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Best director in Hollywood: Tarantino vs. Nolan vs Scorsese

Out of the 3 it's Scorsese. It's a very close call between Tarantino and Nolan. Nolan has made my favourite movie ever but I'd just give the edge to Tarantino for now
 
Fincher and Dennis Villeneuve are up there too out of the current directors. Dennis is so underrated. He's one of the best current directors. He's made a crazy amount of amazing movies in a row and all different genres.
 
saadibaba said:
Its GOAT not the most versatile of all time.
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Isn't versatility a very important component of being considered the greatest ?

Otherwise we could say that the director of the greatest film would be the GOAT director . I think that movie is usually a toss up between Citizen Kane, vertigo, The Godfather and Shwashank redemption (to name a few) . Look at those directors pf tjose films, out of them only Hitchcock and Coppola are shout outs to be GOAT directors.
 
SandyB said:
Isn't versatility a very important component of being considered the greatest ?

Otherwise we could say that the director of the greatest film would be the GOAT director . I think that movie is usually a toss up between Citizen Kane, vertigo, The Godfather and Shwashank redemption (to name a few) . Look at those directors pf tjose films, out of them only Hitchcock and Coppola are shout outs to be GOAT directors.
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A cricketing analogy of what you have describe would be that only all-rounders should be considered for the greatest cricketers of all times since they are good in both batting and bowling unlike specialist batsmen or bowlers who can only be great in one category of the game. A fair argument for argument sake but we can all agree that some of the best cricketers (Bradman, Tendulkar, Warne) in the world were not all-rounders.

As for the crown for GOAT going to the director of the greatest films. I think the directors of all the movies that you have listed other than Shawshank Redemption should be in the running for GOAT unless you have less regard for Orson Wells.

Its hard to look at Orson Wells career and not get awe-struck on how much he achieved at such a young age and how single handedly he transformed theatre (at age 22 he was on Broadway producing, directing and starring in an adaptation of Julius Caesar that broke all performance records for the play and gave him the cover of Time magazine), radio (The legendary "War of the Worlds" broadcast) and of course movies.

He was only 25 when he directed, produced, co-wrote the screenplay and starred in perhaps the greatest movie of all times. It's considered highly influential and its cinematography, lighting, and flashback structure have impacted generations of movies and film makers. Nolan is being talked about in this thread, the plot structure of Memento has its root in Citizen Kane. I can go on and on but you get the point.

Leonardo da Vinci could have only made Mona Lisa and still would have been in the consideration for the greatest painters of all times. Its hard to replicate genius even for geniuses.
 
saadibaba said:
A cricketing analogy of what you have describe would be that only all-rounders should be considered for the greatest cricketers of all times since they are good in both batting and bowling unlike specialist batsmen or bowlers who can only be great in one category of the game. A fair argument for argument sake but we can all agree that some of the best cricketers (Bradman, Tendulkar, Warne) in the world were not all-rounders.

As for the crown for GOAT going to the director of the greatest films. I think the directors of all the movies that you have listed other than Shawshank Redemption should be in the running for GOAT unless you have less regard for Orson Wells.

Its hard to look at Orson Wells career and not get awe-struck on how much he achieved at such a young age and how single handedly he transformed theatre (at age 22 he was on Broadway producing, directing and starring in an adaptation of Julius Caesar that broke all performance records for the play and gave him the cover of Time magazine), radio (The legendary "War of the Worlds" broadcast) and of course movies.

He was only 25 when he directed, produced, co-wrote the screenplay and starred in perhaps the greatest movie of all times. It's considered highly influential and its cinematography, lighting, and flashback structure have impacted generations of movies and film makers. Nolan is being talked about in this thread, the plot structure of Memento has its root in Citizen Kane. I can go on and on but you get the point.

Leonardo da Vinci could have only made Mona Lisa and still would have been in the consideration for the greatest painters of all times. Its hard to replicate genius even for geniuses.
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Brilliantly put.
 
All are famous in their own right.

But I dont get Tarantino's movies. I prefer Nolan as he makes the movies that I want to watch and takes it to another level.
 
Christopher Nolan

Seems to be back in the limelight with his new film Tenet which looks to be yet another mind boggling project.

How does he come up with these ideas :yk

One of the best ever, without a doubt.
 
Inception was a convoluted mess and tenet doesn’t look any different.
 
Stewie said:
Inception was a convoluted mess and tenet doesn’t look any different.
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Just because someone didn't understand it doesn't make it a mess. Some people are just lazy and don't have the patience to go through a movie which puts brain cells to work.
 
the trailer of tenet sucked, maybe it was cause of the music they used.

