Spike Lee is the greatest film maker of all time

[Thirteen]

Spike Lee is the greatest.  He's the thinking man's film maker.  If you watch one of his movies with your wife or one of your friends, you absolutely have to discuss and talk about the movie afterwards.  He says that a great deal of his inspiration in film making comes from music, you can tell, because his love for music permeates throughout his films.  His music is best for old school fans, he'll drop an old school jazz track, or hand over the whole soundtrack to Stevie Wonder (Jungle Fever) or Public Enemy (He Got Game) and it will all come out perfect.  Right when he's got you caught up in the climax, in the greatest moment of suspense, he'll drop the slooowwweesst, most solemn song you've ever heard.

He's a throwback, his films are always relevant to today's time's but they are always 'grown up' films, intellectual (Bamboozled), groundbreaking (Do the Right Thing), and often he'll hit you with a masterpiece (Malcolm X).  Even his worst movies (He Got Game, 25th Hour, Summer of Sam), you still don't regret watching, because it gave you a perspective on life that you may not have had before you went into the movie.  I'm saying this, and I still have only seen half of this man's movies.  I'll post up some of my favorites later. 

which article did you get this opinion from?

[7even]

"Plus David Fincher is my personal favorite. All his movies shit on everything Spike Lee ever did . Seriously.. Alien 3. The Game. Se7en & Fight Club. Panic Room. Lmao, no director can compare his legacy to that quality-wise. Noone."

Please tell me you're kidding me.  He's a great director, but 'no director can compare to his legacy' ? What the hell are you smoking.  Why does everyone forget every person that's ever lived on the earth, up until the moment they're born? 

Im talking about current directors. I dont think we can compare old ass directors to the new ones in the first place. Total different things to work with.

[Throwback]

i like terrentino and spielberg

[On The Edge of Insanity]

Spike Lee is very dope, but even without really thinking about it I can name Lynch, Scorcese and Tarantino that I would put above him. Would probably be in my top ten though.

[Bramsterdam (see ya)]

Stanley Kubrick >>>> the other film directors

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Stanley Kubrick >>>> the other film directors

Stanley Kubrick is the shit, I'd even put him above Spike Lee, but he's still not the greatest...

[Rain]

Spike Lee is a good director - a bit too self idulgent though

and no where the greatest filmmaker of all time. Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Jean-Luc Godard and Sergei M. Eisenstein all share that title. they've influence film in a way spike never could.

[Sikotic™]

25th Hour was a EXCELLENT movie. Th eending was a little awkward, but I still love that movie. It's just a dialogue movie, some people get bored with it easily.

[Don Jacob]

10 film makers better than spike lee


Matin scorcece
Brian De Palma
Quentin Tarantino
Stanley Kubrick
Steven Speilberg
George Lucas
Sergio Leone
Francis Ford Coppala
Filini(forget the funky spelling)
Oliver Stone

[Leggy Hendrix]

10 film makers better than spike lee


Matin scorcece
Brian De Palma
Quentin Tarantino
Stanley Kubrick
Steven Speilberg
George Lucas
Sergio Leone
Francis Ford Coppala
Filini(forget the funky spelling)
Oliver Stone

thats probably close to my top ten...i havent seen enough Spike Lee movies to say but he'd probably be not too far away...

[7even]

25th Hour was a EXCELLENT movie. Th eending was a little awkward, but I still love that movie. It's just a dialogue movie, some people get bored with it easily.

the ending is just a vision, it's not happening. in the very end he drives in the right direction to get to the prison.. the message of the movie therefore is that there actually is no 25th hour. I was depressed for days after watching this movie, since I was really in the same situation, but not with prison but school lol. now Im repeating the year LOL. 25th hour for me, bitch. 

[Sikotic™]

25th Hour was a EXCELLENT movie. Th eending was a little awkward, but I still love that movie. It's just a dialogue movie, some people get bored with it easily.

the ending is just a vision, it's not happening. in the very end he drives in the right direction to get to the prison.. the message of the movie therefore is that there actually is no 25th hour. I was depressed for days after watching this movie, since I was really in the same situation, but not with prison but school lol. now Im repeating the year LOL. 25th hour for me, bitch. 

I can relate to that too. Had to make up math during the summer. Not fun.

[Sikx]

i like spielberg and fincher, spike lee is dope too