2021 Best Picture/Director Split (CLOSED)

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2021 Best Picture/Director Split (CLOSED) Jun 2, 2024 0:35:27 GMT dadsburgers and Tommen_Saperstein like this

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Post by TylerDeneuve on Jun 2, 2024 0:35:27 GMT

So, because it's rare for these two awards to go to separate films, I thought it might be fun to look at the times it has happened and see which film we collectively prefer as a forum.

I know I'm not JangoB , but... is this a poll idea you might be interested in?

Let me know in your replies!

2021
Best Picture: CODA
Best Director: Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog

Which film do you prefer?

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2021 Best Picture/Director Split (CLOSED) Jun 2, 2024 0:40:16 GMT TylerDeneuve likes this

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Post by JangoB on Jun 2, 2024 0:40:16 GMT

I'm actually surprised this hasn't been done as a poll series before! I think it's a cool idea :yes:

As for the question itself, The Power of the Dog is an easy pick. I think Director-winning movies will end up triumphant in most of these rounds.

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2021 Best Picture/Director Split (CLOSED) Jun 2, 2024 0:59:05 GMT

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Jun 2, 2024 0:40:16 GMT JangoB said:

I'm actually surprised this hasn't been done as a poll series before! I think it's a cool idea :yes:

As for the question itself, The Power of the Dog is an easy pick. I think Director-winning movies will end up triumphant in most of these rounds.

I'm guessing stephen will be the only person who has seen some of the earliest examples, though.

I definitely haven't seen them all.

Here's the full list, in case you guys are curious (2021 excluded):

2018: Green Book / Roma
2016: Moonlight / La La Land
2015: Spotlight / The Revenant
2013: 12 Years a Slave / Gravity
2012: Argo / Life of Pi
2005: Crash / Brokeback Mountain
2002: Chicago / The Pianist
2000: Gladiator / Traffic
1998: Shakespeare in Love / Saving Private Ryan
1989: Driving Miss Daisy / Born on the Fourth of July
1981: Chariots of Fire / Reds
1972: The Godfather / Cabaret
1967: In the Heat of the Night / The Graduate
1956: Around the World in 80 Days / Giant
1952: The Greatest Show on Earth / The Quiet Man
1951: An American in Paris / A Place in the Sun
1949: All the King’s Men / A Letter to Three Wives
1948: Hamlet / The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1941: Rebecca / The Grapes of Wrath
1937: The Life of Emile Zola / The Awful Truth
1936: The Great Ziegfeld / Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1935: Mutiny on the Bounty / The Informer
1931/32: Grand Hotel / Bad Girl
1930/31: Cimarron / Skippy
1928/29: The Broadway Melody / The Divine Lady
1927/28: Wings/Sunrise / Two Arabian Knights/7th Heaven

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2021 Best Picture/Director Split (CLOSED) Jun 2, 2024 1:10:26 GMT

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Post by stephen on Jun 2, 2024 1:10:26 GMT

Jun 2, 2024 0:59:05 GMT TylerDeneuve said:

1927/28: Wings / Sunrise

Just so you know, Sunrise didn't win Best Director. The 1st Academy Awards had the prize split between Comedy and Drama in this category, with Frank Borzage winning for 7th Heaven and Lewis Milestone winning for Two Arabian Knights.

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2021 Best Picture/Director Split (CLOSED) Jun 2, 2024 4:26:33 GMT TylerDeneuve likes this

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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Jun 2, 2024 4:26:33 GMT

I like CODA, but it's basically a textbook 7/10 for me. No real desire to see it again (would rather rewatch Running on Empty, which does a similar kind of thing), whereas Power of the Dog is in my personal top 3 of that year and while I've only seen it once, it's definitely something I would revisit in the future.

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2021 Best Picture/Director Split (CLOSED) Jun 3, 2024 18:51:03 GMT

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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jun 3, 2024 18:51:03 GMT

Power of the Dog is my #1 for the whole year so it goes w/o saying, but I thought CODA was perfectly fine. Had some really sweet moments and a total knockout of an ending, and Kotsur gave a beautiful performance.