Match Cut Directors Consensus - Aleksei German

[StanleyK]

So here we are: the last ever MC directors consensus week!*



http://www.rusfilm.pitt.edu/2002/images/german.jpg

Filmography (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0314516/#director)

*
Unless we're planning on coming up with a new batch for 2011, of course.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Well, we're certainly going out with a bang. :|

[soitgoes...]

Well, we're certainly going out with a bang. :|Obscure, yeah, but he seems to be more solid than a number of directors we've done.

My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1984) - 9.0
Khrustalyov, My Car! (1998) - 7.0

[Bosco B Thug]

*awkward shuffling*

[MadMan]

Yeah I can't say I've heard of him :lol:

[Ezee E]

I thought this was a joke.

[balmakboor]

Yeah I can't say I've heard of him :lol:

Oh, I've heard of him, but only around here. Haven't seen anything though and probably never will unless I get over my KG-phobia.

[Derek]

It'd be shame to end this before doing Garry Marshall or Rob Cohen (link pleez if we have, been dying to see if MC prefers Beaches to Exit to Eden or not!). I mean, everyone's already seen films from those guys, so we'd only have to worry about quickly jotting down numbers and not giving a shit about the results rather than this bullshit idea of trying to get recommendations of potentially great yet unexplored directors.


My Friend Ivan Lapshin - 7.5

[Boner M]

Trial on the Road - 7

[Winston*]

It'd be shame to end this before doing Garry Marshall or Rob Cohen (link pleez if we have, been dying to see if MC prefers Beaches to Exit to Eden or not!). I mean, everyone's already seen films from those guys, so we'd only have to worry about quickly jotting down numbers and not giving a shit about the results rather than this bullshit idea of trying to get recommendations of potentially great yet unexplored directors.


Is this sarcasm?

[Derek]

Is this sarcasm?

Who wouldn't want to know what everyone else thinks of Garry Marshall? A magpie, that's who.

[balmakboor]

Is this sarcasm?

Why do you say that? I know I'm dying to re-watch and rate and rank all of Garry Marshall's films.

[MadMan]

I'd have to check, but I don't think I've seen a lot of Rob Cohen or Gary Marshall movies, either. Good sarcastic post, though. I half-heartedly salute the effort.

[soitgoes...]

It'd be shame to end this before doing Garry Marshall or Rob Cohen (link pleez if we have, been dying to see if MC prefers Beaches to Exit to Eden or not!). I mean, everyone's already seen films from those guys, so we'd only have to worry about quickly jotting down numbers and not giving a shit about the results rather than this bullshit idea of trying to get recommendations of potentially great yet unexplored directors.



Against my better judgment, but:

Rob Cohen:
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) - 4.0
Dragonheart (1996) - 3.0
The Fast and the Furious (2001) - 3.5
xXx (2002) - 2.0

Garry Marshall:
Overboard (1987) - 3.0
Pretty Woman (1990) - 5.5
Exit to Eden (1994) - 1.5
Runaway Bride (1999) - 2.0
The Princess Diaries (2001) - 4.0

With this post both Rob Cohen and Garry Marshall have more films rated than Aleksei German in his own thread.

[B-side]

My Friend Ivan Lapshin - 8

[Kurosawa Fan]

It'd be shame to end this before doing Garry Marshall or Rob Cohen (link pleez if we have, been dying to see if MC prefers Beaches to Exit to Eden or not!). I mean, everyone's already seen films from those guys, so we'd only have to worry about quickly jotting down numbers and not giving a shit about the results rather than this bullshit idea of trying to get recommendations of potentially great yet unexplored directors.


My Friend Ivan Lapshin - 7.5

You're so right. I can't wait to search exhaustively to find a collection of films that seems to be headed for a 7.5 out of 10 in a Match Cut consensus! I mean, movies that promising need to be seen immediately! Fuck, I better dig through all of these threads and make a list of all the films that ended in the sevens. Who knows what other moderately good gems I've been missing! Also, can't wait for all of these films to not have enough votes to qualify. I mean, nothing like ending on a director who won't show up in the final cut of our film database!

[Derek]

You're so right. I can't wait to search exhaustively to find a collection of films that seems to be headed for a 7.5 out of 10 in a Match Cut consensus! I mean, movies that promising need to be seen immediately! Fuck, I better dig through all of these threads and make a list of all the films that ended in the sevens. Who knows what other moderately good gems I've been missing! Also, can't wait for all of these films to not have enough votes to qualify. I mean, nothing like ending on a director who won't show up in the final cut of our film database!

