As far as GOAT film director goes, Francis Ford Coppola is it!

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This is my shyt :noah:

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A GOAT filmmaker without 5 great films?

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He was good, maybe in the lower half of the top 10 but at the top?

Nah
 

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Sergio Leone is the greatest director of all-time.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Plus the entire Dollars Trilogy)
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in America

His entire style of story telling, cinematography and emphasis on music influenced in the entire industry. Every time I see a Tarantino film, I just think of how hard he's trying to be Sergio Leone.
 

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there's no way in hell he is the GOAT. he belongs in the bottom 10 of careers, though. kubrick and hitchock are the only real GOAT contenders, with 3 more directors not named coppola rounding out the top five. after that, he belongs somewhere between 5-10.

at best, you could claim godfather 2 is the single best movie of all time. i wouldnt agree, but i could see it as a reasonable argument.
 

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another one is Talia Shire.

Talia Shire is Francis Ford Coppola's sister. No one cares of course because she is a :lawd: actress.

And Talia Shire is Jason Schwartzman's mom.

Regarding Coppola, it's weird. The Godfather is my favorite film, and Part II, The Conversation and Apocalpyse Now are clearly masterpieces, but I don't think I'd have him in my top 20 because the fall off was so heavy.

That's not to say he didn't make anything good since the 70s. Rumblefish is excellent and recently he's had somewhat of a renaissance. Tetro in particular is good. But his lows have been so bad I almost find hard to take him serious.
 
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A GOAT filmmaker without 5 great films?

:usure:

He was good, maybe in the lower half of the top 10 but at the top?

Nah

Coppola's great is like 10 times greater than the usual director's great with 70's classic movies he put out. These are 5 great movies directed by Coppola.

Patton
Apocalypse Now
The Godfather 1
The Godfather 2
The Conversation
 

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The Godfather is classic man. Holy FUK @ that notebook....

That Dracula movie is classic. I had nightmares when I was a kid cause of it.
 
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