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Spielberg's breadth of quality is possibly unrivaled.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Mar 9 '11, 12:57

Suspense - Jaws
Action/Adventure - Indy or JP1
Drama - Schindler's
Family - ET

That's a murderer's row of films that I'm not sure any other director can match for the genre-variance.

Responses:

Cameron hasn't made a family film, but other than that, he's up there. -- nm - ceregon Mar 9, 13:31
Michael Bay! - Gwaahjo Mar 9, 13:06
John Ford -- nm - peglegpete Mar 9, 13:02 4
- Billy Wilder, William Wyler -- nm - Roger More Mar 9, 13:04 3
  - and Michael Curtiz -- nm - peglegpete Mar 9, 13:05 2
    - and David Lean -- nm - Roger More Mar 9, 13:05 1
      - Sir David lean :) -- nm - peglegpete Mar 9, 13:06
I know who beats it. - Spawn Mar 9, 13:01 12
- getting close is not beating it - Danedukenuuk Mar 9, 13:05
- I wouldn't put a single one of those movies in the same discussion as their Spielberg equivalent. - Will Hunting Mar 9, 13:03 10
  - word -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 13:20
  - Ashlee loves Jackie Brown; me, not so much. - Stephen, Winning Here, Winning There Mar 9, 13:06
  - Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs are so far out of the league of (to borrow a term) schmaltzy, it can not even be discussed. - Spawn Mar 9, 13:06 4
    - And Tarantino is the king of ripping off obscure, crappy movies -- nm - Guy Mar 9, 13:09 3
      - When the result is so vastly superior and presentable, I am fine with that. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 13:11 2
        
        Stop being strange. -- nm - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 9, 13:12 1
        
        Says the IJatLC fan. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 13:14
  - by "sh*t" you mean "it's the sh*t!" right? -- nm - Don Homer Mar 9, 13:05 1
    - No, I mean it's crap. - Will Hunting Mar 9, 13:13
  - word -- nm - Guy Mar 9, 13:04
he spreads schmaltz thinly across genres like no other -- nm - moles Mar 9, 13:00 1
- heh -- nm - Don Homer Mar 9, 13:01
War - Saving Private Ryan, Thriller - Catch Me If You Can, Sci-Fi - Close Encounters -- nm - Inigo Mar 9, 12:59
I'd still like to see him tackle a horror film.... - Remlik Mar 9, 12:59 4
- I think the genre he's never quite done is Comedy. He's done horror with Jaws, imo. -- nm - Inigo Mar 9, 13:01 3
  - I'd put that as a thriller, though that and Duel I can see labeled as horro movie -- nm - Remlik Mar 9, 13:04
  - Duel is really more of a horror than Jaws. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 9, 13:02 1
    - yes i'd agree to that is freaking creepy - Danedukenuuk Mar 9, 13:04
this indeed -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 9, 12:58

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