Best of the Best: Best Director

[Steph2]

I'm baffled too. Polanski totally gets my vote, just edging out the Coen brothers.

[Sabin]

Yeah, that was unreal. How many Polanski movies have you seen, dude? I find that statement baffling.

[Nik]

Wow Wes, I have no idea what to say in response. LOL. Rewarding Polanski for "The Pianist" was a wonderfully deserving tribute to a brilliant career. In the end though, I have to go with Scorsese. Ang Lee's competent but unspectacular direction of "Brokeback" shouldn't be leading here, unless it's career recognition for "The Ice Storm", "Crouching Tiger" and "The Wedding Banquet."



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[OscarGuy]

Polanski gets my vote for the most overrated director of the last century (and I'm not a fan of the Coens). His material is so distant and inert. He doesn't give a shit about his characters, whom you really should care about to really care about the film's subject.

[Aceisgreat]

Roman Polanski

[Bog]

Roman Polanski.

[Hustler]

Roman Polanski, without any doubt one of the most gifted and talented directors from many decades.

[Penelope]

Ang Lee.

[Akash]

Scorsese for career achievement and a wonderful film. And again, only ONE VOTE for him (my own??)?! You people really suck :p

I expect the gay vote to win it for Ang Lee here. Only Howard and Sam Mendes have no business being on this list. But wow, what a better overall line-up than Best Picture -- Scorsese, Polanski, Eastwood, Lee, the Coens, Soderbergh? Not a bad decade Academy. (And to think, they could have had Altman or Lynch here too!)



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[OscarGuy]

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