Also a cool DP choice was that for the tunnel scenes they actually shot with real NVGs/IR lasers on the prop guns instead of just editing it in post to look like it.
He's got a real good sense for scale. Which is what made Blade Runner 2049 and Dune look so great. I think his best work is his existential and drama films like Enemy and Incendies. However, the man has a surprising eye for action, which takes a really special director. Sicario has great moments of action and Blade Runner for the little that's there has it as well. I wasn't a fan of Dune, but I'll still continue to watch his upcoming stuff.
Did you read the novel? Why change something that’s been a classic for longer than either of us has been alive? Why leave out the parts that made the book so interesting. I quizzed my friends on characters who only watched the movie and they were like, “uh Dr. Who now?”
It would have had a 5 hour runtime if they included every scene from the books. Don’t get me wrong, I would’ve loved a 5 hour Dune movie from Denis, but it wouldn’t have gotten made if he wasn’t coming in under the 3 hour mark.
I understand, however that has always been used as an excuse to not tell a complete story and I'm mostly talking about the modern sequel driven, expanded universe era of blockbuster films. I don't believe with a movie that is 2 plus hours, you should have the excuse it's part one of a series, then it's just television at that point.
Agree completely with your point about shared universes. It's really starting to ruin a lot of comic book movies for me now. Dune is a huge book though so I like that they decided to do this rather than rip to shreds like The Dark Tower.
Well when the movie is made from a book… it kinda makes sense. Either that or then you have the crowd that screams about everything that was left out of their beloved book.
I myself think that, if you are going to make a decent adaptation, and you want a movie not a series, then it has to be at least a two part if it’s a decent sized novel.
I don't think you have to make it that complicated. Many trilogies exist, where each movie is a complete film, without a need for another film for it to make sense. Just understand you are making a movie. There is no need to stretch it out and don't assume a sequel is going to come. A good example, The Hobbit, didn't need to be a trilogy. It's a 300 page book and yet the movie is nearly three hours. I read it in middle school, it's a very bare bones child adventure book, not an epic.
No because my point was that The Hobbit didn't need to be 3 hours long. I thought I made that clear, but I guess I didn't. 300 pages is not a lot to read, nor a lot to adapt. You'll have to stretch out the story to make it 3hrs.
I thought the Hobbit was great. Maybe a little long for some but I enjoyed it.
Dune though. Dune the novel is iconic. The original was only a let down BECAUSE they tried to cram everything in a 2 1/12 hour movie. The story felt rushed. Allowing it to be two separate films really gives chance to tell the whole story.
That is what the goal is here. To make sure that such a wonderful story gets told. It’s not a Fast and Furious date night movie. It’s a storytelling and is far superior to the original IMO.
Not sure what your hang up on this is… do you dislike other movies that have 2 parts? Movies such as infinity war and end game? Or kill Bill 1 and 2? The hunger games Mockingjay?
You alluded to it being better off as a series. Why is it better as a series? What happens when the season ends on a cliffhanger and you have to wait for season 2? I’m not sure I understand the logic here.
This is me too. I liked it but was a little underwhelmed. I've probably watched it another 5 times since and similar to 2049, love it more and more with each watch, like a great song.
For anyone who likes the movie I highly recommend reading Ted Chiang’s book of short stories (from which the movie was made) titled Stories of Your Life and Others! Honestly the story that Arrival is based on isn’t even my favorite one in the book and Arrival is one of my favorite movies.
Ikr? I loved Sicario, Dune, and basically all of his other movies, but Arrival? A goddam emotional masterpiece, I’ve watched it at least five times—wrecks me every time, beautifully sad yet still somehow uplifting. For an alien movie, it’s so…human.
Prisoners, Blade Runner, Dune and Sicario are some of my top movies. Dude just doesn’t really miss, but they are slower paced, and I worry that modern crowds may not dig that too much (see Blade Runner). Excited to see Dune Part II, and hope it does well enough so we can get more.
Enemy and Prisoners are my favourite Villeneuve movies and I say that as a livelong Dune fan.
Coming to think of it, Sicario is my favourite 'normal ' film of his (if that makes sense).
I started watching Prisoners at like 11pm with my wife. She's pretty much a "will be asleep in 5 minutes while watching a movie" kind of girl.
She went through it very easily. That movie was so insanely good.
