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*sigh... I wish people would read the thread and not just the list... I'm about to remove it...

Unfortunately I think he is a one trick pony. Yeah, he married Madonna and then came out with one of the biggest bombs in filmmaking history... so bad I can't remember the name, but it starred his wife.

Well, to be fair to Anderson, Owen's pretty busy running around w/ Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, and just about anybody else who'll pay him some good hard green. I think Anderson's the real force there. Owen's writing is good, but it's also obvious that he adds such lines to most his roles - there's no way his character in Shanghai Noon was that funny (or typically Owen Wilson-ish) before he started changing things. It's getting sorta easy to spot his "adds", plus its sterotyping. Anderson you hear in all of the other characters - and is also completely responsible for the visual tone, editing, and general all around "feel" of his movies. Hell, the music used in Rushmore and Tennenbaums alone are enough for me to salute him. Besides, you know you'd kill a yak to work with the badassness of Bill Murray over the Wilson Bros. As to the Eastwood thing... as much as I love his best - Unforgiven, Mystic River, Josey Wales (easily my favorite western), A Perfect World... But after the one-two suck punch of Blood Work and Space Cowboys... He also did some other schlock novel crap like Absolute Power and True Crime before that. It just doesn't seem fair to other directors to put him in that category.. his hits are far rarer than his misses, to me. But he is the ultimate cowboy, regardless. Yeah I guess that was unfair to Anderson, but I meant it to ask whether the comedy was good becaus e of the dynamic. Like I said though, the next movie will feature a different co-writer even though it'll have Wilson and Murray. I can't expect a director to have perfect record, but I'd say Clint Eastwood has a good track record. Take for example, Steven Speilberg... he's all over the map. Schindler's List then Jurassic Park 2? He's not #1 on my list but he's arguably the greatest director there is as far as careers go, just surpassing Alfred Hitchcock.

Indeed, personally I love the mans paceing when it comes to his story telling. Personally I love his camera work, how he lingers on a scene, letting us soak up the image. Unforgiven, Pale Rider, and Jose Wales are 3 of my favorite movies of all time. Oh toss in Mystic River into that lot as well! I reckon so. The Outlaw Josie Wales is an awesome movie, as is Unforgiven. I thought Pale Rider was a bit more formulaic (Open Range had almost the same story formula) but still enjoyable. How much variety can you have about western? I mean, there were men... then there were cows... I'm kidding... I hope there another one coming our way directed by Eastwood. It doesn't have to star himself, but a good western is due, I'd say. Open range was OK, enough to fill the void.

See it's not easy making that list, I forgot Scorsese of all people and one of the most important people in the field. I love the Wes Anderson films, but I lot of it I think comes from the teaming up with Owen Wilson as his co-writer. We'll find out soon when his next film comes out and Wilson isn't in the writing chair. I'm just wondering why he Bill Murray became his leading man. I mean sure Leone had Eastwood and Hitchcock had Stewart, but Anderson already had the Wilson brothers. Maybe they weren't funny enough. Spike Jonze is nuts, but I didn't enjoy Adaptation as much as Malkovich. But he's videos are out there, starting with Sabotage and the Fat Boy Slim video where he leads the dance troop outside the theatre..

He's not a director... he's just an editor of stuff that has ALREADY been editted, and a bad one at that. Remember Lensman?

That probably describes every director there is. I mean a lot of them make good films but their personalities probably stink like donkey ass. Great point about Ridley Scott Blaine, it's so true about how he sets the trend for so many years. Look at the impact of Gladiator and Black Hawk Down right now. But I think it lasts more than five years. I mean they're still rehashing the Alien storyline today. But his influence isn't really a good thing, because so many bad movies come out of it. The whole problem with that is when some one comes out with something original (and I use that term loosely) Hollywood perverts originality into a formula. I've never seen a Michael Moore film. As far as I know, there's no car chases, no stuff that blows up and no nekkid women...

Beautiful!!!

Yup.... that list is NOT about the best, it's the ones I could think of in the 3 minutes I was typing it. I forgot Sam Pekinpah... And yeah, Simon West must stop making movies, but that's why he's up there. I'm a big Lara Croft fan... ok I enjoyed the first game, the other ones were crap. But that first one is one of my favorite games. But that movie was so wrong in so many ways, starting with Angelina's weird edgy boobs. And don't get me started with Con Air. That whole thing was shot and editted like a 2 hour trailer.

