World's Best 40 Directors by Rolling Stone

paranoid said:Where are Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson? And no Schumacher either—honestly, regardless of what anyone thinks, the guy’s been making decent movies lately.

Schumacher rocks 🙏 🙏 🙏

And where the hell is John McTiernan??? 😲

What kind of idiot puts Michael Winterbottom on a list but leaves out McTiernan??? Sure, Basic and Rollerball aren't great, but the man knows his craft. But hey, I guess it's more important for the snobs to push those "larger than life" epics, right? 🙄 🙄 I'd much rather watch a solid action movie than some nonsense from Lars von Trier. Someone already brought up Ridley Scott and Spielberg. What about Verhoeven? It's like a curse in Hollywood—you can make an absolute banger of a film, but if it's just an action flick and not some existential drama, you'll never be considered an "artist."

Screw the intellectual snobs: 2up:

As for the number one spot, I'm somewhere in the middle—I wouldn't call myself a huge Lynch fan, but Mulholland Drive is an absolute masterpiece, so I'm somewhat on board there.

And apparently, Winterbottom is better than Fincher now? 🙄 🙄

Where on earth did you pull McTiernan from now?
The guy's last truly solid film was over a decade ago.
Nowadays, he’s just another run-of-the-mill studio hire, pretty much in the same boat as Verhoeven.

And don't even get me started on Schumacher—he's basically Schumacher. 😛

Ugh, come on! I’d take ten von Trier movies over one McTiernan any day. Was Thirteen Days really that bad? Seriously, I truly believe McTiernan will make a comeback—this feels like nothing more than a temporary slump. If you just strike Basic and Rollerball from his filmography, you’re left with an incredible career where almost every movie hits the mark. He’s easily the most underrated director of our era.

Look, I'm not saying Schumacher didn't make some garbage, but when he actually nails it, he nails it. 8mm is top-tier, and so is Day of Madness.

But honestly, how can you argue against McTiernan when Michael Winterbott and the Wachowski are both on this list?😲 😲 😲

Michael Winterbott is included here because the guy evolves so much with every single project, both in his themes and his visual style.
Regardless of how you feel about them, the Wachowski duo created one of the most influential films of the last five years—and that actually hits on one of the main criteria for making this list: having a distinct directorial signature. When you describe a movie as "something out of a Wes Anderson film", or "reminiscent of Seven", or even "having that Lynchian atmosphere", you're acknowledging that those directors have already carved out their own unique niche in the pantheon of cinema. D

Schumacher's A Day of Madness is just fascist garbage to me—it’s basically Taxi Driver reimagined for preschoolers. Honestly, I couldn't even bring myself to finish watching 8mm.

Richard Hernandez13 said:Winterbottom stays relevant because he constantly shifts his style and themes with every single movie he makes.

That doesn't really matter when his films are just plain garbage.🙂 I can't think of anyone who would actually argue he deserves a spot in the World's Best 40 Directors by The New York Times. The guy is mediocre at best.

I'll give Lynch the top spot for sure... but where the hell are all the other heavy hitters?😕 Spielberg, Coppola, Scott, Cameron...