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Groucho
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 Re: WOKJ 100 Best Directors: Complete! Squee wrote: I'd rather do best myself. Though they kind of go hand in hand, with a little bit of differences. Like I think Groundhog Day is the best comedy, but I don't think it is the funniest, but that isn't to say it isn't extremely funny and wouldn't be in my top 5 regardless. I can see both sides of this. I guess I am always frustrated when I see lists of "Best Comedies" and the #1 is always something like "Some Like It Hot" which, while funny (and definitely well made), is not a fall on the floor laugh fest like, for instance, "South Park" is. Either way is fine for me, but I will have completely different lists based on the distinction. Not that I am volunteering to run it in any event. _________________Buy my books! http://michaelaventrella.com
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Reading the thread now...comments as I proceed.
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Price wrote: 78. Curtis Hanson - 13.5 *tied with 77 WAY too low for one of Hollywood's most versatile. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Levy wrote: Nebs wrote: Price wrote: 97. Joe Dante - 10.5 points
Placed so high thanks to a 4 pointer. ... I am quite dissapointed. Around 90 places too high. Bleh! Dante is good. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! xiayun wrote: Price wrote: 90. Pedro Almodovar - 11.5 points Wow, first surprise on someone placed lower than I expected. Thought he would be at least mid-50s given his popularity. Whew, I expected higher as well. Thankfully, it wasn'Ät so. He's really the only majoer director from whom I have thus far to enjoy a single movie. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Levy wrote: Price wrote: 78. Curtis Hanson - 13.5 *tied with 77 should be higher for LAC alone And for Wonder Boys too. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Levy wrote: Price wrote: 67. Richard Linklater - 14 points O.VER.RA.TED Yup _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Levy wrote: Price wrote: 65. Ron Howard - 14.5 points  Seriously, what's the hate against him? He would not place high on my list either, but he's not terrible like some make him out to be. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Price wrote: 56. Steven Soderbergh - 16 points Overrated director...didn't expect him to place this high. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Levy wrote: Price wrote: 55. Baz Luhrmann - 16 points My number 6 and the 8th of my top 20 Luhrman is good from what I've seen, but he needs more films to prove himself. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Price wrote: 53. Guillermo Del Toro - 16.5 points Waayyy too low. He's shown himself as a master of the craft and with Pan's Labyrinth he definitely has risen up my ranking. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Price wrote: 52. Wes Craven - 16.5 points Another one who's too low, IMO. Created two masterpieces of horror. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! makeshift wrote: yoshue wrote: Wes Craven is a laughable choice. If only I weren't too saddened to laugh.  Craven is one of the great horror auteurs. Couldn't agree more. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Price wrote: 45. Sam Mendes - 19 points I'm sure my list helped. He simply deserved to be high up there for American Beauty. His work on Road to Perdition and Jarhead was very solid as well. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Price wrote: 44. Sam Raimi - 19 points Too low, IMO!  Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2 and the Evil Dead Trilogy assured him a spot in my Top 5  _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Price wrote: 40. M. Night Shyamalan - 19.5 points THE HELL?!?!?!?! I love The 6th Sense, but I still excluded him from my list for The Village and Lady in the Water... _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Price wrote: 39. Bryan Singer - 19.5 points Along with Raimi he made it to my Top 5. Thanks to The Usual Suspects and the X-Men films... _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Re: WOKJ 100 Best Directors: Complete! Oh boy, dear doctor. You'd be a target of numerous comments if you'd have been here on ceremony. 
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Re: WOKJ 100 Best Directors: Complete! Yeah, I'm not sure why I got all the shit, if Doc had Singer in his top 5....  _________________Magic Mike wrote: zwackerm wrote: If John Wick 2 even makes 30 million I will eat 1,000 shoes. Same. Algren wrote: I don't think. I predict.
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Price wrote: 33. David Cronenberg - 21.5 points Yess! _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Price wrote: 32. Paul Verhoeven - 21.5 points Another appearance from my Top 20. I actually love Hollow Man even  _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! neo_wolf wrote: Price wrote: 18. Christopher Nolan - 28 points Damn Begins fans. I can understand people complaining, but I think in 15-20 years he will be remembered as one of the best directors of his time. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Price wrote: 16. Woody Allen - 29.5 points
I bet yoshue will say he's 15 places too low. I still think he's an excellent screenwriter (would be one of the best ever...maybe even the best)...but as a director? Just decent. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: WOKJ 100 best directors: The Countdown! Playing NOW! Price wrote: 10. David Fincher - 32 points #2 on my list. Didn't expect him to break the Top 10, though. AWESOME! _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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