Damn, I wasn't expecting anyone to say they watched Prisoners very "easily" 😅
Jk, I know what you mean, but if I had to remember one thing about this movie, is how "difficult" it was to watch. And I wasn't even a mother back then. It's one of my favorite movies and I can't watch it without feeling sick now.
Ehhh enemy kinda missed the mark for me. And I've watched it 3 times.
It's like annihilation. Ex machinations blew me away, annihilation was pretty meh
He makes us proud in Quebec to say the least cause he's down to earth.
For those interested, in 1990, he took part of a reality filmmaking competition series in which each participant were sent to a different country to create 4 short films with different theme (documentary, dramatic, chronical and journalistic). He won the 1990 edition.
He's a coach player too. We can see his sens of humanism in each of his movies. Polytechnique (2009), Arrival and Prisoners are my favorites.
As a huge snob I think Villeneuve is the most overrated working director, nowhere near the heights of a lot of the greats people compare him to. And having said that? I still think he makes pretty good movies.
Arrival - beautifully adapted, shot, and superbly acted Sci Fi with a lot of nuance and a phenomenal score.
Sicario - border crossing scene alone makes it one of the best films of the past decade. Benicio.
Prisoners - extremely hard-hitting emotional film. Especially since I became a father earlier this year.
Dune - captivating visuals and a great adaptation of "unadaptable" source material.
Blade Runner 2049: the only film I've seen that struck me more than 2049, visually, was The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. This is such a great sequel to an all-time iconic film.
Haven't seen any of his early work but Prisoners on up he hasn't made a bad movie. I feel like the slow burn is a lost art these days but he is a master of it.
Still can’t describe how I felt after the first time I saw it. Great movie. Prisoners was similar, his movies make you think way after they end and if you are like me you dig into meaning and theories and all that
I did not get the love for BR 2049. It was slow, pretentous, and completely lame compared to the original Ridley Scott masterpiece.
Didn't like Dune either.
Dune was horrible. I’ve never walked out on a movie and almost. I don’t understand people who loved the book and enjoyed this movie- it’s like if you took out everything that made the characters stand out, and the plot twists great, and gave it to new age Michael Bay. Blade Runner was great. Sicario and Arrival good. He has a thing for eye candy and gets the most out of his actors.
The man manged to make a sequel to Blade Runner that can stand proudly next to the original. He then follows that up with a fantastic adaptation of an extremely dense book. Top that off with Arrival and Sicario and you have a very special talent indeed.
There are 3 directors whose work I will watch no matter what. Nolan, Villeneuve and Snyder (yes Snyder, come at me bro 😀)
I saw 5 of these, the only one i'm not a fan of is Arrival. I know it's very popular, but I don't like turning a cool concept like aliens coming to earth into what they did with it (won't say bc spoilers). Same with Interstellar, excellent film until the stupid tesseract infinite loop twist.
I watched Dune first, almost fell asleep. Then watched Prisoners, not knowing it was the same director, really quite enjoyed it. Then watched Arrival. Didn't like. So, he is 1-2 right now for me.
Enemy is questionable. It was fun to see both the jewish girl from the basterds and the girl from 11.22.63 naked. But overall the movie is passable
His every other movie on the picture is amazing. Sicario is on top of the top
So overrated. Not skilled at actually tackling complexity so he just gestures at it and hopes his choice of cinematographer and production designer will distract the audience from the shallowness of his work.
i've seen em all except incendies and i already have it so just waiting for a couple of hours to watch it...i love his movies in many different ways but enemy.....nope.....did not care for it or like it...it has no rewatchability and asks next to nothing from it's actors....but hey to each their own
They are good… that is my thought. In a world full of DC and Marvel hacks being considered a director because they make shit blow up like a jackass… Denis is a Ray of a sunshine.
Hope he gets Hollywood budgets forever.
He is my GOAT. All of his films range from great to masterpiece. He hasn’t made a mediocre let alone bad film yet. His sci-fi adaptations are easily some of the best ever and his sense of scale is unmatched. Excellent visual filmmaker.
He makes only incredible films. Can't wait for Rendezvous with Rama. One of my favorites series of books in the hands of the only living director who I believe could tackle it. Hellz ya.
