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    I happened to catch The Magnificent Seven on TV the other day. I watched it and it was ok. Then I thought to check here to see if it was one of the films in the tournament. Turns out it wasn't even nominated.
    only because I was away.

    Quote Originally Posted by divemaster View Post
    The greatest director of all time is Akira Kurosawa.
    Totally. One of the three greatest. As far as bears are concerned.
    Easily one of the greatest. Among my favorites are (in no particular order): The Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, The Hidden Fortress, Kagemusha, Rashamon, and Kagemusha. Toshiro Mifune is certainly a large contributor to Kurosawa's success and vice versa, much like Dinero, and now DiCaprio, are to Scorsese.
    "You said Kagemusha twice."

    "I like Kagemusha."

    But seriously, what's amazing (and possibly even interesting), is that my favorite Kurosawa films have minimal overlap with your list. Ikiru is my top choice, hands down. Next would be Red Beard, Drunken Angel, Throne of Blood, High and Low (aka Heaven and Hell), Rashomon (same as you), Stray Dog, and The Bad Sleep Well.

    I just realized there's not much point in listing my "other top Kurosawa films" as the lowest rated of all of them I still give 3.5 stars to, which is a very good rating in my book. For those who might only associate Kurosawa with samurai type films, note that Yojimbo, Sanjuro, and The Seven Samurai don't even make my top 10. In ways that are difficult to explain to those who haven't seen his films, Kurosawa gets right to the human condition. I defy anyone, anyone, to watch Ikiru, followed by the Criterion commentary on the film to put some things in cultural context, and not be moved by Kurosawa's statement of human nature and a man's role in his family and society. This might be the finest film ever made. Not "the best," perhaps; or "the most entertaining" (that would be Raiders of the Lost Ark), but just ... the finest.

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    Quote Originally Posted by divemaster View Post
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    I happened to catch The Magnificent Seven on TV the other day. I watched it and it was ok. Then I thought to check here to see if it was one of the films in the tournament. Turns out it wasn't even nominated.
    only because I was away.

    Quote Originally Posted by divemaster View Post
    The greatest director of all time is Akira Kurosawa.
    Totally. One of the three greatest. As far as bears are concerned.
    Easily one of the greatest. Among my favorites are (in no particular order): The Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, The Hidden Fortress, Kagemusha, Rashamon, and Kagemusha. Toshiro Mifune is certainly a large contributor to Kurosawa's success and vice versa, much like Dinero, and now DiCaprio, are to Scorsese.
    "You said Kagemusha twice."

    "I like Kagemusha."

    But seriously, what's amazing (and possibly even interesting), is that my favorite Kurosawa films have minimal overlap with your list. Ikiru is my top choice, hands down. Next would be Red Beard, Drunken Angel, Throne of Blood, High and Low (aka Heaven and Hell), Rashomon (same as you), Stray Dog, and The Bad Sleep Well.

    I just realized there's not much point in listing my "other top Kurosawa films" as the lowest rated of all of them I still give 3.5 stars to, which is a very good rating in my book. For those who might only associate Kurosawa with samurai type films, note that Yojimbo, Sanjuro, and The Seven Samurai don't even make my top 10. In ways that are difficult to explain to those who haven't seen his films, Kurosawa gets right to the human condition. I defy anyone, anyone, to watch Ikiru, followed by the Criterion commentary on the film to put some things in cultural context, and not be moved by Kurosawa's statement of human nature and a man's role in his family and society. This might be the finest film ever made. Not "the best," perhaps; or "the most entertaining" (that would be Raiders of the Lost Ark), but just ... the finest.
    I'll have to check some of those out. My gateway to Kurosawa was founded based on his influence on westerns, hence Seven Samurai (Magnificent Seven) and Yojimbo (A Fist Full of Dollars), and then later I had to see how The Hidden Fortress inspired Lucas in his Star Wars saga.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    Oh fun! Working on it now....
    On second thought, I doubt anyone wants to hear my recommendations so I am posting the noms I have not seen yet and maybe you guys/ladies can weigh in and tell me the essentials....

