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- TylerDCA, on 07/22/2008, -22/+121Greatest director alive? Is that a joke?
Scorsese, Eastwood, the Cohen bros are all possibilities, not Nolan. - viper001, on 07/24/2008, -0/+73Not until Uwe Boll dies
- voltaTTak, on 07/22/2008, -5/+62Memento, the Prestige?
- lsumed, on 07/24/2008, -11/+64Ok, I'm sick of the Batman fanfare now.
- mcool119, on 07/23/2008, -11/+63Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Guillermo Del Toro, Francis Ford Coppola, and Clint Eastwood do still exist, am I right?
- inactive, on 07/24/2008, -8/+53the answer is no.
- Fredo521, on 07/24/2008, -2/+45oh for *****'s sake
- netgeek06, on 07/22/2008, -8/+36I would rather go with Scorsese, and Francis Coppola.
- Panzwhore, on 07/23/2008, -11/+38the answer to this riddle is no..
- ZenMojo, on 07/24/2008, -3/+25Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, and Letters from Iwo Jima called. They all say you need to get out more.
- Fathom, on 07/23/2008, -5/+25Are you the biggest hyper-panderer ever!?!
- prcpaul, on 07/24/2008, -7/+22wow, I can't wait for 5 months from now when no one cares about this film.
- FullMetalNIN, on 07/24/2008, -5/+19Seriously Digg. Take that bat-shaped ***** out of your ass already. The movie was awesome, but it wasn't earth shattering.
- tattertech, on 07/24/2008, -0/+14Wow... This is guy is getting dugg down why? Both are very talented directors (and I figured while many in the Digg crowd might not realize who the first, everyone would have a hard-on for del Toro).
Children of Men was extremely well directed (in fact the whole production was extremely good). - mwrl, on 07/22/2008, -18/+32Sorry I feel out of my chair laughing. Is this guy serious?
- atlquaker, on 07/24/2008, -1/+14ummm, not yet. But four or five more like Dark Knight and Memento and I will begin to consider it...
- MrTito, on 07/24/2008, -2/+15Mel Brooks.
- LimeParrot, on 07/24/2008, -1/+13Wow, I found it to be completely the opposite. I watched it the first time and was blown away. The second time I fell in love with it. Third time and it became an obsession. It's one of all-time favourites.
- tattertech, on 07/24/2008, -4/+16Not even close. His directing of fight scenes (or any other fast action type scene) is mediocre at best. He had marked improvement between Batman Begins to The Dark Knight, but it was still poorly done when things happened fast. And beyond that, while both movies were good there was no wow-ing techniques done, but rather he kept the atmosphere in line with what fans wanted from Batman. The movies themselves were somewhat rough on the pacing at points and potentially a little bloated (at least that's my opinion). I greatly enjoyed both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, but there have been plenty of far better movies from a purely cinematic standpoint in the last year even.
- Jhiaxuz, on 07/24/2008, -0/+12Well *****, with all this ***** craze and pre-hype, why not upgrade it "Greatest Director Ever" and save us the possibility of one less topic on Digg.
Just stop. Please. - Origin415, on 07/22/2008, -6/+17What does the fact that it used to be a comic book matter? Directors make movies out of books all the freakin' time, so just because the book comes with pictures, its enough to ruin a fantastic directing resume?
I don't mean to argue he is the "greatest director alive," just that greatness transcends genres. He is definitely my personal favorite, all his movies are near the top of my list, Memento definitely at the top. - cadmiumpaint, on 07/24/2008, -10/+22Tarantino isn't in the same league as those greats you mentioned.
- moviscop, on 07/24/2008, -3/+14Paul Thomas Anderson???????????????
Boogie Nights
Magnolia
There Will Be Blood
Punch Drunk Love
C'mon people, he is by far the greatest modern filmmaker.
David Lynch, a close second :) - tjmb9, on 07/24/2008, -0/+10I'm sorry, but the Cohen brothers haven't made any amazing movies??
Fargo, The Big Lebowski, The Hudsucker Proxy, Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing, No Country For Old Men, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Man Who Wasn't There....
None of those are amazing?!? - jellydoughnut21, on 07/24/2008, -1/+10you can't say bad things about Batman on digg!! DUGG DOWN DUGG DOWN!!
- Shiftgood, on 07/24/2008, -7/+16Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Michael Goundry (sp?) and whoever the hell is over at pixar.
- Fiestardi, on 07/24/2008, -9/+18Don't Believe The Hype. "Breaking box office records" ...So? It's just a Batman movie.
- laibixi, on 07/24/2008, -2/+11No!
- socivitus, on 07/24/2008, -0/+9Both of the newest Batman movies were incredible, but greatest director that's alive? They wrote this article with one thing in mind...$$$ and controversy.
- crowbar77, on 07/24/2008, -2/+10Peter Jackson gets no love? I would say my opinion is definitely biased, but he should be at least considered.
