL :evil: 
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dougspice
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SODERBERGH vs. DE PALMA
THE ULTIMATE GRUDGE MATCH!
TWO MEN ENTER, ONE MAN LEAVES!
Seriously, I'm not about to argue that any of the Ocean's movies are GOOD. But I do think they are at least interesting, on some level beyond a comparable Rush Hour project. You might groan at the Julia Roberts bit, and I can understand that. But for me, sitting in a theatre watching a basically formula studio picture, it was at least a moment to sit up and think, "Oh, hey, that's sort of interesting." Then again, I saw Ocean's 12 on Christmas Day, depressed out of my mind. Who knows what I'd think if I saw it again. I just think the guy's doing some cool stuff. I admire a director who can tackle a huge variety of subject matter and just go to it in an interesting way.
I guess the key to all this is that I'll take "interesting, but not great" over "great, but you've seen it before" most days of the week. Curiously, I've never much cared for Tarantino. Oh well.
THE ULTIMATE GRUDGE MATCH!
TWO MEN ENTER, ONE MAN LEAVES!
Seriously, I'm not about to argue that any of the Ocean's movies are GOOD. But I do think they are at least interesting, on some level beyond a comparable Rush Hour project. You might groan at the Julia Roberts bit, and I can understand that. But for me, sitting in a theatre watching a basically formula studio picture, it was at least a moment to sit up and think, "Oh, hey, that's sort of interesting." Then again, I saw Ocean's 12 on Christmas Day, depressed out of my mind. Who knows what I'd think if I saw it again. I just think the guy's doing some cool stuff. I admire a director who can tackle a huge variety of subject matter and just go to it in an interesting way.
I guess the key to all this is that I'll take "interesting, but not great" over "great, but you've seen it before" most days of the week. Curiously, I've never much cared for Tarantino. Oh well.
CallaghanFilms
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:thumbdown :thumbdown Ocean's 12 is one of the worst movies of the last 10 some odd years. I tried watching that tripe 4 times to get all the way through before giving up the ghost.:thumbdown :thumbdown
ExtremeSleuth
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Ocean's 12 sucked. I enjoyed 11 though, and I'm going to try and give 13 a chance. It's got Al Pacino in it.
I do like Ocean's 11, I find it really addictive to watch. I also really enjoyed the Limey. I feel similar to Cyg in that I don't like Soderbergh experimenting so much.
slimchrisp
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alfred hitchcock
martin scorsese
federico fellini
of course this will change if you ask me tomorrow. how about top 10? top 25? hmmm. top 100? damn. i really need to get a life.
martin scorsese
federico fellini
of course this will change if you ask me tomorrow. how about top 10? top 25? hmmm. top 100? damn. i really need to get a life.
hoofandmouf
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Zak Forsman said:
holy sh*t.
best line ever.
karapetkov
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This is a hard one...
[in no particular order]
Alfred Hitchcock - for sure
Steven Spielberg - also. He "got" me into this....
Now comes the difficult N: 3....
Names that come to my mind: Mel Gibson, Paul Verhoeven, David Fincher, Andrey Tarkovskiy, Bernardo Bertolucci...
I consider any of those to be close to my "film feeling", which means something like: what I want to see and do [as films]...
[in no particular order]
Alfred Hitchcock - for sure
Steven Spielberg - also. He "got" me into this....
Now comes the difficult N: 3....
Names that come to my mind: Mel Gibson, Paul Verhoeven, David Fincher, Andrey Tarkovskiy, Bernardo Bertolucci...
I consider any of those to be close to my "film feeling", which means something like: what I want to see and do [as films]...
dust'n the callipygous
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jon turteltaub
michael bay
ed wood
for serious:
scorsese
coen brothers
spielberg
cuaron's pretty awesome, too
michael bay
ed wood
for serious:
scorsese
coen brothers
spielberg
cuaron's pretty awesome, too
Jim Brennan
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Howard Hawkes
Coen Brothers
Frank Capra
Coen Brothers
Frank Capra
CallaghanFilms
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Hawkes...Capra...I have new-found respect for you, Brennan. :beer::beer:
Jim Brennan
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I was hoping :beer:
Capra is visceral for me. I know his stuff can be schmaltzy, but I grew up on it, and I admire that he was so unabashed about his point of view.
Hawks could do anything. Comedy, western, drama, noir... People don't do that anymore. Of course guys like Ford and Curtiz could do that too; they had to under the studio system. But Hawks made one of my favorite comedies with His Girl Friday, and To Have and Have Not is always competing with The Big Sleep as my favorite Bogie film. And I love Bogie.
Although movies like that are dated in many ways (mostly the soundstages and the acting), the writing is great. Guys like Bud Boetticher (sp?), Raoul Walsh, Billy Wilder and William Wyler and the others mentioned above were amazingly versatile and efficient (usually) directors who could create something for mass consumption and still inject depth and intelligence,
I wish more people understood how they were able to lay the groundwork for what we do now. I'm betting most of the current directors listed on this thread know that.
Capra is visceral for me. I know his stuff can be schmaltzy, but I grew up on it, and I admire that he was so unabashed about his point of view.
Hawks could do anything. Comedy, western, drama, noir... People don't do that anymore. Of course guys like Ford and Curtiz could do that too; they had to under the studio system. But Hawks made one of my favorite comedies with His Girl Friday, and To Have and Have Not is always competing with The Big Sleep as my favorite Bogie film. And I love Bogie.
Although movies like that are dated in many ways (mostly the soundstages and the acting), the writing is great. Guys like Bud Boetticher (sp?), Raoul Walsh, Billy Wilder and William Wyler and the others mentioned above were amazingly versatile and efficient (usually) directors who could create something for mass consumption and still inject depth and intelligence,
I wish more people understood how they were able to lay the groundwork for what we do now. I'm betting most of the current directors listed on this thread know that.