    Cold Fish (2010), dir. Sion Sono
    Skyfall (2012), dir. Sam Mendes



    The Drop (2014), dir. Michaël R. Roskam
    Wind River (2017), dir. Taylor Sheridan


    BlacKkKlansman (2018), dir. Spike Lee

    Song of the Sea (2014), dir. Tomm Moore

    Her (2013), dir. Spike Jonze

    Leave No Trace (2018), dir. Debra Granik
    Ford v Ferrari (2019), dir. James Mangold
    Tully (2018), dir. Jason Reitman

    Baby Driver (2017), dir. Edgar Wright

    Booksmart (2019), dir. Olivia Wilde

    Snowpiercer (2013), dir. Bong Joon-ho
    Roma (2018), dir. Alfonso Cuarón
    Under the Skin (2013), dir. Jonathan Glazer

    The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), dir. Stephen Chbosky

    Enemy (2013), dir. Denis Villeneuve
    Jojo Rabbit (2019), dir. Taika Waititi
    You Were Never Really Here (2017), dir. Lynne Ramsay

    Four Lions (2010), dir. Chris Morris

    Trouble with the Curve (2012), dir. Clint Eastwood
    Lady Bird (2017), dir. Greta Gerwig

    First Reformed (2017), dir. Paul Schrader


    Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), dir. Christopher McQuarrie
    The Equalizer (2014), dir. Antoine Fuqua
    The Death of Stalin (2017), dir. Armando Iannucci
    The Favourite (2018), dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

    Coherence (2013), dir. James Ward Byrkit

    The Lighthouse (2019), dir. Robert Eggers
    Selma (2014), dir. Ava DuVernay
    Captain Phillips (2013), dir. Paul Greengrass

    Thoroughbreds (2017), dir. Cory Finley

    Never Let Me Go (2010), dir. Mark Romanek

    The Vast of Night (2019), dir. Andrew Patterson

    Your Name (2016), dir. Makoto Shinkai
    The Edge of Seventeen (2016), dir. Kelly Fremon Craig
    Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), dir. Céline Sciamma

    Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), dir. Taika Waititi

    Enough Said (2013), dir. Nicole Holofcener

    The Double (2013), dir. Richard Ayoade
    Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), dir. Travis Knight
    Super 8 (2011), dir. J. J. Abrams
    Goodnight Mommy (2014), dir. Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala

    We're the Millers (2013), dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber

    Coco (2017), dir. Lee Unkrich
    Burning (2018), dir. Lee Chang-dong
    Brooklyn (2015), dir. John Crowley
    Eighth Grade (2018), dir. Bo Burnham

    The Handmaiden (2016), dir. Park Chan-wook
    I, Tonya (2017), dir. Craig Gillespie

    Incendies (2010), dir. Denis Villeneuve

    Blue Ruin (2013), dir. Jeremy Saulnier

    Shoplifters (2018), dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
    Predestination (2014), dir. Michael and Peter Spierig

    Little Women (2019), dir. Greta Gerwig
    What We Do in the Shadows (2014), dir. Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi

    Holy Motors (2012), dir. Leos Carax

    The Lost City of Z (2016), dir. James Gray
    Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), dir. Joel and Ethan Coen

    Toy Story 3 (2010), dir. Lee Unkrich

    The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
    Silver Linings Playbook (2012), dir. David O. Russell
    Green Book (2018), dir. Peter Farrelly

    Spectre (2015), dir. Sam Mendes

    How to Train Your Dragon (2010), dir. Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

    Son of Saul (2015), dir. László Nemes
    If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), dir. Barry Jenkins
    Crazy Rich Asians (2018), dir. Jon M. Chu

    Horrible Bosses (2011), dir. Seth Gordon
    Phantom Thread (2017), dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
    The Farewell (2019), dir. Lulu Wang

    Legend (2015), dir. Brian Helgeland
    Wreck-It Ralph (2012), dir. Rich Moore

    The Heat (2013), dir. Paul Feig

    Marriage Story (2019), dir. Noah Baumbach
    A Most Violent Year (2014), dir. J. C. Chandor
    Calvary (2014), dir. John Michael McDonagh
    1922 (2017), dir. Zak Hilditch
    Loving Vincent (2017), dir. Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman

    Uncut Gems (2019), dir. Josh and Benny Safdie
    Jackie (2016), dir. Pablo Larraín
    Toni Erdmann (2016), dir. Maren Ade
    Passengers (2016), dir. Morten Tyldum
    Out of the Furnace (2013), dir. Scott Cooper

    Contagion (2011), dir. Steven Soderbergh
    Mudbound (2017), dir. Dee Rees
    Overlord (2018), dir. Julius Avery
    Stoker (2013), dir. Park Chan-wook
    The Invitation (2015), dir. Karyn Kusama
    Her Smell (2018), dir. Alex Ross Perry
    Before Midnight (2013), dir. Richard Linklater

    Green Room (2015), dir. Jeremy Saulnier
    Tangerine (2015), dir. Sean Baker

    Creed (2015), dir. Ryan Coogler
    A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2015), dir. Ana Lily Amirpour

    A Girl at My Door (2014), dir. July Jung
    Dolemite is My Name (2019), dir. Craig Brewer

