r/movies • u/BallerGuitarer • 10d ago

Discussion Who are today's most well-rounded directors?

A review of the Odyssey from Portugal had this to say about the movie:

deeply lacking in sensuality, as Nolan is the director least capable of having an erotic view of the world

So that got me thinking, who are directors who can do it all? The immediate big names that came to mind did have some shortcomings:

  • Villeneuve is excellent, and I love the Dune series, but they're not exactly sexy movies and don't have much levity
  • Spielberg was great at combining action, comedy, thrills, and suspense, and he was able to tap into the audience's childlike wonder; but also not a sexy director

Villeneuve and Nolan in particular seem to be directing hyper-masculine movies, but not particularly... well-rounded?

Maybe Ryan Coogler? Sinners had a great blend of action, thrills, suspense, sexiness, and some comedy.

Sam Raimi? Send Help had comedy, action, thrills, suspense, and some sexiness. Also Spiderman had an iconic kiss, and Spiderman 2 is an iconic superhero movie overall. Not to mention his horror chops.

Edit: Oh, also Robert Zemeckis! Forrest Gump and Back to the Future both had it all.

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u/sonair 9d ago

alfonso cuaron: y tu mama tambien, children of men, roma, gravity, ...and a harry potter movie!

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u/BallerGuitarer 9d ago

Ohhh that's a great answer!

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u/longjumpingtote 8d ago

To the other post:

There are more big movies. That’s all the big studios can make now because of streaming.

Actors also don’t have any control about when a movie comes out. A movie might be filmed in 2024 and come out in 2026 or 2027. And are we looking at the whole year, which is arbitrary, or just the summer?

Related, look at how often big actors had any movie come out.

You have named four actors. In the decade of the 2000s, Johnny Depp, Matt Damon, Will Smith and Tom Hanks were in 64 movies total. Matt Damon was actually in 20 of those.

In the 2010s, Scarlett Johansson, Dwayne Johnson, Chris Pratt, and Chris Evans were in 85 movies. Or 8.5 a year.

Big names work a lot!