Round 9

[MK Shrimper]

All 4 ties are Premier$hite style draws today IMHO.

First up gives us Danny Boyle (Matt The Shrimp) v Oliver Stone (Marvel315)

Evidence please guys!

 

[Napster]

Stone - 2 Oscars for directing;

Oh and Any Given Sunday - superb fun

But Boyle - Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, 28 days later.

I can't choose.

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Tough Call, despite Shallow Grave & Trainspotting for Boyle, I think Stone just edges it for me.

Danny Boyle
Shallow Grave (1994)
Trainspotting (1996)
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
The Beach (2000)
28 Days Later (2002)
Millions (2004)
28 Weeks Later (2007) (producer)
Sunshine (2007)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Oliver Stone
Seizure (also known as Queen of Evil, 1974)
The Hand (1981)
Salvador (1986)
Platoon (1986)
Wall Street (1987)
Talk Radio (1988)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
The Doors (1991)
JFK (1991)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Nixon (1995)
U Turn (1997)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
Comandante (2003)
Alexander (2004)
World Trade Center (2006)
W. (2008)

South of the Border (2009)

 

[seany t]

I love Boyle. He's the nearest thing we have to a Kubrick in terms of a director prepared to tackle any genre. He's only made a couple of true classics so far, but I love watching his stuff.

'Sunshine' was very good I thought, even if the ending let it down a touch.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

If I was being uncharitable (which I am, since this is a contest), I could be forgiven for saying that Stone hasn't directed a good film since 1987.

OK, so Platoon and Wall Street are pretty good. But since then, his films could be accused of being bloated vanity projects - where the hype surrounding the films has not really lived up to the end product.

Boyle's films are the opposite. Always understated, but never underrated - almost every single film Boyle has directed has been a belter.

Besides, Oliver Stone is unlikely ever to film a sex scene which ends up with the hero stating:

"Och, I haven’t felt that good since Archie Gemill scored against Holland in 1978!"

Both have won Oscars, both have had critical and box office success... but only one of them directed Trainspotting, one of the finest films ever to emerge from these shores.

Vote Danny Boyle!

:)

 

[BrettieAngell]

Tough tough draw, love Trainspotting but Oliver Stone directed Natural Born killers so that swings it for me.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Get watching videos Blueblood! It's a tie so far ;)

 

[Pubey]

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Gutted. Hey ho, a very tough first round draw...

:(