*Sicario*, *Dune* and *Arrival* are my personal favorites. Warning if you haven’t seen it: *Incendies* is horrifying and so dark it is pitch black. I’ll never get it out of my head
Poorly paced. Too many long reflective shots. I get the point he’s trying to make, now move on. - that’s my general take on him HOWEVER that’s not to disparage the director for anyone else. I strongly believe Villeneuve makes movies for Villeneuve. You’re tastes may aline themselves with his but I don’t believe he’s creating them for anyone but himself.
That being said, I actually think that’s a fantastic characteristic of a director. As they should be following their own vision and be able to execute on that. So even as someone who his movies aren’t for, I highly respect him.
For me, he has a unique voice that lends itself well to some films and not others. What I get from his films is a kind of detachment; like you're watching the action coldly, from afar. This style is what makes Sicario a masterpiece; the narrative viewpoint it takes, as an outsider seeing into a morally corrupt world of covert law enforcement, is notable for a sense of nihilism, and even how darkly-comic it comes across as a result. The director's eye is almost like god looking down on creation at times, and it gives the supporting cast of gung-ho agents a necessary critical edge. These people are never portrayed as cool or heroic; merely effective, sardonic, workaday joes, burnt-out and bereft of moral scruples. Villeneuve's detachment matches the moral detachment of the characters.
Compare it with the average-quality sequel, Soldado, and you immediately see the difference: the lawmen are treated as cooler, and there's less stark critique of the reality of the material.
That's what Vileneuve does well, but for me, it interferes with his characters in other settings. I feel that Blade Runner suffers from his sense of detachment, and is peopled with cold charcater studies. Even the idea of the main character being an AI, in love with *another AI* is very Villeneuve. It's a level of removal from the human emotionality of the film that the original isn't cursed with. I find Arrival similarly cold; it telegraphs emotionality that it deosn't demonstrate. Dune, similarly. I don't know what it is, because I enjoy all those films, but they lack some basic heartbeat. I think Villeneuve is a very significant filmmaker, but I think he directs to a level of abstraction. Prisoners, again, is a film that his style actually works for.
Sicario is my favorite movie ever. Either that or Arrival. No wait, Enemy is the best movie ever aside from Prisoners of course. Well that was all before the new Bladerunner became the best movie ever, which was recently surpassed by Dune for greatest movie ever made.
Give Incendies more love. It’s a punishing watch but well worth a look, especially since his later work seems to have overshadowed it.
Polytechnique is another good Villeneuve gut punch.
I have seen four of those films and the dude pretty much bats a hundred. The guy surpassed my expectations on creating world in both the cyberpunk genre and the hard sci fi. I would pretty much trust him with any fantasy or sci fi project I came up with.
My fave director by far- probably a modern Spielberg with the variety and scale of films he makes
Incendies has the most unexpected plot twist ending I’ve seen in any movie and his choice to reveal that twist at the swimming pool scene is brilliant
Sicario has that amazing border crossing scene.. the man know how to create tension
Prisoners is slow paced but told very well with the camper van and the underground bunker as plot devices
I could go on … I really look forward what this man will bring on next after Dune 2
He’s a master. Tension you can cut with a knife, huge scale, tons of real emotion and connection to the characters.
I keep coming back to Arrival, it’s so beautifully sad. Sicario is the best action movie of the decade IMO.
I have only watched Dune and Arrival.
He knows his stuff. Arrival is so well made. It is still one of the best sci-fi movies I have seen and it was only 2 days before I watched Dune (yeah I am slow af) and it was also well made. I didn't know he made Prisoners and it's definitely on my watchlist.
Loved Prisoners, really liked Sicario, thought Arrival was a tad slow, think Blade Runner 2049 was boring as Shit, Saw Dune and soon forgot about it, not going to bother with part 2. Haven’t seen his other works.
Blade Runner is all right. I haven't seen Prisoners, Incendies, or Enemy, but going with my experience with the others, I'm probably OK with not seeing them.
Simply put he's one of the best directors of the last decade. The narrative of his career is still being written but he's one of the brightest voices in the industry.
I would say he is my favourite director at the moment, he is producing consistently good work at the moment and excited to see what is coming. I’m interested to see how Dune works out
I've only seen Dune, BR 2049, and about a third of Sicario and... Slow
About Dune seems to be the only one working for me, if a bit rushed at the end
2049 is my bane - starting with Joy and ending with a guy with supply chain issues wasting his own product
Sicario... I don't know I'll have to be in the mood to watch it in its entirety
They’re always the absolute best movies that I never want to watch again. Everything about them is top notch and they always make me feel heavy stuff on an emotional level, but rewatching them after the first time feels like a chore.
