I'm not disputing that. I watched 10-15 movies from him and I love them all. I'm just not sure that any of them is top 10 material except maybe for Goodfellas.
RedCafe's Top 50 Directors Ever - Yes we did vote for this...2 months ago.
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Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
Yeah they are but Kubrick should be #1.
Well, I voted him as Nr.1 too.
Not neccesarily agree with the order, but those 5 are the best directors of all time.
Meeh.
I thought the top 5 was correct. Personally, I would have 1 and 2 swapped around
Criminal lack of the Wiseau in here.
Scorcese ffs! He wouldn't be in my top 10. Cameron should be higher up.
Scorsese hasn't made a single masterpiece, he has quantity on his side tho.
Quantity in the sense that he's been making an arseload of near identical films for ages now. Wolf Of Wall Street was the most boilerplate movie I've seen in years. The guy's been dialling it in since the 90's.
I'd semi agree with that.
Thought the departed was pretty poor and the original was a far better movie.
Still think hes a pretty good choice for no 1 though.
Taxi Driver is as good a movie as any other imo.
Dozens of brilliant lines, one of the best characters in movies imo and you cant really accuse it of being dialed in or generic, can you?
One of de niro's best performances too.
Not my favourite director (or movie for that matter) but i dont think you can really criticise the placement.
Raging bull was great too
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Taxi Driver was '76.
Raging Bull is one of my top 5 movies of all time, but Scorcese ran out of ideas with that film. I can just about forgive him for Goodfellas and Casino but there are so many plot similarities and cliches in his direction that there's no way I'd put him that high in the list.
Cameron and Spielberg may be a little mainstream, but you can't argue with the variety and universal appeal of their output.
I'd actually also say that Coppola is a little overrated here. He made 3 amazing movies and that was it.
It's tricky knowing what you're voting for, though. Does one era defining movie trump 3 or 4 semi-classics? If so, Lucas would probably deserve to be in there but I doubt anybody wants to see that.
Raging Bull is one of my top 5 movies of all time, but Scorcese ran out of ideas with that film. I can just about forgive him for Goodfellas and Casino but there are so many plot similarities and cliches in his direction that there's no way I'd put him that high in the list.
Cameron and Spielberg may be a little mainstream, but you can't argue with the variety and universal appeal of their output.
I'd actually also say that Coppola is a little overrated here. He made 3 amazing movies and that was it.
It's tricky knowing what you're voting for, though. Does one era defining movie trump 3 or 4 semi-classics? If so, Lucas would probably deserve to be in there but I doubt anybody wants to see that.
Maybe
Was just thinking i'd struggle to make a top 3 let alone top 5.
Very few directors i like. Like Miyazaki, love his movies but a lot of that is due to the art and stuff that isn't really related to the direction.
Or ridley scott - i adore blade runner (possibly my favourite movie ever), love alien but beyond that i dont like any of his other movies (gladiator was good i guess).
Similar with Cameron.
Dunno, just not that into directors.
I flat out dislike some of the more popular ones too.
I know taxi driver wasn't the 90's btw
Would agree his output has been pretty meh since the 70's but tbf to him he created a lot of the cliches hasn't he?
Sergio Leone would make my list, think hes pretty flawless, after that i'd struggle.
Well, it can be argued that those 3 movies are the top 3 movies of all time (though personally I would put only The Godfather on my top 5 - top 10 list). Quality over quantity!
The Conversation is very good as well. Seems to be forgotten a lot.
King of Comedy, After Hours and The Color of Money all came after Raging Bull too and all are fantastic movies.
He's certainly a Top 5 director although I'd agree that he phones it in a bit nowdays.
Kubrick is something else altogether. If film is primarily a visual medium then he's pretty much peerless.
He's certainly a Top 5 director although I'd agree that he phones it in a bit nowdays.
Kubrick is something else altogether. If film is primarily a visual medium then he's pretty much peerless.
Was shutter island scorsese?
I thought that was great actually. Felt like a hitchcock film
Yeah it was. Not anything groundbreaking but a pretty good film overall. He hasn't made many bad ones.