Has a winner of the DGA ever NOT been nominated for Best Director in the Academy Awards, or is Affleck the first?
Spielberg for The Color Purple, then Ron Howard for Apollo 13. Affleck is the third.
Spielberg for The Color Purple, then Ron Howard for Apollo 13. Affleck is the third.
Well neither of those movies won shit at the Oscars so... I guess Argo will still go home emptyhanded?
Neither of those movies won at the Golden Globes (I don't think the PGA existed when the Color Purple came out, but Apollo 13 did win that). Argo may still lose at the Academy Awards, but it's pretty uncommon that a movie wins all the big awards leading to the Academy Awards without taking home Best Picture. It happened to Brokeback Mountain, but that is the only recent example I can think of.
At least Ang Lee was nominated.
Argo is unstoppable. Only question now is who will actually get best director.
Argo is unstoppable. Only question now is who will actually get best director.
I'm thinking a repeat of 1999. Spielberg gets Best Director, and loses Best Picture. lol
lol @ dad jeans guy up front, left side.From the Oscar nominee luncheon, quoted for size:
you trollingI hope Argo wins, my favorite film of the nominees.
Suck it haters.
Why no Skyfall nomination?
I hope Argo wins, my favorite film of the nominees.
Suck it haters.
Why no Skyfall nomination?
you trolling
TDKR > Argo
I was talking about Skyfall but I enjoyed Batman a hell of alot more than ArgoNo, tino trolling.
Skyfall won at the ASC awards. That puts it as frontrunner for cinematography.
I was talking about Skyfall but I enjoyed Batman a hell of alot more than Argo
Cool poster.
Cool poster.
I don't think Spielberg gets Director. Lincoln is a story about the lead actor and its screenplay.
I'm thinking Ang Lee wins for Life of Pi. I'm cooler on the film than a lot of people but one has to recognize what a daunting task that film was.
There's also the theory that David O. Russell has more support for Silver Linings Playbook than most people seem to think.
I love that this year is a total horse race. This hasn't happened in years.
Why'd Slumdog and Hurt Locker get snubbed?
Why'd Slumdog and Hurt Locker get snubbed?
They didn't?
poster's great though. Really puts into perspective how terrible some of those BP winners have been over the years.
I think End of Watch got overlooked. That movie deserved some sort of nod. At least for Michael Pena in a supporting actor role.
Funny graphic but it misses some really easy ones while including a handful of complete non-snubs (TDK, ZDT, Benjamin Button is a failure by Fincher's standards but 2008 was a truly abysmal year). How do you make an Oscar travesties list and not include Citizen Kane?
Shakespeare in Love vs. Dark Knight snub. Damn that's a tough one.
That's a good point. Citizen Kane is the snub that started it all.
That's a good point. Citizen Kane is the snub that started it all.
From the Oscar nominee luncheon, quoted for size:
Funny graphic but it misses some really easy ones while including a handful of complete non-snubs (TDK, ZDT, Benjamin Button is a failure by Fincher's standards but 2008 was a truly abysmal year). How do you make an Oscar travesties list and not include Citizen Kane?