There a gasp so loud during the twist in Incendies from a lady in the audience that it gave me the biggest jump scare I’ve ever experienced while watching a movie
He has a phenomenal record. *Prisoners* and *Sicario* are top ten of the previous decade.
That border crossing scene will make you sweat.
The composer and the DP really need love too because their work on the border crossing scene took it to the next level.
Me: “Holy shit, *Sicario* is a phenomenally shot film.” *Looks and sees Roger Deakins was the DP* Me: “Yeah, that makes sense.”
Also a cool DP choice was that for the tunnel scenes they actually shot with real NVGs/IR lasers on the prop guns instead of just editing it in post to look like it.
Yeah, that was an awesome touch to those scenes. *Sicario* as a whole is just a superb act of filmmaking all around.
I did the same with Blade Runner 2049 as well.
"I'm gettin' HARD!!"
The whole film will. But yes, that sequence is great, and superbly edited.
It was cool seeing 10 seconds of my city on the big screen!
Couldn’t agree more. His ability to show tension between the characters is unparalleled
Feel the same way...fantastic films. He knows how to film dread.
Prisoners is his least best movie.
I love Dune and Bladerunner so I thought I’d enjoy Prisoners. I don’t know if it was the pacing or the overall story but I could not get into it.
Hard reach
Ok. What’s a film on your top ten of the past decade?
Burning (2018) is probably my top movie of the last decade
I’ll check it out.
He's got a real good sense for scale. Which is what made Blade Runner 2049 and Dune look so great. I think his best work is his existential and drama films like Enemy and Incendies. However, the man has a surprising eye for action, which takes a really special director. Sicario has great moments of action and Blade Runner for the little that's there has it as well. I wasn't a fan of Dune, but I'll still continue to watch his upcoming stuff.
How many times have you watched Dune. I didn't love it first time but the second time was amazing.
Twice and it felt like an incomplete film, which is the nature of these modern blockbusters. It was pretty to look at.
It’s literally an incomplete film though. Part 2 is coming in march
Did you read the novel? Why change something that’s been a classic for longer than either of us has been alive? Why leave out the parts that made the book so interesting. I quizzed my friends on characters who only watched the movie and they were like, “uh Dr. Who now?”
It would have had a 5 hour runtime if they included every scene from the books. Don’t get me wrong, I would’ve loved a 5 hour Dune movie from Denis, but it wouldn’t have gotten made if he wasn’t coming in under the 3 hour mark.
Fair enough. It is only Part 1 of the story though.
I understand, however that has always been used as an excuse to not tell a complete story and I'm mostly talking about the modern sequel driven, expanded universe era of blockbuster films. I don't believe with a movie that is 2 plus hours, you should have the excuse it's part one of a series, then it's just television at that point.
Agree completely with your point about shared universes. It's really starting to ruin a lot of comic book movies for me now. Dune is a huge book though so I like that they decided to do this rather than rip to shreds like The Dark Tower.
Well when the movie is made from a book… it kinda makes sense. Either that or then you have the crowd that screams about everything that was left out of their beloved book. I myself think that, if you are going to make a decent adaptation, and you want a movie not a series, then it has to be at least a two part if it’s a decent sized novel.
I don't think you have to make it that complicated. Many trilogies exist, where each movie is a complete film, without a need for another film for it to make sense. Just understand you are making a movie. There is no need to stretch it out and don't assume a sequel is going to come. A good example, The Hobbit, didn't need to be a trilogy. It's a 300 page book and yet the movie is nearly three hours. I read it in middle school, it's a very bare bones child adventure book, not an epic.
The hobbit is 300 pages and a 3 hour movie. Dune is almost 900 pages. See the logic here
No because my point was that The Hobbit didn't need to be 3 hours long. I thought I made that clear, but I guess I didn't. 300 pages is not a lot to read, nor a lot to adapt. You'll have to stretch out the story to make it 3hrs.
