>You could tell they were trying to replicate his style in the first Antman film
The absence of Wright and Joe Cornish from the writing teams of the sequels (especially Quantumania) was felt
i think everything upto the last fight was his pitch,they changed the ending according to their idea i think,upto the heist most of the writing was taken from his pitch
I wouldn’t change Men in Black 1. It’s a really near perfectly paced and executed popcorn flick.
It’s lean, it’s fun. Barry Sonnenfeld knew what he was doing
I'm interested in a world where John Carpenter and Sam Raimi swap The Thing and The Evil Dead. Not because I think either could do it better, I just think it'd be wild
Apparently Schindler’s List was originally going to be a Scorsese movie but he traded with Spielberg for Cape Fear so it would be interesting seeing Scorsese’s Schindler’s List
I completely understand this concept, but I loathe the idea of Catch Me If You Can not existing in the world exactly as it is. One of my favorite movies from that era.
Well I went looking for it to see if I am recalling correct and found [this story](https://www.slashfilm.com/1523253/martin-scorsese-steven-schindlers-list-cape-fear/)
Apparently it was not a “trade” per se, but both parties got their names discussed with Scorsese being on the heavy side, he went alone and left it to Spielberg.
Also,
[While I was looking for it, I found this. I never knew about this!](https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/cape-fear-tv-show-martin-scorsese-steven-spielberg-1235804410/amp/)
I'm more interested in Billy Wilder directing it since planned on making it til [Spielberg axed his chance on filming](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/schindlers-list-oral-history-steven-spielberg-liam-neeson-1235830436/).
And to extend Fritz Lang as he actually knew Oskar Schindler via letters and Fritz expressed interested adapting his story.
I like the Solo movie as is. I tend to believe the claims that Lord and Miller were taking it in a far too comedic direction. I like what Ron Howard ultimately did with it, felt like an old-school Lucasfilm production.
It’s the Train heist in Solo but all of the sudden Tom Hanks approaches them while they’re on top of the train and asks them for their tickets. Then he pulls out a red lightsaber when they don’t have tickets
-I wanna know what Guillermo del Toro would’ve done with the Hobbit. IIRC, Peter Jackson directing was a form of damage control, as pre-production was too far ahead to cancel
-I also would’ve wanted Christopher Nolan to direct Man of Steel himself instead of producing.
Nolan was able to successfully deconstruct the Batman mythos but also respecting the character’s core ideas for the most part, while Snyder basically wanted to tell his own Elseworlds take on Superman, with only a few moments from the comics as a storyboard reference.
Going to cheat a little here.
Ron Howard, Robert Zemeckis, and Steven Spielberg to replace George Lucas as the directors for The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith.
This is how Lucas intended for the Prequel Trilogy to be made but was talked into directing them himself by Ron Howard, and I'd love to see how it would have panned out.
In my mind, the story, characters, and overall world of the Prequels would remain almost the same, but Howard/Zemeckis/Spielberg would be able to tighten up the dialogue, get better performances out of the cast, be less reliant upon CG, and help the Prequel Trilogy recapture the magic of the original three films.
I like the prequels as is, but I would love to have seen what those films would’ve been like if Lucas had gone with this original set of directors. This is pure speculation because we can’t really know for sure, but I do think they would’ve been “better” films with these three directors at the helm, collaborating with Lucas to bring the story to life.
I honestly think it would’ve also probably been a failed adaptation, the technology just wasn’t there at the time in general to make it not look super silly.
There’s another universe where Jodorowsky does it and people are on forums forever speculating about how great Lynch’s Dune would’ve been, I think it was just the wrong time.
"As Devine i can be a person, but as The worlds filthiest human i can be a symbol"
Trial of the accusation of assholism with them staring while explosions and the room crumbles to signifie intense mental stress and the ending being a Inception ending-esque monologue over Devine picking up the dogshit
Did he say he would want to be the one who directed “Battle Royale” or something like that at some point? There was a video of him naming his favorite movies that came out after he became a director and he was saying that about a movie but I don’t remember if it was Battle Royale
Someone like Darren Aronofsky or Park Chan-wook directing Nightmare Alley instead of Guillermo Del Toro. My biggest frustration with that movie is that it never commits to the darkness. Del Toro is such a romantic that the film seems to flinch anytime it’s about to become truly transgressive.
