Steven Spielberg Vs. Martin Scorsese? What's your Take?

Well, how about that? I didn't know you guys still get it on in here. About the Oscars thingie, I very much agree with what all y'all are saying and particularly with what Spikyn said last here;
That's a school of thought that I'm surprised isn't getting hammered in Hollywood. To get any Oscars nowadays one has to act in a film where the story has a lot of drama and depth I concur to this actually but I also think I can give a darn good performance in an action movie too. I mean what's acting all about? It's about rendition, ain't it? This is how a character is on paper, bring it to life somewhere around 90 to 100% and you've got a great acting. So if Heath ledger portrays the joker well enough he should get nominated along with folks from Babel for instance and not get sidelined to the crew awards as best sound, best what've you. Besides you can hardly give such tech awards to say Atonement.

And congratulations Spikyn and Brad's award. I think it's great folks like you appreciate the arts. And Brad's something that brings back the innocence of the 60s and 70s that I so love, even though it's only in toons.

Josh's omission is a mystery unsolved, because he deserved not only to be nominated but to pose a strong challenge. Well in my own opinion, the Oscars better get its act together or else people will start valuing their golden globes more. That's why I rate the Actor's guild a lot. Who better to judge than the players themselves.

Tilda's great too. Always acting strange roles and that definitely gets my attention. Loved her in Narnia and Constantine. Plus she's english! About the strange name Diablo, well my boss' name is Savage and the dictionary doesn't profer a meaning that is even 'not so bad' Besides i like Diablo, hehe. diabolical diablo!

Oh, Eddie got a razzie. I guess I saw that coming. It's about time he started to think of calling the shots. I think now is the time for him to use his fame to start his own personal travails like reality shows. Or even a black version of punk'd or something. As an actor I think he's pretty handicapped for I don't recall seeing him ever acting a serious role and people are getting eternally more serious. Anyway enough said about him.

Tilda in Constantine made double take. I had to go research whether the portrayal of Gabriel was inexact. But then there are no female or male angels. There are just angels but everybody's caught up in believing they are all male. Nice twist. Plus the movie's so dark and to tell you the truth, I like keanu there better than in the Matrix. Did I mention the smoking thingie is banging. Quid Smokit Me Destruit Me, or thereabouts, hey iice?

Jim Carrey turning serious was a real mixed bag for me. I really like The Truman Show and hated him serious in everything else but just for Truman Show I can almost forgive all the other flops. I generally believe the secret to longevity in Hollywood is "Don't believe the hype! Even if it's your own". And stick with good directors and forget about carrying a movie on your own "star-power". Eddie made that mistake and so did Cuba Gooding Jr and even Halle Berry/Charlize Theron too.

Keanu's pretty smart in roles that are built for him sha and Constantine rocked.

iice, finally saw Beowulf. I kinda like 

Any Samantha Who/Journeyman fans?

I've been journeying a bit.

You guys good? Been a bit.

First of all,

I don't have a favorite director, and i would like the dude that put Peter Jackson in his top 5, to remove him now before he incurrs my wrath. At least he should argue why he put him there.

How can you forget bryan singer, ridley scott, tony scott, michael mann, brian de palma,  christopher nolan, farely bros, wachoski bros etc.

And lemme clarify sumptin, it wasn't speilberg that d transformers, it was mann. SS only executive produced.

I like scorcese because of his violence. But you guys should admit it, martin is all about violence he cant do anything soft.

I like speilberg because he brings dreams into reality. Based on that he has not faulted so far. A.I. is so deep, that any one that doesnt see this doesnt have foresight (he/she can barely see past their noses)

Tarantino loves violence too,but not as much as him making it a cult classic. Quentin doesnt like conforming to d norm. He makes movies based on what he thinks is creative. And remember Quentin is, pulp fiction, reservoir dogs, four rooms(which he did with a couple of 3 oda directors), kill bil 1 and 2, sin city (codirected). He didnt do HOSTEL (mental note). He did 1 more but now i forget.

Wachoski bros r ill beyond wit. C V for vendatta and matrix1, i repeat matrix 1. The follow-ups though good can be found wanting, but the plot in 1, impeccable.

M Night is also 1 of my fav. He works include, sixth sense, unbreakable, the village, lady in the water, all tough stuff, especially paul giamatti's lady in the water.

My reviews go on and on. But i repeat please please please REMOVE PETER JACKSON. I only applaud him for bringing tolkiens work to life, and though i loved King Kong, the hobbit looking dude is still yet to prove his worth to me.

@D- Reloaded

The king of Comedy with De Niro as well

Well that's a shame on the Journeyman thing but some of the best shows ever got axed anyway ao it's in pretty good company.

Peter Jackson is a good director as Martin Scorcese is as Steven Spielberg is. He may have less range and less time in the saddle but he's the good and the reality is even if The Lord of The Rings were the only movies he made, he'd still be revered as a great,

Like A.I. actually, didn't enjoy it and I'm not in a hurry to see it again but I liked it for it's off the wall concepts and abject sadness.

Didn't Scorcese direct the Age of Innocence or was that violent too?

I'm usually very patient but right now I'm feeling like someone truncated my not so very long fuse. Egnite, there's probably no director worth mentioning that we haven't mentioned. Maybe except for Woody Allen. And even then I think I commented about his being stuck with Diane Keaton or the other way round, I forget. We have talked about almost everybody, but you, dude, need to get a website copier and copy the darn site and read it in your leisure.

