Match Cut Directors Consensus - Kathryn Bigelow

[dreamdead]

Welcome to the week of Oscar's first female best director. Let's discuss and rate her works, shall we.

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Filmography:

The Set-Up (1978)
The Loveless (1982)
Near Dark (1987)
Blue Steel (1989)
Point Break (1991)
Strange Days (1995)
The Weight of Water (2000)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
The Hurt Locker (2008)

[Boner M]

The Hurt Locker - 7
Strange Days - 6.5
Point Break - 7.5
Near Dark - 6.5

ND needs another viewing.

[Morris Schæffer]

The Hurt Locker (2009) - 9.5
Point Break (1991) - 9.0
Blue Steel (1989) - 6.0

[Raiders]

Near Dark (1987) 9.0
Blue Steel (1989) 5.5
Point Break (1991) 7.5
Strange Days (1995) 8.0
The Hurt Locker (2008) 8.5

[Kurosawa Fan]

Point Break - 7.0
The Hurt Locker - 7.5

[Ezee E]

I don't know if she comes up with the titles for the movies or not, but they're all pretty sweet.

Near Dark - 8
Blue Steel - 4
Point Break - 6
Strange Days - 7
The Hurt Locker - 8.5

[Ezee E]

Also, Strange Days may be the first movie to use the first person cam to my knowledge. Those sequences all make the movie better than what it really is in my opinion. The reactions of the person wearing the SQUID are all pretty hilarious, and that includes Ralph Fiennes.

[D_Davis]

Near Dark - 8
Point Break - 8
Strange Days - 8


Solid.

[dreamdead]

Sorry, Raiders.

Near Dark - 3.5
Point Break - 5.5
Strange Days - 7.5

[Silencio]

Near Dark - 8
The Hurt Locker - 8.5

[Weeping_Guitar]

K-19: The Widowmaker - 6
The Hurt Locker - 7.5

[Spinal]

Strange Days - 8.5
The Hurt Locker - 8

[kopello]

Near Dark - 7
The Hurt Locker - 7

I saw K-19 a long time ago and the only thing I remember was Harrison Ford was in it, and something about submarines...

[Stay Puft]

The Hurt Locker - 7

Been too long since I've seen Point Break, though I enjoyed it. Only thing that stands out in my mind now, other than the ending, is the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers shooting himself in the foot.

[Sven]

Near Dark (1987) - 5.5
Blue Steel (1989) - 5.5
Point Break (1991) - 9
Strange Days (1995) - 7
The Weight of Water (2000) - 4
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) - 7
The Hurt Locker (2008) - 7

[Pop Trash]

Near Dark -7
Point Break -8
The Hurt Locker -7

Near Dark needs a rewatch. Point Break definitely has some early 90s cheese, but I love it anyways.

[soitgoes...]

Near Dark (1987) - 7.0
Blue Steel (1990) - 3.0
Point Break (1991) - 6.5
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) - 3.0
The Hurt Locker (2008) - 7.5

[B-side]

The Hurt Locker- 7

[eternity]

Near Dark (1987) 9.5
Point Break (1991) 10
Strange Days (1995) 8
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) 4
The Hurt Locker (2008) 9

I like her.

[EyesWideOpen]

I've seen Point Break and Strange Days but it's been so long I don't remember anything about either of them.

The Hurt Locker - 9

[Rowland]

Near Dark (1987) 6.0
Point Break (1991) 7.5
The Weight of Water (2000) 3.5
The Hurt Locker (2008) 7.0

[Dead & Messed Up]

Near Dark - 9
The Hurt Locker - 8

[hey it's ethan]

Near Dark - 9
Point Break - 10
K-19 : The Widowmaker - 4
The Hurt Locker - 9.5

I should mention that she's at the moment my #1 celebrity crush.

[Yxklyx]

Near Dark - 8
The Hurt Locker - 8

[trotchky]

Strange Days - 8
The Hurt Locker - 7.5

[MadMan]

If I find the time I'll finally watch Strange Days. Regardless, I like her so far as a film maker:

Near Dark (1987)-9.0
Point Break (1991)-8.0
The Hurt Locker (2009)-9.5

[Mysterious Dude]

Near Dark - 9
Strange Days - 7.5
The Hurt Locker - 8

[thefourthwall]

Near Dark (1987) -- 5 (there's a full extra point there for never using the word "vampire")
Blue Steel (1989) -- 8
Point Break (1991) -- 7
Strange Days (1995) -- 7.5

Netflix doesn't want me to see The Hurt Locker.

[Raiders]

Near Dark (1987) -- 5

At least you're both dedicated to each other's failure.

[Derek]

Near Dark - 6.0
Point Break - 7.0
Strange Days - 7.0
The Hurt Locker - 8.0

[Ezee E]

Blue Steel is a big misfire from Bigelow. What starts off as a good atmospheric piece about someone that's tunnel visioned and quick to draw a gun goes to a silly plot about someone that's killing people on the streets, and also obsessed with the cop. Ugh.

Blah. Updated ratings.

[StanleyK]

Near Dark - 6
The Hurt Locker - 7

[dreamdead]

Sorry, all. Real life has gotten in the way recently. The end of the semester looms, thankfully.

Results
The Hurt Locker - 7.92 (25)
Point Break - 7.7188 (16)
Strange Days - 7.5 (11)
Near Dark - 7.3333 (21)
Blue Steel - 5.3333 (6)
K-19 The Widowmaker - 4.8 (5)
Overall = 6.7676

Did not qualify:
The Weight of Water - 3.75 (2)