Reminscent of the 1997 "Are you a Forrest Gump person or a Pulp Fiction person?" You mean 1994? I was neither. My film that year was The Shawshank Redemption.
And Borstal, you REALLY think Van Sant is a better director than Ang Lee?! Wow.... At first, I thought the same thing, but they both really have their merits. Personally, I think Ang Lee has the edge in narrative and emotion (Eat Drink Man Woman, Sense and Sensibility) as well as drawing brilliant performances from actors (The Ice Storm, Brokeback Mountain). But Van Sant does have genius artistic flair and can deliver both the mainstream (Good Will Hunting, To Die For) as well as some edgy art house works (Your Own Private Idaho, Elephant). While both directors have their misfires (The Hulk, Lust Caution, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Psycho remake) I do find Van Sant to be the least consistent of the two.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
