Help me resolve a debate.

Who do you think is the best mainstream movie director of the last 25 years?

Clint Eastwood
4
27%
Martin Scorsese
0
No votes
Steven Soderbergh
0
No votes
Joel and Ethan Coen
1
7%
Quentin Tarantino
1
7%
Ridley Scott
2
13%
Christopher Nolan
0
No votes
Asshat
7
47%
 
Total votes: 15

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Quality, not quantity Slick.
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Buzz wrote:Quality, not quantity Slick.
true, but the issue is that given the lower numbers, Clint has a couple,three real dogs out there. His most recent comes to mind. Certainly nowhere near the quality output of some of the others on the list.
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ok, I pulled the whole list:
2010 Hereafter---dreadful

2009 Invictus

2008 Gran Torino

2008 Changeling--abyssmal

2006 Letters from Iwo Jima--a garbled mess

2006 Flags of Our Fathers

2004 Million Dollar Baby

2003 The Blues (TV series documentary)

– Piano Blues (2003)

2003 Mystic River

2002 Blood Work--not so hot

2000 Space Cowboys--see above

1999 True Crime--anyone a fan of this one?

1997 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

1997 Absolute Power

1995 The Bridges of Madison County--pass the kleenex, ladies

1993 A Perfect World

1992 Unforgiven

1990 The Rookie

1990 White Hunter Black Heart

1988 Bird

1986 Heartbreak Ridge

1985 Amazing Stories (TV series)

– Vanessa in the Garden (1985)

1985 Pale Rider

1983 Sudden Impact

1982 Honkytonk Man

1982 Firefox

1980 Bronco Billy

1977 The Gauntlet

1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales

1975 The Eiger Sanction

1973 Breezy

1973 High Plains Drifter

1971 Play Misty for Me

Looking at the whole thing, a pretty strong bunch of movies, but.....
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but......here's Scorcese's list:
2008 Shutter Island
2008 Shine A Light
2006 The Departed
2004 The Aviator
2002 Gangs of New York
1999 Bringing Out the Dead
1997 Kundun
1995 Casino
1993 The Age of Innocence
1991 Cape Fear
1990 Goodfellas
1989 New York Stories
1988 The Last Temptation of Christ
1986 The Color of Money
1985 After Hours
1983 The King of Comedy
1980 Raging Bull
1978 The Last Waltz
American Boy

1977 New York, New York
1976 Taxi Driver
1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1973 Mean Streets
1972 Boxcar Bertha
1968 Who's That Knocking at My Door?
1967 The Big Shave

1964 It's Not Just You, Murray!

1963 What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?


looks like a stronger field to me, but YMMV.
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No comments on Scorcese's list?

Does that mean they all meet your approval? Why didn't you vote for him?

Asshat didn't make any movies.


btw You said Clint didn't have enough movies. His (your) list is longer than Scorcese's list.
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callmeslick wrote:Clint has a couple,three real dogs out there.
Every great director has a few lesser efforts. Lets face it, there's no forgiving Eastwood for "Space Cowboys" or "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil".

But....

Bird
White Hunter Black Heart
Unforgiven
The Bridges of Madison County
Mystic River (an almost perfectly directed film)
Million Dollar Baby
Flags of Our Fathers
Gran Torino
Invictus
Hereafter

....puts Clint on the list.
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Ya left out "Bloody Sam" Peckinpah! Even if he hasn't made a movie since '84 his stuff was awesome!

The original "kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out" director. :lol:

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Buzz wrote: Asshat didn't make any movies.

I'm quite certain an asshat made the last three or four I've seen.
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Not me. I only watch movies i've seen before.

No disappointment that way. :mrgreen:
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Dawg wrote:I'm quite certain an asshat made the last three or four I've seen.
Then stop watching Hannah Montana movies.
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