Alternate Universe Oscars #24: American Beauty CLOSED

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Alternate Universe Oscars #24: American Beauty CLOSED May 6, 2024 15:53:17 GMT

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Post by Martin Stett on May 6, 2024 15:53:17 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 American Beauty are...

Lasse Hallström
Spike Jonze
Michael Mann
M. Night Shyamalan

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 and 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
2004: Martin Scorsese's Million Dollar Baby
2003: Peter Weir's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2002: Pedro Almodóvar's Chicago
2001: David Lynch's A Beautiful Mind
2000: Ang Lee's Gladiator

Last Edit: May 9, 2024 15:31:57 GMT by Martin Stett

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

Martin Stett Legend "Stett is weirder than New York" - Urbanpatrician Posts: 11,487 Likes: 7,630	Alternate Universe Oscars #24: American Beauty CLOSED May 6, 2024 15:53:42 GMT countjohn and Archie like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Martin Stett on May 6, 2024 15:53:42 GMT Shyamalan in B-movie comedy mode would be perfect for this
	And so, let the curtain rise on tonight's dream

Archie Based Eraserhead son or Inland Empire daughter? Posts: 3,716 Likes: 4,403	Alternate Universe Oscars #24: American Beauty CLOSED May 6, 2024 15:57:59 GMT via mobile Martin Stett likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Archie on May 6, 2024 15:57:59 GMT Shyamalan might have saved this script.

countjohn God Tier Posts: 8,152 Likes: 5,551	Alternate Universe Oscars #24: American Beauty CLOSED May 6, 2024 16:08:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by countjohn on May 6, 2024 16:08:31 GMT M Night inserting a dumb plot twist (maybe the plastic bag is from hell or another dimension) would make this significantly more entertaining.

stephen Legend "Not my remains, Al." Posts: 24,873 Likes: 25,109 Member is Online	Alternate Universe Oscars #24: American Beauty CLOSED May 6, 2024 16:27:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stephen on May 6, 2024 16:27:08 GMT Give me M. Night's American Beauty.
	Good morning, Oscar Buzz. I'm listening.

ibbi God Tier "Batman's a scientist" Posts: 5,539 Likes: 4,933	Alternate Universe Oscars #24: American Beauty CLOSED May 6, 2024 18:35:51 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ibbi on May 6, 2024 18:35:51 GMT Michael Mann's American Beauty would be a thing to see.

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Alternate Universe Oscars #24: American Beauty CLOSED May 6, 2024 21:56:38 GMT

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Post by finniussnrub on May 6, 2024 21:56:38 GMT

I mean Shymalan's version where Bentley is revealed to be a serial killer obsessed with bags, where Chris Cooper is trying to keep his son's psychotic behaviours in check in far more interesting I think.

Jonze would probably have more sympathy for his characters though would have to have some sort of more overt fantastical element that becomes literal, like Spacey's imagination isn't fake.

Michael Mann's never made a film in this ilk but honestly the family drama he has depicted isn't typically anywhere close to the best parts of his films.

Hallström would probably be even more cloying than Mendes.

Alternate Universe Oscars #24: American Beauty CLOSED

Post by Martin Stett on May 6, 2024 15:53:17 GMT

Post by Martin Stett on May 6, 2024 15:53:42 GMT

Post by Archie on May 6, 2024 15:57:59 GMT

Post by countjohn on May 6, 2024 16:08:31 GMT

Post by stephen on May 6, 2024 16:27:08 GMT

Post by ibbi on May 6, 2024 18:35:51 GMT

Post by finniussnrub on May 6, 2024 21:56:38 GMT

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