Search found 8 matches: James Cameron

2024 update, at 5487 films rated:

4 film minimum:

=1. Bong Joon-ho............. 18.8 (4)
=1. Darren Lynn Bousman... 18.8 (4)
3. Joe Wright.................. 20.0 (4)
4. Eli Roth...................... 22.0 (4)
5. James Wan................. 22.5 (6)
6. Paul Feig.................... 25.0 (4)
7. Wong Kar-Wai.............. 25.8 (4)
8. Darren Aronofsky.......... 27.0 (4)
9. James Cameron............ 28.0 (6)
10. Robert Rodriguez......... 29.0 (5)
11. Christopher Nolan......... 29.1 (9)
12. Wes Craven................ 29.7 (10)
13. David O. Russell........... 30.0 (4)
14. Renny Harlin.............. 31.3 (4)
15. Kevin Smith................ 32.2 (6)
16. John Carpenter............ 32.6 (9)
17. Clint Eastwood............ 32.9 (11)
18. Farrelly Brothers......... 34.8 (4.5) ..(did an average here)
19. Roxanne Benjamin........ 35.8 (4)
20. Rob Zombie................ 36.2 (5)
I'll stop here because the next one is Quentin Tarantino and ppl are gonna flame me for it.

If I were to do a 3 film minimum, the top 10 would be: Michael Bay, Zack Snyder, Lucio Fulci, Sam Mendes, Christopher Guest, Alex Proyas, Tate Taylor, Michel Gondry, Ang Lee and Rod Daniel.

January 2020

An aside:
Someone was gravely butthurt last time because Nolan and Aronofsky made my bottom ten directors. There is an explanation, though that person may not like it: I usually won't bother to watch more than 1-2 films by a clearly awful filmmaker (for instance, I only watched 2 by Brian Levant, his #1 bottom director). For the likes of Nolan and Aronofsky, who are very popular and whose every film is hyped to the extreme, I actually make a favorable exception -- which guarantees that they will make the cut when other terrible directors don't. Sadly, though "The Wrestler" and "Interstellar" weren't strictly godawful, I haven't seen a single decent film by those two.


4 film minimum, I'm listing 15 this time:

=1. Bong Joon-ho............. 18.75 (4)
=1. Darren Lynn Bousman... 18.75 (4)
3. James Wan................. 22.50 (6)
4. Paul Feig.................... 25.00 (4) ..(I decided to count complete TV series as single films)
5. Christopher Nolan......... 26.13 (8)
6. Darren Aronofsky.......... 27.00 (4)
7. James Cameron............ 28.00 (6)
8. Robert Rodriguez.......... 29.00 (5)
9. David O. Russell........... 30.00 (4)
10. Wes Craven............... 30.20 (10)
11. Renny Harlin.............. 31.25 (4)
12. Clint Eastwood.......... 32.20 (10)
13. John Carpenter.......... 32.60 (10)
14. Farrelly Brothers........ 34.72 (4.5) ..(did an average here cuz 1 film wasn't in common)
15. Joel Schumacher......... 35.67 (6)

If I were to do a 3 film minimum, the leading 7 would be: Michael Bay, Zack Snyder, Lucio Fulci, Christopher Guest, Alex Proyas, Michel Gondry and Ang Lee.

My bottom 10 with their worst film:

10. Todd Phillips 2.20 - The Hangover II
9. Guillermo del Toro 2.20 - Hellboy II
8. Gore Verbinski 2.00 - Pirates of the Caribbean II
7. Sylvester Stallone 2.00 - Rocky III
6. George Lucas 2.00 - Star Wars III
5. James Cameron 1.50 - Terminator II
4. Guy Ritchie 1.50 - Sherlock Holmes II
3. Michael Bay 1.43 - Transformers III
2. Bryan Singer 1.00 - X-Men II
1. David Yates 1.00 - Harry Potter VIII

You've probably already guessed, but I'm not the biggest fan of sequels.

June 2011
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Moribunny wrote:4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 18.74 (4)
2. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
3. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
4. James Cameron - 27.17 (6)
5. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~6. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)
~6. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
8. Joel Schumacher - 35.67 (6)
9. Samuel Fuller - 36.25 (4)
10. John McTiernan - 37.5 (4)
11. Oliver Stone - 37.75 (4)

Congratulations Christopher Nolan. Glad to see Aronofsky gave him a run for his money though.

