Match Cut Directors Consensus - Peter Weir (final week of Year 3)

[dreamdead]

We're pushing back David Fincher's consensus (for the second time!) to next year so that Ben Button can receive more time and consideration.

As such, for the final week of Year 3, we are bumping up Peter Weir, ye olde Australian and Hollywood director. So wander over to imdb.com, study up on his filmography, and rate those you've seen from earliest to latest.

http://www.ovationtv.com/files/large_image_videos/0000/0255/peter_weir_372x280.jpg

[Mysterious Dude]

Picnic at Hanging Rock - 6.5
The Year of Living Dangerously - 6.5
Witness - 7.5
The Mosquito Coast - 7
The Truman Show - 8
Master and Commander - 9

[dreamdead]

Picnic at Hanging Rock - 7.5
Dead Poets Society - 4
The Truman Show - 7.5

Not a fan of how maudlin DPS becomes, and how artificial its script is. TTS, however, despite seeming a bit too simple even now, works that simplicity with an overt allegory vibe. And it's eminently watchable, something that DPS cannot claim for me.

[Boner M]

Picnic at Hanging Rock - 8
Gallipoli - 7
Dead Poets Society - 5.5
The Truman Show - 7.5
Master and Commander - 5

I'd like to see Fearless.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Picnic at Hanging Rock - 5.5
The Mosquito Coast - 7.0
Dead Poet's Society - 5.0
Fearless - 5.0
The Truman Show - 7.5
Master and Commander - 4.0

[Pop Trash]

Picnic at Hanging Rock -9
The Year of Living Dangerously -7
Witness -9
Dead Poets Society -8
The Truman Show -10
Master and Commander -8

Peter Weir is consistently underrated IMO.

[Ezee E]

Picnic at Hanging Rock - 8
The Last Wave - 4
Witness - 4
Fearless - 10 (an incredibly overlooked movie)
The Truman Show - 8.5
Master & Commander - 4

[Russ]

Picnic at Hanging Rock - 8
Gallipoli - 10
The Year of Living Dangerously - 7
Witness - 7
The Mosquito Coast - 4.5
The Truman Show - 5

[Ezee E]

Hmm... The Last Wave has an awesome synopsis. I'll try and check that out before week's end.

[Melville]

Picnic at Hanging Rock - 5
Gallipoli - 5
Witness - 6.5
The Mosquito Coast - 6.5
Dead Poets Society - 3.5
The Truman Show - 4.5
Master and Commander - 5

Edit: I should probably give Picnic at Hanging Rock a second chance. It seems like a movie I should like.

[The Mike]

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the Title - 9
The Truman Show - 10
Dead Poets Society - 8

I need to see more of his stuff.

[Weeping_Guitar]

The Truman Show - 8
Master and Commander - 9

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Hmm... The Last Wave has an awesome synopsis. I'll try and check that out before week's end.

Do it, it's his best work.

Picnic at Hanging Rock - 9
The Last Wave - 9.5
Fearless - 6.5
The Truman Show - 7.5


I've seen a couple others (Witness, Year of Living..) but it's been too long to rate them properly.

[soitgoes...]

The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) - 6.0
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) - 8.5
The Last Wave (1977) - 7.0
Gallipoli (1981) - 7.5
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) - 7.0
Witness (1985) - 8.5
The Mosquito Coast (1986) - 5.5
Dead Poets Society (1989) - 5.5
The Truman Show (1998) - 10
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - 6.5

[Ezee E]

The Cars That Ate Paris.

Now that's a title.

[Yxklyx]

Picnic at Hanging Rock - 10
The Last Wave - 6
Gallipoli - 7
Witness - 7
Dead Poet's Society - 8
The Truman Show - 7
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - 8

Haven't seen DPS in a long time though.

[Philosophe_rouge]

Picnic at Hanging Rock 10
The Truman Show 8

[Silencio]

Picnic at Hanging Rock - 9
Dead Poet's Society - 5
The Truman Show - 8
Master and Commander - 8

[Stay Puft]

The Truman Show - 7
Master and Commander - 5

[Watashi]

Picnic at Hanging Rock - 8
Gallipoli - 7
The Truman Show - 9.5
Master and Commander - 8

[transmogrifier]

Picnic at Hanging Rock - 8
Gallipoli - 7
Dead Poets Society - 5.5
The Truman Show - 7.5
Master and Commander - 5

I'd like to see Fearless.

Do it, because despite what KF thinks, it's easily his best film. Though I see you dislike M&C, and that's easily his second best, so maybe you're just not ready yet. Maybe when you get older.

[Qrazy]

I'd like to see Fearless.

It's deeply mediocre.

The Year of Living Dangerously is the one to see. That, Gallipoli and Picnic at Hanging Rock are his best in my opinion.

[transmogrifier]

It's deeply mediocre.

I don't think you could get a better invitation to view it than this.

[Qrazy]

# Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - 7
# The Truman Show (1998) - 7.5
# Fearless (1993) - 5
# Dead Poets Society (1989) - 5
# Witness (1985) - 6
# The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) - 8.5
# Gallipoli (1981) - 8.5
# The Last Wave (1977) - 6.5
# Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) - 8.5

I saw most of Mosquito Coast on TV but I'm not going to count it.