Hans Zimmer wasn't part of the film for composing so wonder if the movie would be badly affect by that or not
 
Stewie said:
Inception was a convoluted mess and tenet doesn’t look any different.
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to be honest. Inception isnt that difficult to understand compared to the Dark Knight.

While people go crazy over Heath Ledgers acting(and rightly so), they often forget about what the movie was about. Understanding dark knight is more difficult. Inception isnt that hard to understand just listen to the dialogues and remember the rules of each stages of dream.

Dark knight was hard because you cant really idenfity when joker was in power.
Remember the interrogation room scene? Guess what, it was never batmen interrogating, it was the joker who was interrogating batmen. He gains power over the information he gives and the information he helds while being beaten the crap out of.

And then even after batmen leaves to save the wrong person, he still holds more power. The movie concept is very hard to understand of Dark KNight. Inception was nothing.
 
Major said:
the trailer of tenet sucked, maybe it was cause of the music they used.

Hans Zimmer wasn't part of the film for composing so wonder if the movie would be badly affect by that or not
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I wonder if that's the music only for the trailer or the tempo, feel, beats is used throughout the movie. If it is latter, it will be huge disappointment.
 
Gotta give credit for having the guts to take up mad projects .
 
Travis Scott's single they had in the trailer
background was absolutely LIT.
 
JaDed said:
If rewatching movies count then personally for me it will be Spielberg ,Robert Zemeckis and Cameron Crowe.
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I still stand by this adding Chris Columbus to the list as well.. sorry if its not fancy :P

Among the three though I have to say its Scorsese .. something about his movies that i can never pinpoint but he has it, could be the loneliness of his characters or the humor in them not sure but its always well presented and I feel in awe after most of his movies, when I was younger tried to imitate the characters in his movies as well.

He is the greatest allrounder if the cricket analogy has to be used.(as said in above posts by saadibaba)
Can't wait for Killers of the Flower Moon!
 
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Inception was a giant friggin mess... I understood it but I see how for a vast majority of people it was a big wad of ***.

Tenet with its reverse entropy concept ain’t much different.
The dark knight was very easy to follow to me honestly. It was a simple concept of a truly deranged and evil villain plotting and scheming to bring a city to its knees and the hero fighting his plans. Not much to it to be honest.
 
Stewie said:
Inception was a giant friggin mess... I understood it but I see how for a vast majority of people it was a big wad of ***.

Tenet with its reverse entropy concept ain’t much different.
The dark knight was very easy to follow to me honestly. It was a simple concept of a truly deranged and evil villain plotting and scheming to bring a city to its knees and the hero fighting his plans. Not much to it to be honest.
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Might be complicated plot for simpletons. These are nothing before indian movies. Watch the Tamil movie, Michael Madana Kama Rajan..Kamal Hasan in 4 roles, where each character plays another character. Midway in the movie it may become difficult to tell who is who. [MENTION=137142]JaDed[/MENTION]
 
All three are great but Nolan is better. You can watch his movie for the tenth time and still will come out with something different.
 
Stewie said:
Inception was a giant friggin mess... I understood it but I see how for a vast majority of people it was a big wad of ***.

Tenet with its reverse entropy concept ain’t much different.
The dark knight was very easy to follow to me honestly. It was a simple concept of a truly deranged and evil villain plotting and scheming to bring a city to its knees and the hero fighting his plans. Not much to it to be honest.
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He takes up crazy projects but what actually elevates him as a director is how he is always able to drive home a very intimate human story in the middle of a complicated logic defying plot.
 
freelance_cricketer said:
He takes up crazy projects but what actually elevates him as a director is how he is always able to drive home a very intimate human story in the middle of a complicated logic defying plot.
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Yes, don’t get me wrong, I am a fan. I actually own the Inception on blu ray. Lol
And I’m a huge fan of the dark knight trilogy as well. But I think his earlier work was probably better (memento, prestige)
I’ll still watch Tenet.

I actually like him as much as I do Tarantino. But Scoresese is better than both in my opinion.
 
Stewie said:
Yes, don’t get me wrong, I am a fan. I actually own the Inception on blu ray. Lol
And I’m a huge fan of the dark knight trilogy as well. But I think his earlier work was probably better (memento, prestige)
I’ll still watch Tenet.

I actually like him as much as I do Tarantino. But Scoresese is better than both in my opinion.
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I understand your point bro. If you start to count plot holes in his films, there is no end to it :))

But that's the thing with all ambitious sci fi projects.

His forte clearly is in creating a human connection with these storylines.

Interstellar was as much a father-daughter story as it was a space travel story.

Batman trilogy if looked at in full as a continuous story is amazing. It brought a new perspective to super hero movies.

