6 March, 2013
They walk out of the embassy and into history: Argo (2012).
The 85th annual Academy Awards, for the film year 2012. The nominations were announced on 10 January 2013 and the awards were held on 24 February 2013.
Best Picture: Argo
Most Surprising Omission: Moonrise Kingdom
Best Eligible Film Not Nominated: Anna Karenina
Rank (out of 85) Among Best Picture Years: #16
3 March, 2013
That great shot where we first see Lincoln’s face.
My Top 20:
9 December, 2012
Kathryn Bigelow, the first female to win Best Director, directs a scene in The Hurt Locker (2009)
The 82nd Academy Awards for the film year of 2009. The nomination were announced on 2 February 2010 and the awards were held on 7 March 2010.
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Most Surprising Omission: Invictus
Best Eligible Film Not Nominated: Broken Embraces
Best Eligible English Language Film Not Nominated: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Rank (out of 82) Among Best Picture Years: #24 (more…)
4 December, 2012
Michael Fassbender makes, shall we say, a costly error, in Inglourious Basterds.
My Top 20:
note: There has been a slight change since I first posted this, because I finished re-watching film for Best Picture and dropped District 9 a few spots and moved Up up a few spots.
11 June, 2012
“I am no man.” The reason that Thomas would have been Eowyn had he been a girl. And you only think I’m kidding.
My Top 20:
17 March, 2012
Beauty and the Beast during their best song in the film ("Something There"). The best Animated Film of the 90's.
1990 - 1999
Total Films I’ve Seen: 1217
Films That Make the Top 5 in Any Category: 53
Best Film Not to Make the Top 5 in Any Category: The Shawshank Redemption
Film of the Decade: GoodFellas
Worst Film of the Decade: Showgirls
Worst Best Picture Nominee of the Decade: Braveheart
Worst Film of the Decade Made by a Top 100 Director: North
11 November, 2011
Just because the Academy gave him an Oscar doesn't mean he will do well on these lists.
So what is this? This is the start of the in-depth look at every director who has ever been nominated by the Academy Awards for Best Director, ranked. I already gave the bare bones version of the final list, though, as with all my lists, as I see more movies, they can fluctuate. Here I will explain how all my points systems are derived (which I already did once here, for My Top 100 2.0 Intro, but I am doing again because there are lists here specific to these directors) and I will give various lists of the best and worst directors in the various categories.
Soon, this will be followed by various in-depth looks at each director, probably in groups of 25 or so, which will be interspersed between all my other posts, because they take a while to do. So, here we go.
Here is how my points system is derived:
There are 10 categories. There are a maximum of 100 points in any one category. In some categories, it is not possible to earn all 100 points. In others, you can earn much more, but I cut you off at 100. Below, I list all 10 categories, with a brief description of how I derive the points and the Top and Bottom 10 for each category for the Academy Award nominated directors. A brief note: I have mathematical value I apply to all films, and to the quality of various aspects of the film (direction being one). Without it, there is no good way to do this list, other than the last category. So, if you don’t like that, abandon all hope ye who enter here. (more…)
4 November, 2011
Run Forrest, before the Academy realizes your film didn't deserve those Oscars.
The 67th annual Academy Awards, for the film year 1994. The nominations were announced on February 14, 1995 and the awards were held on March 27, 1995.
Best Picture: Forrest Gump
Most Surprising Omission: Bullets over Broadway
Best Eligible Film Not Nominated: Ed Wood
Rank (out of 83) Among Best Picture Years: #3 (more…)
27 October, 2011
Johnny Depp as the irrepressible Ed Wood
My Top 20:
17 February, 2009
Four Friends and an Oscar
But What I Really Want to Do is Direct
Actors have been getting nominated for Best Director since the beginning of time. Or at least the beginning of the Academy Awards. No exaggeration. Charlie Chaplin was nominated for Best Comedy Direction in the initial awards in 1928.
