MoFo Battle Royale Directors Edition, Round 4: Sergio Leone vs. Steven Spielberg

[MovieMan8877445]

Sergio Leone
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Steven Spielberg
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[Swan]

This one is pretty tough for me, both have done great stuff for cinema. But I'm still getting over how incredible Once Upon a Time in the West was.

Leone.

[MovieMan8877445]

I absolutely love Leone's movies, but Spielberg is my favorite director ever. I love Spielberg's movies way more anyways. Spielberg gets my vote.

[Harry Lime]

Close, but in the end Spielberg.

[Brother Blue]

Sergio Leone.

[Yoda]

I love Leone, too, but he doesn't stand a chance, to me. I dunno if it's uncool to dig on someone as popular an current as Spielberg, but the man has broken one cinematic barrier after another, and makes maybe one mediocre film per decade. We're going to look back at this guy's career in awe...not even counting the fact that he's easily got at least another dozen films in him.

Stevie gets my vote, without hesitation.

[planet news]

There's no contest. Leone. Spielberg's never done anything impressive in the least bit, except maybe Close Encounters. And when he does, it's 70% other peoples work. We can argue about Leone's influence on his films, if you want.