If all previous Oscars for best director would have gone the way Cenk thought this year's Oscars should have obviously gone, this would be the history of the Oscars:

Kubrik would have won best Director for 2001: A Space Odyssey instead of Carol Reed for Oliver!

Either The Director of Star Wars or the director of Close Encounters of the Third Kind would have totally beaten Woody Allen for Annie Hall in 1977.  

The Director of Star Trek; The Motion Picture would have beaten Benton for Kramer VS Kramer in 1979

The Director of Flash Gordon would have beaten Redford for Ordinary People in 1980

Speilberg would have won for E.T. in 1982 instead of Attenborough for Gandhi.  

Luca would have won again in 1983 for the Return of the Jedi instead of Brooks for Terms of Endearment.

The Director of the Matrix would have beaten Sam Mendez for American Beauty in 1999.

Seriously, one could argue that all the Sci-Fi movies above were huge hits, had state of the art special effects, were total game changers and were wildly popular.  Yet, if this had been the history of the Oscars, look at the directors who wouldn't have been recognized. You have to admit that even though it didn't have any "special effects", Ghandi was a pretty important film.  Even though Star Wars spawned millions of Happy Meal Toys, Annie Hall was considered to one of the best films of all time.  And even though those Ewoks were really special, Terms of Endearment was undeniably one of those unforgettable films...

I mean, come on Cenk.. have a little vision.... It's not a foregone conclusion that a movie about big blue smurfs riding dragons culminating in a magical tree bringing dead people back to life is a better film than the Hurt Locker.  Is it?

The Oscars clearly does not have a history of awarding "Best Director" to the directors of fairy tales, sci-fi hits or cartoons.  

by ilovecenk99 on 03/09/2010 11:55:36 PM EST

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