Best Director Alive Today

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Best film director alive today?

Poll ended at Wed May 16, 2018 3:30 pm

Steven Spielberg
15
36%
Martin Scorsese
2
5%
Quentin Tarantino
5
12%
Francis Ford Coppola
0
No votes
Paul Thomas Anderson
1
2%
Denis Villeneuve
5
12%
Steven Soderbergh
0
No votes
Clint Eastwood
0
No votes
James Cameron
0
No votes
Ron Howard
0
No votes
Peter Jackson
1
2%
Danny Boyle
1
2%
Oliver Stone
0
No votes
Guillermo del Toro
0
No votes
Damien Chazelle
0
No votes
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
0
No votes
Alfonso Cuarón
0
No votes
Ang Lee
0
No votes
Michel Hazanavicius
0
No votes
Tom Hooper
0
No votes
Kathryn Bigelow
0
No votes
Coen Brothers
4
10%
Sam Mendes
0
No votes
Christopher Nolan
6
14%
Darren Aronofsky
0
No votes
Ridley Scott
1
2%
David Fincher
0
No votes
Roman Polanski
1
2%
 
Total votes: 42
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PostBest Director Alive Today
by Preezy » Wed May 09, 2018 3:30 pm

Simple really - best film director alive today, and for a bonus point what's your favourite movie of theirs?

I've included every Best Director Oscar winner since 1998, plus the usual suspects.

And no, Michael Bay didn't make the cut.

Go!

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by Tineash » Wed May 09, 2018 3:40 pm

Voted Fincher because no Denis Villeneuve.

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by Preezy » Wed May 09, 2018 3:43 pm

Tineash wrote:Voted Fincher because no Denis Villeneuve.

Dammit, I knew there was someone I was forgetting! Poll updated.

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by Nibble » Wed May 09, 2018 3:46 pm

Voted Denis Villeneuve because no Paul Thomas Anderson.

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by Ironhide » Wed May 09, 2018 3:46 pm

Its a tossup between Tarantino and Nolan for me, both are consistently great.

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by Jenuall » Wed May 09, 2018 3:50 pm

Voted Spielberg. He's not the most consistent and has some pretty poor movies in his back catalogue, but at the end of the day out of that list he's definitely the one I would least like to go forward without watching any of his films again.

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by Blue Eyes » Wed May 09, 2018 3:50 pm

Coen Brothers is the correct answer. Miller's Crossing possibly being my favourite, although only one of them directed that one.

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by False » Wed May 09, 2018 4:03 pm

None of them are perfect. Tarantino probably has the most consistent films (bar Django) but increasingly I find his personality to be more of a hold up on enjoying his films unconditionally.

I like Wes Anderson, I think. Coens are alright.

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by Preezy » Wed May 09, 2018 4:25 pm

It was a toss up between Scorsese and Villeneuve for me, but I went with Villeneuve as both Blade Runner 2049 and Sicario are just so visually arresting, they stay with you after the film finishes. Some of Scorsese's films are in my top 10 though (Goodfellas, The Departed, Gangs of New York), he's probably the best of the old guard in my opinion.

So it's Villeneuve and my favourite film of his has to be Blade Runner 2049, it's just a masterpiece.

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by Buffalo » Wed May 09, 2018 4:25 pm

Pound for pound, Spielberg. No question.

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by Tafdolphin » Wed May 09, 2018 4:27 pm

Erm, Minghella is dead. And Paul Thomas Anderson needs adding for sure.

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by Preezy » Wed May 09, 2018 4:29 pm

Tafdolphin wrote:Erm, Minghella is dead. And Paul Thomas Anderson needs adding for sure.

1 in 1 out, the old switcheroo :slol:

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by OrangeRKN » Wed May 09, 2018 4:35 pm

Updating the poll resets the results jsyk

I voted Tarantino because he's up there and I love basically all of his films, but my actual answer is Edgar Wright. I adore all of his films too, but my favourite has to be Hot Fuzz - which is also probably my most watched film of all time.

As well as Wright, Wes Anderson is unfortunately missing from the poll options - he probably comes in third for me.

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by Moggy » Wed May 09, 2018 4:41 pm

strawberry floating Moggy polls :x

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by Curls » Wed May 09, 2018 4:48 pm

I voted Peter Jackson as I knew he wouldn't get any other votes and I feel sorry for him.

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by Preezy » Wed May 09, 2018 4:57 pm

Apologies for the dreadful poll-management, I think participating in Moggy's polls in the past has infected me with his terribleness :(

No more changes, the list is final. Reason be damned!

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by Dual » Wed May 09, 2018 4:58 pm

Nolan

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by Preezy » Wed May 09, 2018 5:00 pm

Dual wrote:Nolan

He's a great shout for having an unblemished record. Only "Following" and Dark Knight Rises are misses for me, and that's being overly harsh on DKR.

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by bear » Wed May 09, 2018 5:33 pm

It has to be Speilberg for me given the depth and breadth of his work.

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PostRe: Best Director Alive Today
by Johnny Ryall » Wed May 09, 2018 5:36 pm

Out of those for my taste Danny Boyle.


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