[eternity]

Picnic at Hanging Rock- 5
Gallipoli- 8.5
Dead Poets Society- 3
Fearless- 9
The Truman Show- 9
Master and Commander- 8

[Kurosawa Fan]

Do it, because despite what KF thinks, it's easily his best film. Though I see you dislike M&C, and that's easily his second best, so maybe you're just not ready yet. Maybe when you get older.

:lol:

[Raiders]

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) 8.5
The Last Wave (1977) 6.0
Gallipoli (1981) 8.0
Witness (1985) 7.0
The Mosquito Coast (1986) 7.5
Dead Poets Society (1989) 3.0
The Truman Show (1998) 6.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) 7.5

[Spinal]

Picnic at Hanging Rock - 8
Dead Poets Society - 7
Fearless - 9
The Truman Show - 6.5
Master and Commander - 3.5

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Dead Poets Society - 4
The Truman Show - 5.5

[Bosco B Thug]

The Cars That Ate Paris - 6.5
Picnic at Hanging Rock - 8.5

[Qrazy]

Bleh to this Fearless fanboyery.

[Ezee E]

Bleh to this Fearless fanboyery.
So wrong.

[Ezee E]

K-Fan and Qrazy, I want your rants on Fearless.

Raiders, you must see it soon.

[Spinal]

That's right. I'm currently writing my own Fearless fan fiction and making plans to attend Fearlesscon. I plan on dressing up as Rosie Perez's character this year.

[Ezee E]

That's right. I'm currently writing my own Fearless fan fiction and making plans to attend Fearlesscon. I plan on dressing up as Rosie Perez's character this year.
At which point in the movie?

[Boner M]

So it was Spinal who wrote "I HOPE U GET AIDS AND DIE" in the comments box of every negative review on Fearless's RT page.

[Sven]

The Cars that Ate Paris - 9
Picnic at Hanging Rock - 8.5
The Last Wave - 8
The Plumber - 7.5
Gallipoli - 10
The Year of Living Dangerously - 9.5
Witness - 7
The Mosquito Coast - 9.5
Dead Poets Society - 6.5
Green Card - 7.5
Fearless - 8
The Truman Show - 10
Master and Commander - 8

[NickGlass]

Picnic at Hanging Rock: 9.5
Dead Poets Society: 4.0
The Truman Show: 8.0
Master and Commander: 6.0

[thefourthwall]

Gallipoli - 9
Witness - 8.5
Dead Poets Society - 9
Green Card - 7
The Truman Show - 7.5
Master and Commander - 7.5

Picnic at Hanging Rock is on its way, hopefully I'll be able to see it in time!

[Derek]

The Cars That Ate Paris - 5.5
Picnic at Hanging Rock - 6.0
Witness - 6.5
Dead Poet's Society - 7.0
The Truman Show - 7.5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - 7.5

[Ivan Drago]

The Truman Show - 9
Master and Commander - 7

[B-side]

The Truman Show- 8
Master and Commander- 8

[MadMan]

I want to see more of his work.

The Truman Show(1998)-10.0
Master and Commander(2003)-9.5

[Raiders]

Picnic at Hanging Rock - 6.0
Dead Poet's Society - 7.0


Dude.

[Robby P]

Picnic at Hanging Rock - 10
Dead Poets Society - 4
The Truman Show - 7

Been too long since I've seen Witness and I fell asleep during Master and Commander.

[Wolfy]

Picnic at Hanging Rock- 10
The Year of Living Dangerously- 7
Witness- 8
The Mosquito Coast- 6
Dead Poet's Society- 8
The Truman Show- 8
Master and Commander- 8

[EyesWideOpen]

Dead Poets Society (1989) 9
The Truman Show (1998) 10
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) 6.5

[Sxottlan]

One of my favorite directors, but still have several more of his to see. Doesn't look like his adaptation of William Gibson's Pattern Recognition ever got going.

Picnic at Hanging Rock: 10
Gallipoli: 7
Witness: 8
Dead Poet's Society: 5
The Truman Show: 9
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: 10

[Ezee E]

added The Last Wave, giving it a 4.

[dreamdead]

If you have any late additions in the next week, throw them here and I'll edit the results.

Picnic at Hanging Rock – 8.18 (25)
The Truman Show – 7.9531 (32)
Gallipoli – 7.875 (12)
The Year of Living Dangerously – 7.5 (7)
Fearless – 7.5 (7)
Witness – 7.1785 (14)
Master and Commander – 7.1607 (28)
The Cars that Ate Paris – 6.75 (4)
The Last Wave – 6.7142 (7)
The Mosquito Coast – 6.6875 (8)
Dead Poet’s Society – 5.7727 (22)
Average = 7.2065

DNQ:
The Plumber – 7.5 (1)
Green Card – 7.25 (2)

The Super-fan: Sven
The Hater: Birdsatemyface
Odd fact: both The Truman Show and Picnic at Hanging Rock pretty much scored the same number of perfect 10s

[Melville]

The Hater: Birdsatemyface
Yeah, but my hate was more more encompassing.