Worst of the Best: Best Director

1998 through 2007

Worst of the Best: Best Director

Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan
0
No votes
Sam Mendes - American Beauty
3
7%
Steven Soderbergh - Traffic
0
No votes
Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind
38
86%
Roman Polanski - The Pianist
2
5%
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
0
No votes
Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
1
2%
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
0
No votes
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
0
No votes
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 44

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--criddic3 wrote:Since so many of you chose to vote for Howard, unfairly I think, I'll give number 2 vote to Polanski.

Unfairly?




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Very tough. I'm tempted to vote for Howard or Polanski. I liked Howard's work, but in such a lineup it isn't quite as impressive. Polanski made a good movie, but I don't think a great one. Having admired his work on films like Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby and others, The Pianist impresses mostly as being so much better than the films that came between those classics and this film. Neither man won my own awards. Since so many of you chose to vote for Howard, unfairly I think, I'll give number 2 vote to Polanski.



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--anonymous wrote:Someone voted for Polanski. Is Rob Marshall lurking?

Go to the Best of the Best: Best Director and it will be quite obvious who it is. ;)




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--Penelope wrote:
--Okri wrote:Interesting that someone voted for Eastwood.

C'est moi.

I recall you had problems with the direction, but I thought you'd vote for Soderbergh or Mendes, truthfully.




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Someone voted for Polanski. Is Rob Marshall lurking?
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--Penelope wrote:
--Okri wrote:Interesting that someone voted for Eastwood.

C'est moi.

I already thought for certain that it was just a case of someone reading the title of the poll wrong...




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--Hustler wrote:Ron, What did you do to Robert, Ridley, Peter and David?

Apart from the monstrosity that was Ron Howard, the 00's has been a great year for Best Director winners. Watching Ron Howard win in a category over people like Altman and Lynch and Peter Jackson and hell, even Ridley fuckin' Scott was one of the most painful Oscar-viewing experience I've ever had.




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Post by Akash »

Oh Penelope lol. I should have known, given how much you hate the Agent of Evil. But really, worse than Ron Howard? Really??
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--Okri wrote:Interesting that someone voted for Eastwood.

C'est moi.




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Post by Akash »

I agree Okri. In fact after seeing Crash and In the Valley of Elah, you really appreciate how much Eastwood restrains the awful excesses of Haggis' screenplay.
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Post by Okri »

I voted Ron Howard.

Interesting that someone voted for Eastwood. While I don't love Million Dollar Baby, I think Eastwood's direction raises the material up several notches.
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Post by Akash »

Who the hell voted for Eastwood???

EDIT: Sorry FilmFan. I was so horrified, I didn't see you already asked this question. Anyway, it's worth asking again.




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Post by Akash »

I'd love to vote for Speilberg here, who isn't anywhere in the same category as Polanski, Scorsese, Eastwood or the Coens. But there's no denying the awful stiltedness of Sam Mendes and the just plain awfulness of Ron Howard.

Howard wins with a large lead.




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Ron, What did you do to Robert, Ridley, Peter and David?
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Post by FilmFan720 »

Is there any question (and who voted Clint Eastwood - seriously)?
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