{"id":6677,"date":"2015-07-24T19:55:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T23:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=6677"},"modified":"2016-06-15T21:09:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T01:09:51","slug":"directors-worth-keeping-an-eye-on-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/directors-worth-keeping-an-eye-on-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Directors worth keeping an eye on, part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/directors-worth-keeping-an-eye-on-part-2\/\">part 2<\/a>, a list of 10 directors with 1 to 3 masterpieces each.<\/p>\n<h2>James Cameron<\/h2>\n<p>If Cameron gets some help with the script on his <strong>Avatar<\/strong> sequels, they could be interesting. In terms of science fiction action, <strong>Aliens<\/strong> is one of the top 2.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Aliens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>The Abyss<\/li>\n<li>Terminator 2: Judgment Day<\/li>\n<li>Titanic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movie\n<ul>\n<li>The Terminator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Movie that was great the first time in 3D but not so much the second time\n<ul>\n<li>Avatar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n<\/h2>\n<p>Cuar\u00f3n gave us new ideas about what could be filmed with his masterpiece <strong>Gravity<\/strong> &#8212; which looks like it was filmed in space.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Gravity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movie\n<ul>\n<li>Children of Men<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Worth watching once\n<ul>\n<li>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Guillermo del Toro<\/h2>\n<p>Del Toro is a Mexican director, whose movie <strong>Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth<\/strong> is one of the best fantasy movies ever made.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Hellboy<\/li>\n<li>Hellboy II: The Golden Army<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Clint Eastwood<\/h2>\n<p>Eastwood is obviously hugely successful as both an actor and a director. He&#8217;s only 85 so he probably hasn&#8217;t retired yet.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Changeling<\/li>\n<li>Gran Torino<\/li>\n<li>Mystic River<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movie\n<ul>\n<li>Space Cowboys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Peter Jackson<\/h2>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think anyone could have done a better job than Jackson with the <strong>Lord of the Rings<\/strong> movies. The<strong> Hobbit<\/strong> movies, on the other hand &#8212; it was a bit of a mistake expanding one small book to three long movies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring<\/li>\n<li>The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers<\/li>\n<li>The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>The Frighteners<\/li>\n<li>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/li>\n<li>The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug<\/li>\n<li>The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mediocre movie\n<ul>\n<li>The Lovely Bones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Rian Johnson<\/h2>\n<p>Johnson has only made 3 movies so far but at least 2 of them are well worth watching.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Looper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movie\n<ul>\n<li>The Brothers Bloom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sam Mendes<\/h2>\n<p>The 2 movies I&#8217;ve seen by Mendes have both been masterpieces.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>American Beauty<\/li>\n<li>Skyfall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ridley Scott<\/h2>\n<p>Scott hasn&#8217;t made a masterpiece in a while, but his movies usually hold some interest. He set new standards for the look of a science fiction movie 3 times &#8212; with <strong>Alien<\/strong>, <strong>Blade Runner<\/strong>, and <strong>Prometheus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Blade Runner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Gladiator<\/li>\n<li>Matchstick Men<\/li>\n<li>Robin Hood<\/li>\n<li>Thelma &amp; Louise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Alien<\/li>\n<li>Kingdom of Heaven<\/li>\n<li>Prometheus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Not-so-good movie\n<ul>\n<li>Legend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Matthew Vaughn<\/h2>\n<p>Vaughn&#8217;s <strong>Stardust<\/strong> is one of the best fantasy movies ever made &#8212; one of these days he may produce another masterpiece.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Stardust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movie\n<ul>\n<li>X-Men: First Class<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mediocre movie\n<ul>\n<li>Kick-Ass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Joe Wright<\/h2>\n<p>Wright has taken on some difficult tasks, and come out with a masterpiece more often than not in the 3 movies of his I&#8217;ve seen.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Atonement<\/li>\n<li>Pride &amp; Prejudice (2005)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movie\n<ul>\n<li>Hanna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As in part 2, a list of 10 directors with 1 to 3 masterpieces each. James Cameron If Cameron gets some help with the script on his Avatar sequels, they could be interesting. In terms of science fiction action, Aliens is one of the top 2. Masterpiece Aliens Great movies The Abyss Terminator 2: Judgment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[86,42,6],"class_list":["post-6677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-thoughts","tag-directors","tag-lists","tag-movie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6677"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6714,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6677\/revisions\/6714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}