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Fucking. Yes.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Top 5 Robert Zemeckis films


1. Back To The Future

I could list either the first or the trilogy, so I'll just say either/or in this case. BTTF has everything I like in a story. It's full of action, adventure, comedy, wonder, and some of the most memorable characters and direction I've come across. Once more, it's the perfect "fun" movie that anyone can sit down and enjoy. Those are a lot rare than you would think.

2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

What can really be said about this movie except that no matter how many times they try to copy it, the original film never loses any of its luster. Is there anyone who doesn't think this movie is great? Even years later it holds up amazingly strong. This is a movie that could only have come from the mind behind BTTF.

3. Romancing The Stone

Labeled as an Indiana Jones clone by people who probably never watched it, Romancing The Stone is a movie that hits a slightly different mark. It's part adventure story, part romantic comedy, and part old school caper movie, all of which you wouldn't think would make for a very memorable movie. But it really does work. I'm a bit amazed this isn't as popular as his other films, because it should be.

4. Forrest Gump

Though it is pretty much nothing like the original book, Zemeckis tries a lot here to make it stand out as its own story. Tom Hanks and the cast sell the story, the soundtrack is excellent, and the ending is pretty tight. Sure it might be a bit sappy in places or maybe some moments feel shoehorned in, but as a film, it is remarkably strong.

5. A Christmas Carol

Yes, this came out during his obsessive CG days, but it is easily the strongest film of the group. Other than some needless action scenes, it is an excellent adaption of an old classic that manages to use its CG to enhance the direction. I watch this one quite a bit around Christmas season.


All in all, the man has had a pretty good track record. He hasn't really had any outright disasters to his name. But I do wish he would do something fun again like his early projects. No one really did those like he did.

[gunswordfist]

...didn't know Forest Gump was a remake.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Great list, Spark!

Here would be mine:

1. Back to the Future
2. Forrest Gump
3. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
4. Back to the Future Part II
5. Romancing The Stone

The hate that Forrest Gump gets from film snobs is fucking stupid. I get that people are pissed that it won Best Picture. To be fair, Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption, and Ed Wood were probably stronger contenders. But I guarantee that's also the only reason that it's so hated.

It's still an incredibly well-made film, with outstanding acting from Tom Hanks, and with a lot of heart in its story and characters.

Back to the Future Part II is honestly as great of a sequel as you could make to the original masterpiece without actually topping it.

The rest were already explained very well by Desensitized.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Top 5 Steven Spielberg:

1. Jaws
2. Schindler's List
3. Catch Me If You Can
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. Minority Report

The funny thing about Spielberg is that he's mostly known for his blockbusters. And make no mistake, I enjoy Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones a bunch, and absolutely loved The Adventures of Tintin. But with the exception of Jaws, the guy's strongest works are his dramas, IMO. Hell, I didn't even list them all. I had to struggle to leave out Munich.

Top 5 Martin Scorsese:

1. Goodfellas
2. Raging Bull
3. Casino
4. Cape Fear
5. The Departed

Martin Scorsese is just a master of his craft. I could have easily picked five different movies and the list still would have been full of A+ material (and leaving out Taxi Driver wasn't easy).

[Spark Of Spirit]

...didn't know Forest Gump was a remake.

Oops, my bad. I meant the original book. The book was a goofy satire and has an entirely different aim. The film was much more serious and had a lot of new material.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Top 5 Steven Spielberg:

1. Jaws
2. Schindler's List
3. Catch Me If You Can
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. Minority Report

The funny thing about Spielberg is that he's mostly known for his blockbusters. And make no mistake, I enjoy Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones a bunch, and absolutely loved The Adventures of Tintin. But with the exception of Jaws, the guy's strongest works are his dramas, IMO. Hell, I didn't even list them all. I had to struggle to leave out Munich.

Top 5 Martin Scorsese:

1. Goodfellas
2. Raging Bull
3. Casino
4. Cape Fear
5. The Departed

Martin Scorsese is just a master of his craft. I could have easily picked five different movies and the list still would have been full of A+ material (and leaving out Taxi Driver wasn't easy).

I'd agree with Scorsese, but Spielberg is a whole other ballgame. I can never nail down which of his I like the best other than Raiders. His resume is easily one of the best of all time.

[gunswordfist]

...didn't know Forest Gump was a remake.

Oops, my bad. I meant the original book. The book was a goofy satire and has an entirely different aim. The film was much more serious and had a lot of new material.

I wasn't teasing you, I really didn't know.

[Spark Of Spirit]

...didn't know Forest Gump was a remake.

Oops, my bad. I meant the original book. The book was a goofy satire and has an entirely different aim. The film was much more serious and had a lot of new material.

I wasn't teasing you, I really didn't know.

Oh, it's fine. No big deal.

[gunswordfist]

I'd kind of count Minority Report as a blockbuster.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

It's an intelligent blockbuster, though.

[Avaitor]

Not sure about Zemeckis, but for the others

Spielberg

1- Jaws
2- Schindler's List
3- Raiders of the Lost Ark
4- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
5- Empire of the Sun

Scorsese

1- Hugo
2- Goodfellas
3- Raging Bull
4- Taxi Driver
5- The Wolf of Wall Street

And let me add one or two more that fit with these directors pretty well.

Rob Reiner

1- This is Spinal Tap
2- The Princess Bride
3- Stand by Me
4- When Harry Met Sally
5- The American President

Stanley Kubrick

1- A Clockwork Orange
2- Lolita
3- Paths of Glory
4- The Shining
5- Dr. Strangelove

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Nice picks! I haven't seen enough of the filmography of those other directors, but here are some more people:

Clint Eastwood:

1. Unforgiven
2. Letters From Iwo Jima
3. Mystic River
4. Gran Torino
5. Changeling

John Carpenter:

1. The Thing
2. They Live
3. Halloween
4. Big Trouble In Little China
5. The Fog

John Mctiernen:

1. Die Hard
2. Predator
3. The Hunt For Red October
4. Die Hard with a Vengeance
5. Last Action Hero

I don't care what anyone else thinks. I love LAH!

Tim Burton:

1. Ed Wood
2. Beetlejuice
3. Corpse Bride
4. Big Fish
5. Batman

Richard Donner:

1. The Omen
2. Scrooged
3. Lethal Weapon 2
4. Superman
5. The Goonies

Richard Donner has done plenty of great movies, to the point that I can forgive him for Timeline.

[gunswordfist]

I don't care what anyone else thinks. I love LAH!

Exactly how I feel (well, felt. It's been awhile). I'll never understand why that movie is so hated. You aren't supposed to take it seriously..

Also, I need to watch The Fog. Might do that in October.

[Avaitor]

Let's see, I'm gonna try this with my top 5 directors

Alfred Hitchcock
1- Psycho (going to see this in theaters tomorrow- really excited!)
2- Rear Window
3- Notorious
4- North by Northwest
5- Shadow of a Doubt

Billy Wilder
1- The Apartment
2- Sunset Boulevard
3- Double Indemnity
4- Stalag 17
5- One Two Three

Akira kurosawa
1- Seven Samurai
2- Ran
3- Ikiru
4- The Bad Sleep Well
5- Either Rashomon or Yojimbo

Charlie Chaplin
1- City Lights
2- The Gold Rush
3- Modern Times
4- The Great Dictator
5- Monsieur Verdoux

Howard Hawks
1- Bringing Up Baby
2- Only Angels Have Wings
3- Twentieth Century
4- To Have or Have Not
5- Ball of Fire