The MoFo Director Fan Clubs!

Please Create a John Woo fan club. I know he hasn't made some of the best movies but damn, they sure are fun. I especially love his work from when he was still original and making movies with Chow Yun Fat. I love The Killer and Hard Boiled and Hard Target is a fun one too. His films are so over the top, but that's what makes them great! Slow motion and people diving and shooting guns and random freaking birds in the background, you gotta love Woo's style.

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Through the darkness of future past
The magician longs to see
One chants out between two worlds:
Fire walk with me.

I just found an another fan club, I would like to join and it is the Charlie Chaplin fan club. The reason why I would like to join the Charlie Chaplin fan club is that I find his films very hilarious. Also, I find that his films stand the test of time when it comes to silent comedy films and I love that his films have a plot to them, while being very entertaining.

I'm still expecting those short explanations for each director.

All the new requests have been added to the list.

@mrtylerdurden: I also added you to the 'Wes Anderson "Quirky as Cuss" Fan Club', because of your request in the individual thread, created by the president, seanc.

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Cobpyth's Movie Log ~ 2019

I did not see this thread before so I'll participate.

#1 Hitchcock, I've seen 16 of his films. My favorite are pretty traditional: Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo, Notorious, North by Northwest, The Birds and Rope. I'd also recommend The Wrong Man a very stylish film noir that is different from Hitchcock's usuall style.

#2 Hayao Miyazaki I've seen all his film except for Howl's Moving Castle (I avoid watching it so that I still have a great movie to watch later) and he's a genious. He hasn't made a bad film all of them are beautiful full of life, have a lot of important themes and are pure in their nature. My top 3 would be #1 Nausicaa, #2 Castle in the Sky, #3 Princess Mononoke, but I love them all really.

#3 Quentin Tarantino same as Miyazaki I've seen all his films except Death Proof that I keep for myself later. He hasn't made a bad film, I love them all. Plus he made my favorite movie of all time (Inglourious Basterds). My other favorites would be Django Unchained, Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill.

I'll stop there for today I'll add more later

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Well since no one as stepped up (which I am surprised nobody has), I request to become the President of the Martin Scorsese Fan Club.

Martin Scorsese is my favorite director of all time. This comes as a surprise to no one. Taxi Driver is my favorite film, and I have seen his entire feature filmography (I have also seen some of his shorts and a few documentaries). I even had my own "Scorsese Binge" which is when I either rented or ordered the remainder of his features I had not seen yet on DVD. Which allowed me to view some of his more underrated and under appreciated work. His cult classic After Hours, The King of Comedy which has gained quite a bit of love since it bombed in the theater, to some that I think many have never seen like Kundun.

In addition to having a great respect for his work I have great respect for the artist. A Catholic boy whose asthma prevented him from play sports spent most of his time at the movie theaters. Originally wanting to be a priest, he left the seminary for film school at NYU. Earned his bachelors and masters from there and became close friends with the best American film makers of the 70's. He knew Spielberg, Coppela, Milius, Lucas, and De Palma. Together they are the directors most commonly known as The Movie Brats. Guys who grabbed Hollywood by the throat and for the better part of the 70's would not let go. Creating some of the greatest movies ever made. But unlike most of the others, Marty's work is still very strong to this day. And unlike the others has at least one all time great movie in three different decades (Taxi Driver in 76, Raging Bull in 1980, and Goodfellas in the 90's). He finally won an Oscar in 2006 for The Departed, and everyone knows I loved last year's The Wolf of Wall Street. Meaning that he his still making great films ever since Whose That Knocking at my Door in 1967. And even longer when you count his shorts.

Scorsese is a treasure to cinema. Not only as a director but as one of it's biggest advocates, fans, and with the help of his film preservation society, one of its biggest defenders. And as one of his fans, I would like to be the president of the MoFo fan club for him.

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Fear and Loathing in MoFo... The Gunslinger 45's Top 50 Favorite Films

In the 10 Ring: Gunslinger45's reviews

The Gunslinger45 has become the President of 'The Martin Scorsese Fan Club'. Congratulations!

You're a worthy president. You've seen all of his films and you're one of his loudest supporters on Movieforums, so I'm very glad .

Good luck with preaching the films of one of the greatest directors of all time!

As my first act the name of the club shall be The "You Talking to Me? Martin Scorsese Fan Club"

Is there a president for the Fincher Fan club?

