Sometimes I can see some films that just had that air of being directed really well, and then some times I’m just wholly stumped and end up mirroring my best picture line. Oh well, here’s the list.
The Finalists
Woody Allen for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
For some reason I rarely think that Woody Allen films are palpably well directed. It’s a complex I suppose. I mean you know that he pours it all into the scripts so I don’t really see any big direction.
Clint Eastwood for Changeling
I liked this movie more than I liked Clint directing it, it did meander a little and I think he could have done a better job of reconciling all the elements. Over all though, I though it came of god despite him.
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Very tautly directed. I wouldn’t fault his nomination, he gave a valiant effort.
He did the best he could but a middling script prevented him from doing anything truly outstanding. Still, he has lots of potential. I'll see what happens with Inception.
Martin McDonagh for In Bruges
What an underrated piece. It was just a wicked romp and though the last bit does get a bit clichéd he pulls it off well.
The Nominees
Darren Aronofsky for The Wrestler
The sum of the parts didn’t make a good movie, but his direction was good. It’s not hard to see why he didn’t pick up traction, but he would have been ideal for the lone director spot. But then he’d have had to knock out Van Sant or Boyle, and that wasn’t going to happen.
Coen Brothers for Burn After Reading
Every shot of this hilarious romp is crisp. It’s done so directly which only adds to the hilarity and ludicrousness of the whole.
Stephen Daldry for The Reader
I suppose I’m biased towards him, and yeah I was glad to have predicted his film making it all the way but the middle section of the film particularly comes to mind as being well directed.
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
He’s a diverse director, that much is obvious; and more power to him. All the ostensibly incongruent parts of the story blend together to create a beautiful picture. It seems so effortless.
Sam Mendes for Revolutionary Road
Mendes is smart enough to avoid cheap tricks. It’s arguably the most economically edited and directed film of the year. There’s never a superfluous moment or shot, it’s just always precise. Underrated.
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