In Inception also, Leo's storyline with his wife and his quest to be back home with his kids was amazing. I had goosebumps in the theatre when Leo came across old Sato waiting for him in the final dream sequence.

These are basically Tom Cruise movies with a story :))
 
Really looking forward to Tenet, it's the first time Nolan would have cast a BAME actor in a major role, so interested to see how it's done. I have a feeling it might be in the mold of Inception, very clever and spectacular, but for me not really striking a chord. I found the Batman trilogy more moving.
 
Dark knight was a simple movie?

Dark knight is like that gf, who shows a simple charecter portrayal in front of her bf yet carries ocean of emotions inside which no one can fathom.
 
So with the lockdown etc I binged on quite a number of movies, and I think it is unfair to pick a clear winner from the 3.

Tarantino - although I am not a fan of violence in movies, Pulp Fiction and Hateful Eight were amazing movies.

Nolan - Interstellar and Batman Begins. Awesome movies.

Scorcesse - Goodfellas and The Irishman. Works of art.

All 3 make different style of movies, and depending on your mood, you could pick any movie from the 3 directors, and enjoy it.
 
Itachi said:
Dark knight was a simple movie?

Dark knight is like that gf, who shows a simple charecter portrayal in front of her bf yet carries ocean of emotions inside which no one can fathom.
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I thought Dark night was overrated, more so by the sad death of Ledgers.

Batman begins is the yardstick on character development.
 
Itachi said:
Dark knight was a simple movie?

Dark knight is like that gf, who shows a simple charecter portrayal in front of her bf yet carries ocean of emotions inside which no one can fathom.
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To me it’s more like a GF who looks sophisticated and intriguing but turns out to have no emotional depth.

I liked it the first time, but the second was just.... meh.

Didn’t like Rise at all, much preferred Begins of the three.
 
Stewie said:
Inception was a giant friggin mess... I understood it but I see how for a vast majority of people it was a big wad of ***.

Tenet with its reverse entropy concept ain’t much different.
The dark knight was very easy to follow to me honestly. It was a simple concept of a truly deranged and evil villain plotting and scheming to bring a city to its knees and the hero fighting his plans. Not much to it to be honest.
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Didn’t like Inception - clever but ultimately heartless, like The Prestige.

Memento and Interstellar are my favourite Nolan films.

Also Dunkirk, which was nerve-shredding apart from the Tom Hardy Spitfire sequence at the end. Quite how he shot a Stuka down after his engine stopped I am not clear.
 
Robert said:
Didn’t like Inception - clever but ultimately heartless, like The Prestige.

Memento and Interstellar are my favourite Nolan films.

Also Dunkirk, which was nerve-shredding apart from the Tom Hardy Spitfire sequence at the end. Quite how he shot a Stuka down after his engine stopped I am not clear.
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You wouldn’t like Tenet either then..if you didn’t like Inception, many are saying it doesn’t have heart either..
 
JaDed said:
You wouldn’t like Tenet either then..if you didn’t like Inception, many are saying it doesn’t have heart either..
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I am getting that feeling too. Inception was all very clever, but at the end of the day didn't really engage me emotionally at all apart from maybe a few scenes. The Dark Knight was like theatre for me, really got the blood racing, it does seem to me that Nolan really made his name on the back of the Batman trilogy, otherwise not sure his other movies would have catapulted him into the ranks of the greats.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
I am getting that feeling too. Inception was all very clever, but at the end of the day didn't really engage me emotionally at all apart from maybe a few scenes. The Dark Knight was like theatre for me, really got the blood racing, it does seem to me that Nolan really made his name on the back of the Batman trilogy, otherwise not sure his other movies would have catapulted him into the ranks of the greats.
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Interstellar was pretty awesome too in that way had heart and character development, but yes Tenet like Inception would be more of a visual treat than remembered for its acting..
 
Inception is heartless? Leo's story line with his wife was quite surreal.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
I am getting that feeling too. Inception was all very clever, but at the end of the day didn't really engage me emotionally at all apart from maybe a few scenes. The Dark Knight was like theatre for me, really got the blood racing, it does seem to me that Nolan really made his name on the back of the Batman trilogy, otherwise not sure his other movies would have catapulted him into the ranks of the greats.
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Weird, I thought it was clever but felt no emotion.

Bale didn’t do Bruce Wayne right either, I though Affleck was the essential screen Bats.
 
Robert said:
Weird, I thought it was clever but felt no emotion.

Bale didn’t do Bruce Wayne right either, I though Affleck was the essential screen Bats.
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Affleck being better than Bale, eh you went too far Robert , too far.
 
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