Ditto on Superman and Hulk being disasters. I didn't even bother with Superman cuz I knew it'd be non-sense from pre-production. I mean, check it, what new things can u spring up? The only way Superman can marginally work is as it's being done in Smallville or in the old Lois and Clark, simply put, as series! As a movie? Except they can make it in 3-D with total surround and real-time shock. Ooh yeah! I'd watch The Devil in a blue dress that way. Hulk wasn't as bad but it too wasn't up there, or even middle way, it was just Nick Nolte that I liked in it. And the graphics were too bland; the guy looked like Shrek after working out and eating magic beans. I mean the idea of someone inflating to that size and managing to keep his shorts on just nauseates me. Hello? I hope the new one will really be more sinewy and rugged. I remember saying I preferred the old series with Lou Ferrigno.

Talking about dialogue, I gotta give it to Nolan true true, but Wachowskis, men, too much melodrama, Mr. Anderson. Don't get me wrong o. If they'd stopped at the first Matrix, I'd probably be their number one fan but the other two were problems for the overall plot. I even prefer most of the endings in the Animatrix than in the Revolutions especially,  They're Ok though.

The only movie you mentioned that I really liked is Vanilla Sky which I prefer the Spanish original 'Open Your Eyes' to. Kinda like the matrix if you get the drift and it had one of the best endings I've ever seen. And I'm not just saying that.


Chaii, the only paradigm I think you're seeing things is through the wrong end of a telescope!

D, first of all i wuld like to apologise for my kaufman mistake.

I was about to write andy kaufman, then i tot, no, he is the talented comedian guy that died. Blah Blah Blah (see jim carey's man on the moon). But just to insight you very well, charlie kaufman has a brother called Donald . Yeah just like adaptation, but i'm not sure whether they are twins.

Everytime i wonder, y i have to explain to people that, the archi's dialogue, ON POINT. He made so much sense. He basically covered 1hr of filming with his words. The archi's part should be looked as a summary of prematrix. GET IT. And please he made to much sense. LISTEN CAREFULLY and your brains will start to flicker sparks. But lemme leave that alone. FOR NOW.

I don't know how to xplain dis to u guys. But here is it,

You know how animatrix is a diff. movie from the matrix, the same goes for the matrix and the other two.

2 both diff. movies. I know its kinda hard of get your mind to grasp it but i'll like you to try. Matrix, one movie, reloaded and revolution another movie.

The matrix ended in part 1. WAY TOO OBIVIOUS. part 2 and 3, is like 1 way of ending a particular cliff hanger. Its movie producers after your money. If 2 and 3 came like 6 months after. You'll be saying a trilogy classic now. But it didn't. They allowed your minds to wonder thinking of infinite possibilties. And atlast making u come up wit your own idea of the perfect ending. Thats d bros only fault. making u tink u culd end their work perfectly.

Please respect art. Finding understanding and a kip a piece of what u've learnt. I had my own ending, but i respect their ending because in as much as a story was said, to me it was more like a suggestion, a passive statement or idea.

Lemme go a lil deep, althou, i didnt come to write about the matrix and justify brilliance to you.

Matrix ending means, althou we are diff. in this world and we all tink our side is right. No matter how wrong a side goes nothing good can from from war. We have to accept each odas paradigm to a certain level in order to co-exist.At the end of the day only peaceful co-existence remains supreme. Total destruction of one group or slavery of anoda only brings rise to anarchy.

Plus self sacrifice is the only true way to protect what u love, when wat u love is been threatened. Its the ultimate description of love. AGAPE fellas.

THATS Y D PEACEFUL ENDING.

Now on to my main course of duty.

THE HULK, , THE INCREDIBLE HULK


GUYS, two too different people.

Yeah they both turn green, and grow big when they are angry. But hulk is wild, and the incredible hulk is tame.
The incredible hulk a superhero, and hulk is a man wit an ailment, a bane more likely desribes it.

The hulk, REAL COPY and not some pirated SH@*T(pardon my french), wasn't to graphically erroneous. BLIVE ME.

He can't b always d same size, bcs his size is a symbology of his anger. He can't be always angry at the same level. My God, ang lee even showed that exhaustion can numb anger. Talk abt detail.

THE HULK follows suite and is in line wit the original hulk comic. i come again original hulk comic book, not the incredible hulk. 2 TOO DIFF. PEOPLE. The hulk comic was in the same distant area, with soldiers, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,
i just dont  want to describe ever detail.

Banas portrail was on point, jens too, so was nick noltes.

The movie mood was also green. which was on point to.

so i go again. Cast, A, script, A, SPX, C, dialogue, A, directing, A, editing, A, sticking to the original script, A+++++

Hulk was a good movie. Go c a clear copy.

And lastly bryans depiction of the sman, is perfect. A depressed man with the world on his shoulders. Not some comic flick by christopher reeves. My only fault is that he tried to make it realistic. I felt smans bane and pain.

Like bill said in kill bill, supermans alter-ego is kent and not the oda way round. He sees the world as a place wit a bunch of weaklings. and thou he has pretended to be like them for years. He learns more with each passing day. Causng him to put his life down for their existence. Thats what singer showed me. The only way the movie could sell, was to leverage on either past glory or a new approach to hero character writing. I loved the new approach.

And please vesc every one knows when u watch movies u shut down atleast 10% of your reason to let sumtins pass. Esp. superhero movies. So i dont understand y u are still trying to explain the hulk spandex.

MY GOD, did u WANT to c HIS BALLS.

DID U WANT ANG 2 EXPOSE HULKS BALLS. kip it PG 13 MAN!!!!!!!!!

I dont even know what this thread is about anymore