Tim Burton has to be my favorite director

1.)orson wells 2.)Werner Herzog 3.)David Lean 4.)Tarrantino 5)Stanley Kubrick 6.)Igmar Bergman 7.) Roman Polanski 8.)Jacques Tati 9.)Martin Scorsese 10.)John Ford 11.)Brian De paulma 12.)Yasujiro Ozu 13.)John Hughes 14.)François Truffau 15.)Federico Fellini

watch movies from all of these directors and you'll see my point

 

wow, i never realized that he didnt direct nightmare, but i guess the whole thing was pretty much his creation...brilliant none the less

 

i cant believe no one mentioned the 2 first batman films.............wow

 

Omigod, I can't wait to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!! I'm going to se it on friday....yaaaay

 

watch movies from all of these directors and you'll see my point[/QUOTE]
First of.. I think you mean Orson Welles, second..

is not an argument.. please elaborate on why you think Tim Burton doesn't even belong in your top 15 list, since I don't have time to watch all the movies or all the 15 people mentioned above. And just a quick question.. which Burton movies did you see?

And last but not least.. you forgot Kevin Smith in your list

 

also Ed Wood

hahahaha

 

Almodova

 

especially Ed Wood.. lol

 

Ed Wood was a brilliant movie!

 

Those are indeed good directors, but here it's not a matter of who's the best but who's your favorite, you just give your personal opinion and ot everyone has to share it -

To me, if we have to talk in terms of "who's the best", I'd say maybe Stanley Kubrick, but then again, people have different tastes... and you gotta be tolerant...

Tim Burton is a genius, and maybe you don't like him, but you have to admit he's a genius anyways.

 

very true.. but I think we are referring here to Ed Wood as the director, not the movie

And indeed... this thread is about favorites. For me it's like music, you might not like classic music but that doesn't mean that you can't understand that Vivaldi was a genius.. something like that. Wether you like to listen to it or not, is a whole different subject.

 

Oh of course, I got that, but it reminded me of how much I'd loved the Ed Wood movie

 

Pedro Almodóvar is absolutely one of my favorites and should be noticed in the top15 list!

 

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agreed!

 

WELL, while there are indeed some good directors on there, you can't really argue that someone like John Hughes is more innovative than Tim Burton...in fact, he made some average 80's movies, but he's not that great in my opinion...his movies don't age that well...and well, I hate tarrantino, but thats a different story for a different thread....

 

First of.. I think you mean Orson Welles, second.. is not an argument.. please elaborate on why you think Tim Burton doesn't even belong in your top 15 list, since I don't have time to watch all the movies or all the 15 people mentioned above. And just a quick question.. which Burton movies did you see?

And last but not least.. you forgot Kevin Smith in your list [/QUOTE]
the only tim burton i liked was Ed Wood.. i saw Gilbert Grape and i thought it had virtually nothing to say and lacked a realistic understanding of human nature.. the directors that i listed (in my opinion) all posess those qualities

 

eh.. you mean "What's eating Gilbert Grape?".. Although I really like that movie (and I usually don't like anything with Dicaprio in it, I know, prejudice), it's based on a Peter Hedges novell and directed by Lasse Hallström.. I pretty sure Burton had nothing to do with it.

I could go into further discussion as to why I think that movie does have a lot of qualities, especially when it comes down to understandings of human nature, but since I'm not sure we're even talking about the same movie and/or this is majorly offtopic, I'll leave it.

When it comes to Burton's, I think I prefer Edward Sciccorhands over Ed Wood. It's a typically dark fairy tale that touches a lot of social subjects, like fear of being different, alienation, sheltered sub-urban life etc etc. But that's just a matter of personal taste I guess.

 

yeah, i hear ya.. sorry if i offended anyone on my comments.. friends?

 

me personally: you didn't offend me.. everyone is entitled to their own taste right? And you did list some pretty good directors!