Better Director: Francis Ford Coppola or Terrence Malick?

What films do you like more of them?

Coppola: Dracula, Apocalypse Now, The Conversation

Malick: Thin Red Line, Balands, To The Wonder

Another one of these?

Well Coppola made two of the worst films ever in Supernova(1999) and Jack (1996)...so I'm going Malick

Jack was entertaining in a way. Robin Williams is missed.

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Malick did Badlands. And Coppola did The Conversation. Let's call it a tie.

It was my understanding that Walter Hill did Supernova, not Coppola.

Anyway, I pick Coppola. Even with the higher quantity of misses, at least they tend to be interesting misses.

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I just made a comparison..

I am in no way trolling dude.

Are you deleting and reposting the same post over and over?

No?

Malick by a hair

Coppola did The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. Those two alone put him way over the top, IMO.

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Coppola - The first two of The Godfather films and Apocalypse Now are masterpieces. Throw in The Conversation and you have four A+ legendary and iconic best of all time films in one decade. He could make 1,000 Jacks and that wouldn't change a thing.

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I haven't seen enough Malick to reply. However, IMO Coppola is the greatest, having had five movies I consider perfect (his 70's run and Tetro), and two that came very close: Dracula (Reeves' accent sucked) and Godfather Coda (I don't really feel like the romance between Vince and Mary was fully developed).

While I didn't think Jack was horrible, I admit its strengths didn't overcome most of its flaws. 6/10. But if you want horrible Coppola, check out his early movie Tonight for Sure.

Can't make a proper comparison since I've only seen two of Malick's films, Badlands and Days of Heaven, which I just saw a couple of days ago.