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Posted: **Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:53 am**

--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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Posted: **Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:44 am**

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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Posted: **Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:12 pm**

--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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Posted: **Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:03 pm**

--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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Posted: **Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:19 am**

Someone voted for Polanski. Is Rob Marshall lurking?

Posted: **Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:49 pm**

--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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Posted: **Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:07 pm**

--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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Posted: **Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:53 pm**

Oh Penelope lol. I should have known, given how much you hate the Agent of Evil. But really, worse than Ron Howard? Really??

Posted: **Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:37 pm**

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

C'est moi.

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Posted: **Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:33 pm**

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.

Posted: **Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:29 pm**

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.

Posted: **Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:03 pm**

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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Posted: **Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:02 pm**

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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Posted: **Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:44 pm**

Ron, What did you do to Robert, Ridley, Peter and David?

Posted: **Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:30 am**

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

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