David Fincher is my favorite director. I have seen all of his films except Alien 3 because Fincher hates Alien 3 and the studio screwed with him on it. I have all of his movies, you could call it a collection, and I am really looking forward to Gone Girl.

I remember my first David Fincher movie. This was a few years ago and my dad had decided to get two Brad Pitt movies from Netflix. The first was Inglorious Basterds which I watched right away because I hadn't got to see many Tarantino movies and I was wondering what all the hype was about. The other movie he got was Fight Club. I had never seen it before, and barely knew what it was about. It was later in the morning and I was still wearing my pajamas and hadn't showered yet. We popped Fight Club into the dvd player and started watching. It had my attention right away. "What are these crazy opening credits? Someone's brain? That's awesome! I thought this was just a fighting movie!" I realized that this film had so much more in it. I was so used to pointless stories that are just meant to entertain, but Fight Club had a message. "A message in a movie? A movie that makes you question the society you live in? What is this?" I was enthralled in the message of consumerism and started to realize that they were right. We do care too much about what we buy in this society. The characters were stunning! "Our narrator goes to support groups when he's not even sick? What's wrong with this guy? Wow this Marla girl is crazy! What's wrong with her? I thought main characters were supposed to be smart and clear headed, I can't believe this." And then we meet Tyler. Tyler has a certain way about him. There is so much intrigue and mystery behind him you wonder "Why does he do these crazy things? What could POSSIBLY be the explanation for this?" And they give you an explanation, and all of a sudden all the horrible things that Tyler does becomes justifiable and you start to side with him and want to follow him. Tyler Durden puts the audience in the same feeling of trust and awe as he does the members of Fight Club.

I know I've talked about Fight Club more than Fincher, but let me just tell you that this film mesmerized me. I was whisked away into another world. I was completely involved in the story and had never seen anything like it. I had never seen a movie that made me see the world differently when it was over, it made me think "If a film can change someone's perspective on society, then amazing things can be done with film. You can change lives. Someday I want to make a movie that will change someone's outlook and will keep them in awe from beginning to end and long after the movie is finished."

I also noticed how good the movie looked. I'm pretty sure I watched this movie on DVD on a normal dvd player without an hdmi cable, and it looked fantastic. I remember checking to see what year the movie was made because it looked so recent. "The camerawork was fantastic! Why does the movie have this green tint to it? It looks amazing! I've never seen anything like it!"

After the movie was over I could not stop thinking about it. I started thinking about my life and how one day maybe I could make a movie like that. A movie that was so good, it would leave audiences stunned and thinking about their lives and thinking "Maybe there is still hope for good movies. Maybe there is hope for modern day classics. Maybe some movies from our generation will be remembered as fondly as those older films."

I looked up David Fincher and saw that he had done many other movies and I wanted to see them instantly. I saw that they all had that same look with the green tint, and they were made with such precision. He takes care of his films like they were his children. He notices things noone else can and changes them. He is a perfectionist and if more films can be made with the precision and carefulness that Fincher has, then there is still hope for good films.

If there already is a president of the David Fincher fan club I will settle for just being in it. But if there is no president, I would greatly appreciate it if you considered me. If you took the time to read this super long post, thank you.

I read the post. It's always nice to read a love testimonial from someone towards his favorite film or director.

Mrtylerdurden has become the President of 'The David Fincher Fan Club'. Congratulations!

I personally am also a big fan of Fight Club. It's even in my top 101. Here's what I wrote about it in that thread:

As you can read, I may have a different perspective on the film's message than you have. That's what makes it such a great film, probably.

Great review! And thank you SO much. I'm really glad to be the president of the David Fincher Fan club. I might start a thread like the quirky as cuss thread also. Thanks again.

Sign me up for the Scorsese club; he's easily my favorite director with 8 films in my top 100 including Mean Streets, Casino, The Departed, Cape Fear, The Color of Money, The Wolf if Wall Street-and my top 2 favorite movies of all time-Goodfellas and Taxi Driver. His movies are responsible for some of the most memorable characters of all time, male and female. Scorsese movies jump off the screen and have a life of their own, making them the kind of films you can watch over and over again.

I realized I never joined the Francis Ford Coppela and Brian De Palma clubs.

I want to join the Francis Ford Coppela club because he was the first of the Movie Brats to really hit it big. He was the among the first to get work, did some nudie flicks, worked with Corman, then hit the jackpot with The Godfather, a masterpiece easy. Then he made The Conversation (which is excellent), made The Godfather Part II (maybe the best sequel ever), and then Apocalypse Now, yet another masterpiece and IMO his best work.