    Take Shelter (2011), dir. Jeff Nichols
    The Guest (2014), dir. Adam Wingard

    The Big Sick (2017), dir. Michael Showalter


    Zero Dark Thirty (2012), dir. Kathryn Bigelow

    This is 40 (2012), dir. Judd Apatow
    It's a Disaster (2012), dir. Todd Berger
    A Separation (2011), dir. Asghar Farhadi
    Young Adult (2011), dir. Jason Reitman
    John Dies at the End (2012), dir. Don Coscarelli

    Room (2015), dir. Lenny Abrahamson
    Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), dir. Brad Bird

    Another Year (2010), dir. Mike Leigh

    My Life as a Zucchini (2016), dir. Claude Barras
    Shame (2011), dir. Steve McQueen

    Fury (2014), dir. David Ayer
    Toy Story 4 (2019), dir. Josh Cooley
    Mustang (2015), dir. Deniz Gamze Ergüven

    Rush (2013), dir. Ron Howard
    Yesterday (2019), dir. Danny Boyle
    Compliance (2012), dir. Craig Zobel

    Molly's Game (2017), dir. Aaron Sorkin


    Upstream Color (2013), dir. Shane Carruth

    Blue is the Warmest Color (2013), dir. Abdellatif Kechiche
    Jane Eyre (2011), dir. Cary Fukunaga

    Instant Family (2018), dir. Sean Anders

    The Lobster (2015), dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
    Pain and Glory (2019), dir. Pedro Almodóvar

    Certified Copy (2010), dir. Abbas Kiarostami


    A Most Wanted Man (2014), dir. Anton Corbijn
    Midnight Special (2016), dir. Jeff Nichols
    Locke (2013), dir. Steven Knight

    Widows (2018), dir. Steve McQueen

    Nocturnal Animals (2016), dir. Tom Ford
    While We're Young (2014), dir. Noah Baumbach
    Wild (2014), dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
    I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016), dir. Oz Perkins
    Side Effects (2013), dir. Steven Soderbergh

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    I've seen nearly all of Kurosawa's films and he definitely has a place near the top. Some of his very older works I have not seen yet and his last one I have also not seen.

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    Those are some big ones, Tommy, for my part, if you can find these, I would say:

    Cold Fish
    BlacKkKlansman
    Her
    Booksmart
    Under the Skin
    Enemy
    Four Lions
    Coherence
    Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Burning
    The Farewell
    Tangerine
    Take Shelter
    Compliance
    Pain and Glory

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    I'm still finding films that didn't make it into our past tournaments. How did Sunshine not even get a nomination for the 2000s?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Randall Flagg View Post
    Alfred who?
    There's no doubt Hitch is an amazing director. He's one of my favorite directors and I believe he won our tournament for Best Director. That being said, his career really fizzled out with his last few films and not all of his films were a commercial success. That's not saying all of Spielberg's have been a success either. That's kind of the criteria I'm using in this instance.

    Quote Originally Posted by divemaster View Post
    The greatest director of all time is Akira Kurosawa.

    Spielberg might win "the most funnest" b/c he does play up for a good time at a Saturday matinee, but I'd bet even he'd tell you he's no Kurosawa.
    Again, I'm just using the criteria of having his films be a critical and commercial success. Kurosawa is a legend. Go to your nearest street corner and scream his name out and maybe one person would say they have seen his films. Kurosawa is a cinephile's director.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    Oh fun! Working on it now....
    On second thought, I doubt anyone wants to hear my recommendations so I am posting the noms I have not seen yet and maybe you guys/ladies can weigh in and tell me the essentials....
    Don't doubt yourself Tommy. I'm interested to read your recommendations and I'm sure others here are too. So post away!

    From the long list of films you mentioned that you need to watch before the tournament begins, I would recommend starting with these:

    BlacKkKlansman (2018), dir. Spike Lee
    Roma (2018), dir. Alfonso Cuarón
    Selma (2014), dir. Ava DuVernay
    Coco (2017), dir. Lee Unkrich
    The Handmaiden (2016), dir. Park Chan-wook
    Son of Saul (2015), dir. László Nemes
    Phantom Thread (2017), dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
    Tangerine (2015), dir. Sean Baker
    The Big Sick (2017), dir. Michael Showalter
    My Life as a Zucchini (2016), dir. Claude Barras

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    Quote Originally Posted by Still Servant View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Randall Flagg View Post
    Alfred who?
    There's no doubt Hitch is an amazing director. He's one of my favorite directors and I believe he won our tournament for Best Director. That being said, his career really fizzled out with his last few films and not all of his films were a commercial success. That's not saying all of Spielberg's have been a success either. That's kind of the criteria I'm using in this instance.
    Steven Spielberg vs Alfred Hitchcock - A critical analysis:


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    Quote Originally Posted by Still Servant View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by divemaster View Post
    The greatest director of all time is Akira Kurosawa.

