Re: Categories One-by-One: Director
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 1:22 pm
I'm not predicting it, but I wonder if the armor that awards season has given The Daniels is truly enough. I mentioned before the DGAs that I felt the Daniels needed to win that to win the Oscar. Its a larger organization that, while not PGA populist, will lean populist with it's nominations. The organization, admittedly, is uniquely predictive, but I wonder....
- For the talk of it's popularity, Everything Everywhere All At Once has done surprisingly poorly internationally earning about half as much internationally as it did domestically. Compare that to the rest of this category where the international grosses outperform domestic. We also note it didn't do that well in BAFTA despite a strong nomination haul.
- Will there be a bigger-than-expected contingent of AMPAS that just can't grock with it? I don't think it's ageist to suggest that it's a very young film and the average age of AMPAS voters was 62 in 2012 - not sure how much they were able to alter that with all their inclusion initiatives.
Okay, done clutching at straws.
- For the talk of it's popularity, Everything Everywhere All At Once has done surprisingly poorly internationally earning about half as much internationally as it did domestically. Compare that to the rest of this category where the international grosses outperform domestic. We also note it didn't do that well in BAFTA despite a strong nomination haul.
- Will there be a bigger-than-expected contingent of AMPAS that just can't grock with it? I don't think it's ageist to suggest that it's a very young film and the average age of AMPAS voters was 62 in 2012 - not sure how much they were able to alter that with all their inclusion initiatives.
Okay, done clutching at straws.