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Post by Martin Stett on Jan 22, 2024 19:36:42 GMT
The idea of this poll is to take the BP winner of each year and reimagine them with the best director nominees of that year, and ask which director would make the best version of that film. If the BP winner was nominated in directing, that option will not be listed.
So our choices for Spotlight are...
Lenny Abrahamson
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Adam McKay
George Miller
Previous winners:
2022: Ruben Östlund's Everything Everywhere All at Once
2021: Ryusuke Hamaguchi's CODA
2020: Lee Isaac Chung's Nomadland
2019: Martin Scorsese's Parasite
2018: Spike Lee's Green Book
2017: Jordan Peele's The Shape of Water
2016: Kenneth Lonergan's Moonlight
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Post by Martin Stett on Jan 22, 2024 19:38:24 GMT
Abrahamson and Miller would both be as dry as McCarthy, so they're out. McKay would be... something. I think his anger may actually work for the story being told. Inarritu would have some good ideas but would also be up his own ass and doing too many fancy things, taking away from the story. I'll have to think about this one.
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Post by finniussnrub on Jan 22, 2024 19:54:01 GMT
McKay version: "It's time Robbie" Turns to audience "it's time guys, call this number on the screen right now" "Just kidding, this story happened decades ago stupid" "But yes this is a very serious issue".
Abrahamson version: Same as McCarthy's, maybe slightly less "clean".
Miller: Well based on Lorenzo's Oil, surprisingly similar to McCarthy's but with a couple of brief random moments of, potentially, ill-fitting style.
Inarritu: Would bring the most style, but could very easily over do it, particularly given the nature of the story.
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Post by stephen on Jan 22, 2024 20:10:20 GMT
Absolutely not McKay.
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Post by ibbi on Jan 22, 2024 20:27:12 GMT
I would like to see Spotlight done in the style of The Revenant or Fury Road. Tough to determine which I would want to see more...
John Slattery: Ah! Mediocre!
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Post by stephen on Jan 22, 2024 20:36:30 GMT
I would like to see Spotlight done in the style of The Revenant or Fury Road. Tough to determine which I would want to see more... John Slattery: Ah! Mediocre! *Mark Ruffalo with his bowl cut dies in flaming car crash to the cheers of Stephen in the audience* |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jan 22, 2024 20:45:28 GMT
Spotlight needs a no-nonsense somber approach that was perfect for McCarthy. Everyone else in this list barring Abrahamson would be a disaster.
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Post by rhodoraonline on Jan 22, 2024 21:12:41 GMT
Room tackled a difficult, sensitive subject matter quite organically and brilliantly imo, so I chose Lenny.
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