Honorable Mention - Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg, Cohen Brothers, Peter Jackson
Stanley has produced magic in his years of directing. Most notably in my eyes, was Eyes Wide Shut. That movie is on paper, very slow. The movie is taut and explosive, yet subtle and suspensful. The use of color is amazing. Also the dialogue is well placed and timed for each scene with the music. It's hard for me to find a better director.
Martin Scorcese has my favorite movie of all time under his belt : "The Departed". Everything about it is perfect, the script, the cast, dropkick murphys (in a boston setting), as well as the character arcs and the eventual explosive ending. If you haven't seen it yet, abstain from watching this scene.
Quentin Tarantino - Master of dialogue and scene setting, has a unique style in which if you haven't known you're watching one of his movies prior, give it 10 minutes and you'll know that it's him, just based on the music and dialogue alone.
Probably one of the most referenced scenes in any movie other than Star Wars.
Dennis Villeneuve is a master of suspense. He's better than any other director I've seen at building it up .
Paul Thomas Anderson is a master at working with his actors to get the best cut. From there will be blood, to boogie nights, he's got some of the most memorable scenes in any movie. He's also very versatile.
Great List... Kubrick is my #1 as well.... all 5 really...I must say 5 seems a bit small. I will just mention 5 favourites that come in my head excluding the ones you mentioned....
Stanley Kubrick Christopher Nolan Steven Spielberg Alex Garland (I threw him on here because I love him as an author and his first film was awesome). Sophia Coppola (I know this one seems out of place, but I literally love everything she does)
To be honest i do not see how can you make a sequel to blade runner. The story ends pretty terminally and deliberately ambiguously . The whole point of it would be undermined if you make a sequel with the same characters. I cannot imagine what kind of story is there left to tell...
I don't know either, actually. It might be a remake with some new things sprinkled in. I have confidence in Denis though, if he is given creative control, it might be a much darker psychological version of the original.
Just based on how Prisoners and Sicario is, and if he gets the same cinematographer for both, I would be surprised if it wasn't good.
Probably not better, but good in its own right.
He's known for making slown burn, intense movies. That would be amazing as a science fiction movie, because we really haven't seen anything like that. I'd say Blade Runner , 12 monkeys, and Strange Lunch are the closest things we have. So in my eyes, I really couldn't pick a better director, or cast. Jared Leto is totally underrated and a Method actor. In my opinion, his Joker (if we got to see more of it) in Suicide Squad was comparable to Heath's. Just a different vision for how the Joker is played, none of which is his fault. He played the role flawlessly.
Gosling is also really good as a physical actor, as depicted in Drive. He doesn't say much, but acts with his eyes and posture. For the character he played, it was really good.
it's going to rock...
if it sucks, then I will eat a bunch of Carolina Reapers and post a video here. :P