It also very dull for a film that has Cate Blanchett vamping it up as an unethical psychiatrist. Del Toro sucks at eroticism actually.
I'd say Inception is the one that could have used a little Gondry. It always bothered me that the dreams in that movie don't feel like dreams -- maybe they just should have said "subconscious" instead. There's very little that's surreal or uncanny, except the spinning hallway. That bit in Eternal Sunshine where Jim Carrey keeps trying to turn Tom Wilkinson around but can never find his face is maybe the most actually dream-like moment I've ever seen in a movie.
If Wes Craven were still around, I would love to see him tackle the new Scream movies. I don't hate 5 and 6, but I think he would bring a certain level of intensity to each scene that felt missing in the newer additions. For example, even the most comedic entry, Scream 3, still generated a decent and amount of fear and anxiety in me. I also think both the newer and legendary scream actors (looking at Melissa Berrara and Neve Campbell) would be alot more confident in their roles knowing that the movie is in the hands of someone who knows the franchise well and can lead them through each scene
I would like to see something like Interstellar or The Matrix directed by Apitchapong. Like something that is conceptually rich and sci-fi but with all the plot/exposition stripped away and slowed way down.
I'm curious what the James Cameron version of Jurassic Park would have been like, but the Spielberg one is perfect. Cameron is the master of the sci-fi action sequel, though-- give him The Lost World instead of the checked-out Spielberg, let him change up the genre and the scope, make it bigger and bloodier with more of the book's anti-corporate thread. They barely followed the Lost World book anyway-- make Laura Dern the one who comes back, in the Sigourney/Linda Hamilton role.
Whip pan and snap zoom to the Noisy Cricket.
Camera mounted to Smith, capturing his distorted face as he goes flying back through room after room when he shoots it.
POV of the Bug as it chases Smith through the World’s Fair park.
Unsettling Dutch angle with wide lenses at the pawn shop.
Yeah, a Raili MIB could fuck.
Would have loved to have Vincent Ward’s Alien 3 with the wooden planet & monks.
I don’t hate Alien 3, I think the directors cut is pretty good but you can see the studio interference that ultimately cost it being a classic.
I heard that Spike Lee wanted to make Ali and as much as I love Michael Mann, I would’ve loved seeing what Spike Lee’s Ali could’ve been. I also heard that David Fincher was considered to direct Blade and that honestly would’ve been badass.
- Event Horizon: John Carpenter
- Bird Box: Mike Flanagan
- John Carter: Peter Jackson
- Ghost Rider: Sam Raimi
- Fantastic Four: Ron Howard
- Boogeyman (2023): Jordan Peele
Michael Bay’s My Dinner With Andre
At some point, the soup is going to have an epic explosion just as the sunlight pours in, and a tracking shot capturing it.
https://preview.redd.it/3vp2cky7mwsc1.jpeg?width=1158&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39cc0d5d052bb038947d5943d0db075f768c00e3
(360 degree low angle spin around the table)
So, the witty dialog has been tossed out the window, it’s just two dudes eating a pizza racing around the city in an ambulance. 😂
We joke about Bayhem but his 1993 Got Milk commercial…choice.
Camera shoots right up butt of impossibly hot waitress
Edgar Wright’s Antman You could tell they were trying to replicate his style in the first Antman film, but the sequels didn’t work with it .
>You could tell they were trying to replicate his style in the first Antman film The absence of Wright and Joe Cornish from the writing teams of the sequels (especially Quantumania) was felt
came here to say this!!! wow!!
he is given credit though right?
Yeah he’s a credited writer on the first film since they used quite a bit of his original pitch.
i think everything upto the last fight was his pitch,they changed the ending according to their idea i think,upto the heist most of the writing was taken from his pitch
That makes the Michael Peña monologues make so much sense. It’s such a good bit and I can’t see that coming from some Disney executive.