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October 2014
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(same rules: 4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 17.50 (4)
2. Darren Lynn Bousman - 18.75 (4)
3. James Wan - 21.00 (5)
4. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
5. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
6. James Cameron - 28.00 (6)
7. David O. Russell - 30.00 (4)
8. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~9. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
~9. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)

(Dishonorable mention: Clint Eastwood, Joel Schumacher, Steven Soderbergh, Larry Cohen)

And Christopher Nolan maintains the lead.

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May 2016

I'm raising the bar a bit and including only ones by whom I've seen at least 4 full-length feature films, so Tony Scott makes a narrow escape. Nolan has gone down two places to make room for the new champions, Bousman and Wan of "Saw" fame.

1. Darren Lynn Bousman... 18.75 (4)
2. James Wan............... 21.00 (5)
3. Christopher Nolan....... 24.60 (5)
4. Darren Aronofsky........ 27.00 (4)
5. James Cameron.......... 28.00 (6)
6. Robert Rodriguez........ 29.00 (5)
7. David O. Russell......... 30.00 (4)
8. Wes Craven............... 30.20 (10)
9. Renny Harlin............. 31.25 (4)
10. Clint Eastwood......... 31.56 (9)

(Dishonorable mentions: Rob Zombie, John Carpenter, Cheh Chang, Peter & Bobby Farrelly, Joel Schumacher)

June 2011

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Moribunny wrote:4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 18.74 (4)
2. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
3. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
4. James Cameron - 27.17 (6)
5. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~6. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)
~6. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
8. Joel Schumacher - 35.67 (6)
9. Samuel Fuller - 36.25 (4)
10. John McTiernan - 37.5 (4)
11. Oliver Stone - 37.75 (4)

Congratulations Christopher Nolan. Glad to see Aronofsky gave him a run for his money though.

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Now (Oct 2014)
(same rules: 4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 17.50 (4)
2. Darren Lynn Bousman - 18.75 (4)
3. James Wan - 21.00 (5)
4. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
5. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
6. James Cameron - 28.00 (6)
7. David O. Russell - 30.00 (4)
8. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~9. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
~9. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)

(Dishonorable mention: Clint Eastwood, Joel Schumacher, Steven Soderbergh, Larry Cohen)

And Christopher Nolan maintains the lead.

1. Tom Shadyac, 24.60, 5 films.
2. Robert Rodriguez, 33.00, 5 films.
3. George Lucas, 35.50, 4 films.
4. Terrence Malick, 39.25, 4 films.
5. Tim Burton, 43.00, 6 films.
6. James Cameron, 45.00, 4 films.
7. Darren Aronofsky, 55.00, 5 films.
8. Brad Bird, 55.50, 4 films.
9. David Fincher, 57.50, 4 films.
10. Tage Danielsson, 57.75, 4 films.

I smirked when I noticed Terrence Malick and Aronofsky. I've never cared much for Malick and for Aronofsky it's Requiem for a Dream that drags it down, I didn't care all too much for The Fountain either. For Fincher it's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo that spoils it... although it should be said that a score of 55 or higher means that I actually like the film. Tage Danielsson is somewhat of a comedic legend in Sweden and he stands as a statue in my city and he's usually really funny and smart but he's made some rather cheap comedies also...

Going with 3 films, since I know who shows up if I go with four and it's kind of not fair to both of us.

1 - Uwe Boll 25.00 3
2 - Mike Nichols 46.67 3
3 - Hal Needham 60.67 3
4 - Michael Bay 62.33 3
5 - Chris Columbus 65.67 3
6 - Guy Hamilton 67.50 4
7 - James Cameron 68.00 3
8 - Robert Rodriguez 68.00 4
9 - Ki-duk Kim 73.00 4
10 - Tim Burton 73.33 3

It should be noted that Ki-duk Kim is on there because he's wildly inconsistent (scores range from 53 for Address Unknown to 87 for 3-Iron), there are a few James Cameron movies I really liked but haven't seen in so long I don't feel it's appropriate to rank them yet. I also clearly need to rank more to get a more accurate picture happening.

4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 18.74 (4)
2. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
3. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
4. James Cameron - 27.17 (6)
5. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~6. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)
~6. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
8. Joel Schumacher - 35.67 (6)
9. Samuel Fuller - 36.25 (4)
10. John McTiernan - 37.5 (4)
11. Oliver Stone - 37.75 (4)

Congratulations Christopher Nolan. Glad to see Aronofsky gave him a run for his money though.

prowler wrote:

nauru wrote:1. Joel Coen (32.40) (5)
1. Ethan Coen (32.40) (5)

banned

They might have gotten on mine too, if it weren't for "No Country" pushing them up a tad.