Alternate Universe Oscars #19: Million Dollar Baby CLOSED

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Alternate Universe Oscars #19: Million Dollar Baby CLOSED Apr 12, 2024 19:50:06 GMT

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Post by Martin Stett on Apr 12, 2024 19:50:06 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 Million Dollar Baby are...

Taylor Hackford
Mike Leigh
Alexander Payne
Martin Scorsese

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
2015: Lenny Abrahamson's Spotlight
2014: Wes Anderson's Birdman
2013: Martin Scorsese's 12 Years a Slave
2012: Steven Spielberg's Argo
2011: Woody Allen's The Artist
2010: Joel & Ethan Coen's The King's Speech
2009: James Cameron's The Hurt Locker
2008: David Fincher's Slumdog Millionaire
2007: Paul Thomas Anderson's No Country for Old Men
2006: Paul Greengrass's The Departed
2005: Bennett Miller's Crash

Last Edit: Apr 16, 2024 13:19:49 GMT by Martin Stett

And so, let the curtain rise on tonight's dream

stephen Legend "Not my remains, Al." Posts: 24,686 Likes: 24,957 Member is Online	Alternate Universe Oscars #19: Million Dollar Baby CLOSED Apr 12, 2024 20:03:39 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stephen on Apr 12, 2024 20:03:39 GMT Scorsese. Not only would it spare us the soulless The Aviator, we know the man knows his way around a boxing ring.
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Martin Stett Legend "Stett is weirder than New York" - Urbanpatrician Posts: 11,385 Likes: 7,522	Alternate Universe Oscars #19: Million Dollar Baby CLOSED Apr 12, 2024 20:06:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Martin Stett on Apr 12, 2024 20:06:26 GMT I'm all for Leigh on this one. Give us the social(ist) realist boxing movie, baby
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Alternate Universe Oscars #19: Million Dollar Baby CLOSED Apr 12, 2024 20:06:38 GMT

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Post by finniussnrub on Apr 12, 2024 20:06:38 GMT

Scorsese version is ideal, and better in every possible way. Instead dreary it would've been invigorating and far more potent.

Hackford would've basically shot the script as straightforward as possible...which maybe would've been better than some of Eastwood's choices in this instance.

Leigh's version about a bruising bareknuckle female British boxer, truly would be something and for some reason I'd say it would be on point Leigh.

Actually in Payne's wheelhouse story wise, so would be similar but more humor throughout, and maybe better humor than whatever Jay Baruchel is doing.

Honestly I'd take all four over Eastwood in this instance.

Last Edit: Apr 12, 2024 20:07:26 GMT by finniussnrub

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Alternate Universe Oscars #19: Million Dollar Baby CLOSED Apr 12, 2024 20:53:24 GMT via mobile

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Post by franklin on Apr 12, 2024 20:53:24 GMT

Apr 12, 2024 20:03:39 GMT stephen said:

Scorsese. Not only would it spare us the soulless The Aviator, we know the man knows his way around a boxing ring.

Deeply disagree about The Aviator.

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Alternate Universe Oscars #19: Million Dollar Baby CLOSED Apr 12, 2024 20:55:42 GMT Martin Stett likes this

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Post by stephen on Apr 12, 2024 20:55:42 GMT

Apr 12, 2024 20:06:38 GMT finniussnrub said:

Leigh's version about a bruising bareknuckle female British boxer, truly would be something and for some reason I'd say it would be on point Leigh.

Okay, now I really want this. And while I know it's Leigh and not Neil Jordan, give me a Mona Lisa reunion with Bob Hoskins as Frankie and Clarke Peters as Scrap-Iron Eddie Dupris. And as for Maggie, Nora-Jane Noone.

Last Edit: Apr 12, 2024 20:56:00 GMT by stephen

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Alternate Universe Oscars #19: Million Dollar Baby CLOSED

Post by Martin Stett on Apr 12, 2024 19:50:06 GMT

Post by stephen on Apr 12, 2024 20:03:39 GMT

Post by Martin Stett on Apr 12, 2024 20:06:26 GMT

Post by finniussnrub on Apr 12, 2024 20:06:38 GMT

Post by franklin on Apr 12, 2024 20:53:24 GMT

Post by stephen on Apr 12, 2024 20:55:42 GMT

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