Movie directors... your opinion?

[Mike_G]

Wow, that was a LONG time ago. I think that was among his first directing gigs.

As someone else mentioned, Pale Rider was kind of a semi-remake of HPD. Pale Rider is one of my favorite Eastwood westerns. It's one a lot of people overlook/forget.

Pale Rider is a ripoff of Shane

[sjordan2]

Pale Rider is a ripoff of Shane

You could say the same about a lot of westerns, like Hondo, where a mysterious stranger comes to save the day for simple folk. But this is different, and he's not there to save the day -- It's by far Eastwood's most ambitious film, storywise - a Biblical allegory. Eastwood said that his character was "an out-and-out ghost."

Taken from Revelations..."...behold a pale horse: and his name that sat upon him was Death, and Hell followed with him."

Highest-grossing western of the '80s.

Edited March 19, 2016 by sjordan2

[da Speedinger]

Quentin Tarantino without any doubt.
from dusk till dawn, pulp fiction, inglorious basterds, django unchained - love them all!

[SfanGoch]

You could say the same about a lot of westerns, like Hondo, where a mysterious stranger comes to save the day for simple folk. But this is different, and he's not there to save the day -- It's by far Eastwood's most ambitious film, storywise - a Biblical allegory. Eastwood said that his character was "an out-and-out ghost."

Taken from Revelations..."...behold a pale horse: and his name that sat upon him was Death, and Hell followed with him."

Highest-grossing western of the '80s.

All movies, books and storylines are based on just six plots. 

[Jantrix]

The Coen brothers.

Sorry. When they deemed themselves worthy to remake True Grit, and gave us that travesty, they lost my respect.

Ever since Blade Runner, I've been a Ridley Scott fan. Other notable films include Gladiator, Thelma and Louise, Black Hawk Down...

Not necessarily my vote for the best, but certainly up there. 

Ridley would get my vote. I will see his films on faith alone. My favorite is A Kingdom of Heaven.

, Burton, Tarantino, and Abrams are also favorites that will pull me into a theater.

Edited July 19, 2016 by Jantrix

[John Truby]

How about Joel and Ethan Coen?

[Rob Hall]

Some of my favorites include Michael Mann, Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, Luc Besson, Ron Howard, Martin Scorcese.