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Originally Posted by Aladdin Sane
Hands down, it's Oliver Stone.
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You beat me to it.
The guy who wrote that article is sometimes right, and sometimes crazy. It's also worth noting that some directors are
currently overrated due to past work that is entirely deserving of the hype. James Cameron is one: Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2. All deserving of the hype. Since then, he has gone downhill. Ridley Scott is kind of the same: Alien and Blade Runner are masterpieces, but the rest of his movies are, at best, just good. I'd also put Tarantino into this category, though I have yet to see Inglorious Basterds.
As for Darren Aronofsky, I agree with you: one of the best things about American cinema today (I dunno about the
single best).