Better than Stallone, Seagal, Dolph, and JCVD.
Who's with me?
shareArnold collaborated with more talented filmmakers than Stallone... that's why I believe he was more successful, Cameron, McTiernan, Verhoeven, Reitman... all of these filmmakers were at their prime when they worked with Arnold.
Who has Stallone worked with? Renny Harlin? lol
A rookie James Mangold on a very small film with basically no action... a past his prime Dick Donner?
The best directors I could come up with Stallone are: Robert Rodriguez, Richard Donner, John Landis, James Mangold and Walter Hill. Stallone had an advantage of writing a lot of his own stuff.
shareOh c'mon, John G. Avildsen! Let us also remember that between the two, it's Stallone with the Oscar win. Like I said previously, it's a toss-up on my personal tastes, I like them both equally, but if we are going to compare pedigrees, you have to give it to Stallone at that point.
Also for Stallone, Norman Jewison (In The Heat of the Night), John Huston, George Cosmatos. These aren't nobodies.
Which John Huston film?
shareWell, concerning Stallone he directed Victory! with Michael Caine. But he was kind of legendary in Hollywood with an incredible career. The Maltese Falcon, Moby Dick, The African Queen.
shareI'm familiar with John Huston. I've seen "The Dead" a few times. I didn't know he did "Victory!" and didn't even know Stallone was in it.
shareStallone had a habit of hiring directors as front men while he directed, just ask Danny Cannon
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