Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1996 (CLOSED)

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Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1996 (CLOSED) May 26, 2024 23:11:42 GMT

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THE RESULTS
97 | Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men (21 votes)
92 | Bong Joon-ho, Parasite (23 votes)
88 | Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (23 votes)
87 | Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain (17 votes)
85 | Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (22 votes)
83 | Damien Chazelle, La La Land (23 votes)
83 | Roman Polanski, The Pianist (18 votes)
83 | Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan (17 votes)
82 | Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker (22 votes)
82 | Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity (21 votes)
81 | Martin Scorsese, The Departed (21 votes)
78 | James Cameron, Titanic (16 votes)
76 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman (25 votes)
76 | Chloé Zhao, Nomadland (19 votes)
75 | Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog (21 votes)
75 | Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist (18 votes)
73 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant (24 votes)
72 | Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water (21 votes)
72 | Ang Lee, Life of Pi (17 votes)
72 | Alfonso Cuarón, Roma (16 votes)
72 | Steven Soderbergh, Traffic (15 votes)
62 | Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once (23 votes)
62 | Sam Mendes, American Beauty (19 votes)
59 | Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire (16 votes)
56 | Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby (17 votes)
54 | Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind (16 votes)
44 | Tom Hooper, The King's Speech (15 votes)

James Cameron earns a solid score of 78. And now for 1996's winner,
Anthony Minghella for The English Patient

How would you rate this achievement from 0 to 10?

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stephen Legend "Not my remains, Al." Posts: 25,538 Likes: 25,641 Member is Online	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1996 (CLOSED) May 26, 2024 23:14:52 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stephen on May 26, 2024 23:14:52 GMT 4. Zzzz.
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Tommen_Saperstein Legend you don't understand the essence of brat summer Posts: 17,633 Likes: 11,737	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1996 (CLOSED) May 26, 2024 23:21:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tommen_Saperstein on May 26, 2024 23:21:47 GMT I have a soft spot for Minghella's costume dramas but this was his dullest, and the flashback structure is really clunky. 5

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Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1996 (CLOSED) May 26, 2024 23:43:53 GMT The_Cake_of_Roth likes this

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Post by finniussnrub on May 26, 2024 23:43:53 GMT

4, Quit telling your stupid story about the stupid desert and just die already! DIE!!

And I actually typically like Minghella however found every choice here just made the story more staid, impersonal and distant.

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Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1996 (CLOSED) May 27, 2024 0:09:05 GMT

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Several years ago, I might have said 8.5, but after reading the book and finding it so incredibly vague and eliptical and with such a malnourished story, I have to give Minghella a 10 for actually making something out of a book that felt unfilmable.

countjohn God Tier Posts: 8,562 Likes: 5,808	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1996 (CLOSED) May 27, 2024 0:10:28 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by countjohn on May 27, 2024 0:10:28 GMT 9/10

tylosaur Junior Member Posts: 276 Likes: 143	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1996 (CLOSED) May 27, 2024 0:14:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tylosaur on May 27, 2024 0:14:46 GMT 5

mikediastavrone96 Global Moderator "One must imagine Sisyphus happy." Posts: 5,388 Likes: 5,891	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1996 (CLOSED) May 27, 2024 0:32:44 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mikediastavrone96 on May 27, 2024 0:32:44 GMT 4.
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Kings_Requiem Based Posts: 3,197 Likes: 792	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1996 (CLOSED) May 27, 2024 1:33:53 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Kings_Requiem on May 27, 2024 1:33:53 GMT 6.5
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Steve17 Badass Posts: 1,140 Likes: 229	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1996 (CLOSED) May 27, 2024 3:10:53 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Steve17 on May 27, 2024 3:10:53 GMT 9
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JangoB Legend Posts: 12,212 Likes: 11,133	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1996 (CLOSED) May 27, 2024 16:38:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by JangoB on May 27, 2024 16:38:38 GMT 7.5/10
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ibbi God Tier "Batman's a scientist" Posts: 5,830 Likes: 5,120	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1996 (CLOSED) May 27, 2024 16:42:22 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ibbi on May 27, 2024 16:42:22 GMT 8. Beautiful movie.

thomasjerome Based Posts: 3,204 Likes: 2,793	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1996 (CLOSED) May 27, 2024 17:24:52 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by thomasjerome on May 27, 2024 17:24:52 GMT 9

Pavan God Tier Posts: 7,339 Likes: 3,811	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1996 (CLOSED) May 27, 2024 18:26:51 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Pavan on May 27, 2024 18:26:51 GMT 5.5

notacrook Based Posts: 2,999 Likes: 1,365	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1996 (CLOSED) May 27, 2024 19:35:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by notacrook on May 27, 2024 19:35:47 GMT 4.5
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