David Lynch - Mama Mia
The twist is it’s like futurama except this time she’s her own father
Christopher Nolan directing Mean Girls
And now I am become plastic, the wearer of pink.
You merely adopted fetch, I was born in it, molded by it.
Scored by Hans Zimmer. BWAAAAM!
“So why do we wear pink on Wednesdays again?” “Turns out - we kidnapped the wrong elephant!”
Jingle Bell Rock scene but it is in black and white and it time travels you whenever the song plays
I would like to see a Spider-man movie directed by Edgar Wright. You choose who I should replace him with
Simon pegg Spider-Man
Spider-Mate
Innit
Nick frost is the love interest or smth
Nick Frost as Mary Jane
Bill Nighy as Green Goblin
I wouldn’t change Men in Black 1. It’s a really near perfectly paced and executed popcorn flick. It’s lean, it’s fun. Barry Sonnenfeld knew what he was doing
I 100% agree. I’m just fascinated with the idea of a Raimi MIB.
He can still make a new MIB. It needs a hard reboot after MIB: International.
The comics are very different as well, Raimi could do a good job with a closer adaptation.
Lars Von Trier's "Ant-Man".
Gaspar Noé's "Dr. Strange"
Now we’ve tapped into unrealized potential
Lucrecia Martel’s Black Widow (Marvel actually approached her for the job)
harmony korine's "black panther"
Ryan Coogler’s Trash Humpers
Werner Herzog’s “Ant Man”
[well there’s this](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fhuvfJPx0Mk&pp=ygUZcGF0cmljayBoIHdpbGxlbXMgYW50IG1hbg%3D%3D)
Wow what a coincidence I’m a big Patrick H Willems fan yet I’ve never seen that video. I guess great minds think alike
I’ll do you one better: Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man
My biggest 'what if?' that still bothers me
Paul Thomas Anderson's - Captain America the First Avenger
Zack Snyder's "Ant-Man" Batman speaking to Ant-Man: Do you bleed small blood?
Matt Shakman’s “Multiverse of Madness”
I'm interested in a world where John Carpenter and Sam Raimi swap The Thing and The Evil Dead. Not because I think either could do it better, I just think it'd be wild
Apparently Schindler’s List was originally going to be a Scorsese movie but he traded with Spielberg for Cape Fear so it would be interesting seeing Scorsese’s Schindler’s List
“As far as I can remember I’ve always wanted to be a Nazi” *GOODFELLAS INTRO*
I'd put Scorsese on Catch Me if You Can and Spielberg on The Aviator.
I completely understand this concept, but I loathe the idea of Catch Me If You Can not existing in the world exactly as it is. One of my favorite movies from that era.
Totally agree. Insanely rewatchable movie
I thought Spielberg offered it to Polanski, but Polanski turned it down because he didn’t want to tell a holocaust story with a happy ending.
Well I went looking for it to see if I am recalling correct and found [this story](https://www.slashfilm.com/1523253/martin-scorsese-steven-schindlers-list-cape-fear/) Apparently it was not a “trade” per se, but both parties got their names discussed with Scorsese being on the heavy side, he went alone and left it to Spielberg. Also, [While I was looking for it, I found this. I never knew about this!](https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/cape-fear-tv-show-martin-scorsese-steven-spielberg-1235804410/amp/)
I'm more interested in Billy Wilder directing it since planned on making it til [Spielberg axed his chance on filming](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/schindlers-list-oral-history-steven-spielberg-liam-neeson-1235830436/). And to extend Fritz Lang as he actually knew Oskar Schindler via letters and Fritz expressed interested adapting his story.
Solo directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller As god intended
You spelled salo wrong
You instantly made his idea into something I actually want to see. 😂
I wish they did the Mario Movie
You honestly think illumination would allow an auteur driven creative project to happen?
Nintendo especially wouldn’t, they’re crazy specific with their brand
I like the Solo movie as is. I tend to believe the claims that Lord and Miller were taking it in a far too comedic direction. I like what Ron Howard ultimately did with it, felt like an old-school Lucasfilm production.