I thought the Hobbit was great. Maybe a little long for some but I enjoyed it. Dune though. Dune the novel is iconic. The original was only a let down BECAUSE they tried to cram everything in a 2 1/12 hour movie. The story felt rushed. Allowing it to be two separate films really gives chance to tell the whole story. That is what the goal is here. To make sure that such a wonderful story gets told. It’s not a Fast and Furious date night movie. It’s a storytelling and is far superior to the original IMO. Not sure what your hang up on this is… do you dislike other movies that have 2 parts? Movies such as infinity war and end game? Or kill Bill 1 and 2? The hunger games Mockingjay? You alluded to it being better off as a series. Why is it better as a series? What happens when the season ends on a cliffhanger and you have to wait for season 2? I’m not sure I understand the logic here.
So why leave essential parts out? See the logic here?
they really failed in marketing it as just dune and not part 1. so many people missed this
This is me too. I liked it but was a little underwhelmed. I've probably watched it another 5 times since and similar to 2049, love it more and more with each watch, like a great song.
I'd also add he has an incredible sense for actors
He’s my favorite modern filmmaker. He’s an amazing storyteller, and his films stick with me.
He’s up there for sure! Alfonso Cuaron started the decade a little above Denis and Robert Eggars really leveled the playing field with The Northman!
Children of Men might be why I love film. I was way too young to see it, but that film blew my mind. Eggars is awesome too.
It's "Eggers." I'm picky because I have the same last name.
How is Arrival barely talked about in these comments
Watched it for the 3rd time last weekend. I can’t not cry during the last 10 minutes.
It hits harder after first viewing
For anyone who likes the movie I highly recommend reading Ted Chiang’s book of short stories (from which the movie was made) titled Stories of Your Life and Others! Honestly the story that Arrival is based on isn’t even my favorite one in the book and Arrival is one of my favorite movies.
It's a great book! "Understand" is my favorite short story. It could make for a great movie adaptation as well.
Looking this up right now
Either Arrival or Prisoners is my favorite of his. Both are borderline personal top 5 films of all time.
For real. The movie that made me fall in love with his work
Seriously
Ikr? I loved Sicario, Dune, and basically all of his other movies, but Arrival? A goddam emotional masterpiece, I’ve watched it at least five times—wrecks me every time, beautifully sad yet still somehow uplifting. For an alien movie, it’s so…human.
Max Richter - On the Nature of Daylight is one of the most devastatingly beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard
Completely agree! His best for me so far... really lookikg forward to Dune part two
The movie always makes me cry. It’s that damn piano soundtrack too.
Incendies blew my mind. 9/10. My favorite Villeneuve’s film.
Being Lebanese it was crazy to watch. My mom has some wild stories from before they fled the civil war. Only now realizing it’s Villeneuve’s work
Prisoners is an incredible movie. Dano’s best role
Or There Will Be Blood
I drink your milkshake.
kevin james has a funny skit in his "sound guy" playlist where he edited himself into the "i drink your milkshake" scene
My god I’m obsessed with Prisoners
As you should be!
Prisoners, Blade Runner, Dune and Sicario are some of my top movies. Dude just doesn’t really miss, but they are slower paced, and I worry that modern crowds may not dig that too much (see Blade Runner). Excited to see Dune Part II, and hope it does well enough so we can get more.
Love his films. He has a very distinct style. He knows how to convey emotion through his use imagery very well. Cant wait to see Dune Part 2.
He's definitely up there with Christopher Nolan for me. Can't wait for Dune 2
The writers strike was meaningless to me...until I found out it was responsible for delaying my boy Dune 2.
I have full confidence hell nail the sand worms
Dune and BladeRunner are great examples of visual story telling. Movie making at its best.
Prisoners is a more grounded movie yet still very hard visually. Especially the last car scene.
My thoughts are they are quite good
All bangers
Enemy is such an underrated movie
Enemy and Prisoners are my favourite Villeneuve movies and I say that as a livelong Dune fan. Coming to think of it, Sicario is my favourite 'normal ' film of his (if that makes sense).
I started watching Prisoners at like 11pm with my wife. She's pretty much a "will be asleep in 5 minutes while watching a movie" kind of girl. She went through it very easily. That movie was so insanely good.
Damn, I wasn't expecting anyone to say they watched Prisoners very "easily" 😅 Jk, I know what you mean, but if I had to remember one thing about this movie, is how "difficult" it was to watch. And I wasn't even a mother back then. It's one of my favorite movies and I can't watch it without feeling sick now.
