Four Fantastic Indies

[Zen]

[color=green][size=1]


I was watching I Love the 90's last night (persecute me if you will) and I came to the conclusion that my four favorite director's are all Indie Film directors. Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, M. Night Shymalan(sp?), and Kevin Smith undoubtedly make some of the coolest flicks I've ever seen, and probably ever will, aswell, they all are (or atleast started out as) Indipendent Film Directors. I've really been itching to make a thread on these four directors, probably the most famous of their breed, ever since I came to the conclusion. I'll start by posting the directors and their movies to refresh your memories.

[U][B]Quentin Tarantino[/B][/U]

Resovoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2

[U][B]Kevin Smith[/B][/U]

Clerks
Mallrats
Chasing Amy
Dogma
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
(aswell is a well known comic book scribe.)

[B][U]Robert Rodriguez[/B][/U]

El Mariachi
Desperado
Once Upon A Time In Mexico
Spy Kids
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
Spy Kids 3D

[B][U]M. Night Shymalan[/B][/U]

The Sixth Sense
Unbreakable
Signs
The Village (coming soon the theaters)

Okay, lets get some comments out on these directors. Bad or good. My favorite out of the four is a tie between Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino. But then again, they make really different movies. For action and plot twists, it would be QT. For humor, straight and uncut, it would be KS. If Robert Rodriguez wouldn't have made those Spy Kids movies and averted his attention to something... better. He may have taken QT's spot as Action flicks go. But then again, I guess he's going for range as a director. QT on the other hand, makes mainly a specific kind of movie and uses his signature 'out of order' story telling in all of his movies (unless he doesn't use it in Jackie Brown. Havn't seen that yet). Rodriguez used the same invention in a sort of way in Once Upon A Time In Mexico. M. Night Shymalan makes the best thrillers I would say, not horror movies, but thrillers and suspense movies. (Built up enough suspense to make me jump at an alien strolling out of a bush in Signs.)

They all really make different types of movies and glow in different fields. [/color][/size]