    Spielberg might win "the most funnest" b/c he does play up for a good time at a Saturday matinee, but I'd bet even he'd tell you he's no Kurosawa.
    Again, I'm just using the criteria of having his films be a critical and commercial success. Kurosawa is a legend. Go to your nearest street corner and scream his name out and maybe one person would say they have seen his films. Kurosawa is a cinephile's director.
    My Mount Rushmore probably looks something like - Kurosawa, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Coppola. Today I could name one of those The Greatest, and then tomorrow it'd be different one. When I think of the highest peak of the tallest mountain of directors, those are the 4 names that come immediately to mind.

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    Crossed BlacKKKlansman off the list. WOW

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    I've crossed off The Guest, I Saw The Devil, and The Perks of Being A Wallflower.

    Wanna get to Never Let Me Go, and The Lost City of Z in the next day or two.

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    I hope people can also get to some of the nominees from last year they may have missed in theaters, like Booksmart, The Farewell, or Pain and Glory, or even streaming gems like The Vast of Night or Dolemite is My Name.

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    I'm going to watch Pain And Glory just cause Banderas looks so much like my Dad in that film lmao.

    Oh and I'm sure the film is great too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fernandito View Post
    I've crossed off The Guest, I Saw The Devil, and The Perks of Being A Wallflower.

    Wanna get to Never Let Me Go, and The Lost City of Z in the next day or two.
    I saw your review for I Saw the Devil, glad you seconded it!


    I went through everyone's list to see what I could get at through Netflix. I guess Her is up next.
    I do have access to HULU now but it's a friend's account, have to remember the password.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T-Dogz_AK47 View Post
    Spielberg is one of the most talented, yet also at times, one of the laziest directors in Hollywood. For someone who is capable of creating masterpieces such as Schindler's List, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Saving Private Ryan; he also farts out shit like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (which practically killed the franchise) and Jurassic Park 2 which is so bad it has more plot holes than swiss cheese.

    If you want a director whose influence and talent has literally defined cinema for the past 80+ years, look no further than Alfred Hitchcock. He is by far, the greatest director of all time.
    Just catching up on this thread, and was wondering when Alfred Hitchcock would be mentioned. Last year a bought a collection of over a dozen Hitchcock movies on blu-ray, and have been slowly watching them (still have one left). I think the only one I had actually seen in its entirety was "The Birds". So far I loved most of them. (didn't care for Marnie, and I got bored and didn't finish Topaz). I just finished a movie called Frenzy which I had not heard of until I bought the set. It was great! Hitchcock really was the master of suspense, and he really had a talent for building tension and he really knew how to frame a shot. I may try to track down some others not in the set, (The 39 Steps, strangers on a train, Dial M for Murder for starters.)
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    Please watch Strangers on a Train. It's one of my top Hitchcock films. There's some amazing camera work in that one.
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    Tommy please watch Song of the Sea, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Her, and Loving Vincent. I'd like to recommend more but sadly I know they probably won't advance beyond the first round.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Heather19 View Post
    Tommy please watch Song of the Sea, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Her, and Loving Vincent. I'd like to recommend more but sadly I know they probably won't advance beyond the first round.
    Watching Her soon and Song of the Sea is also in my list on Netflix.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heather19 View Post
    Please watch Strangers on a Train. It's one of my top Hitchcock films. There's some amazing camera work in that one.
    "You must spread Reputation around before giving it to Heather19 again"

    It's so damn hard to pick the top Hitchcock films!

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    I know some won't take part, but I feel like the older decades will be just as fun! You have such amazing classics competing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Heather19 View Post
    Tommy please watch Song of the Sea, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Her, and Loving Vincent. I'd like to recommend more but sadly I know they probably won't advance beyond the first round.
    Watching Her soon and Song of the Sea is also in my list on Netflix.
    Only the gentle are ever really strong.

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    I'll add it to my list too, Heather.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Heather19 View Post
    Please watch Strangers on a Train. It's one of my top Hitchcock films. There's some amazing camera work in that one.
    "You must spread Reputation around before giving it to Heather19 again"

    It's so damn hard to pick the top Hitchcock films!
    It really is, there's so many great ones. Rebecca and Strangers on a Train would definitely be my top 2 though.

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    I'll add it to my list too, Heather.
    Which one, Strangers on a Train?
    Only the gentle are ever really strong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Heather19 View Post
    Tommy please watch Song of the Sea, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Her, and Loving Vincent. I'd like to recommend more but sadly I know they probably won't advance beyond the first round.
    Watching Her soon and Song of the Sea is also in my list on Netflix.
    Two really moving movies. You won't be disappointed.

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