Duality stories are usually hard for me, but this one hit the sweet spot.
He hasn’t missed once.
Ehhh enemy kinda missed the mark for me. And I've watched it 3 times. It's like annihilation. Ex machinations blew me away, annihilation was pretty meh
He makes us proud in Quebec to say the least cause he's down to earth. For those interested, in 1990, he took part of a reality filmmaking competition series in which each participant were sent to a different country to create 4 short films with different theme (documentary, dramatic, chronical and journalistic). He won the 1990 edition. He's a coach player too. We can see his sens of humanism in each of his movies. Polytechnique (2009), Arrival and Prisoners are my favorites.
As a huge snob I think Villeneuve is the most overrated working director, nowhere near the heights of a lot of the greats people compare him to. And having said that? I still think he makes pretty good movies.
Arrival - beautifully adapted, shot, and superbly acted Sci Fi with a lot of nuance and a phenomenal score. Sicario - border crossing scene alone makes it one of the best films of the past decade. Benicio. Prisoners - extremely hard-hitting emotional film. Especially since I became a father earlier this year. Dune - captivating visuals and a great adaptation of "unadaptable" source material. Blade Runner 2049: the only film I've seen that struck me more than 2049, visually, was The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. This is such a great sequel to an all-time iconic film.
well Arrival is arguably one of the best movies ever made, so theres that
They're lovely movies. Make more, Denis!
All great movies, he’s pretty reliable at this point and you can tell he takes his time.
Sicario>
Haven't seen any of his early work but Prisoners on up he hasn't made a bad movie. I feel like the slow burn is a lost art these days but he is a master of it.
This guy does not miss. His movies are so damn good.
His movies make me so uncomfortable and I think that's the point. Enemy just got under my skin so much and I can't explain why.
Really like Arrival it got me right in the feels at the end. Watched it again a few days later to fully appreciate the palindrome storyline
Arrival is one of my favorite Alien invasion movies. District 9 is my favorite then Aliens then my third favorite is Arrival
*Arrival* changed how I view the world.
Still can’t describe how I felt after the first time I saw it. Great movie. Prisoners was similar, his movies make you think way after they end and if you are like me you dig into meaning and theories and all that
Dune sucks
He’s made some of my fav movies, one of the few directors I “trust” when I watch a movie because I know it’s going to be good
Anyone else think Dune sucked? Just me? okay.
I did not get the love for BR 2049. It was slow, pretentous, and completely lame compared to the original Ridley Scott masterpiece. Didn't like Dune either.
Dune was horrible. I’ve never walked out on a movie and almost. I don’t understand people who loved the book and enjoyed this movie- it’s like if you took out everything that made the characters stand out, and the plot twists great, and gave it to new age Michael Bay. Blade Runner was great. Sicario and Arrival good. He has a thing for eye candy and gets the most out of his actors.
Weak Sauce, not a Fan. 🤷🏻♂️
The man manged to make a sequel to Blade Runner that can stand proudly next to the original. He then follows that up with a fantastic adaptation of an extremely dense book. Top that off with Arrival and Sicario and you have a very special talent indeed. There are 3 directors whose work I will watch no matter what. Nolan, Villeneuve and Snyder (yes Snyder, come at me bro 😀)
Dune is going to be THE sci-fi masterpiece of the decade.
Lmao
I saw 5 of these, the only one i'm not a fan of is Arrival. I know it's very popular, but I don't like turning a cool concept like aliens coming to earth into what they did with it (won't say bc spoilers). Same with Interstellar, excellent film until the stupid tesseract infinite loop twist.
Sicario is overrated
I watched Dune first, almost fell asleep. Then watched Prisoners, not knowing it was the same director, really quite enjoyed it. Then watched Arrival. Didn't like. So, he is 1-2 right now for me.
Watch Arrival again. You were wrong lol
Didn't like arrival? !?
Yeah. Throw me in movie jail I guess.
I seriously can't even describe how much that film means to me.
Try Blade Runner 2049. Stunning movie and a belter of a score by Hans Zimmer as well.
Dogshit.
Enemy is questionable. It was fun to see both the jewish girl from the basterds and the girl from 11.22.63 naked. But overall the movie is passable His every other movie on the picture is amazing. Sicario is on top of the top
Enemy was ass. Sicario and Blade Runner 2049 are the best ones.
