Greatest Director?

[Aaron]

And the same with Pearl Harbor. I like Pearl Harbor. I aint trying to be controversial - I just dont see anything wrong with it.

The plot, mainly. In a nutshell: girl falls for guy, guy buggers off and is presumed killed in action, girl falls for guy's best friend, guy turns up alive and well. Why does it take them 3 and a half hours to tell this story? It's been told a kazillion times before and oh so much better.

And then, this being a Hollywood movie, it has to have a happy ending and so they tack on a bit about the yanks bombing Japan. As if they hadn't wasted enough of my time with this steaming pile of rubbishrubbishrubbishrubbish.

Tora, Tora as a film about what happened at Pearl Harbor is infinitly better, imo.

[telfer12000]

Pearl Harbor - Spot on analysis AAron

Pearl Harbor was a steaming turd of a movie. Michael Bay should hide in shame after directing this. He'll be lucky if he gets to direct TV movies for cable after this turkey.

Bay made a couple so, so movies and they thought he was the next big director thing. What a joke !! He'll end up like michael cimino making loo paper adds.

[telfer12000]

One more thing re the original list ...
George Lucas is a great producer, editor and writer but as a film director his work, aside from Star Wars and American Grafitti (an average film), is non existent.

The Star War Movies are, in the most part, good films but they're not very well directed.
Phantom and Clones are actually quite poorly directed and badly edited.
If Phantom and Clones had appeared without the goodwill benefit of the earlier trilogy no-one would have gone to see them!

There's no way that George Lucas will ever be remembered as a great movie director.

He will be remembered (deservedly) as one of the greatest ever producers.

[Private_mojo]

There is no denying the fact that Titanic is a well made film! It is beautifully crafted and directed by James Cameron, hell, it won him an oscar! The picture looks great! The acting is great! There are emotional scenes for the ladeees, death scenes for the men, the whole ship sinking looks absolutely brilliant, great little characters on the side which make it worth watching and knowing how many souls lost their lives on that ship.

A masterfully crafted film.

[Skii]

I agree with Mojo

Titanic is an incredible movie, its also primarily a love story, so obviously it isn't going to sit comfortably with you 'Things Exploding II' boys

I was absolutely blown away by the sinking scene - I can't remember the last time I was that gobsmacked by what was going on in front of me on the cinema.
It won several Oscars and was the highest grossing film of all time - hardly the achievement of a crap film

[Knoxville]

Agreed skii the sinking scene is incredible, but it doesn't justify sitting through the "love story", if you like love stories there are far better examples that don't have a huge sinking ship taked on the end.

I'm not a "Things Exploding II" boy, I just didn't find that it did anything but the sinking scene particularly well. Emotionally moving scenes in the cinema? Try the Helms deep battle and numerous other films that i can't remember

[3Dfx]

Titantic is great. nuff said.

[spazman]

either james cameron or quentin, both care about the movies they make and they dont take any rubbishrubbishrubbishrubbish from the studio either with always makes a movie better, but apart from titanic which was pointless crap james camerons list of movies is awsome its just a shame he didnt do T3.

[3Dfx]

James is making the true Life tale about those two divers who tried to break the world record of going the farthest udnerwater on one single breath of oxygen... and they died.

its due out in 2005 i think

[Skii]

Originally posted by 3Dfx
James is making the true Life tale about those two divers who tried to break the world record of going the farthest udnerwater on one single breath of oxygen... and they died.

its due out in 2005 i think

Sounds like the 'Big Blue' by Luc Besson

[Private_mojo]

The final few scenes in Fellowship of the Ring are some extremely emotion scenes. I love them. The part with Boromir. Then with Sam and Frodo in the boat. Emotional stuff! Beats Helms Deep hands down IMO.

[3Dfx]

Sounds like the 'Big Blue' by Luc Besson

yes.. exactly like that.. but bigger budget LOL

[matt31]

Tarkovsky

[unrealrocks]

I know alot of people will dissagree with me here but I'm really into meaningless action films at the mo so its gotta be Rob Cohen!