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[ari]

List is dumb as fuck, seeing joss wheaton there completely ruined any ounce of credibility they thought they had.

 

[PapaJustify]

No Wes Anderson or Darren Aronofsky on the list is an outrage.

 

[Cipherr]

87% on rotten tomatoes is not divided opinions. Titanic got 88%. When 9 out of ten think it's good, that's not divided.

I repeat:

I think its long past time to stop pretending that some people weren't underwhelmed by TDKR. That quote is not the first, and it wont be the last person you see or hear say that they felt the movie was a step down from the second one. I can understand if you disagree, but its probably time to stop feigning surprise.

Get over it.

 

[Messypandas]

Nothing brings out the saltiness in people like Nolan, seriously seems to get peoples backs up that he's credited among the best directors working today. He deservedly has a place on this list because seemingly everyone has an opinion on him

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

No Rattner or Wiseman? What about visionaries like Matthew Vaughn and Joe Johnston?

 

[Nlroh]

After seeing the reception Avengers got I thought Gaf loved Whedon.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I'm more shocked at the absence of populist auteurs like Peter Berg or Tony Gilroy.

 

[mattiewheels]

Nothing brings out the saltiness in people like Nolan, seriously seems to get peoples backs up that he's credited among the best directors working today. He deservedly has a place on this list because seemingly everyone has an opinion on him

Of course he's among the best directors, but Dark Knight Rises was a relatively poor effort considering the massive scale and ambition...

 

[K-19]

Drive was a really bad movie. But it was better than anything Nolan has directed.

Except Memento and TDK.

Their list sucks, there is a lot of talented directors who should be on this list, they certainly get paid. Guardian is now blacklisted in my ignore list.

 

[mattiewheels]

I'm more shocked at the absence of populist auteurs like Peter Berg or Tony Gilroy.

I'm starting to worry that Gilroy had one brilliant moment in Michael Clayton, and it might never re-emerge. I know he's busy with Bourne so maybe he'll get back to that stuff eventually, but Duplicity did not ease my fears of that.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

I'm surprised Spielberg isn't on there after the thirteen different articles they did on Tintin during its week of release. Odd omission from such a prestigious source.

 

[7Th]

Whedon AND Nolan? AWFUL.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Edgar Wright in top 10. I'm happy.

 

[Koopakiller]

Not a single Asian director...
Good top pick, at least

 

[effzee]

Question:

Would there have been any LIST at all with the correct order that everyone would have agreed with?

Yeah thought so. So what is the point of arguing where such and such director landed? Its not a definitive list. It has no implications. Its one person/magazine's opinion. Of course everyone thinks differently.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Question:

Would there have been any LIST at all with the correct order that everyone would have agreed with?

Yeah thought so. So what is the point of arguing where such and such director landed? Its not a definitive list. It has no implications. Its one person/magazine's opinion. Of course everyone thinks differently.

Hello Joss.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Hello Joss.

Trying to disguise yourself with that Batman avatar. So sneaky

 

[effzee]

Trying to disguise yourself with that Batman avatar. So sneaky

Well I usually stay out of these "list" threads be it movies or music but I never get them. In what world could anyone come up with any consensus? And usually the threads are complaints and rage over the 1-2 people left off or the order or what sucks.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

No doug Liman=Bust list

 

[Dan]

Question:

Would there have been any LIST at all with the correct order that everyone would have agreed with?

Yeah thought so. So what is the point of arguing where such and such director landed? Its not a definitive list. It has no implications. Its one person/magazine's opinion. Of course everyone thinks differently.

I'm sure you could come up with a list where most people look at it and go "ok, I can see where they're coming from." That list would certainly not contain directors with only one film on their resume.

 

[Devolution]

I'm sure you could come up with a list where most people look at it and go "ok, I can see where they're coming from." That list would certainly not contain directors with only one film on their resume.

This.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Steven Soderbergh is better than everyone on that list including gaf's love PTA.

 

[Messypandas]

But Whedon directed Serenity :l

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Steven Soderbergh is better than everyone on that list including gaf's love PTA.

