Top 5 movie directors under 60

I agree with everything you said. I'm just curious if Mizzou was disappointed by Clerks 2, because I really, REALLY wasn't.

 

Lost in Translation was awesome.

The Life Aquatic was a piece of shit.

With Bill Murray, you're walking a very fine line.

 

Walking the razor's edge?

 

That, too.

 

I'm a huge Kevin Smith fan, but Clerks 2 was very disappointing...

Jay doing the scene from Silence of the Lambs was one of the most hilarious/disturbing things I have ever seen, but the rest of the movie was mediocre by Smith's standards...

 

Jason Reitman (Juno and Thank You For Smoking) and Jake Kasdan (Orange County, Walk Hard, Zero Effect) might go on my second five.

 

What about Bryan Singer? Superman Returns was shit, but at least it looked good. The Usual Suspects is very good. The first two X-Men movies I enjoyed. Apt Pupil was OK. Hey, the guy had the honor of directing Brad Renfro! C'mon.

He might be in my top 10, at least.

 

Michael Bay for his work on the "Bad Boys" movies and "The Rock."

 

The thing about Michael Bay movies is that other directors have shown they can take a similar movie (Con Air, Enemy of the State) and do a better job with them.
His movies have almost become parodies of themselves (slow mos, American flag waving in the background, quick zooms that start low). I can't watch Pearl Harbor and not laugh.

 

For the love of Christ, please tell me you're kidding.

 

Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez are gimmes (I'd put Rodriguez on this list just for making "El Mariachi" on a $7,000 budget).
The 12-year-old in me ensures Smith makes the list.
Maybe he hasn't gotten any love here because people think he's 60 already, but John Sayles, 57, is a must for "Eight Men Out" and the criminally underrated "Lone Star."
The other spots are up for grabs...P.T. Anderson, Sofia Coppola. Young Reitman's a strong 2-for-2.

 

We'll simply have to agree to disagree. J&SBSB was mediocre. His other movies are either good (Mallrats, Dogma, Clerks 2, Jersey Girl) or great (Chasing Amy, Clerks).