Lancemc
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Ok, big question. Who is your number one, tip-top, all-time favorite motion picture director?
Personally, #1 has got to be James Cameron. He's a master of sci-fi, and a true visionary. Give this man a huge budget and he'll blow open the boundries of what a major motion picture can be.
Terminator 2: Judgement Day is quite possibly the best action movie of all time. Aliens isn't too far behind. The original Terminator is a genre-defining film much like Bladerunner. The Abyss is an under-appreciated masterpiece, and True Lies is a hilarious tongue-in-cheek popcorn film with wild over-the-top action. And love it or hate it, you simply cannot deny the masterful accomplishment Titanic proved to be. It remains the highest grossing picture of all time, and it technically reached a new high for special effects. It wasn't a bad love story either.
Basically, Cameron exemplifies just about everything I appreciate in a major director. The fact the he hasn't yet directed a single film (with the possible exception of his debut film which I haven't seen...I consider Terminator to be his first TRUE film) that I haven't absolutely loved means a lot. More than that, it's his amazing inagination and creative vision that makes him #1 for me. His films are utterly immersive, and he makes the audience a part of the experience.
Let's not forget that he's an absolutely revolutionary director technologically. His research in digital effects and his pioneering in 3D film technology is going to completely change the face of the motion picture industry. Wait another 2 and a half years and you'll see the result of over ten years of his work in a little flick tentitively titled "Avatar". He recently showed
Peter Jackson and Stephen Spielberg his new camera technology and development tools, and they were reportedly blown away. He's had to wait so long to make this dream project because he had to create the tech needed to film it from the ground up, because current filming techniques and technology just can't handle his vision. Plus, by Summer '09, 3-D equiped theatres should be common enough to make the release of Avatar financially worth-while. I heard the current budget for the film is in excess of $200 million.
So, Avatar is currently my most anticipated film, and will be for probably the next 2.5 years until its release (barring delays). Wait for this film. It's going to be worth it. It's usually not worth the investment of getting THIS excited about a film that's over 2 years off, but because James Cameron has proved himself SEVERAL times over as one of the very best in the business, I KNOW "Avatar" will be worth the wait. I mean, c'mon people. This man made T2 and Aliens. He's a God.
OTHER FAVORITE DIRECTORS
Quentin Tarantino
Christopher Nolan
Alfonso Cuaron
Frank Darabont
Stephen Spielberg
Personally, #1 has got to be James Cameron. He's a master of sci-fi, and a true visionary. Give this man a huge budget and he'll blow open the boundries of what a major motion picture can be.
Terminator 2: Judgement Day is quite possibly the best action movie of all time. Aliens isn't too far behind. The original Terminator is a genre-defining film much like Bladerunner. The Abyss is an under-appreciated masterpiece, and True Lies is a hilarious tongue-in-cheek popcorn film with wild over-the-top action. And love it or hate it, you simply cannot deny the masterful accomplishment Titanic proved to be. It remains the highest grossing picture of all time, and it technically reached a new high for special effects. It wasn't a bad love story either.
Basically, Cameron exemplifies just about everything I appreciate in a major director. The fact the he hasn't yet directed a single film (with the possible exception of his debut film which I haven't seen...I consider Terminator to be his first TRUE film) that I haven't absolutely loved means a lot. More than that, it's his amazing inagination and creative vision that makes him #1 for me. His films are utterly immersive, and he makes the audience a part of the experience.
Let's not forget that he's an absolutely revolutionary director technologically. His research in digital effects and his pioneering in 3D film technology is going to completely change the face of the motion picture industry. Wait another 2 and a half years and you'll see the result of over ten years of his work in a little flick tentitively titled "Avatar". He recently showed
Peter Jackson and Stephen Spielberg his new camera technology and development tools, and they were reportedly blown away. He's had to wait so long to make this dream project because he had to create the tech needed to film it from the ground up, because current filming techniques and technology just can't handle his vision. Plus, by Summer '09, 3-D equiped theatres should be common enough to make the release of Avatar financially worth-while. I heard the current budget for the film is in excess of $200 million.
So, Avatar is currently my most anticipated film, and will be for probably the next 2.5 years until its release (barring delays). Wait for this film. It's going to be worth it. It's usually not worth the investment of getting THIS excited about a film that's over 2 years off, but because James Cameron has proved himself SEVERAL times over as one of the very best in the business, I KNOW "Avatar" will be worth the wait. I mean, c'mon people. This man made T2 and Aliens. He's a God.
OTHER FAVORITE DIRECTORS
Quentin Tarantino
Christopher Nolan
Alfonso Cuaron
Frank Darabont
Stephen Spielberg
I'm watching The Royal Tennenbaums right now as a matter of fact.
