re: Who would you vote for? (Oscars)

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I haven't seen Gravity (stupid kid),

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IMAX 3D is the way to see it. It should come out again right after the Oscars I think.

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but I'd love for Cuaron to win. I'm sick of them handing the best director award to some friggin' substitute teacher. Look, I liked the King's Speech, too, but giving Hooper the Oscar over a crop of Coen, Aronofsky, Fincher, and Russell was borderline obscene.

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Agree.

He's the only one that took a real chance this year, and actually more of the BP's this year than last. Gravity was an exercise in great film-making. It was risky, it was brilliant, most of all, it was unique. And that's something we don't get often.

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This is how Scorcese went 30 years before finally winning the award. For the love of God, give the best director award to an actual great director if you can. You can argue that this sin't Cuaron's best work, but there's no way we look back in 50 years and wonder how he won an Oscar.

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Yeah he didn't have the support when Children of Men came out.

Given his early body of work, he'll win one eventually. I really think he has it this year (unless the Academy plays its game to a ridiculous level), they give 12 Years a Slave Best Picture, to make their statement and play to the public sympathy, and give Cuaron Best Director for really connecting film to audiences. No film did it better than Gravity this year (or last year, or the year before).

I mean their awards are often not really for quality or "importance" anyway. They are about capturing a moment, giving respect to cultural and pop culture celebrations/ideas/events, and patting themselves on the back. If he doesn't win, oh well, Gravity already has a good award cabinet locked away.