Who's your favorite director(s)?

I'd have to say my #1 is probably Wes Anderson (The Life Aquatic, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Bottle Rocket). Actually, definitely. There's a couple close runner-ups.

hm....i don't really have one. since i'm not much of a movie person, it doesn't really matter to me.

a director from .... memoir of gesha.

My favorite director is David Lynch (Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Muholland Dr.). I tend to enjoy directors who can fit into auteur theory, I found their work more interesting as a result. I like Mr. Lynch's common themes and visual style. As David Lynch is a very strong auteur, I find him, easily, very appealing.

Oh, Sammi! I would definately say that Wes Anderson is a modern auteur. The guy has a very defined style, and easily repeating themes. I like him alot.
And, as you know, my favorite Anderson is still The Royale Tenenbaums.

Haha, I was waiting for you to post.
Unsurprisingly enough, Bottle Rocket is my least favorite of his films. The other three are very similar; that one's kind of not as similar. You know?

Rushmore is still my favorite. And, now that I'm talking to Tony an incredible amount, I have someone else who I can be totally SO into Rushmore with! Wahoo! (He thinks it's the best film ever)

lol at first glance i thought the title was favorite dictator and then i thought of hitler....

Hitler...wasn't...a dictator. Just a very aggressive elected leader.

Ditto - Almost completely, but add Joss Whedon to that. :D

(This is Sammi; I can't remember my password and I'm at Nate's house, so this will have to suffice...)

YEAHHHHH JOSS WHEDON! WOOT!

Def Baz Luhrmann, he directed Moulin Rouge, Romeo & Juliet. . . His use of color is amazing, just his vision for the movie is. . . ah, just so artistic, and a genious really. Great director.

Spielberg - you know that whatever he does will be good.

George Lucas - Always has been a fav of mine, always been a big fan or Star wars.

Nora Ephron - You've Got Mail, Sleepless In Seattle, When Harry Met Sally...Her writing is amazing as well.

Bryan Singer - His movies <3, The only reason why I'm going to spend money to see Superman.

M. Night. Shyamalan - just genious really.

Rob Marshall - amazing. . . look what he did with Chicago, and he's a choreographer as well. He just has amazing taste.

Ron Howard - So much talent. [A Beautiful Mind]. . .

There are probably a lot more that I can't think of at the moment. . .

Alfred Hitchcock - Suspense at its finest.

Clint Eastwood -- Somehow his movies always grip you.

I think Takashi Miike directs godly films.

All of these.



Mmm.. yes, Him too..
And I do like Wes Anderson's directing also.

Clint Eastwood.

I LUUURRRVE HIM.

Steven Speilberg...

A.I. was so incredible.... omg
Jurassic Park... omg

amazing....

^yeah spielberg.
also peter jackson (lord of the rings, king kong, etc)

Steven Speilberg

by far my favortie ever.

I would say someone else, but I feel as if I'll get chewed out for it. So I'll keep it to myself.

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I'm really not a fan of Steven Spielberg. I don't really feel that he has a particular vision, and as I had said before, I am very much a fan of auteur theory and the director as a strong artist. I don't feel that Spielberg is actually a very strong artist. Most of his films, he did not write for. It can be hard to tell a Spielberg film from a Scorsese or a Stone film. I don't like that. And, for as many films are Spielberg has directed, there really are not that many gems.

Although, I am a huge fan of Jaws, Close Encounters, and Duel.
Other films I really enjoyed were Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones trilogy, and Schindler's List.
I would say his best work was done in the 70's, and that he needs to retire.

I mean, I just can't stand Minority Report, War of the Worlds, Saving Private Ryan, The Lost World, and quite a few others. No one should be so hit and miss. I feel a strong commerical influence, icky.

Even still, I would prefer Scorsese and Stone over Spielberg.

^ TOTALLYYY.

I haven't been much into Speilberg for a very long time. In fact, I couldn't even find War of the Worlds tolerable.

Yeah, War of the Worlds felt like Jurassic Park meets Close Enounters of the Third Kind with robots. Did anyone else feel like there were Raptors in the basement?! And, Tom Cruise was... Tom Cruise? Like, his loser dad persona couldn't fool me! I could tell he was his scientology loving self! I could see it!

The effects were bastardized. I couldn't feel the horror. The characters were lame. Why isn't that kid dead!? Arrgggh!
The only thing I find a tad bit interesting was the camera. The camera truly was a character in that film, very innovative! Aside from that, awful.