Hey, here's an idea... rather than have 10 different "Favorite Director" threads, let's just have one. And this is it. Since the Poll feature of these forums only permits five choices, we are not going to do a poll... instead, please rank your five favorite film directors.

That's right... it's a free response question, so you are not limited to a certain set of directors. So start ranking!

Good idea:

1. Stanley Kubrick
2. David Lean
3. David Lynch
4. Orson Welles
5. Peter Jackson

1. David Lynch
2. Stanley Kubrick
3. Richard Linklater
4. Quentin Tarantino
5. Baz Luhrmann

1) Kubrick
2) Fellini
3) Lynch
4) Fassbinder
5) Kurosawa

Oh come on. Party pooper.

The whole point of having a poll (though somewhat confusing with all the different threads) was to get NUMBERS. You've just turned this into one of those "deserted island" things where there's no way to tell which movies or songs have the most followers.

I don't think anyone will read all of the responses and be able to remember how many times "Orson Welles" was said.

The point was to see which director would get the most votes, that's it.

So "Hey, here's an idea" why don't you just give us some more options for the polls (since there have already been numerous instances where more options would have been nice) instead of using snobby sarcastic comments in your responses.

K-Dog

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Oh come on. Party pooper.

The whole point of having a poll (though somewhat confusing with all the different threads) was to get NUMBERS. You've just turned this into one of those "deserted island" things where there's no way to tell which movies or songs have the most followers.

I don't think anyone will read all of the responses and be able to remember how many times "Orson Welles" was said.

The point was to see which director would get the most votes, that's it.

So "Hey, here's an idea" why don't you just give us some more options for the polls (since there have already been numerous instances where more options would have been nice) instead of acting like a prick by using snobby sarcastic comments in your responses.

_K-Dog_

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Maybe, you cand sort of combine the two ideas.

Everyone can list their top five directors in no sort of order.

The top five directors with the most mentionings are put into a poll.

From there everyone can vote on the five in the poll.

Fron

Yeah I guess that would work, except who's going to want to read all the responses and count how many times names were mentioned? That's what polls are for in the first place. They count things for you. If you count the number of names mentioned in the responses and come up with the top five, then there's really no need to even have a poll then...it would kind of be redundant wouldn't it?

But whatever, since we're left with no other choice, anything sounds good to me.

And by the way, how come I only see responses from the Games and Music editors? Where's the Film editor at?

K-Dog

1.Tarantino
2.Soderberg
3.Richie
4.Weir
5.Cesare Borgia

I liked the original threads, now there's no poll to keep count and it sort of defeats the purpose

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2)And torque too, he was good

I'm glad that an "International Playboy" took some control over this unwieldy thing, especially since I, too, am a sarcastic snob. There may be a common ground for everyone, but listing 50 directors and leaving off some of the all-time greats and then contradicting your own "rules" is a complete waste.

Hey, these are in order.

1. Spielberg
2. Kubrick
3. Alfred Hitchcock
4. John Huston
5. Billy Wilder
Runners-up: Chaplin/ Frank Capra

Whew! I had to edit this since I screwed the pooch and forgot Hitchcock!

P.S. Disney was awesome, but he never directed a feature film.

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I'm glad that an "International Playboy" took some control over this unwieldy thing, especially since I, too, am a snobby, sarcastic prick. There may be a common ground for everyone, but listing 50 directors and leaving off some of the all-time greats and then contradicting your own "rules" is a complete waste.

Hey, these are in order.

1. Spielberg
2. Kubrick
3. John Huston
4. Billy Wilder
5. Chaplin/ Frank Capra (if I get only one, instead of 1/2 pt. each, I guess the genius Capra loses)

P.S. Disney was awesome, but he never directed a feature film.

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Just wondering, what is it about Spielberg that makes you like him so much, besides that hes a great director.

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Just wondering, what is it about Spielberg that makes you like him so much, besides that he's a great director.

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Do I need any other reason?

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Originally posted by Eccentro:

Just wondering, what is it about Spielberg that makes you like him so much, besides that he's a great director.

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Do I need any other reason?

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As in whats so great about him what makes him the BEST

You just opened up a can of worms that I refuse to let squiggle all over the place.

Let's start with "The Sugarland Express", a seemingly crowd-pleasing comedy that turned into a heartfelt tragedy. Why? Just because Spielberg made a very-entertaining film about a true-life incident which was anything but entertaining. I saw it at a drive-in when I was 18.

On the "Intro" site, I had the temerity to say that "Jaws", along with "Elmer Gantry", was one of the two best fims ever made. "Jaws", temerity aside, has to be the best-directed film ever; the combination of characters, acting, humor, music, action, cinematography, suspense, comedy, special effects and just plain-in-your-face chutzpah, is unparalleled in film history, especially considering that at the time, nobody thought the film could be made, let alone become the highest grossing-film up to that time. Through just the use of visuals and music, it qualifies as a landmark in film history, but I'm talking about something alive and fun, not a cobwebbed-something locked away in a museum.

Next, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", the only sci-fi film for me, at least, that rivals "2001" as cinema that says something positive about the future of mankind. The special effects and John Williams' music are more affecting than those in "Star Wars." And Richard Dreyfuss, who was one of the titanic trinity of awesome "Jaws" actors, moves even higher up the pantheon, even though he got his Academy Award that year for "The Goodbye Girl."

All of these films were made before the American Film Institute even gave David Lynch his grant to film "Eraserhead."

Now, if you don't have a soft spot for The Indiana Jones Trilogy, "E.T.", "Jurassic Park", "The Color Purple", "Schindler's List" (numero uno of the 90s) or "Saving Private Ryan", a truly great film, if only for the first 30 and last 45 minutes, but obviously much more than that, then maybe you'll "think" that Spielberg is some kind of hack. Just remember, whatever you think of "A. I.", there's a reason why Spielberg directed it after Kubrick "shuffled off this mortal coil." Kubrick entrusted it to Spielberg for a very good reason, and it was that he thought that he would make the movie closest to what Kubrick himself would.

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There may be a common ground for everyone, but listing 50 directors and leaving off some of the all-time greats and then contradicting your own "rules" is a complete waste.

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Wow, that's strange. Anyone else get the feeling that mark f is holding a grudge against me? Ever since our little debate in another thread, it seems you feel the need to counter every statement I make, no matter how foolish it makes you look. So I proved you wrong once before, no biggie. Just let it go old man. "V" and Eccentro don't seem to have any grudges against me from our previous arguments.

Seriously. What in God's name are you talking about? What rules? And as for "all-time greats" as I said (if you even read the post) people should go ahead and add missing directors. You're losing your sanity along with your hair.

Anyway, I'm not going to bitch about this poll anymore since it really accomplishes nothing. And I'll also stop wasting my time responding to your silly comments.

Top five:

1) Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction)
2) Peter Weir (Truman Show)
3) Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels)
4) Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan)
5) Charlie Chaplain (Modern Times)

No particular order.

K-Dog

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By the way, my favorite directors are Neal Jordan, Fritz Lang, John Cassavetes and Spike Jones. I like a lot of others, but those are ones that I would go out of my way to watch a movie directed by them, even if I knew nothing else about the movie.

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Sorry, I was being a hypocrite (because I made that same point in another response).

I'll just stick with "old man".

K-Dog

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I'll just stick with "old man".

_K-Dog_

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K-Dog you can call me "old man" anytime you want. Later, Gator.

Well, yeah that's obvious.

K-Dog

Guy Ritchie...???!!!! Seriously!!!!!!!!????????