- avisotin, on 07/24/2008, -3/+10Agreed... Tarantino's only great movie were Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction... though I wish he's stop acting in his own movies too, because his own scenes in those movies sucked.
- timothycrash01, on 07/24/2008, -0/+7Scorsese, Milos Forman, Copolla, David Lynch, Roman Polanski, David Fincher, Coen Brothers, Michael Mann, Kar Wai Wong, Jean Jaques Jeunet, Terry Gilliam, PT Anderson, Lars von Trier, Michael Haneke, Spike Jonze, Steven Spielberg, Luc Besson, Frank Darabont, Sam Raimi, Ridley Scott, John Carpenter, Clint Eastwood, Sidney Lumet, Robert Zemeckis, Ang Lee (excluding the Hulk), Wolfgang Peterson, Woody Allen, John McTiernan, Alejandro Iñárritu, Oliver Stone, Rob Reiner, Guillermo del Torro, Norman Jewison, Terrence Malick, Alfonso Cuarón, etc., etc.,
Nolan's got some competition me thinks. ;-) - Kamatz, on 07/22/2008, -19/+26Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro.
- inactive, on 07/24/2008, -2/+9I wouldn't say greatest ... more like ONE of the most talented.
- GJBlizzard, on 07/24/2008, -0/+7Way to provide others.
- dagamer34, on 07/24/2008, -0/+7Let's not stick him on a pedestal yet. That's how directors get huge egos then start directing ***** well knowing people will still watch it (see Steven Spielberg)
- inactive, on 07/24/2008, -2/+9Tarantino has pulp fiction and to a lesser extent Reservoir Dogs. That man has so much hype following him it is ridiculous. He is a good director. Don't overrate him.
- smashingmonkey, on 07/24/2008, -3/+11Hey, another chance to argue over who has the right opinion!
- GJBlizzard, on 07/24/2008, -0/+6Scorsese is easily at the top of the list.
Christopher Nolan has made what, 5 films? That's not even enough for a track record. Plus, Insomnia sucks the amazing out of that list pretty quick.
Comparing a director who has been making films that have been regarding as "greats" for almost 40 years and someone who has been making movies for less than 10 years, is ludicrous. - reelskamachine, on 07/24/2008, -1/+7Greatest director alive? Just because this one movie was such a great hit doesn't make him the greatest director alive. That's like saying because i solved one math problem i'm the greatest mathematician alive.
- Ramenhood, on 07/24/2008, -0/+6Just like what they said when Shamaylan came out with the Sixth Sense!
- moviscop, on 07/24/2008, -0/+5paul thomas anderson........ CMON PEOPLE!
- keithnoir, on 07/24/2008, -3/+8The Dark Knight the most digg subject since Ron Paul?
- GramarNazi, on 07/24/2008, -4/+9I can't wait for 5 months when you eat your words.
- GramarNazi, on 07/24/2008, -1/+6It was mentioned in the article, so this is hardly an astute observation, but the thing about Nolan is his sheer consistency. His career has not been a long one, but every movie that he's made that I've seen (which is all of them except Doodlebug and The Following) have been outstanding: The Prestige, Memento, Insomnia (the weakest of the lot, but still very good), and both Batman movies. While I think it's a little premature to label him as the best director alive, I think that was the point of the article: to speculate (hence the question mark). Memento by itself reflects Nolan's versatility, as it was one of the only movies of its kind to pull off what many would have laughed off as an impossibility (for an entire movie to be played backwards in plot, and still engage and surprise the viewer).
Personally, I've seen movies by each of the directors you mentioned that I either didn't like much, or hated, and another notable concept is that there is really no set criteria to judge who the "best director is." The author of the article used his own criteria of which director would promise the greatest ticket sale for his next movie. Whether you like his movies or not, I'd say that The Dark Knight almost irrefutably proves this article's point, which broke almost every weekend record despite falling in a genre that many people don't take that seriously. - TheSalmonThief, on 07/24/2008, -0/+5This is overreacting. Yes The Dark Knight was good, BUT IT REALLY WASN'T ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. There are scores of better directors. P.T. Anderson, Coen Bros., Scorsese, Coppola, Jim Jarmusch, Darren Aronofsky... not saying Nolan isn't a good director, because he is, but saying he's the "newest greatest director alive" is just ridiculous.
- Shiftgood, on 07/24/2008, -0/+5Too dry? i love dry.
- tattertech, on 07/24/2008, -0/+5@Sornos - Yes and no. He's very good at collecting a lot of references to other great directors more than anything. He just happens to do it very well and without seeming like he's ripping off people (it's a fine line - the Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz/Spaced folks are similar - and I do love them).
- bludo, on 07/24/2008, -0/+5David Lynch anyone ? Lars von Trier, Coppola
- Shawh, on 07/24/2008, -0/+4Have got to add David Lynch to that list too.
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