Auto correct fucked up his last name for you there. You should watch out for that.

 

[Devolution]

Steven Soderbergh is better than everyone on that list including gaf's love PTA.

Traffic was excellent. This list is very I dunno. Where's Wong Kar Wai?

 

[xbhaskarx]

LOL no Coen brothers, Darren Aronofsky, Wong Kar-Wai, Wes Anderson....

 

[Messypandas]

Soderberg is like the diet version of Fincher for me

 

[TheKaeptain]

Auto correct fucked up his last name for you there. You should watch out for that.

Spiel is better than most of the list but he is the second best Steven working today.

Traffic was excellent. This list is very I dunno. Where's Wong Kar Wai?

Ignored like usual.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Spiel is better than most of the list but he is the second best Steven working today.

Well not everybody can be a one man acting/directing tour de force like Guttenberg.

 

[mattiewheels]

Traffic was excellent. This list is very I dunno. Where's Wong Kar Wai?

Yeah, where IS Wong Kar-Wai? I've been waiting for him to do something great for too long, the sequel to In The Mood For Love was good, but you know what I mean.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

Yeah, no Senor Spielberg?

Dude directed MUNICH. One of the best movies in the past decade.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Yeah, where IS Wong Kar-Wai? I've been waiting for him to do something great for too long, the sequel to In The Mood For Love was good, but you know what I mean.

Directing the Grandmaster.

 

[Oersted]

worst list ever.

 

[JacksUsername]

Sad to see no mention of Terry Gilliam or Rian Johnson.

 

[brianjones]

Directing the Grandmaster.

i think hes done directing it finally.. its supposed to come out at the end of this year

i remember being on slate for last year

 

[massoluk]

I repeat:



Get over it.

Uh yeah, your opinion is wrong. There is no divided opinion over TDKR, 9 out of 10 people like it.

 

[Akahige]

Gareth Edwards has only made one film and he's already one the best director? what?

He didn't reinvented anything, he's highly ambitious for achieving what he did at that budget but that's it

 

[Femmeworth]

Steven Soderbergh is better than everyone on that list including gaf's love PTA.

 

[Zia]

Wong Kar-Wai's absence is kind of, "Whatever," as he hasn't directed a good film in nearly a decade, but a lack of directors like Haneke, Bela Tarr and Weerasethakul is flatly ignorant. And Lena Dunham had done a single decent film. This reads like a populist reaction to the Sight & Sound results. Armond White would be proud.

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

Did Cohen Bros. not make the top 23?? Am I reading this shit right?


Also, no Egoyan, no Cronenberg, no buy

 

[artist]

Joss Whedon!

Watch out for Cameron fan's spite!

 

[Cipherr]

Uh yeah, your opinion is wrong. There is no divided opinion over TDKR, 9 out of 10 people like it.

And your reading comprehension is ghastly. I haven't offered my opinion on TDKR. Your Nolan defense reflexes fail you soldier.

 

[Holy Wars]

Uh yeah, your opinion is wrong. There is no divided opinion over TDKR, 9 out of 10 people like it.

Holy shit movie fanboys are as bad as vidya fanboys

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

What an awful list. I have nothing against Whedon, but the fact he's in the top 5 takes any credibility away, at least it does for me.

It seems to be begging for hits.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Drive is really overrated.

Incredibly overrated. It's like a remake of Thief, only really mediocre.

 

[Vyer]

Somehow I never realized Refn directed Bronson.

 

[Angry Fork]

Joss Whedon over Tarantino and David Fincher

go fuck yourselves

 

[Femmeworth]

Hasn't Bela Tarr stated The Turin Horse to be his final film?

Not that he's not wonderful, but that sort of implies him to not be an exciting auteur for the future or w/e.

Anyway, the list is by and large trash, though I'm happy to see Malick, Noe, and McQueen on there, and mystified by the inclusion of someone so relatively obscure and bizarre as Leos Carax in the rather bland company of the Whedons and Nolans of the world.

I would be okay with more people like Whedon and Nolan working in the industry, assuming there isn't an even better alternative.