Really like My Own Private Idaho and also Good Will Hunting, but he bored me into a comatose state with Milk.

Both good. Both sentimental. I have seemn all his films. An excellent film-maker but formulaic tugging at the heart-strings, etc. Not a genius.

The Oscars were due to ongoing media and public pressure directed at The Academy imo.

Edited by Kermit8 (16 Jun 2012 7.46pm)

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Kevin smiths early output and roman polanski for repulsion belle de jour and rosemarys baby before he turned nonce!

walking down the holmesdale road to see the palace aces!

I think theres too many to do a match up thingy so just post yrr favourite...
John hughes,, rob reiner Scorsese and the coens

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I think you're both right.

Spielberg is a genius of his genre .....Many directors have learnt from him. However in a serious discussion about directoral greatness the fact that he layers most films with sentimentality just to get bums on seats does stay and detract from his repuation....Though I doubt he gives a fig.

However it's true, he hasn't always been thus and Duel, Jaws are highly respected and for their time highly innovative films, which informed much future commercial direction.

Edited by Stirlingsays (17 Jun 2012 12.13pm)

Weirdly, the same can be said for Friday 13th (one of the most successful films of all time). Jaws however is an excellent film, much demeaned by poor sequals and attempts to cash in. In its own right it can stand aloft, and its characters have more impact than its action.

Jaws is superbly shot, but fantastically scripted with brilliant acting and pacing. It starts as a film about sharks, but ends as a film about men.

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