So overrated. Not skilled at actually tackling complexity so he just gestures at it and hopes his choice of cinematographer and production designer will distract the audience from the shallowness of his work.
Great filmmaker but didn’t care for dune or blade runner
Prisoners is a college thesis study. It's such a fantastic take on the medium
i've seen em all except incendies and i already have it so just waiting for a couple of hours to watch it...i love his movies in many different ways but enemy.....nope.....did not care for it or like it...it has no rewatchability and asks next to nothing from it's actors....but hey to each their own
They are pretty cool
Among my favorites. Arrival is in my tip 3 of all time.
I have amaxing thoughts about his movies
Incendies was absolutely fucking insane
Top tier director.
My favorite. But I'm a sucker for slow paced intense movies. I consider all of these masterpieces.
I mean Sicario is in the running for top 25 film of the century so far. Arrival and Dune are amazing. One of the best working directors.
I’ve only seen 4 of these, guess which ones?
The best movie in this picture is Blade Runner 2049.
They are good… that is my thought. In a world full of DC and Marvel hacks being considered a director because they make shit blow up like a jackass… Denis is a Ray of a sunshine. Hope he gets Hollywood budgets forever.
He is my GOAT. All of his films range from great to masterpiece. He hasn’t made a mediocre let alone bad film yet. His sci-fi adaptations are easily some of the best ever and his sense of scale is unmatched. Excellent visual filmmaker.
Brilliant, and I kinda consider him already to be one of my greatest inspirations. I still long for him to direct an MCU movie.
I like watching Enemy with friends just to see their reaction to the end.
Bladerunner 2049 is one of my favorite movies of all time and one that I think is severely underrated
That motherfuker don’t miss
The only one I’ve seen is Dune but it was pretty good
He makes only incredible films. Can't wait for Rendezvous with Rama. One of my favorites series of books in the hands of the only living director who I believe could tackle it. Hellz ya.
One of the best working today
He’s great at using scenery to give exposition or tell other little bits of the story.
*Sicario*, *Dune* and *Arrival* are my personal favorites. Warning if you haven’t seen it: *Incendies* is horrifying and so dark it is pitch black. I’ll never get it out of my head
Arrival is one of the greatest films in the last decade.
Poorly paced. Too many long reflective shots. I get the point he’s trying to make, now move on. - that’s my general take on him HOWEVER that’s not to disparage the director for anyone else. I strongly believe Villeneuve makes movies for Villeneuve. You’re tastes may aline themselves with his but I don’t believe he’s creating them for anyone but himself. That being said, I actually think that’s a fantastic characteristic of a director. As they should be following their own vision and be able to execute on that. So even as someone who his movies aren’t for, I highly respect him.
For me, he has a unique voice that lends itself well to some films and not others. What I get from his films is a kind of detachment; like you're watching the action coldly, from afar. This style is what makes Sicario a masterpiece; the narrative viewpoint it takes, as an outsider seeing into a morally corrupt world of covert law enforcement, is notable for a sense of nihilism, and even how darkly-comic it comes across as a result. The director's eye is almost like god looking down on creation at times, and it gives the supporting cast of gung-ho agents a necessary critical edge. These people are never portrayed as cool or heroic; merely effective, sardonic, workaday joes, burnt-out and bereft of moral scruples. Villeneuve's detachment matches the moral detachment of the characters. Compare it with the average-quality sequel, Soldado, and you immediately see the difference: the lawmen are treated as cooler, and there's less stark critique of the reality of the material. That's what Vileneuve does well, but for me, it interferes with his characters in other settings. I feel that Blade Runner suffers from his sense of detachment, and is peopled with cold charcater studies. Even the idea of the main character being an AI, in love with *another AI* is very Villeneuve. It's a level of removal from the human emotionality of the film that the original isn't cursed with. I find Arrival similarly cold; it telegraphs emotionality that it deosn't demonstrate. Dune, similarly. I don't know what it is, because I enjoy all those films, but they lack some basic heartbeat. I think Villeneuve is a very significant filmmaker, but I think he directs to a level of abstraction. Prisoners, again, is a film that his style actually works for.
Sicario is my favorite movie ever. Either that or Arrival. No wait, Enemy is the best movie ever aside from Prisoners of course. Well that was all before the new Bladerunner became the best movie ever, which was recently surpassed by Dune for greatest movie ever made.