Well, Qrazy and endingcredits would both give Ivan Lapshin a 10 and it's on the 1,000 Films to See Before You Die list. I appreciate that you take my rating as scripture, as you should, but there are plenty of people who consider him a great filmmaker. Point is, what do we get out of compiling everyone's ratings ONLY of filmmakers we've all heard of and films we've all either seen or already heard of!? Not to go all baby doll, but christ, it does get frustrating when people get pissy about any challenge to the traditional canon (let's rate and rank Kubrick for the 19th time, yeah!!) or *gasp* having a consensus thread that might get you to check out films you've never heard of instead of remind you to see films you already planned on seeing.

[MadMan]

Final grading for Derek and KF's sarcastic posts:

KF's=Funny
Derek's=Kind of amusing

Verdict: KF wins. What does he win? Nothing. Pride, maybe.

PS: Derek's retort though was quite good. I liked that.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Well, Qrazy and endingcredits would both give Ivan Lapshin a 10 and it's on the 1,000 Films to See Before You Die list. I appreciate that you take my rating as scripture, as you should, but there are plenty of people who consider him a great filmmaker. Point is, what do we get out of compiling everyone's ratings ONLY of filmmakers we've all heard of and films we've all either seen or already heard of!? Not to go all baby doll, but christ, it does get frustrating when people get pissy about any challenge to the traditional canon (let's rate and rank Kubrick for the 19th time, yeah!!) or *gasp* having a consensus thread that might get you to check out films you've never heard of instead of remind you to see films you already planned on seeing.

Yeeeeaaaaahhhhh, but I was only commenting on him being the final director, not him being part of the consensus at all. Also, Qrazy and endingcredits ratings are not in this thread. Only one nine and a couple other sevens. Ssssssoooooooooooo... I win.

[MadMan]

I will say that the amusing debate in this thread has motivated me to maybe one day see one of German's movies ;)

[Russ]

So I think Qrazy was actually Irish.


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[endingcredits]

Somehow I overlooked this thread. After multiple viewings of most of these, I'll go with

My Friend Ivan Lapshin - 10
Trial On The Road - 9.0
Khrustalyov, My Car! - 8.5
Twenty Days Without War - 7.5.

German is definitely worthy of having a consensus on. The fact that he's the grand finale pleases me.

[Qrazy]

My Friend Ivan Lapshin - 10
Trial On The Road - 9
Khrustalyov, My Car! - 8.5
Twenty Days Without War - 8

I'll try to view his last film by tomorrow.

[origami_mustache]

My Friend Ivan Lapshin - 9

[endingcredits]

I'll try to view his last film by tomorrow.

He has another film after Khrustalyov, My Car!?

[soitgoes...]

He has another film after Khrustalyov, My Car!?I think he means the last German film for him to watch, The Seventh Companion.

[endingcredits]

I think he means the last German film for him to watch, The Seventh Companion.

Ah, I've got this one planned for tomorrow.

[endingcredits]

The Seventh Companion - 8.0

[StanleyK]

Results:

My Friend Ivan Lapshin - 8.917 (6)

Didn't make it:

Trial on the Road - 8.333 (3)
Khrustalyov, My Car! - 8.000 (3)
The Seventh Companion - 8.000 (1)
Twenty Days without War - 7.750 - (2)

Most seen: endingcredits

[Qrazy]

DAMN THAT ENDINGCREDITS

[endingcredits]

Most seen: endingcredits

w00t!!

[Qrazy]

So has this thread had the desired effect of inspiring some of you MCers to check out these films?

[Qrazy]

I'll take that as a no. Also, I hate you guys.

[Megiddo]

Well I'm in the process of checking them out, but that had less to do with the thread and more to do with endingcredits threatening physical violence when I told him I had only seen The Seventh Companion.

[elixir]

I just downloaded My Friend Ivan Lapshin. I'll watch it soon--and I wouldn't have without this thread.

[Qrazy]

Win sauce.

[Raiders]

I will never, ever watch one of his films.

[endingcredits]

I will never, ever watch one of his films.

Eh, nobody cares about what you have to say anyways.

[elixir]

My Friend Ivan Lapshin - 9

It really is fantastic. You guys should check it out. Here's a pretty high quality video (http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/drama/watch/v19375563rmGrszea) I found. And it's down even a download or anything, you can just watch it right away (well, you have to download a veoh player, but that's quite easy).

[elixir]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksei_German

According to this, he has another movie that came out or is coming out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Arkanar_massacr e

Is that accurate? There are links to Russian articles--does anyone here read Russian?

[soitgoes...]

According to this, he has another movie that came out or is coming out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Arkanar_massacr e

Is that accurate? There are links to Russian articles--does anyone here read Russian?
New German film link (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2183&highlight=german)

[elixir]

New German film link (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2183&highlight=german)

Thanks! I probably should have used the search feature first.