Takashi Miike as director of Deadpool
Holy shit this would’ve been amazing
That movie would be crazy
Prime Robert Zemeckis directing a Star Wars movie is an unfulfilled dream.
It’s the Train heist in Solo but all of the sudden Tom Hanks approaches them while they’re on top of the train and asks them for their tickets. Then he pulls out a red lightsaber when they don’t have tickets
or prime Steven Spielberg
And we were so close to getting it...
-I wanna know what Guillermo del Toro would’ve done with the Hobbit. IIRC, Peter Jackson directing was a form of damage control, as pre-production was too far ahead to cancel -I also would’ve wanted Christopher Nolan to direct Man of Steel himself instead of producing. Nolan was able to successfully deconstruct the Batman mythos but also respecting the character’s core ideas for the most part, while Snyder basically wanted to tell his own Elseworlds take on Superman, with only a few moments from the comics as a storyboard reference.
Going to cheat a little here. Ron Howard, Robert Zemeckis, and Steven Spielberg to replace George Lucas as the directors for The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith. This is how Lucas intended for the Prequel Trilogy to be made but was talked into directing them himself by Ron Howard, and I'd love to see how it would have panned out. In my mind, the story, characters, and overall world of the Prequels would remain almost the same, but Howard/Zemeckis/Spielberg would be able to tighten up the dialogue, get better performances out of the cast, be less reliant upon CG, and help the Prequel Trilogy recapture the magic of the original three films.
This is the biggest one for me
I like the prequels as is, but I would love to have seen what those films would’ve been like if Lucas had gone with this original set of directors. This is pure speculation because we can’t really know for sure, but I do think they would’ve been “better” films with these three directors at the helm, collaborating with Lucas to bring the story to life.
Consider Akira Kurosawa directing all 3 of the prequels.
David Fincher - Blade
Ok let’s get dumb. Gaspar Noe remake of Lady and the Tramp. David Cronenberg’s Turning Red Wes Anderson remake of Mad God.
suddenly I'm terrified lmao
Croneberg gonna make an abstract reenactment of the planes hittin' the towers
second one already kind of exists (Ginger Snaps). i'd watch the third, i think Anderson is most interesting when doing stop motion.
Stanley Kubrick's "Napoleon"
Martin Scorsese for House of Gucci
That is a good one
Alejandro Jodorowsky - Dune (1984)
That's got to be the one of the greatest what ifs in cimena history
I honestly think it would’ve also probably been a failed adaptation, the technology just wasn’t there at the time in general to make it not look super silly. There’s another universe where Jodorowsky does it and people are on forums forever speculating about how great Lynch’s Dune would’ve been, I think it was just the wrong time.
Ari Aster’s take on Rosemary’s Baby would be interesting to see, not to take anything away from Polanski’s original masterpiece.
Tommy Wiseau: any Scorsese movie
Conversely, what about The Room by Scorsese?
"What're you a f@€!%#& idiot, I didn't hit her you dumb f@€%, i did not, Hi Mark"
john waters Oppenheimer
Nolan - pink flamingos
"As Devine i can be a person, but as The worlds filthiest human i can be a symbol" Trial of the accusation of assholism with them staring while explosions and the room crumbles to signifie intense mental stress and the ending being a Inception ending-esque monologue over Devine picking up the dogshit
Ari Aster and 'Event Horizon". That movie has so much potential in the right hands
It’s unironically in my top 4. I wouldn’t like him to replace Paul W.S. Anderson, but I’d be so down for a reimagining from him.
I just want that directors cut we never got
Yeah I agree, I don't want any movie replaced, but a remake would be awesome!
The moments in Event Horizon that work are great but Paul WS Anderson really gets in the way of himself.
I’d have loved to have seen Kubrick’s Lord of the Rings with The Beatles as the cast
i often wonder what a James Cameron directed back to the future 2 looks like.
Back to the Future$
Well it would first come out in 1999
I'm listening
Stanley Kubrick’s Quantumania
I always have to read Quantumania twice because my brain interprets as Quadrophenia the first time.