The obvious sadness in this is that theyre splashing the Yune Art on the disks, which could lead people to think that southern cross toys are never going to happen. Sorry 1BRD...

jez quit the dope instead of saying stupid things try to act normal like most of the other people in here Speaking of dopes. You're the one that came here acting like you don't give a crap with your "long live robotech" signature and give me what I want. Why don't you learn how to ask for things especially with your first post! People think that they're so tough because they can be nasty in a forum while sitting behind a screen. I got news for you. It's the internet, it's even harder to get along, freak!

That's the whole mystery of the thing though. Whoever sold the Alpha must not have known the value, but these are dealers we're talking about. You don't bring anything to the floor without checking the value, unless it's some dote the booth owner left while he took a crap. Aside all that, the last possibility is that it's a boot. Highly unlikely, but within the realm...

I like that one too. I guess I just swim in the shallow waters... They really got her almond eyes. I want to see Nova Satori though... she's my fave! That helmet is way too small for her head, even if you shave off her hair. Nope, that's Marie Crystal judging from her helmet and face....

ooops sorry... I thought you were asking about roy...

... but then don't forget the last season... in Mexico. (Del Shannon still plays in my head... must... resist... suicide...) That was in the second season... Torello follows Luca to Mexico in the last 3 eps. Then it was the cliffhanger that never was resolved... I waa waa wonder... why, waa waa waa why... Did you know that Michael Mann had Del Shannon rerecord that song to make it darker just for the series? Oh yeah, any director that kills off David Caruso during the first or second episode rules.

Giant contact lenses Or perhaps the macronization process corrects genetic defects. Graham Too bad it reverts when he becomes micronized again.

My mistake, I thought it was two season in Chicago and one in Las Vegas, but it was one and one. The stories were a lot meaner in Chicago for Crime Story...

I'm waiting for that one as well. Miami Vice was cool, but that first two seasons of Crime Story was just off the hook. Especially that gunfight in the dept. store during the pilot episode. It was just a pre-cursor of what was to be in Heat.

Funny, the brothers and I have never heard of such a guy... We'll have him check out, see whther he should live or not... Anyone ever notice that Paul Anderson relies on the sound to scare you. How loud was Event horizon, especially the big boom when you're suppose to jump. It's like... I wasn't scared but that noise just made me pee in my pants. Haha... Seymore Butts... that made me crack up so bad. I still can't believe I forgot Scorsese the first time around.

I swear, Scott Baio was at the tip of my typing fingers....

Well like I said the list isn't a hall of fame but just something to get it started. And yes, Brian Palma was one of the greats. I think he got lucky with Carlito's Way because I saw Raising Cain as his decline. DId anyone see the Carlito's Way ripoff Empire with John Leguizamo? Another one I forgot and has also petered out... John Carpenter... I'll update the list though, because they're worth the honorable mention... Maybe Walter Hill should be up there too.

See what I mean... the list isn't perfect... I'm kicking myself right now... Kick! kick! kick! kick! (hey this is starting to feel good) kick! ki... directs great looking girls to his bedroom maybe...

I also hate that the tally is in total dollars made and not in total tickets sold... how fair is that?

Yeah but you gotta forgive the man... he made Young Frankensein and History Of the World: Part 1!

There's no problem with the list... it's a list meant to incite the discussion, not grade them in any way. And of course there'll be directors I missed. I'm hoping for people to remind me of those other directors. In fact someone reminded me of the last few directors that I listed. I got to admit that Michael Bay's movies look good, in fact they look great but they lack so much substance that it can't even compete with the scenery. His movies are over saturated with postcard scenery while the script and acting is so bad. I've had my problems with Ridley Scott's movies storytelling as well. More towards his earlier films. But even those were told well enough that I believed the story being told. I recently saw the Director's cut of Alien and I was still blown away in how believable the whole set up was. I also causght Black rain a few weeks back and forgot how good of a movie that was too. I only regret that it was obvious what Andy Garcia's role was in that movie, which is the obligatory "they killed my partner" role.