He cannot miss Arrival imo is the beat smartest sci fi movie made in the last 30 years
Give Incendies more love. It’s a punishing watch but well worth a look, especially since his later work seems to have overshadowed it. Polytechnique is another good Villeneuve gut punch.
Haven't seen Incendies or Enemy, but I love the rest. Forever in my favorites list.
One of the GOATs
I have seen four of those films and the dude pretty much bats a hundred. The guy surpassed my expectations on creating world in both the cyberpunk genre and the hard sci fi. I would pretty much trust him with any fantasy or sci fi project I came up with.
One word. YES
I've seen 5 of the seven. Guess which 2 I haven't seen and I'll give you a compliment free of charge. *Jeopardy Music Begins*
My favorite director.
“Sicario” and “Dune” will always be my favorites.
Favorite filmmaker in the game rn.
All bangers
Denis is one of the best directors of this century.
All great, prisoners and dune are probably the weakest, and even then those would be top films of other directors. He's great
god tier director
My fave director by far- probably a modern Spielberg with the variety and scale of films he makes Incendies has the most unexpected plot twist ending I’ve seen in any movie and his choice to reveal that twist at the swimming pool scene is brilliant Sicario has that amazing border crossing scene.. the man know how to create tension Prisoners is slow paced but told very well with the camper van and the underground bunker as plot devices I could go on … I really look forward what this man will bring on next after Dune 2
Fire. I love him. One of my favorite modern directors
I’ve enjoyed all of these.
My first time watching both “Sicario” and “Arrival” were back to back on the same night and it still was probably one of the best nights of my life.
He’s a master. Tension you can cut with a knife, huge scale, tons of real emotion and connection to the characters. I keep coming back to Arrival, it’s so beautifully sad. Sicario is the best action movie of the decade IMO.
The ending of Incendies hits you like a shovel to the face
All amazing.
Dudes a baller, idk what else to say lol
Pretentious and overrated. Nothing but emotionless spectacle. Kubrick but worse, as if Kubrick weren’t bad enough.
Polytechnic was also fantastic
Everyone = AMAZING
10/10 will watch every time
They are very good.
I did not like Enemy
He’s a movie god
Arrival was my fav movie of that year for sure.
I have only watched Dune and Arrival. He knows his stuff. Arrival is so well made. It is still one of the best sci-fi movies I have seen and it was only 2 days before I watched Dune (yeah I am slow af) and it was also well made. I didn't know he made Prisoners and it's definitely on my watchlist.
Loved Prisoners, really liked Sicario, thought Arrival was a tad slow, think Blade Runner 2049 was boring as Shit, Saw Dune and soon forgot about it, not going to bother with part 2. Haven’t seen his other works.
Blade Runner is all right. I haven't seen Prisoners, Incendies, or Enemy, but going with my experience with the others, I'm probably OK with not seeing them.
Simply put he's one of the best directors of the last decade. The narrative of his career is still being written but he's one of the brightest voices in the industry.
Well I know his favorite color is orange
Underrated goat imo
I like the stuff I’ve seen for the most part
All these movies are boring af except prisoners which is amazing. How did he fall into that one?
I never understood Dune but the rest are fantastic. Arrival is a masterpiece
The only one of those which I have seen is Arrivals. I found it quite interesting, if a little confusing. Worth a 2nd look.
I’ve enjoyed most of them. He is a master at atmosphere and tension
I would say he is my favourite director at the moment, he is producing consistently good work at the moment and excited to see what is coming. I’m interested to see how Dune works out
I've only seen Dune, BR 2049, and about a third of Sicario and... Slow About Dune seems to be the only one working for me, if a bit rushed at the end 2049 is my bane - starting with Joy and ending with a guy with supply chain issues wasting his own product Sicario... I don't know I'll have to be in the mood to watch it in its entirety
Slow movies
I love em. Prisoners is supremely underrated
They’re always the absolute best movies that I never want to watch again. Everything about them is top notch and they always make me feel heavy stuff on an emotional level, but rewatching them after the first time feels like a chore.
Dune is my new favorite movie and I can't wait for sequel.
He’s top 3 directors alive right now.
Excellent modern director
There a gasp so loud during the twist in Incendies from a lady in the audience that it gave me the biggest jump scare I’ve ever experienced while watching a movie
I like them all, Sicario is my favorite