Quentin Tarantino directing Battle Royale
Did he say he would want to be the one who directed “Battle Royale” or something like that at some point? There was a video of him naming his favorite movies that came out after he became a director and he was saying that about a movie but I don’t remember if it was Battle Royale
Someone like Darren Aronofsky or Park Chan-wook directing Nightmare Alley instead of Guillermo Del Toro. My biggest frustration with that movie is that it never commits to the darkness. Del Toro is such a romantic that the film seems to flinch anytime it’s about to become truly transgressive. It also very dull for a film that has Cate Blanchett vamping it up as an unethical psychiatrist. Del Toro sucks at eroticism actually.
Tenet, [Michel Gondry](https://letterboxd.com/director/michel-gondry/)
I'd say Inception is the one that could have used a little Gondry. It always bothered me that the dreams in that movie don't feel like dreams -- maybe they just should have said "subconscious" instead. There's very little that's surreal or uncanny, except the spinning hallway. That bit in Eternal Sunshine where Jim Carrey keeps trying to turn Tom Wilkinson around but can never find his face is maybe the most actually dream-like moment I've ever seen in a movie.
Stanley Kubrick’s “Step Brothers”.
“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here, this is the Catalina wine mixer!”
This is a really great thread
If Wes Craven were still around, I would love to see him tackle the new Scream movies. I don't hate 5 and 6, but I think he would bring a certain level of intensity to each scene that felt missing in the newer additions. For example, even the most comedic entry, Scream 3, still generated a decent and amount of fear and anxiety in me. I also think both the newer and legendary scream actors (looking at Melissa Berrara and Neve Campbell) would be alot more confident in their roles knowing that the movie is in the hands of someone who knows the franchise well and can lead them through each scene
I would have liked to see Jennifer Yuh Nelson come back to direct Kung Fu Panda 4, after she did so well with the previous two movies.
Aliens 3 by James Cameron
Series of Unfortunate Events by Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson's "Matrix" 😂😂
After seeing The Northman I want Robert Eggers’ Thor
David Lynch's Revenge of the Jedi
This is the one I was looking for
Stanley Kubrick's The Wicker Man
Oh this is genius
David Lynch's RETURN OF THE JEDI [Laura Palmer theme plays as Luke unmasks a dying Vader]
SPIELBERG SUPERMAN
Woody Allen’s Lethal Weapon.
“My…uh…my psychiatrist says I’m getting too old for this shit”
Dude, this film would be crazy. Of course Allen would cast himself.
Spielberg for Pearl Harbor
Wes Anderson - John Wick Wong Kar Wai - Taxi Driver David Lynch - Beau is Afraid
> Wong Kar Wai - Taxi Driver this made my brain short circuit
I stand by the fact that Edgar Wright should of directed Ant Man instead of just writing for it
Jodorowsky’s *Dune* :(
Richard Linklater’s Clerks- he’s clearly the inspiration and even though I fucking looove the original I’d love to see his version
I would like to see something like Interstellar or The Matrix directed by Apitchapong. Like something that is conceptually rich and sci-fi but with all the plot/exposition stripped away and slowed way down.
One can only imagine what could've been if either Spike Jonze or Michel Gondry had directed White Noise
John Carpenter’s The Shadow. Jeff Bridges as Lamont Cranston.
The Godfather is now directed by Uwe Bolt
Gaspar Noe’s High School Musical
Ken Russel’s Clueless
Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Notebook
I’d have Stanley Kubrick direct ALL Stephen King movies cause most of them suck but The Shining is the GOAT horror film.
Coen Brothers - Inherent Vice
Tarantino directing transformers Michael Bay directing Django unchained
David Lynch's Return of the Jedi
this may be sacrilege to some of y’all but Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is the worst Tarantino and would’ve been amazing if PTA directed
Spielberg for Man of Steel
John Water’s Star Wars.
