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Post by lowtacks86 on May 24, 2021 14:03:58 GMT
I guess I'm comparing them because they're often accused of being "Spielberg-lite", which do you prefer? Zemmeckis for me (I liked Roger Rabbit more than pretty much anything Howard made)
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Post by movielover on May 24, 2021 14:11:01 GMT
Zemeckis, although I like both.
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 24, 2021 14:18:34 GMT
Zemeckis. Apollo 13 was great, yet I even really like Polar Express & Christmas Carol.
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Post by kolchak92 on May 24, 2021 14:45:50 GMT
Zemeckis, but Howard is a fine director as well.
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Post by kolchak92 on May 24, 2021 14:52:06 GMT
Honestly, I've never really gotten why Howard is considered Spielberg-lite, Zemeckis I get, Howard not so much. Is it because he likes casting Tom Hanks? I mean like, Night Shift, Far and Away, Parenthood, Willow, The Paper, Ransom, EDTV, A Beautiful Mind, The Missing, Rush etc., none of those really seem like Spielberg films to me.
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Post by politicidal on May 24, 2021 20:17:42 GMT
Just barely giving the edge to Robert Zemeckis.
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Post by mgmarshall on May 24, 2021 20:21:41 GMT
Joe Dante beats them both as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by moviemouth on May 24, 2021 20:26:13 GMT
I have never heard of Ron Howard being called Spielberg lite, nor do I see how he how someone could call him that.
Zemeckis is the better director overall, but I like them about equally.
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Post by sdrew13163 on May 24, 2021 21:31:00 GMT
Zemeckis because of Cast Away, Roger Rabbit, and his two mo-cap Christmas movies.
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Post by Ass_E9 on May 24, 2021 23:00:01 GMT
Ron Howard strikes me as a good craftsman who bats for average, while Robert Zemeckis knocks them out of the park with moments of great technical innovation while making clunkers in between. But I haven't kept up with either in a while.
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Post by James on May 24, 2021 23:19:34 GMT
Zemeckis
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Post by sdrew13163 on May 25, 2021 0:17:03 GMT
A bit of an interesting aspect of this (for me at least) is that Cast Away is the most impressive directing showcase that I've seen from either of them, but it's pretty much an exact Spielberg mimicry.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on May 25, 2021 4:15:00 GMT
Zemeckis directed the BTTF trilogy and Roger Rabbit, so he earns my vote without much contest.
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Post by ck100 on May 25, 2021 5:43:07 GMT
I'd say Zemeckis.
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Post by Vits on May 25, 2021 9:08:23 GMT
Ron Howard - 5.8/10
Robert Zemeckis - 6.9/10
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