Who is your favorite directors of all time?

[rosncranz]

Originally Posted by JustinW

What I mean is that Scorsese has never been the type to use theatrics and sentimentality. Look at the ending of nearly every film he has done.

To this nonsensical and just completely wrong statement, I will say only this...The Departed is apparently not a film you have seen.

I am done with this topic of conversation.

[Justin]

Originally Posted by rosncranz

To this nonsensical and just completely wrong statement, I will say only this...The Departed is apparently not a film you have seen.

I am done with this topic of conversation.

Actually, I have.

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Perhaps from a shallow point of view the "antagonist" had what was coming to him but not in the stereotypical, Hollywood way.

I'm sure if it had been any other typical Hollywood director,

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the protagonist would have lived -- no matter what.

[JBond]

I guess Saving Private Ryan would have been a lot better had Ryan had a heart attack there in the cemetary. No on woudl have seen that coming. Nothing's wrong with happy endings if that's the way they should end. It doesn't take a visionary to decide the hero dies in a two way decision. Perhaps it makes a director/writer more risky, but not necessarly better.