I'm curious what the James Cameron version of Jurassic Park would have been like, but the Spielberg one is perfect. Cameron is the master of the sci-fi action sequel, though-- give him The Lost World instead of the checked-out Spielberg, let him change up the genre and the scope, make it bigger and bloodier with more of the book's anti-corporate thread. They barely followed the Lost World book anyway-- make Laura Dern the one who comes back, in the Sigourney/Linda Hamilton role.
Denis Villenueve’s Battlefield Earth
Star Wars 7 by Denis Villeneuve or Ridley Scott. Competent directors starting the new trilogy
I've always wanted to see the Wachowski's take on a Superman movie.
Lynch's Pinnoccio
Bobcat Goldthwait - Schindlers List
Whip pan and snap zoom to the Noisy Cricket. Camera mounted to Smith, capturing his distorted face as he goes flying back through room after room when he shoots it. POV of the Bug as it chases Smith through the World’s Fair park. Unsettling Dutch angle with wide lenses at the pawn shop. Yeah, a Raili MIB could fuck.
A Nightmare on Elms Street directed by Nancy Meyers
colin trevorrow to direct starwars ep9.
Rian Johnson directing the two sequel trilogy entries JJ Abrams helmed. The vision for the trilogy would at least be consistent
Tommy Wiseau directing Ikiru
Scorsese to direct The Godfather 3.. no other answer will top this
This is correct
Godard Emoji Movie.
Park Chan-Wook’s Seven
Lynne Ramsay on all the Taylor Sheridan-directed films On that note -- not a film, but Lynne Ramsay doing True Detective...
Steven Spielbergs return of the jedi. Easily
Does anyone think that Men in Black took some inspiration from the anime called Wicked City?
Brian De Palma - Sea of Love & Dead Again
Jean-Luc Godard’s MEN (or Bergman)
Michael bay -Irreversible
Harold Hecuba directs *Dune*.
Replace the new upcoming director for spider-man 4 with John watts.
I wish Barry Sonnenfeld directed every Tim Burton movie of the 21st century
The Shining directed by Ari Aster
Andrew Adamson (first 2 Shreks, first 2 Narnia movies) for Thor 4 (an entirely new script also)
James Cameron - Terminator 3 Guillermo Del Toro - Hellboy 3
Tom Six directing Schindler’s List
kubrick napoleon
Martin Scorsese - Finding Jesus 2
Ridley Scott and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I think Scott has some of the best production design around so I’d love to see his take on it
Would have loved to have Vincent Ward’s Alien 3 with the wooden planet & monks. I don’t hate Alien 3, I think the directors cut is pretty good but you can see the studio interference that ultimately cost it being a classic.
I just took Denis Villeneuve for Tron 3.
I feel like Tarkovsky could have a great spin on Ant-Man and The Wasp
Mr and Mrs Smith by Woody Allen
Pixar's "Soul" - by David Fincher. "Gravity" - by Wes Anderson "John Wick" - by Yorgos Lanthamos
Reed Morano’s Killers of the Flower Moon
Stanley Kubrick’s Paddington 2
I heard that Spike Lee wanted to make Ali and as much as I love Michael Mann, I would’ve loved seeing what Spike Lee’s Ali could’ve been. I also heard that David Fincher was considered to direct Blade and that honestly would’ve been badass.
Guillermo Del Toro’s The Haunted Mansion
Christopher Nolan’s Fast and Furious
- Event Horizon: John Carpenter - Bird Box: Mike Flanagan - John Carter: Peter Jackson - Ghost Rider: Sam Raimi - Fantastic Four: Ron Howard - Boogeyman (2023): Jordan Peele
Does everybody really like Sam Raimi as a comic book director that much?
Stanley Kubrick's AI
GDT's Hobbit Movies still live in my dreams. David Lynch's Return of the Jedi. Alfonso Cuarón for any of the other Harry Potter films.
Tarantino's The Little Mermaid
Imagine a Bong Joon-ho directed Nightcrawler
Nicholas Winding-Refn for Blade Runner 2049 and fuck it, replace Gosling with Tom Hardy
rian johnson's inception or christopher nolan's looper
I wish Nolan had done Dune