ITT: Great directors who have never made a great film
(i.e great = a canonical masterpiece which has/will prove extremely significant, on account of its artistic quality, in the history of the medium)
>>84216135
Grand Budapest is great.
Bottle Rocket is his actual masterpiece but it didn't get enough circulation to be as recognized as it deserves.
>>84216135
I'm very sad about this because I enjoyed a couple of his films.
Easy
>>84217023
>what is jurassic park
>what is ET
>what is close encounters of the third kind
>>84217422
>What is "will prove extremely significant, on account of its artistic quality, in the history of the medium"
>>84216135
Does Nolan count?
Though you could argue TDKR plane scene has cemented its place in the history of the medium forever.
>>84218990
What is Jaws
>>84219562
>Jaws was the most significant "monster movie" that changed blockbusters
What is King Kong?
What is Godzilla?
>>84217422
Jurassic Park: C grade. Overrated by raging dinosaur enthusiasts because muh childhood. The Top Gun of its time.
ET: A- grade. Kino up until they edited out the guns.
Close Encounters: B- grade. Dreyfus was in the wrong.
You should have said ...
Jaws: A grade. pure kino
>>84219610
It fucking solidified the idea of the summer blockbuster and redefinied industry marketing strategies you mong.
>>84219110
Nolan's non-Batman stuff is great. But even his good Batman stuff suffered from his hand ( for instance: he personally ruined every fight scene with """"directing""")