I also want to join De Palma's club because after seeing his work from the 70's and 80's, I have realized I was missing out on his best work. I love his Hitchcock influenced work like Body Double, Dressed to Kill, Sisters, and the political thriller Blow Out. Even though I think Dressed to Kill is the best.

I'd like to be president of the Guillermo del Toro fan club. He is one of the most inspiring people to me. In fact, similar to Quentin Tarantino, I almost like listening to him talk about stuff (through commentaries and interviews) more than watching his actual movies - and I say that as a HUGE fan of his movies. Pan's Labyrinth is a bona fide masterpiece, the two Hellboy movies are unbelievably fun, and I've liked all his other movies that I've seen (which is all of them except Blade 2).

I would like to name the fan club "The Monster Fiesta".

Swan has now become the President of 'The "Monster Fiesta" Guillermo Del Toro Fan Club'. Congratulations!

I'll join.

I'd like to be president of the Billy Wilder "Well, Nobody's Perfect" fan club. And in honor watch Five Graves to Cairo tomorrow.

Rauldc14 has become the President of The Billy Wilder "Well, Nobody's Perfect" Fan Club. Congratulations!

This is nifty, sign me up for the Hitchcock, Cassavetes, Bergman, Kubrick, Lynch and Altman clubs

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I would like to put my name forward to be the president of the PTA fan club. I saw a couple of Anderson movies and really liked them before I even knew who he was as a director, Punch Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood. I am a character person and while they may not be the first thing that pops into people's head when they think of PTA, it is for me. What I appreciated about both these movies is that in addition to being visually stunning and having amazing scores they still had these characters that I could fall in love with. This is no small thing. It is hard for me to find movies that I find satisfying in all three of these ways and I think Anderson does it better than anyone working right now.

Once I started really paying attention to directors and started to hear Anderson's names I sought out his other films. I liked Boogie Nights quite a bit. It really subverted my expectations for the film. Next up was Magnolia, a movie that I knew nothing about outside of being a movie that Cruise was nominated for an Oscar for. I was blown away. It became an instant favorite, and I knew then that I wanted to consume everything this director had done. This was long before The Master was released. I of course couldn't wait for that film to come out and it did not disappoint. It is not my favorite Anderson but it has all the things that make me love his films and is a great movie. Hard Eight was the last of his that I watched and became another movie I love. I have seen all of these movies multiple times with the exception of Hard Eight. I can't get enough.

One of the reasons I want to be the president of this club is I would like to get a thread started in anticipation of the upcoming Inherent Vice. I think it would be fun for some of us who love the director to watch his six films in the next few months leading up to his next film. I think we could get some discussion going and build up our anticipation for the movie even more. I hope this is mildly coherent. It is after midnight and I am starting to feel punchy. With all that being said I would like to be the president of what I will call: I Walk Through The Valley: The PTA Fan Club.

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This thread looks really cool. Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone are decent directors imo. Alfred Hitchcock and David Lynch are obviously great. I need to watch more of their stuff. I have mixed feelings about Luc Besson, John Carpenter, Guillermo del Toro, David Fincher, Christopher Nolan, and Martin Scorsese. I hate James Cameron and Wes Craven. I really want to pursue Ingmar Bergman, Carl Theodor Dreyer, and Jean-Luc Godard. I should check out more of Roman Polanski's stuff. I don't care much for George A. Romero or John Woo. Man it took a long time to go through that list and research the ones I was familiar with. I didn't mention some that I have neutral feelings towards.

Hmm... clubs I would actually like to join...

David Cronenberg
Stanley Kubrick
Akira Kurasawa
Quentin Tarantino
Wong Kar-Wai
Takashi Miike
Hayao Miyazaki


I need to watch a few more of Lukas Moodysson's films, but I think I'd like to start a club for him. I'll try watching those soon.

Kim Ki-duk is a director I don't see on the list. I've only seen one of his films and I really liked it, but I've heard mixed reports. If I like more of his stuff as much as I liked The Bow, I would consider doing him.

Anyway, I'll do a bit for each director who's club I want to join later. But that was quite a bit of work for now. I need a break. :P

Edit: I'm surprised there isn't a Jean-Pierre Melville fan club yet. I've seen three of his films and they were all superb. Maybe I'll have to spearhead one for him once I've seen the rest.